New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02
CLOUDS AND SHADOWS.
PLENTY OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
THE LEAVING OF CHALLENGER AT THE POST
HAMILTON AGAIN IN THE sADDLE-THE

HAMILTON AGAIN IN THE sADDLE-rHE
CONTESTS AT BRIGHTON BEACH.
p T Barnum was a smart student OF human
nature Many time he said that the American
people liked TO be humbugged. Search through
Shakespeare and Milton. and Swift and Addison
md Byron and Thackeray and Matthew Arnold
and perhaps you will not find the word humous
7, e NOT pure and classic English. but II Is eftec
five No other word expresses exactly what num-
bug expresses. Mr. Barnum prepared an au'op
ography Of which he was proud That hle VI
himself written by himself, was on SAFE io'
many years wherever the greatest ono" U"
Earth" was seen. In that book may be read an
.,,or.a;ring narrative of all the humbugs with
wb,cb p T Rarnum scattered FUN in this coun-
try and In other countries II is pleasant reau-
ing Mr. Barnum in that book with oehsh'i"i
candor took hts readers into his commence anu
told them how he amassed millions OF money
by gratifying the American passion for being mum
hugged His account Of a certain comical bufalo
b,n,t which he arranged in Hoboken is fascina'-
ing in its Punchinello jollity
Mr. Rarnum ought 10 be alive to-day. ana no
ought 10 have complete control OF the racing d.
Brighton Beach, for II there ever was humoi
Gus and laughte r- provoking humbug on earth II Is
the comedy a, Brighton as Il is now managed MI
Belmont is abroad In his absence -FOUR stewards
of the Jockey Club got together ana res'o'eu s'e
,ockey Hamilton all racetrack privilege '"o
offcial report OF tina; meeting Of Jockey CUP stew"
The Jockey club presided In the absence OF MI
Relmont The other stewards present were Johh
II Bradford James Galway ana i. H. hi'cH0o0N'
AS to the details OF the transactions OF 'he SIC"
ards OF the Jockey Club a gloomy ooscuriVy pre-
walls as dismal a. that which enshrined the awiui
mysteries Of Eleuss or porenious deliberations
nj the deadly Council OF Ten Of Venice or the fright
ful plo,iings OF the awe-inspiring conspra.o'S III
Orenbachs Grand Duchess of Geroisteih' frooA
bly, no one will ever lift the veil from the caNerhous
III wolf nod
tive session OF those four stewards OF me 'orNes
Club II may never be known until. as swhpuQIhhe
saws The thunders Of the rumpets Oh Ue ilsas
sota5 on Inc sootv question OF the reins a,ement
OF Hamilton Nevertheless meek anG "wE ?on oEm
iionps Monih Of that dread Council Of Four The
humble scribe Wno pynS be- t ali aWry in his guesses
but he leans to the theory CHS Is prinel Win
tribunal of Four may infict cruel penalties upon
the audacious writer ihat james ~, nni ne re-
stored to the privileges Of ockeyship ana u,cht
John H. Bradford, James Galway ana r. ~ MAJ
cock voted in favor OF Hamilton However '""'
mar Nr I BradfoHd Mr. Galway and Mi Hitchcock are
honordd Americans. of Exceptional and even ex-
cessive amiabity Every one OF men, h, nslitics
Mr. Bradford is citizen Of Boston, and many many
public pired New-Yorkers think II rs i Sexr
adanted resolutions of thanks Mr. Bradford for
his {Th BGs1on in order to- each New
how to New-York racetracks properly, IL fo ir
s and R SssR eqsiTHs oushs
tonan who will kindly consent TO come to this this
20 do ANYTHING in the true Somerset Club style
MI Galway and Mr., Hitchcock live here n ana
Numerous admirable traits and characteristics IT
is true, however. that Mr. Braaiord e M World
wide celebrity for constant, unfaing nnquenchi n
able and 4f se srdor anq a Of AT them
GENERALLY admired good -natured philosophers IN
T bS the ap peop sEeG of S State viii
Iy allow the turf 10 continue WINE srcm are nor in
teTfeTed with But if they do think So they are
In error Look at MewJe R@eors Hamilton Then
wait and see how many turf salaries Will be Paid
BY ra an Of ,Sa Which Hamilton has done this
year is to pass without action Amo VINE f sUu
and eloquent revolutions ana present mem 10
ton William c. Daily deserves tribute a memo
rial and a eulogy. ,..,.... l-,u, .,o
voted for the restoration Of Hamilton seem TO
forget Those Republican newspapers Of this town
perity and Influence united In criticsing severe
~ and sharply the present mdn1Gemes IL e Oh
The next Legislature of this State will be Repub-
lean and the next Governor MI he Repu d W
lam G. DAILY Bryan newspapers and free SILVER
n as serous 9 SUPPOSE that Bryan
papers and free silver newspapers will have much
next Governor when bill is introduced at Albany
next winter which will aim to suppress abson,ey
When that bill becomes law certain racetrack
salaries will stop suddenly. as certain racetIa a
salaries stopped suddenly In New-Jersey not long
age Ssw.1orsov has reformed racing by reforming 1t
out Of existence. But. alas New-Jersey has sent
Flynn the starter, to New-York Az Artemus
Ward might have said. Flynn is two, two mulch
Flynn is failure as starter; ms proPei, LILY, Lr,a
IL in the cranberry boys of New-Jersey PICKING
strong favorite in the second race at Brighton
Beach yesterday. as he deserved to be both on pr-
vate and on public form. But Flynn left him at the
post. Arthur White is q turfman of the best type
and every decent man who goes to the races, ex-
bjfblr suoccessfu But seemingly Flynn would
not il is to Judge by the way In which Flynn
rode Ghaiicneer. was distressingy in fault He
was reprehensby gareless an blundered sho @d
Flynns bungling Challenger was practically eft AZ
t she post and ner Chaengcr had been practically
left at the post Burlesque mad an extremely easy
victory. w.t., .. .
Brighton Beach. and Burlesque came In a poor
NTH behind Regulator Toronto Doomful ana Rol
nan ride better than Taral Those English inter
iopers ought to beg to be sent to Join their buc,
caneering friend. Dr. Jameson IN Morn aT,Dd
Austin Englands Poet Laureate sends daily ode
20 DR. Jameson, and thus aggravates the horrors
of that hapless buccaneers imprisonment Alfred
Austin ought to write ode on the riding of
Sims and Hamilton and another ode addressed 10
those stewards OF the Jockey Club who voted 10
put Hamilton back In the saddle
Why on. why does not Mr. Belmont come back:
In hts absence some OF the stewards OF the Jockey
club seem 70 be acting injuiiciousy and unwisely
Tarals riding Sir Francis in the first race, on
Burlesque IN the second and Peep O Day in the
fourth was excellent 10 arouse the enthusiasm
OF every American who saw H. even Y Il did not
please Few unnaturalzed Englishmen. The idea OF
comparing the riding of Sims with that of raral Is
ghos;ly in lis groiesqueness. Sims rode Voter on
Wednesday, July %. Voter third then TO Lady
Louise and Lady Mitchell. on Saturday, July 25
Sims rode Voter again and the colt was third 10
PcdermOnd ard Tallahassee. The Tribune said the
next morning that II Vcler had been ably and skill
fully and energe;ically ridden by Sims would have
defeated Tallahassee and would have been second 20
Rcdermond Tha, true The lover Of humorous
Incidents the turf viii find great deal Of amuse-
If he viii .Ook up the records and how much
better The Keene colt TIagedan has run when he |