New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-18
TALK OF THE GREAT RACE.
OPINION OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN
HANDSPRING AND HASTINGS.
LOVERS OF THE TURF ENCOURAGED BY THE
oUTIooK-wHAT J. +. M'DoNALD SAYS
REGARDING THE INTEREST IN
RACING IN ENGLAND.

and enthusiastic attendance at the races at MOTIFS
Park on Saturday is a fair criterion. Inc crown
was mainly composed OF the well-to-do people a
view OF the grandstand from the lawn when race
was being run was chief attraction Tor many
visitors The varied coors OF the costumes OF the
women and row after row OF wedressed men maze
It sight well worth seeing. on the CLUBHOUSE
lawn the grizzled veterans OF the turf sa'nereu
around James b. Haggin who came out on ctutches
the witness the sport James K. heene' august
Belmont John Sanford. John c. Heckscher, Ihomas
Edmonson John Hunter. Philip ]. Dwyer and many
| OF the Younger generation OF turfmen were con-
spcuous figures on the lawn after the race for the
Withers had been decided
The veteran division recounted the deeds or the
three-year- odds from the early seventies down 10
the present time and conrasted their races with the
superb contest between Handspring and Hastings IN
| the Withers The younger division. composed OF
| Arthur White c. Follansbee Foxhall +. heene'
W. II. Thompson j.. $. Thompson. W. 3 SANDS W.
A. Chanler and others. avoided the aged olVision
and formed their deductions as to the relative
merits OF Handspring and Hastings the race was
carefully dissected by furlongs, and every move
ment OF the horses and Jockeys was discussed Inc
consensus OF opinion that II was true-run
race and that II there was any advantage gam"
BY Smss riding at the finish, 1t was more ina"
offset by the advantages gained by Grimm on HAST
ings in the first part OF the race. Strange 10 say
everybody appeared satisfied with the result August
Belmont said: Hastings will meet Handspring
again This is not the only three yearoid race OF
the year. and believe that Hastings Will wipe out
the stigma OF this defeat at their next meeting.
Philip j. Dwyer the owner OF Handspring re-
marked: THAT race too close TO Gro" over
Both OF them are rafting good horses. and 1t was
one OF the hottest races | have ever seen Hand
spring did everything that asked OF him. ana
believe him capable OF racing any distance that
horses ere asked to run. II he remains fit and IN
good health / Will not dodge any race no matter
who may be entered TO run against him
AMONG THE TRAINERS.
The trainers. professional bettors and the men
who watch every move made by the horses on the
racetracks talked over the race without sentiment
or nreiudice A majority OF that class declared
that neither Handspring nor Hastings classed with
Henry OF Navarro Domino as three-year-oIds'
AMI almost with voice the professolhal element
agreed that Domino's Wthers was superior per
formance 10 that OF Handspring or his competitor
II,stngs The great on Saturday has done
much to renew the interest In racing Every pace
where turfrnen gather the question OF the three
year-oM championship is the principal topic IN
the West Ben Brush ran a dead heat at a mile
with the FLY Lady Inez The mile was run !"
IA In m. run of. Ben Brush defeated MS OPP
conan, RI Their easily, in 1:i3. The showing or the
three year-olds that have run up to date places
Handwriting Ben Brush. Hastings len hu'r anu
7 adv Inez iust about heads apart Consequent!
acs,ocrs and turtmen are extremely anxious to see
settle the question Of superiority beyond al! douo'
n, tho showing made by Handspring and Hastings
on Saturday many turfmen openly say that 'hey
will place their money upon either Requi'a' Vi one
I Love when either OF them Is pltied against the
s.ar norformers OF Saturday. Requta r. rapidly re-
gaining his FORM and he IL almost certain 10 oe
ready 10 race before the Westchester meeting e'us
ono Love has been suffering for several days IN
q manner peculiar 10 FLIES In the spring put she
| may make her bow to the public TINS week
I, e fortunate for the turf that there are so
MAJ evenly matched three year-ods In the heid
There has been so much talk about the popularity u
r,ct,g IN England that the writer asked j. Il. NC
r,or,i5 who q close observer and an intelligent
authority on racing affairs 20 give MS OPINION d.
% what caused the widespread interest aihons All
classes In the turf In England Tine pr'hc'pal ie"
| SON " Mr.. Mcdonald said. FOR the Interest taken
'. .nr,ugbout the United Kingdom Is the
,, mat the racing authorities make II possible LOT
,,.,vbod,, from the prince the humblest IaDor"r
20 ,,itnees tn races through the means OF free
Held or a shilling Enclosure When great races are
- he decided tens OF thousands OF persons "''e'
-. races from the shilling nclosure The reservoir
.,,ras are filled with the weather classes VIM
,, ,,rhlo wha, Il costs 10 witness the races III
.hi, country, The masses have n chance 20 see
tho classes and al! are asseinp'l Io' 'nr '
,uruosc that H. to View the best morse" III r''e'''
,,,.st for lib, raj prizes. II VIII be reaiy seen
49,, ,,rIer the foregoing arrangement both peer
| ra c,rnnoner become interested In tho sport Inc
49,, ,,,, the masses witness the races at the an
,,,,, courses I'm England causes the hah''dPS ~
~. discussed as earnestly In the cottage d. !" '"e
,,loce believe that n the Jockey C"o VIII iiahe
,rr,ngements FOR 2j-cent incIosure' the o'o"NH
cha, uiu gather to witness the great contests Dc
,., IN. kings OF the rrf viii equal the crowds
49,, c,th.r 10 witness the races at EPSON. Good
wood Doncast"- or Ascot.
VI Mcdonald suggested a 50-cent inclosure at
,t,r,,s park AMI hts suggestion was adopted at
once.
FEW ENTRIES TO SOME RACES
There l. much to be said on both sides OF the
oues,ion I'm regard the paucty OF entries 10 some
~ the purse races the daily programme. O"Hers
and trainers certainly have grievance In the man
"a. Z, wnIch conditions are made for some or the
,urscs especially in the selling races. Anybody
Who will take the book programme at Morris ParK
and carefully study the conditions Will ma that the
roces are made up In such a manner that II y '"-
nossble for the average owner to enter HIS hose''
N,.oysr tho conditions In many OF the races are
ahura nonsensical and ludcrous. Then many Oh
tho owners whimper because the purses are not as
,u,h,. as trey we're IN the old days when the
venues of the racetracks were four times as great
as they Ter her mans for 1896 upon the receipts OF
,bn racetrock in 1896 These grumbers GROWERS
VIZ .aicon,snts should remember that the fate or
Icing hung in the balance and that they are IN
dehted 10 the efforts OF The Tribune August per
mont John Sanford James II, Nfe1e M' Snw ,ha,
The ,urf "a on the high road TO success. these as
snt,s6ed ones may assured that the purses VIII
Inc Increased TO their old values Just as soon az
there ls a surplus over the expenditures one OF
ho arst rules laid down by the Westchester RACING
Associao is substantially that there snail DE no
dividends and that every penny OF proht sha go 10
the conditions of the races do not suit the train
ers thev should not sulk and keep their horses In
be stables but they should consult at once with the
racing authorities who are only 100 Wiling 10
make any changes that may prove beneiciai 10 the
interest OF the turf ,,, .
The brilliant gathering Of SATURDAY. should enGour-
90 everybody 10 renew their efforts 10 rehabnate
racing and make II popular with the public me
vlctories gained then by Juno In the opening dash.
and ~ ROYAL Rose in the Gaiety Stakes were ex-
~. molly popular Racegoers and the general pubhc
have a warm spot In their hearts for the heene
coors (white with blue Spots, una, ~eIg - 'ooH