New-York tribune., 1896-06-01
m.1K ABOUT TURF AFFAIRS.
,.CE FOR THE BELMONT STAKES.
.s .xD UANDsPRING-POSSIBlI. OF A
DIG THREE YEAR OLD SPECIAL CONTEST
At SIIEEPSHEAD

,rc
At sHEEPsHEAD
c,.sr skies and muddy track caused me Trainers
,r.,nl with slow work for their horSeS Yes
10 ~ - morning There is much surprise manifested
tera"' n, rrices realized at the yearling sales An
H u. .,ion Is not required by anybody who owns
eApa ar.es The purses are so small and the ex-
nce" Icing so great that there is little chance
pe"S ,u.nsrs OF horses OF moderate calDre TO
io' 49, oxnenses incidenial 10 training ana racing.
As, Arr, ,ce .or the Belmont Stakes. to be run Tor
a." .rou overshadows the Brooklyn Handicap
IT,. :. to be decided on Thursday. me parusahS
'na, n,ds,ring outnumDer the followers oi Hastings.
!" - -o,,oer j. now decided faVoilte IN lle pr'uhs'
Inc W. w. hacked ~ win al to on last Saturday
~I Now in regard 20 liastinsSs WORK on Satur-
ms" The fact tha IT, acted sluss'Shy wheh ne
day o,3 should no: cause his followers 10 lose
iei' Il" ,t, ,s ne VII MOI work without COM
ia''" ,,,,.o,er when the Morris Park track VAS
p""' p'o,sd Az English Surveyor iad ont the
''' With the usual English elasticity. the
'0o. mad. the main track = feei TOO long 80
-" ~ main track j. one mile three iurlohso anu
",.a, in circumference The ""Nho"h's one 'i,''
D "e' ,.roeJ Hastings should make due allow
ore VI" o. g., ev:rs Tac surveyor Was also It
en'e i < .,a f.rous 'Uloody hanglc o. me
sP'S'''s -, a. he made mistake OF about ioHi-
h'"Ps - The finishing line. There ale no grounds
.f' .,.dn5ins as the real English way oil des1r'o-
ic' |,,,u-se Ike Morris Park = 10 say. ABOUT
as mile ami three iVio"sS' ,,.,n,
one M rorid be an effort made 10 adopt " ming
i'r's t,ns In 10 tAte The Clark machine mas
up 'a1 - stlpegioIity TO The Suiiloi..lc tnat
ea''', 'ia.,,,tatet jockey Griffin. ana mas peeh
n... ne-. e,erv tim il has been used. Win single
.csn.iou Aud then IL 'roNe eNe'E''''' VINO ''' VII
the irvorl:e' ,,,. g.. - hs arroveJ hv some
lie ~ns,in,ents az the Brooklyn meeting on
more owners. trainers. jockeys and the public
lhuisO; ,s,ssA with the Clark machine trials
He ,o,d be no further experiments El'her
i"''' ,,-ses n the old way OF adopt machine
,. any more experiments
"l'"o- .oourasing 20 racecoers 20 iearn mat the
...,. = a, reaching the Sheepshead Bay track will
..rv increased and vastly improved TINS year
~ ure.rsren,ent expect 10 handle the crowd IN one
,,,.. time II has taken In former years
ns ~ ,s much discussion in regard 20 the stakes
~, ~ c.ose this year. The horse-oWners arc
,ors N have the entrance money 10 all stakes
a nurses added 10 them. which Is 'pracucd"!
.,nrr n tine Old methods. unless cash accompanies
,srv obligation Of the horse-owners to 'he racing
associations o,. - ,,os,,.
~, and intends to remain in Cincinnati until the
n.s,lns =, Laiona "a ended when he Will snip MS
..hl. ~ racers East Mr.. Dryers horses nave ndn
=. much-neeied res, in the last week and ne oe-
r.v.s they Will race up 10 their true form "hen
they 60 70 TIE post ..,... -, ,h.
Tornaloes appear 70 be extremely prevalent IN the
u.., ,b,s wear In Dakota a hailstorm killed hun
"a. ~ oa,,le On the ra, ges and destroyed t"elFe
,,,rourhhred mares and their foals on STOCK larin
,s.r De Desdv.ood In Iowa tornado carried away
.syn,een miles NJ Postal Telegraph wires ana posts
.,a m, q vAstige Of them could he found Miles OF
x.,e fences wer. carried away as we'll as every
horse and cattle shelter In the helds me LOSSES "
anne ~ ,he breeders are enormous
c,,,. "a a remark maze YES
,s,a.v may M, bA successful IN selecting the
,,,ners Of the racetracks HI, he can plsy oincn
vi,h all the eneig " Of Wheelock Not long ago
1, seems Mr. Carleton wss standing IN me loonN OF
the Fifth Avenue Theatre. when he overhesro
converse -ion between wel-known Boston manager
ana Nsi C;oodwin's representative IN reRaTu 10 an
engagement OF the latter 10 play in bos'on tne
Boston manager insisted that GOODWIN shVuiu piaf p
.rsa,smsnt in Roston An agreement was made 10
thar ehect A week later Goodwin Na- Pld!l"s, g, VI
Philade pnia and from that point was 10 20 10 D'S
MIR Carleton dinner TO some frlends one
ngnt during Good"ln aaesS nesseneer ,oy
Just as MS guests were seaden d fon, 1n1duIn
handed Mr. Carleton telegram from GS'aw, 1.sns III;
in Boston If you will reduce royalties to per cent
straight .,A. ha,.. heer
LOOKING for. and sen, Goodwin The following reply:
Nay. nay, Pauline. play Hamct. ,, -
nsf an hour later EN- Good 900 nd,c repy
Carleton answered: Am a roysisi ana cannot
reduce" =, s.,oo,,
Goodwins was An night. old Shyiock'
would not have your disposition for 1900
Carleton closed the controversy by telegraphlMng; M
AN right. young Shylock. II ! had ano'hei oiS-
Goodwin PLAYED The Glded Fool" according 20
ana n5nry nS gS Won Csrf!U all tho way
There are forty -four foals at Brookdae; oi "h.n
tventy-sx are colts ana egnt~en naaIs are iIn s N
superb condition and everything about the FAMOUS
farm indicates prosperity ,,o p.,roor, Gun
among ,he trainers Frank McCahe ~ ioia gin '1hn mn
Nyand that Hastings had no cnanSf s 20 @sts Won our Of
that cup on the boat when he is returning 10 'rd'e
end L viii be hled with vine and Placed cn, IN ,ne ne
excited may Jet YOU drink ont Of H. IL,
hyland replied y won't get so exced tnsy y s ~',,
fall Of the golf bunker but fhat cup may ~
plate don't gel too confident about winning IL
with Handspring .,,.,
vii be given bv the Coney Island Jockey Cluo dnI-
ing the meeting at sheepshead Bay. in which Hana,
spring Hastings Prince Lief. Ben Brush; Beh
Eder Requtai. One Love. Lady Inez. Hazlei.
Shakespeare II and other hlgh-class hoises S naS
enter SUCH an array OF EQUINE Stars a. ,' crovd
going would certainly attract an enormous CIV" =,
10 the popular Sheepshead Bay racecourse.
would give racing a decided boom and arouse W. W,
spread interest on both sides OF the AtIahllC hvS'
OF the leading Jockeys would have mounts IN me
race. The betiing would be fast and Iurl0us Gus. m o
would be a meeting between the East ann 49, ,n ~
which the country would be interested II Is 70 oe
hoped that such race can be arransedi ,.s ,-,,-
messed nearly all the great racing contests rns'
have taken place IN this country since 'ne NJ
makes the following suggestion: "A great race az
tracts thousands OF strangers 70 this city consr-
euently subscription should be made for rare nr
between the crack three-year- r-clds among IT.. ~.
sons who would be directly benefited thereDy. ~
eas 1900 could ne raised ana the rsP ;,h
could afford add about much more rms WIN On
ths entrance fee would surely insure s2oVp casn 70
the winner stipulation should be made 10 have
the race run on A good day and over good track
will bet tina; the attendance would be over ZoVo
profit"
The turfman's suggestion NAV not meet the ap-
ards OF the Jockey CLUB. II II does. and $1,000 Is
subscribed rh- Conev Island Jockey Club should
scd al least 81 90 20 the race. , ,.,.o.
Tomorrow is the last day Of the Westcnester
Racing Association meeting. Everybody who Is de-
Erous Of seeing racing flourish should make II"
eHort 10 be present