New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-09
TWO HORSES OF HIGH CLASS.
HOW CLIFFORD AND FIRST NATE
WON.



HEAD BAY-A TRIIBY HANDICAPPED.
rvery day of this notable meeting Of the Coney
Ys,and Jockey Club has been fortunate in the
leather No one Of the eleven days has been
-, ~ even showery Yesterday the sky and air
,.rs as clear as the most generous OF Juys could
mako them pleasant breeze was blowing from
the sea and the heat was not SO severe az any
,,. AZ 70 cause grevous discomfort. The FRIENDS
y. racinx were liberal in their attendance and the
10000, nassed off onjoyaby. 1t has been
orahle meeting in many ways; in truth. &C.
,,r,,,,i and popular meeting In many things, ana
ce,o,e, Kip John G. Heckscher and Cornehus
r,lowes the president, viee-presiden ana secretary
- ,he club may well rejoice over the admraoie
rssuI,s which their able and judicous efforts have
brought about ,,,
7, the second race Bromley & Co.'S exceptionally
,owerful colt First Mate took up 1873 pounds, and.
srnfully ridden by Taral. he carried that weight
20 victory with praiseworthy force ana osni'y'
II WAS a conspicuously creditahle exploit. Frst
n,s+a had been working swiftly and had -ex-
bhited such quality and speed that nearly al inc
,~a,pers and other experts expected him to WIN
His success was an easy Set Fast was second
and Blue Devil third
clifford when in his best form. was Always
Ho,,ar raceho-se than Brush at any distance
M 10 a mile and furions NO unpreJudiced m
yes,igator who studies thoroughly all the conei-
-,ors Of every race by each horse can doubt
this II clifford had been well ridden in the BROOK
yn Handicap of 1896 he could not have lost ths s
To- "a, NJ The post partly through the fault Of the
starter but chiefly through the fault OF his ridsr
tockeys who infested the American turf a
;ocHey who was ruled off at one time for serious
y4sanSes ana a jockey Sc interruptions that he
~as a favorite rider on many occasions WIZ Ger
u ionic throat trouble which prevents his show
ing his highest speed and staying power IN ran, vi
Ike thai Of yesterday he can still run as fast as
he ever could up to mile and iurdons d as
t1e N "A mi .
a9iliy Maze 10 he had been working fast that
FIRST IA The trainers and other experts believed
sbat he would surely win the fourth race and ne
e eoan s'I rode him deity and mssterfuliy clifford
vas an even stronger favorite Than rirst Maze
Nd BEEN being odds on through al the betting
h@1 pr,sb Mad probably been INDUCED since tne
suburban He ran poorly and Wa IN bP life when
beh od teke up l26 pounds and defeat the Clnord
Of yesterday at mile ana o, ,hSn en Brushi2
Dniinds sir Walter ran second ana Lehman was
thru r eleven two-year-old FLIES which ran in the
,--nai stakes gave the starter a. great deaI Oh
trouble and 'h9If f,e WS and Abundant were
isely nervous and dashed about SO violently ;e as
10 baivs Rriar Sweet had been dong very
fast work and was backed heavy a sT Iadv
Marisn' John T McCaffertys kitefoo, an1 r Ine
Bookdae pair LAoas' nos anS at the post and
Tarai handled her in his aosT les, sS S.y Was Carving
hly in the race was h' e R,i9r sweet the 10 on
GssSa and the Jas on Lady Marian Her antics oN S Ss
the post also hamgered hef PIE, seccnk and Lady
MsTsn was on Michael F. Dryers olney in me
frsI , rac sort was made on Soanes mount II was
proper epSIEb OlneV had ever dore. either in pub
iic or private justified plunging on MN u'lt , ~
was backed 20 sloane eagle did ride him Olney was
ridden with energy by sloane eg{ H GrWe by head
lSidian was second and Philip third ,oe,,o,. CIrh
This meeting OF the Soney ls 1Snortant and at
,rac,iye realization Stakes and the second nan
The Double Eyeq Rri aPG 0'n meeting viii begin
Henry Siul legions OF friends dhey an one mi Of
him ana NJ mai he would assassinate Draw Lad
Tbat colt kept Stu thin and lean ana saD i and
5rfnl and vivacious that Of the srcpangei 81
innocent mirth and Joy But bra N.i isu oni Iast
seeson and soured his mellinuous and duleet tenn n
perament That colt would d mak snd 'H sorrow. When
Draw Lad second 10 Don DE Cr p9 ~ r and
Sa, known stake-winner octagon. carrying
IL pounds also. far behind Draw Lao, ~. a.
stake colt Of sincere merit in Draw Lao AFTER
Draw Lads race in the Carlton ne Lao COLI of the
right ring But he was wrong one mou adpt
mshap after another has left no room in lo the cold
snd silent tomb or in Colonel Warng oepartnent;;
Jer has that hat Mr. st1l has great many loyal fer.
vent attached and devoted friends. ms p ~,
teho a on iii about it, viii steal Draw Lad and
sell him TO Colonel Warng for $ or VIII o1Tr3W
hal AZ Braw Lad shall bite it. When Draw Lad is
lost TO sight fcreyer ah %og1ed S composure and
cheerfulness and the world will look bright 10 MIN
and 10 his friends once more "a IN the Anh race.
Sloane rode the colt we'll and Win , ans RAW Lad
weight joekey II the eb wOrd n He Was unpace
Why delay the dynamite? ,.or ore ,,rcov.
cred millions of years from now it may then oe
known how it was that Draw Lad optr ran oc'asoi
odd whispers ruie the airs Of the racetra tiI
Just now strange bit Of GOSSIP Wnlcn no rs b.
selected as the official Handicapped for the Easter
tracks after the Brighton meeting y oaT priehtnn
and with his brilliant, successful ana eec.ive s ai ~
Gaping the handbags VIII orns Tu sonS and ster
ting sport will flock TO Brighton 10 see CoIoei M
intyres handicaps decided. The handicappe: WnI
has been parceilng out the weights up to this TIM
on the Eastern race courses can TURN q NlIIois
arsi,n 1obson or Praed or Andrew Lang eoul5
never surpass His 1spiTa'on Is ac Pei hs na M
vii be coupled with that of se npd rhy%e
Laureate Of Great Britain "nG nos, in The Yd;
Kiosk 70 hush Abdul The Unhappy TO his tron6e.
dreams When tie P5eSe OF b poen BOodgooC
cntter win drown himself out OF sheer envy.
sor a. no stronger in dactyis and spondees and
iambIcs than in selecting the proper wYisMoS ,i,e,
the nor s'siifornia cnch on the Handicapped who
annears 10 have been mistaken al times as 20 lnS
sboulS carry Any careful investigator VINO VII VII
give thorough study 10 the weighs puSv ~ SINK
,fan5icanner on Mr.. Sinks horses since MT. onln
caIne East this year and VIII ponder over all me
eaIn si,.c~S NAV rerhaps be inclined 10 suspec'
IN " = sink Is an Irresistible SYengaii AM
No. he nresent Handicapped is gentle and love
~, but feeble and futtering IriIoy with 50 OK.
MI Sinks Alvarado ii was treated Win 81 30 %
travagant generosity in the last race TgSI
- - cornnletely under the hypnotic spell VI
svengs since svenga seems to haye Sdf
Sveneali the official Handicapped AFTER the
meeting? -, Lo,a,capnsr WAS SO In
.,11'c'ns,s in putting only Jog POUNDS on VI =
-tsrisS .lv.rado III in the last race tiat ny. O.
7S.hh ,,sst II was practically walkover 10
,be sink horse Season after season Mr. SINK or nc,
,i1rovcd ,by his turf operations ira, ne hrawd an
49, 'pyr.vd and adroit-much too shFe"u al,