The evening times., 1896-10-05
MORRIS park fAlt meet
Bright Prospects for bExcel-
lent Racing, H..
AQUEDUCT WILL OPEN TODAY
Board of Stewards Were watcliful ut
Grayese nd Hen Eder's Good Time
Oh a : Hard Track-Investigatio
Going on Over the unningof Storm
King-Other Notes OF the Runners.

New York, Oct 5.-From present indica-
tions the autumn meeting OF the WestChes-
ter Racing Association will he one OF tile
best III the history of Morris Park; and this,
too, in spite of the fact that Reqmtal. Cliff
ford Henry of Navarro and number of our
greatest performers are in retirement.
The good results of the work done by the
Jockey Club, so apparent at Gravescnd.
and which made that meeting such sue
cess, wiz he intensified at Morris Park.
where every department of racing should
be working in entire accord.
Everybody realizes. tl.at the Jockey Club
is N dead earnest in It's effor,st to stamp out
everything objectionable III connection with
the sport,
The best move made was the general
warning of all who gave vent to scandaIous
opinions, 10 tue uiterance of suspicious for
which there were no grounds, and there is
no getting away from Tie fact that racing
viii flourish in this country, as IL does
abroad, if all VIII put tEcir Shoulders to
the W bcel and push IN unison.
The quality Of the racing at Gravesend
: during the past week was quite In keeping
with the reputation Of That course in.ih
past.
STEWARDS WE'RE wAKEFuL.
A waseful board of stewards kept a sharp
lookout for anything that looked bad in
the conduct or the sport, and as result
! horses ran unusually true Ia form and lie
public expressed their entire satisfaction
more than once.
OF COURSE, the change OF Tie track had
something 10 do with the performances OF
some of the horses, bnt in the main. figures
did notIie. Those who figure closely thought
that Ben Eder in his race with Eonndsman
and Soufflcshould win the oceanyiew Hand
leap on Saturday,
They threw outhis race with Damien ana
Ronao Ca Thursday. because tie colt I'M
doubteiiy sulkcd ON the cppcr turn ON that
occasioii. piniing rack his cars and rcrus-
Ing to try nntil. lac, WAS tcaten by Rondo
for second money.
Then too Ben GctiSfund OF a .rard track.
HI win. shown this conclusive.y at Brighton
Beach, when he ran probably the best race
,f his career at /. mile and II furlonG, and
the Gravesepd cqurse on Saturday was
much harder and faster than Ga any pre-
vious day of the meeting, as viii be s.-'ri
on consulting the time made in the differ
ept events. cleuphus ran i've fnrlonss In
I OF IA. and Stain King did, the Same
"
a sixteenth was covered ip l IS 1-2, the
fastest time OF the meeting at the dis
tance.
STORM KINGS QUEER RUNNING.
Speaking Of Storm King j. f. Sesgram
will make n determined effort to show
| tnat the black colt was trained by Bill
| Brien for the Holly Handican. Brien has
been in hot water constantly with the
turf authorities and has been ruled oft and
rcinstatcd asoften as Frank Van Ness -,y-
There rnay be some startling develop
ments before the investigat lou into this mat
ter Is over. The colt was cheap reariing
and Brien always referred to him as my
COLI" His trial last fall was phenomcnally
fast, aud during the early part of the
spring he was very hard TO beat.
AT Milwaukee he was At iIis best, but
went back, and was badly beaten at De-
| trcit. When the son Of Whistle Jacket
ran at Shecpshcad Ray Brien, with his
| usual suavity and plauslblli,y, persuaded
n couple OF prominent Southerncrs TO pay
his fOrfeits, assuring them that the colt
could not lose. -.-.,
The torfeits, some $500, were paid, and
the Southerners each invested $500 III
! wagers on the counsclur's flyer. lie was
badly beaten, but they got even on Satur-
day, when they once more played their
money and took n chance. believing firmly
in the old adage, Look for your money
| where You lost it."
The Queeas County Jockey Club will be-
gin It's closing meeting ut Aqueduct today,
when SIX interesting races will be given.
, II will continue this week and come To IL
close on Monday next.
e. II. Pettingill will start the horses aud
William Cozier will BE- the judge.