New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07
THE STARTER ALL AWRY.
POOR RACING AN THE BROOKLYN TRACK.
THE INJURY WHICH CLAYTON AND HAMILTON
HAVE DONE TO THE ,TURr-PLAIN TRUTHS


Rudyard Kipling wrote some Plain Tales from
the Hills a few years aep. and those taies were
r.,a with svi5tv in micly countries. The Tribune
has published from time TO time in recent Seiso"s
certain plain tales from the racetracks' many %
which were not pleasing to people who were TN
willing that the naked truth about the turl s.u'"
he revealed without stint ana without shii' but
the plain blunt truth Is best after all. In all these
sporting affairs. The readers of The Tribune nave
learned from it's columns for many gay ""3t
were the exact facts as TO owners trainers anu
Jockeys no matter how unpaaatabe the disclosures
MIGHT no n turf spec,ators and manipulators. Is
there any good reason why The Tribune should
not persevere in It's practice OF tearing away d"
masks and wells and shrUids from corps'S on me
racecourses and telling the world what is so'"s
on under the surface' II Is in the public interest
that the plain truth the whole truth and nothing
but the truth should be told in all the newspapers
at all times In regard TO racing matters. ana III
regard to everything else. Does any one venture
TO dispute that self-eviGent proposition
Nevertheless, The Tribune was the only morning
newspaper in this metropolis which told the absolute
and entire truth without reserve in regard 10 the
Brooklyn Handicap. Let every human being under
stand clearly that the Brooklyn Jockey CUB was not
in fault because Clayton rode In so bungling anu
.nexcusable a manner thai four-ffths OF the peope
who went to the course Thursday were disgnsted
arritated and exasperated. The club had prepared
highly attractive and gratifying programme LOT inc
Arst day Of the meeting The Handicapped had done
Handicap would have been memorable ana con
spicuous success Clifford the preference OF the
public He had run in a>fash'on SO dazzhs ~ io'''
Park that every turfman possessed or even "' 4'as
sense knew that ne wasSa better racer IMAM e>'' "
fore Proof was heaped upon proof that ne was a.
,ha very ton and crown Of all The excellence whch ne
was capable os achieving. 1n'many races year Ai'e.
xear he had convinced every observer VIM wa" ~
besotted by prejudice blind'to merit 'ha' ne was
norsa If high class In 1894 he was left at 'ne Pos
COLLABORATING
tortrnes were lost on him then. James Rove inc
starter and William Martin. the Jockey I'd po,a,'
Bay rued-off turf exile. who had Deen re''o o ,b
MISTAKEN leniency). were both TO p.a'ie .o' ~.
enormous losses which the hackers OF inc 49,,
suffered And Starter Flynn ard JOCKEY Gay. , p''
$500 10Th cravely in fault for the defea' Oh '"e
Savorite on Thu2cday last
r1yNN OUGHT TO RESIGN
. ,urswriters were frank enough ana
nonest enough and brave enough 10 ee'i w 49,.
<oo,s about the defeat OF Cnnord on 'i'ui s''
rrha ae,av AZ the post had something 10 90 WIN ~
.,a for that Starter Flynn was chieny respo'' o,
y. &c. ha admitted with sincere sorrow tial MI
ST., ,s q failure as a starter. AS speaker Vi INC
New.Jersey Assembly. when Democratic po"''V'''
have a majority at Trenton. Mr. FLYNN may NC
marvel and miracle. But II Is ht"'' "p
narent after what he has done and what ne mas
failed 10 do at Morris Park and az Inc biooNs
+rack that he is out of place a starter II ne mas
sensitive sef-respec he ought to resign ms pIaoe
-,.bopt DELAY He seems to have no coh'roi o'e'
the jockeys. -.o,,,s a,d
II all the newspapers had been courageous anu
1t, ,hey xxoud have united in saying that the
,ong DELAY al the post Thursday was injurious 10
Clifford, who had the highest weight. ou' IT,
spite of that delay. III Clifford mad Oeen p'op''.'
ridden he would have won the BROOKLYN iiA'o,0p-
~, ,.ou,a have said further that Clifford had been
hacked all over the country town that race. anu
that OF all the visitors to the Brooklyn uacA "'
least nine-tenths had bets on Clifford 1hls was
the actual fact The newspapers OF the c'ui..' !.
had convinced the people Of the country by many
.r,,c,es which had been published recently 'hd'
Clifford was the best racehorse In training IA
America above the age of three years WIN '.,o
exception OF Henry Of Navarro MI bei'io',
Henry of Navarro had been taken Out OF tho
1,roorlvt Uandicap Therefore everybody in the
United States who took any interest In turf ma tiers
naturally concluded that Clifford ought 10 WI" '"o
THIS Is an extremely important subject It Is IN,
deed Of the most @ h Rsn Henry has
Navarro Withdrawn from the Brooklyn dta mn
dition (Mr Belmont's action was exactly rgn,};
Clifford, Of co, rse became genera evnrv State
Of this Repubc If clifford could be dsieat Sdr for
that the po0lTSom sna dne w0 biz sums And
who was to ride Clifford? plantation ptka,h'i,, ~
Inc M those Who bet on the favores in famous
races when those favorites are ridden by hcoi''
pfl IS not easy to put and two Ogehs1 nick
Plantation have beea kn nSbts Gar
ntat,on pcka ninnes be trusted to ride horses tt
WIN a, s Of dollars in few minutes when certain
horses do not WIN important races s prookIvn tracl
or course the pookmake-s at the broonrS ss ~ N,
and all other tracks and in all the poolrooms OF n
ountr tell sy ,Tsyss one nd iSai they dd
Every person Of shrewdness can
b0okmaksTs say 1ha are al looking for dupe
and victims and simpleons at an singS y fools &C
cannot bs fssehoods Of the bookmaker end bsey
mi ali Jockeys honest Ana s,ocha M a uy,n
.a ana declare that ali jockeys
Isn't II easy 70 see why they say 'h's
THE REAL TRUTH OF THE NATTER
1,, tho straight and simple truth is that som
.ocxavs are radically dishonest and are thieves ="
s,..,nct by habit BY custom ana Dy P'ao"OV
~. r,c,rg NJ Morris Park was managed Dr.ihah'
=, ~, course some trivial mistakes were MADE Du
August Belmont and his associates u,u me- - -,
worthy and admirable WORK al MOTIFS al" 10
.n,ousn, OF the turf They merted enthusiasm
and Jealous support ifo' ''' ''>'
ana '"r, ride on Clifford Gravesend did II
cn,,e mischief and damage to the turl' ~ nv
had Brooklyn asnScs as he was by
much horse in i OF az ad hs wrss Of hoToug
dsds IN every state in the Union would nave Pee
Sei,rhed and they would have oee soort on II
give all The al" cefd sOnd!On wns
he ran on Thursday That Is certain cnnation gimp
who says k 'nas ne What he is taking about Moreove
nos esI:sa ar as suFsiS q ss
me nTse In the Brooklyn Handicap a, the wegn n ca
& the dstaInse' Phip j. Dwyer said so after the RAJ
ton writer Of this article SO did James n Mee
So du ~ rare SO did many other turf expert
ad anNss ao oa Se the
own Writers borrow money IN sums sas 81 boys a an
and quar.enn av the loans. and few unobserva
sor to who d Wa 10. @ss the be
WIN Any an The brooklyn Handicap at me Wegnts al
e distance. This was not une 'r ,Is horse " for
been gah,,, S.ca me n rogue last year, and he W