New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-17
THEY FOUGHT BRAVELY.
HANDSPRING DEFEATED HASTINGS

A HARD RATTLE FOR THE PRIZE AT NORRIS
p,RK-Tvo FINE COLTS THAT sTRUG-
GLED WITH COURAGE AND SPEED
A CONTEST THAT WAS .t
WORTH LOOKING AT. r
7, had been expected that when Philip j. Dryers
uandsnrnp met August Belmonts hastings Ill INC
Withers Stakes at Morris Park the contest "o"IN
he keen And 1t was. in truth a race OIL SINCE
- interest So many articles have peeh Puo''s"
This paper and in other papers IN regafo " ' ~
plots of these two colts that 1t Is not ne'e'
now TO recount what they have done Ihey were
commemorative American runners. one the pest son
- ~ Hanover and the other a noble son oil opeiu
shrft Both had had more than their 1alr s''aie y,
had luck Hastings fell i'll last year at ciI"
20 fine and he ran poorly in the Futurhy Vi 1919 y.
cause of that mishap. Handspring was crippieu ~
c4ne Futuriy"by- smashing kick-from ms stau'e
=. .arnap,on. Axiom Both colts had run so rapidly
los, season when they well and strong 'na'
each of them had throngs OF eager anu -
admirers and partisans, and arguments g"
1.-THE relative merits of the two nave pee" ~.
and fluent Philip ]. Dryer summoned guns -
the West TO ride Handspring In the "HheIS' "i''o
Hastings was ridden by young Henry C'i'Dip' VIZ =,
,ocLevshin 10 so highly esteemed that MS income 10
considerably in excess of that OF the vice.
of the United States. In fact jockeys ol ''e io
most rank appear 10 be in somewhat hio'e n
nd
a,,,os of the presiding officer OF that grave anu
49, hodv me senate of this Republic are ap-
naren,v less exacting than those OF a competent
craftsman In a high-priced saddle-that IS IL o"e "
TO fudge by the compensation attacheu ~ a0- 49,,
Even the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court oI 'A
Nation does not receive as much money LOT NE %.
vices in that august tribunal as Henry Grim" So
for riding Mr. Bemonts horses, or as Wii'ai" '',''
takes for sitting the spinal columns Vi inc 49,
and the FLIES which are owned by Fhip o. go
. Nevertheless the Senate OF the country OF "he"
George Washington was the father anu Tue "a
preme Court which worid-rehoWheu =.
have held sway decide questions which anecu 'he
lives. the fortunes ana the hoiio' VI 81
OF Americans.
II is an odd world in some things
A BEAUTIFUL MAY DAY.
pu, /, was a merry Morris Park yesterday. NO
70 more comfortable day in May was ever hio"" -.
this region than Saturday, the 10Th OF tiis eo
1rent month Neither May nor any other h'on'n "''
inner DAYS to- give out. Even June IN It's mos' III
esdulgent hunor could not favor New YORK ihoie e,
erously In other words. Withers Day at 1ioii 10
1p. III as true perfection in weather-not too cold
and not too hot not too damp and not TOO Dry not
= Zoo harsh and not too hard-the happy mean anu
.faultess in sky in sunshine and IN ar. IN eveis
thing this rare afternoon MILLS
gathered within its kindly gates many thousahus Vi
h open hearted men and women They were al III
them had words of praise for the weather 1or the
nlace for the sport for the Jockey Club lor the
eschester Racing Association. for the starter LOT
90 the judges for the jockeys for the horses' ioi
= everything and for everybody
500 In fact all Americans who wish TO see the tur1
flourish like green bay tree ooua no. s on the
J. third Saturday of May. 1896. The gathering ~, Ur
Intelligence and prSspsriy and 1aPpn nd American Sa
ola hair ham
NO CAUSE FOR COMPLAINTS.
There was nothing 10 find fault with. The starter
was IN sound form, the association had provided an
excellent programme the jockeys behaved accept
ablv all the officials attended to their duties gra-
cously and gracefully, and the races were well con-
Handspring was the favorite in all the betting on
the Withers Stakes had been predicted IN an
and iavshy by many expert sages of long expert 1
ence The two colts ridden as wei as any WIss
couId he fought out every loot OF the W It-
ers mile Sims rode Handspring as brilliantly o as
he ever rode any horse in his whole career GI
strained every tendon and every sinew every nerve
and every muscle to conquer pdsDr Gs won the
Withero by few inches, and Hastings was so SO
IS5s sna 6s T IS m doubtful Which
the better colt They are about eqna IN , meri u,
They will meet again And may We all De 'ne'e "
= Those two colts know how to run They are re-
proud of Handspring. Mr.; Belmont is proud %, OF
Hastings Both right. Such race as that LOT
the Withers yesterday sets the whole turf OF tne
countrv astir And the American turf will hum
and buzz and CULVER and thrill and rustic Tor many
day over that Withers go
hustle ,-1,,, ,,,croD,rC
lanes r. Keenc won two races with his fast
6lv Juno by Salvador. out OF Bessie June Fine
breeding that Just remember Salvador and Bes-
sic lunch and with Royal Rose by Royal Hampton
oI Mr. o. K S,ee IS ali right thank you.
William Makepeace Thackeray, author of the bal
lad OF Little Bllee and some other trihes had a
Savorts dtty which he fond of humming. II
ran like this: -. r,....s
And every morning he SAID 4 the richest
merchant of Rotterdam
Rotterdam won the fifth and the shades OF
william Makepeace Thackeray were appeased