New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
RACES AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY
+. SCOTTISH c1I1ErTAINs JUNE STAKES
r,,r pA,Ap,S AFFAIR UNDER INVESTIGATION

RILEY GRANNAN's BIO GAINS.
..,,,s. ps,mont is on the Atlantic. sailing 'owu'u
England and In his absence some Vi ''s =. IN.
NOT running in way to I'LL '"o ", ,s 90
~,,ors with hilarious exultauoh .u,.,.v
.m,vv IN the nth race az Sheepsneau pay MI.
that he could hardly get ont OF ms o"n was nm
Merry Prince at odds-on in the lasl .aee' Nv
-. .. ao-oat Counsellor Howe. OF course, ~
1,en,ont has large number OF hors'S !" y. q,
and they can't all be Henry vi ,. ra now
wonderful collection OF fast anlmaiS u'" -. 81
a., CHARGE Of Mr. Belmonts trainer-ne'"y
an o"a'eo Nareraye Don De ORC. Octa-
~ 80 o,hers No need Of mentioning Dorsh an.
90, . nar OF costly failures since MI be''''o",
su,,gn+ them But Merry Prince ana or,
C,o,aen Dream have also won races ~ .,.io,,e,
>o,,ed And 90 have Patrol ana 81 " 80. 100
ana avery orc OF the runners nan'en WI" ,-o,
hereafter not even excepting Do', 49,. 90 Mr.
- "a a magnificent American staoe' '"r' " on,
-. ora ror American turfmen 70 chee' ''N
- nro,sa cordially But the dSappoi'.u
cNrse visitors who backed WoodV"'e vi . ,,r
a.y and Merry Prince yesterday "''' .,..,
p.,r,or. had not gone abroad pu' h"'i io4'
hcre a., least until the end CT 'ne Ans -, ,,e,r
~sonv horses run better under the eyes vi 49,
- ,hon they run when ne is away! o"
$50. .ecqn to lose their seG-re~T'cct "he" ''''
owner DEPARTS for Europe. That's ply ....-
p,+rol was out this season once pelo''
hav,s annearance and ran so Slowly una -
<o-1.,, 81 ~ tators did not eAPV~e go -
=, nm, Yesterday AS to Merry Prince ''e -
- s,rrs,en, That colt had displayed u"con'i''o"
xn,esi this year ard on pubhc FORM "e us
NOV. hcen an odls-on favorte IN 'he is' 10" -
y. u.aS But Counsellor Howe de1ea'eN MN ~
.,e c,or,s margin 1t may be that Couhse''o' ,
r. a colt OF genuine quality ana u HIS" -,
.b. Counsellor and Merry Prince ran iast e"'ue
a. ,s,re .be laggard Long Beach far beh-1n nu'
1Jau,++ WAS on Merry Prince, and many 'ui4i nv,
will refuse 10 believe that the counse'ioi - ,,
superior TO the Prince until the TWO NEE. ~ .
~ mile md quarter more on the resuiai
track each carrying l22 pounds or hiole f ~
ridden by thoroughly competent jockey
~. eh,e and well-known lawyer for whom toun-
,.uor Howe is named at the track All MS
friends told him before the race that 'he ,ou"s
would be last Mr. Howe was modest "i.u ~,
no boastful claims. He simply reP'eu ','"
Thought the cot would run good race Anu nc
aid. IT can hardly be doubted now that oou''Se"o,
HOWE "a a far better colt than the turf experts i0n
a,ed him and he IS indsputably use1ui' anu
,u.,y ~ canture a number OF races. AS TO MS ann
a., 20 our7,n Merry Prince with stake weights upon
the regular track. that's another question"
GRANNAN's WINNINGS.
Riley Grammar is in the vein HIS "'iii''iiss
day were extremely heavy. He told MS l'e'."S o.
the close OF the day that he had won more III 'ie
course Of the afternoon than on any one Gay ~
long time He got long odds against the hliy FOR
80. 4, tho second race. This flly belongs 10 tle
1auret,e Stable the official programmes say. by
xhe-way who Is the 1-aurette Stable? FORGET nas
shown some extremely slow running since she ne
faced the flag. but Yesterday she "du o,.
81 mounds in the saddle with the heh'"elsn'
Powers as her Jockey. Glenmoyne win l-o Poul'us
and Taral on his back. was the favor''e' Out was
unplaced 1t was OF Mr.. Nosburgh eccen'i.0
handicaps and all three places were taken ps s"'.
weighted starters. Forget was hrst 4lhse se0o',-
end Deerslayer third. Genmoyne came IN fouT'h
II was fast mile, run in l;4oZ- as ''e "e"'
weights made hot pace all the way
starter Flvnn left Charade at the post. Charace
was well backed. and when he was leii a, the p0s.
his supporters naturally felt unhappy Inc! 'i"N
reason. j. Hill rode Charade. Either 'he START
has some Srudge against j. Hi or against j. Hi
S-,.ras or else J. Hill is an uncommonly clumsy
~, @. the post for he has been left or almost lelI
q, the pos, more frequently than any other we"-
known Jockey since Mr.. Flynn has been the oirc'a
starter this year.
Riley Crannan's almost supernatural keenness anu
shrewdness in picking out long SHOTS ana winning
Sc srrs from the lavers-of-odds are provoking
great deal O. uneasiness. Some OF the Jockeys VINO
Uare bohjnd Forget rode what looked ike very list
less races and some OF the horses when 'hese HS'
less Jockeys rode seemed be very istless. also.
on the whole. would 1t not be just as well II i''iey
Grammar went back TO Kentucky and stayed there!
The Eas, can well spare him A tremendous connect
IS raging in Kentucky between the SILVER men anu
the gold men, Mr.. Grammar is sore!y needeu IN Men
tuckV make campaign speeches. his OP0'"N-V'''
are casting a blight on the Eastern turf and he can
not go too soon. Nothing in Forgets recent form
justified Grannans plunge on that FLY Way dld
ne plunge, then? Plungers have invariably peeh
curses 10 the turf. and have done a great deal OF
harm. Plunger Walton did great deal OF narm
Other plungers have done likewise Plungers excite
widespread suspicion and dlstrust and intense bit
terness and they ought be tolerated on reput-
able racetracks.
A CANADIAN RACE
Connoisseur Is owned in Canadian stable.
and presumably has acquired Canadian conscience.
He was a uncertain. cap-icious and Whimsical
horse before he went 10 Canada, and his sense OF
what honor required Of a gentemanly thoroughbred
colt was exceedingly obtuse. Now, after his stay
In Canada what is 10 be expected from Connoisseur?
Many misguided peop.e. including Pittsburg PM,
backed Connosseur in the Forget race. but Connoi~
seur was afflicted with forgetfulness and with Ca
madam Jockey, and he Enthusiastically Ca
madam race.