New-York tribune., 1896-08-28
RACING AT SHEEPSHEAD.
OF THE FAvoRIrEs SUCCESSFUL.
mars EFFECTIVE FINISH ON SUNNY SLOPE
u.RRy REED BADLY BEATEN.

e., ..r,tlnv we're carried on In the spirit "hich
u ~ Ao,n when the stewards Of the hngish Jockey
We. o,ss,ioned Charles Wood. who was 'he ieau'"s
eu" % ~ england after Frederick Archer died. then
;ooNes o,,othing might be accomplished No fraud
pE.- nroved against Wood But some OF his rid
wa wa .os pecuiiar and many rumors were ahoa' con-
rs him The stewards OF the English Jockey
&c W ,-,oellei Wood 10 give the fullest anu most
.''ons ordinations 10 all his riding ana as 10
oe'~". .onrces OF revenue. Woods explanations
e' -, entirely satisfactory, and for that reason
vs'' ,.s never hcen allosed TO ride since the
WV uas begun The stewards Of our Jockey
Iess"- - not likely 10 accomplish much unless they
wv .Uo o. three lawyers vho know great ce"'
e'' .ur, affairs. and who know how 20 get al
e" ,v mems OF airOit icquries. But II lawyers
"a familiar with The history OF RACING III '"'s
Tn' 10, twenty years should he employed ana
e'01"s ,srs should study with zeal. care and thor
shoss ,Ne exact facts as 20 all the horses which
rS"s has ridden for William Lakeland ana
,ouvsrs should then ask William Lakeland ahc
.,.-u,on a. rary searching questions as ,he s"Eei
.n. r-eYsa Jockey Club asked Charles "oou'
v. ,ossih'v some OF ;he answers mlsh' nave so'"e
-, IL them And possibly theN n's"' "o~
-, -. 10 sxnerYneni might be worth trying Lake
ueess .~si7e1 Exile ard WiNie L., and var!-
'@n' ,1-sas which were ridden by Hamilton
o', 49,. bo-ses occasionally did some freaKish
a. - ts,,lton rode them. When Iaral rode
-. r--sas which Lakeland trained ior JAMES ~
=. .Ao No-ses we're ridden magnlncehN!' NJ H.
-r,-, into Tarars riding is ever neecea ~, ""sn
1r,7,i-or has ridden horses fsl"tu ~ ~
- .,o,rces Of those animals have oeeh eCcen-
~. Wv ' .,.s.., OCCASIONS That vas true OF Exile
=" ,,...,a and O., other horses IN Garner years
. -, 80, .r,e ~ Gotham. OF Cod CreS' anu OF
80 ,.her horses trained by L'Ke''.1 @ru .. 80"
- I4sr,l,o, this year. OF N'oNesu~Y ii"''''.o"
,b-eu away race ol God oreS, ""On 'S -
. 80 NV and Yesterday God Crest the 'aVor''e
,san- many unsatisfactory races nus sedso"
- ,,f.s aoas not seem % "a in the 4eas' ais
- -. - - .-o,h,es ay Hamii'on's odd anucs' ana
.s.s-,,u,. continues % 1u' Hamilton on ,'e "o'seS
80. - controls II England certain ln-e'vNVrS
~ sr.wn from Woods association with ce'.'i"
.sonle Is IL difficult lor ,Ae s-r"''-
ciub 20 draw inference? -
rnAp there's Doggett's riding on DeerslaYer' IL
.ra stewards of the Jockey club VIII STUDY VII" O."
,ossihle ardor and energy and profundl'N every "e
,a of the weights carried and the distances run il"
eli his races by Deorslayer this year anu All 'le
circumstances Of Doggetts riding N every rae, 'N
"a bich no has had .he mount on Deerslayer' they
"a, hardly avoid the conclusion that when certain
are taken into account. Deerslayer. on
.a-jous occasions is q remarkable and eXtraordi-
,arv horse. and Doggett IS remarkable and eX-
rider
And there others.
1fost OF the newspapers misled their readers by
betting NGlreS NulCl are NtNfitiN'- A'''
writer's who compile what they declare 70 he the
current quotations really print what exceptional
,dde The average raCeCoer cannot. as rule, gel
ANYTHING ike ;he odds in the betting ring which
nearly al the newspapers quote The Tribune in its
betting quotations airs to furnish its readers with
The odds which an ordinary average. uninhuential
visitor % the racetrack can get by application TO
snv ore of A dozen score OF the layers Of odds
!, is misleading and grotesque to print in the news
rauefs prices which only Riley Grammar or some
other particular favorite and pet Of the layers of
odds can get from the men who accept waeers. 1t
IS one Of me peculiar traits Of the layers OF odds
that as a rule. they prefer TO give far more gem
erous odds plungers than 70 the ordinary, aver
uge. innocent well-meanlng and unsuspecting race
gCer.
On Tuesday Sims C'eophus allowed Chic 10
defeat Cleophus by carelessness. He then under
rated Chic and carelessly permitted her TO get too
long lead for Cleophus 70 overcome. Yesterday
Clecphus and Chic met again. but this time Sims
had his eyes open and Cleophus, defeated chic in
a rorn whils the other starters were far 0ehind
-hese two Cleophus was the fayorite and chic was
While sins rode Cleophus well in the first race
he rode Amanda V. extremely III in the seconu
-ace Sins has a violent temper. That Is Wei
known. Some years ago ne stabbed man III '"e
face al Long Branch and last year he thre% a
brick in the face of a waiter West Brighton. He
las been engaged in many quarreIs IN the course
Z his sunbirned career Sims apparently dislikeS
rhe Clarke startiug-machine.. and he often loses
ground when starts are made with that machine.
Tara and sloane ar so quick in mind and in
muscle 50 nimble and agile. both mentally and
physically. that they get their mounts raPldN III
motion whether OF not a machine is used. Sims as
jockey Is painfully inferior both 10 Taral ana
Sloane Salvable was the fav0riie in the second
race, buy Haz.ei. NoodN.ne ana Aha"ud s.I W.
well backed When the machine flew up Amanda
V near tle others. but Sims was so slow, 80
clumsy and so ounelng IN handling ner. 'ha' eVery
other horse % the field shot away from her ana
She was ief, iu the Then Sims seemed 20 lose
both his head and his temper. as he often does
nftr.1 - a
for the race Amanda Y. SIN had fair chance,
4 she had been patiently hidden with cooineSs'
seemingly took muish View Of the matter and
since lie dd get of in front. decided 10 abandon
that reason only. Amanda Y. failed 70 get even an
approach 20 third place: The faVorite. Salyable'
was .er3nd only head behind Salvable. Hazlet
was thiri j. HiMs riding Of Hazet was not re
fpler6ert with dazzling lustre. He seemed 10 Oe
rather sluggish and inert, as he seemed 70 be also
On Irish Rec IN the htth race. II laraI could
have ridden Hazlet. the Gideon colt would nave
Wooasire ridden by Griffin. was fourth The
Y torr9 and i seems 70 he almost impossible
or 4 Belmont horse to capture race. Mr. BEL
.oo5 for,iIne 70 his popular coors His big colt.
keenan, was the iavorite IN ne tniid race. bul
-5a-scst and commonest Of selling paieTs. His
,erforuance was q miserable one ai'noueh ne ran
An = Tarars choicest skill and all the resources
Il his unriVailed jockeysnp were required III Ctu'I
svs inches n,he fourth race. Nora Il. carried
,rlv ffG mounds 10 the rs on sunny S'ope. ana
lora n Vas a fast nlly yesterday. II she had had
. better Jockey than Hamilton or her aack. not
ven Tail could nave saved the day Tor Sunny
:ope Tarals admirable riding OF sunny slope was
neered agair and again. Hamilton IoolisAy mao mao
..srre.1s s's n ought 20 have been.
Nichael r Dwyer had rsy OF gool luck III, ,h ne ~.
,Isf race btit this deserted him III the Hith' tn
shic5 nj. Harry Reed. the odds-on faVoriie, ran
,retche5ly failing 20 get even thlru I'm "o
2.sd ran - II a mile 100 TAR fOr MN now.
;lr Fraf.cis IS now a fairly iast miller with leht
,ie .,,,,r,ro5 the race easily with Siralh-
49, erc,,G I.{sn Reel The second choice Was rid
ea vita an amazing lack OF yigor snap s1 D1,s sne
lash she ought 10 have been seCo"g, 49,, pp mare IN
ed sahroi deprive her Pa o. s'eSne conc p%6fG pr6Gcn
b, H. .,,-Ie;e i.ntcrtain Jockey. Hamilton, was
he lstorifc in the last race which wa at mile
and = fsfr on me turf But either ColO 'fes' x
Iiansi, ,coe l1nea:,al 10 the emergency, or O0th
Ncre uneotaL anyway. Gold Crest went 70 pScess
IN The l-.-.t .sfcfI .nlng manncr u We una ullI