New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14
DON DE ORC DEFEATED.
NOT EVEN PLACED AT GRAvEsEND.
GEORGE KEssLER IN FIRST PLACE-rARALs EX-
CEII.ENT RIDING.

CEII.ENT RIDING.
No bicycle parade was on exhibition in this neigh-
borhood yesterday And many people went 10 the
Gravesend racetrack Not nearly so many as would
have gone If Clayton had ridden clifford properly IN
the Brooklyn Handicap. But still a good many. The
bicycle is a deadly rival to the racehorse Many
wise peope 60 wheeling. Some unwise people
sometimes write foolish articles about the turn
The most foolish those written by duhards VINO
still say that Clayton rode Clifford properly IN the
Brooklyn Handicap For that sort OF dolls tHefe
"a no REDEMPTION Mr. Gladstone has written re-
Gently for The North American Review an lnpos-
ing series Of articles the future state OF the
,,,nAnitent Articles of mark. these of Mr. Eiad-
stone The only man who was ever Prime Minister
Of England four times has always been pfoIounuis
concerned about the future conditlohs OF the I'M
nani,en, Some people think that Mr.. Gladstone
wants to know how Beaconsheld las pecn getuhs
on In recent years. Mr. Gladstone always hau
certain inouAtiyenoss. No doubt nc would Ike 10
discuss whether the Marquis OF Salisbury IS 10
spend eternity In comfort or discomfort. Al last
accounts the Marquis was seemingly uncohcerhed
as 70 his surroundings after death but ne was
resolute that the Egyptian flag should YET noa' over
Khartoum. Proofs piled upon PROOFS nave mace
1, Main lately that the more rcckessly England
and italy and Belgium and Germany and France
fry 10 steal great tracts of territory In Africa whch
rightly belong to the blacks, the more agohizi"s
the pains and suffcrlngs and torments OF the uihap
Nv co,orcd men who really own Alrlcd' pu' "o"
many white Brtons and Italians and Spaniards ana
Belcians and Frenchmen and Germans think 1t
wrong IN these days 10 lay hold Of the land the
goods and the liberty OF their colored brethren? Up
I, the time when Lincoln. indispuiably one OF 'he
greatest Americans who ever lived (eveh "eoisc
Washington was a STAKEHOLDER. although ne couidh
tell a He) issued the Emancipation Proclamation
many Americans held in bondage human beings
who like themselves had souls TO be saved.
Rut 70 return 10 our muttons. some renowned
Frenchman twas II Rabeais, or Montaighe' or OF
taire? No, II some other eau! name no" lot
eotten) once remarked There Is no redemption TOT
some persons who write without Intelligence or sense
about turf matters The bicycle hits the turf ana
hits it hard. Thousands upon thousands OF people
who went racing years ago 80 wheeling. But
the bicycle hurt the turf nearly 50 much Us
the riding which Clayton and Hamilton sometimes
commit. These two jockeys land rev others no"
and then) have been known TO ride in way tha'
deserves rrompt indictment without benefit of c.ergy
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narrow-minded papers that refuse to mention the
names Of other publications. When any other news
paper in New-York elsewhere prints piece Of
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eagerly gives credit and praise to that paper The
Tribune commended the magnificent bicycle parace
which was devised. prepared and carried through
most admirably by The Evening Telegram II
was the finest bicycle parade ever known anywhere
and The Tribune frankly and fully and ungrudg-
ingly gave credit 20 THE Evening Telegram for
what IL had done. although Tine Evening Tele-
gram had published some unknd and unjust state
ments about racing articles in The Tribune
Mr.. BELMONTs LETTER.
The Evening Telegram yesterday printed re-
markably able and brilliant article on turf matters
signed by August Belmont. Some turf writer who
did not know what he writing about had cast
some wholly inexcusable slurs upon the manage
nent Of Mr. Relmont's stable. Mr.. Belmont wrote
letter proving in strkingly effective and rrefuta-
BILE style that the criticisms of his stable were with
out reason. excuse or justification.
Mr. Belmont Yields pen that goes straight 20
the mark. His letter Is masterpiece. Every
human being who Is familiar with racing affairs
IS aware OF the fact that Mr.. Belmont is giving his
time his labor. his energy and his ability unre-
servedy and unselhshly 20 the benefit and
advantage Of honorable and equitable and up
right racing. Mr. Belmont has employed
trainer and Jockey IN whom he has entire
confidence. His trainer. his jockey and every
person connected with his stable, every man
and boy of them all. knows that Mr. Belmont eX-
poets them all to do their duty. He requires them
all to work jealousy for the best and highest
interests OF racing. He has paid enormous sums
in trying TO get a stable which shall reflect honor
on the American turf and In which every true
American shall feel sincere pride and for which
every true American shall evince affection and 10y
al,v He has done everything In his power for
sport worthy OF the earnest devotion OF Americans
II he thought that his trainer or his Jockey or any
person over whom he has control would be curry
OF any wrong doing the turf or elsewhere. ne
would strike hard and spare not
Mr. Belmont has done so much for the turf that
general regret was expressed at the track yester-
day when his colt; Don De ono. was not placed IN
the Great American Stakes. for which he was an
overwhelming odds-on favorite This was a sl21o
stake the most valuable stake decided this year
I'D to the present time valuable than the
withers the Belmont the Eclipse. the Metropoli-
tap or the Brooklyn Handicap Don De ORC was
tremendous favorite, and racing men all over the
United States hoped and expected that in the Great
American he would establish his title to the nWt
position among year-olds OF America in 1896
But Mr.. Flynn kept the unhappy youngster a long
time at the post-a very long time. However. when
he dropped the flag the start excellent, every
one in the was in good position. and every
one was in motion. In fact no better start could
be asked for
DON DE OROS BAD LUCK.
But Don De ORC was extremely unucky In the
contest He was crossed and pocketed and inter
fered with and jostled With all the interferenc,s
and all his bad luck however. 1t evident that
he was not nearly equal to his Morris Park form.
and he failed 10 get place.