New-York tribune., 1896-08-26
rAyORITES BEATEN AGAIN.
,onr rPsErs AT sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
.,,,s RODE THREE HEAVILY BACKED HORSES IN
CARELESS STYLE.

before
Sch ''H ssy OF the autumn meeting OF the Coney
the sN - club at Sheepshead Bay yester-
ls'a"a o,,sins the Flight Stakes al seven fur
'S'' "a the Surf Handicap at mile ana
,.r II was fine August afternoon as choiee
S 1u,s morning In its way. The air was OF
-, temperature. not disaereeably not ana
p'eAs" sa,nn nor chilly But Simss riding Of favor
nei'" damp and distressing 10 depressing
ns Michael F. Dryers jockey was on MT
oes'' euv Cleophus In the first race. an odds
p"'or,ta heavily backed by Mr.. Dwyer ana
OF ,bers If Cleophus had been well ridden
man ,la have been first at the end without nuch
sue -, But Sims was lazy and diiatory' ana al
'To"VN CHIC TO get such a lead before the home
1o"so ~as reached that Cleophus could not catch
sire'0n .Sousb Sims worked hard In the last fur
hei' -.h,nc can be certain on the turl
'o"e' A.t Ceophus, carrying lV' pounds can ou'-
thSn 80 carrying s9ia pounds, at five furiohes on
run security course. II Cleophus Is nuoeh win
ine ~ the way MI Dwyer and all the packers q
sA" -. can thank Sims for their losses sims
- a costly investment for Mr pwNer oecause
h~s ,hroUn away many races on faNorltes
ne - h would have for Mr.. Dwyer II ne
,tsn pains and done his best. These jockeys
"Su - ancestors were born in Abyssinia or sene-
80 or Zanzibar Madagascar or 'he am
sai0'" r,rohuctoo often fail when pinch
.omss A yellow streak Is hNeY 10 e"o" ,r,eil
CO.. ,nev ride too many odds-on favorhes' ms
"ne" ~ ,l h,, il is true and it always has
-
been . 49,. ...o,1 raoe
= DIVERS Tom Cromwell in the secohu race
- NOT the favorite. ana sims foue "i"' a"
,i-sbl, defeating the odds-on iaVor'e noN"p@ "
T~s,.s another point IN the feCoiu '' '0NN.'
- o,cestors were born IN Africa, ana point
81 worthy Of the profoundest stuoy ana resea'0n
" -, ~, 81 the ablest ethnOogists A Jockey
80. ,-ogenitors came from the banks OF 'he
,,o,co often rides with praiseworthy skill anu
.rerrv when he Is riding noh-ldVoii'e 0Hu =
,,,,,~ N defeat a favorite. II Is pity 'hal Dai
- - aead II ne were living he might nhu
tasci,aring field for study in the proneness oi
-,okeVs whose forefathers beat the ar-uruni
.,,ros On by the ripples of the Niger for losing
$50 hy aduliersted and aloyed ridlng on Ia
critics while they supply gold-standars rues ol
,.rline merit when they are endeaNorlhs 10 ue-
,est favorites with non-favorites. II MI. D"yer
,,sre a Darwin he never would have employed
,ock.v who can trace back his lineage TO African
cb,aftatns who welded the assegai by the waves
~ the Zambesi II Mr.. Dwyer were an erudl'e
Investigator Of primitive traits, a. Darwin was
hs would never have engaged any Jockey VINO
looks back and discovers the founder OF ms FANNY
among the dusky warriors who brandlsheo 'heH
spears by the marge Of the lovely Limpopo. II
Mr. Dvyer will take a few days off some time ana
count I'D all the money which he has lost IN
p,,rsa bets through the carelessness or sun
hrrlel riders since he first owned racehorses' he
vii md that the sum total in one way ana an
othel VIII run up i'm the hundreds OF thousahos
~ dollars For Mr Dwyer has been racing many
wears and he has made many enormous plunge
he's n The course OF those years. and Hamilton
ana sims and other Jockeys Of the hue Of OtheHo
have lost many big bets Tor him by careleSshess.
- ,f~ Dv-tcr had given his days ana nights 10
tra s'uoy OF Shakespeare he would nave learHeu '
~, DfnoN0 had a his weak spot. ana that tnss
Nc ,w.-,by Moor OF Morocco and Of Venice could
~, bers heen satisfactory Jockey. even II he
couo have reduced his weight suihclently 70 tiuTT
,isonhue OtheNo's blood was too hot, and he had
f4u1f
have ridden racehOrses have been too not III me
6ood o. have been ne Of some ,Gs G5nsr qS y
ioag odds the greatest jockey who ever roae an!
TIE DIVERS 8re OF lrish descent and they are
l.y-. Zri,5ctlin j. OF irish descent and he is
rgni8 Of il 4l-o as he may well be. 1t is passing
strange that the Dwyers who achieved 50 many
memorable tctorieS Win an llsh JoChe\ 80 ~
Mclaughlin should ever have taken a lalJS 70
nsf.rr-iealhef Cr russet or tan-colored JocKeHe
D.-s men anl dark boys are extremely useful and
,suabe persons ~ many spheres Of ACTIVITY: t pGS
III fhe rdas .r races had been restricted 10 pale
Wan r'3lsn. c.s,pau= must have won the first race.
wea r'iien I.aa4 shore must have been VICTORIOUS
me ,'sr'n IS s,a nasl's ss Wes1esday cthat anaz
-,.ra,sa Vas ..- DOWN for FIVE racing days by
~ wise mon n he stewards stand) ne rushed Lake
Store 'he ;FoH, Instantly ana lea a.! ne NV way, ~'n
"a. Lake S1l,e. Sloane knows now 10 ride Lake
sare t'l The bfason and Refugee ana seve5ai Q,hTi
horses ue-.er t1an any other Jockey can rue thsH
Nl-n ae rides hose horses th'y Win When oiAeT
Te defenders of ne turf say hat racing ought TO
f kep, gp In order 10 improve the breed OF horses
SO one in his rgh, mind would say that me way 10
improve tie breed of horses ) 20 lose races with
lem. Aui Yet Wleu tha, distinguished graduate OF
'ao cranberry hJgs Of NeW-Jsrs@y. Starter Flynn
made complaint against Sloane 90 the effect that ne
Rad disoheyel the orders OF the Imperial Auiocrat OF
'-e cranberry o1ss. The stewards put Sloane on NJ
ground for dle race days This was unjust. unfair
and unV.,e That not the way 10 improve the
bred " horses Il was the way 10 ruin the turi
The people who 20 % fls races sustain the turf n
'ae people Who 10 the desert the turf IN
larse numbers. me turf must die The people who go
. tle races and by their going keep the turf along
dissatisfied with stewards who put down a popq-
lar Jockey who wins many races. What DO the people
Waat do thev really care FOR Flynn? They wan 70
admire and applaud and follow Tara and sloane
who win and who rarely lose by careless
less. ana hey have no fervent admiration or en-
fhus.asn 70 spare for Martin and Sims and Doggeti
and some other jockeys. who careessly lose races
which they ought 10 win and which Taral or Sloane
could and would win easily II either rider could, az
he we.yh-s ride lie horses on which Martin ana
SINS and Doggeit throw away races by carelessness
m something els. The American turf is crumbAng
when stewards SET doEa Jockeys who win races and
smile compacently ne Of the careless riding Of
taror,tes which Martin Sims and DoSgeJ nave been
doing this year Il makes no grave difference whether
these Jockeys lose races by carelessness or on pur-
pose n either they are seriously IN fault ana
But, alas, our racing stewards in too many cases
have little backbone or else are unable TO tel
whether or not d horse is ridden In good fsith and
with an earnest desire 20 do all that can be done
win him. A competent racing steward should have
ne iron Will OF Bismarck, and BsmarcNan hatred
ot shams and pretences Moreover. he should have
had long and varied experience with Jockeys and
horses. A competent steward could decide whether
Jockey doing his full duty or not. and whether
horse was run short OF work. or was really out
'o- the money" And no competent steward would
sustain Flynn In leaving Taral at the post on Ross
70, the fayorite, after Taral had called out 10
fNnn, begging him 10 drop the flag. Ross
- was far behind the others. And no competent
e"ard would sustain Flynn or any one else by put
ing down Jockey who had committed no offence
except by his praiseWOrthy quickness 10 anticipate
NE slow. and diatory and reluctant. and hestating
ana procrastinatng Flynn. and 10 win four races !
oll or seven in q single afternoon.
Sioaie would have carried of the fourth race |
VIII Lake Shore easily enough. II he mad been per-
mitted 20 ride him. Lake Shore Is not hostile 10 |
me Clarke starting machine. although Sims acts /
.peatedly as II he a bitter foe Of the machine
he writer Of this article IN place from |
Nhl.h ne could see the start OF the fourth race |
perfectly Lake Shore did not gel away badly. /
tnd !; Sims had ridden him properly he would have
sent him promptly the front az least near the