New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-27
LADY MARIAN IN A CANTER.
AUGUST BELMONT'S VICTORIOUS FlLLf.
LIVELY CONTESTS AT sHEEpsHEAD BAY-THoRPE
RODE TWO WINNERS.

RODE TWO WINNERS.
,,,s cool in tow, Yesterday but oddly enough
,ho air was ,rcoufortaby warm at the Sleeps
head BAY track As rule when ii Is hot In
Madison Square is delightfully."- refreshing at and
near Manhattan Beach. and the Coney Island
Jockey Clubs course is not far from the Oriental
Hotel Mos; rules have exceptions, however This
avian, WIS arst cnunciated In the Stone Age by
erea,-rrandscn of gbbon. II was true then, and
:, is true now on Tuesday the mercury was
meek and lowly in mid-New-fork. but Il was
angry and aspiring at the grounds on which the
Futuri.v was run. Yesterday The Herald" uptown
thermometer al noon almost indicated the early APP
rroach Of skating but in the betting ring among
the me rlbers Of the Metropolitan Turf Association
the air was 80 sitting that any exile from Alden
on the Red Sea (Which IL said 10 be one OF the
hottest places on EARTH might have though; he
was IN his native stokehole II is only fair, how
ever. TO the Coney Island Jockey Club TO say that
1, is the custom OF the club 10 provide clearer
skies genfler weather and cooler brcezes for It's
friends who attend the races than any other turf
organization in this part Of the country habituaIy
supplies
Il was an animated programme at the Bay.
Nevertheless strange rs 1t may seem. the attend
arce was not plethorc. Possibly our racetraokS
may find II the wisest policy after all TO CONNIE
the snort 10 three days in each week after the
sorng fever on the turf is abated. Various mat
ters bearing OF the causes for the relatively mod
crate attendance o. yesterday may need eNplana-
ton hereafter. For the moment let II suiilce 20
say that the card Of the afternoon was aliurins
and vivacious. and the fac; that he NUMBER O
SPECTATORS not large as might 'dr'Y nave
been hoped for puzzled the management
Perhaps IL is the starting which the pubic Goes
not like. Perhaps it rs the steS' whose V''"u-
topping genius has not yet set the country Oh
FIRE with consuming flames OF idolatrous oeNo'o'.
Wait and see Al may Yet he well socrates anu
Ar,stldes and CATO the Younger. Cicero and brutu7
ard Cassius when they discovered that their fei-
lov-oountryrnen were little weary Of them mast
ened 10 enace themselves. Socrates drank henl-
lock as II it were Chambcrtin. Arisiides gathered
I'd his shells and went abroad. Cato the Younger
made an outlet for his escaping soul cicero en-
treated the assassin by Antony 10 strike nome
pron1ptlv Brutus and Cassius fell upon SWORDS
as II cold steel 10 them the daihues' u
dishes But Socrates was never a racetrach s'"4 ~
er Aristdes never n Handicapped. Ca'o anu
Rrutus and Cassius were never stewards. And
alas, hemock and ostracism and hartman are OUT
Of fashion on the American turf
August Belmont's Lady Marian. by Rayon dor
out Of Lady Margaret has become hly OF note
worthy class and speed. She was not herseH al
Morris Park in the early part Of the season Ou'
she is now one OF the best two-year-old mines III
the country and can outrun most OF the COILS OF
her age She was an overwhelming odds-on taVoF-
,,a in the second race and it mere play ioG
her 10 carry off the prize. II Lady Marian hdu
bcen IN the Futurty LAlouette would have had
q worthy rival of her own sex II Is 10y no means
certain that Lady Marian is not better My 'nah
1,Alouette II they should meet at even weights
a, any time this season. each would have many
rar,isans II such meeting can be arranged II
Will be a -acing feature Of true moment
Arouebus ran second to Lady Marian while
Fonsavannah was close third. The practical Ger
,aintv that Lady Marian would win the race as
she far outclassed every other entry. caused sew
eral scratches.
In fact the deadly work OF the celebrating blue
pencil Was dstressfuily conspicuous ali through 'he
afternoon. Many owners and trainers appear 10
enter horses chiefly FOR the pleasure OF sc'd'oHl's
Them after people who hoped 70 see these horses
r,r have come 20 the track and have no redress
= certain owners and trainers would sacrihce
fewer hours in playing poker in the s'apleS' anu
would try 10 think about the lmproVemeht
known. every owner and every trainer would sn1e
his hearts blood IN any h 6e,ter pleased ana
larger eds would be sen N In3r% r m Extremely
generous and handsome programme toIaay an, SmG
every trainer ought 10 lay aside me Loh.I 49, -.
.or just one day. and seek 10 improve 'he O'ee1 %
Al Morris Park il Nay LTs + F sns5G oI Egomo
=. rim huf he could not hold II At the n.lsA.
omo has been dT9 Az scb HainGd'g W di
him much good. and Yesterday ne he.d ~, sgrq S
his coneiy counienance he outran he sirong "a
vori,e ana faF, sprinter Roderm9nd JIs !, o TOW
inondd and Royal Rose and George Roc, al Zee,
spllnters and seyera! oiners; ana ~ u y vent
Far 10 console the unsuccessful horses ne . ,tart
With al the horses strasgl.ns along IN Indian Ne
but Bromo get none the besl Of ne s'ira oouI aha
Brorao Vel ard Lewis Elmore. careful skfui
an q3-6-nS extremely well Taral rode Rodermond
ably but Bromo, a. trained oy klmore ana filI I
by Thorpe easily faster than any other morse
If Thorpe could only have ridden Imperator in
tn ihiFd race as anG ss tisdisousv as he rode
Bromo in the hrst Autographs OF Tnorpe YOU'D De
owners and trainers would be rushing as frantcally
bn re se M, are now rushing 10 engage Tod
sloane But Thorpe is asonzingy uneven IN MS MS
he rides some races brilliantly BIZ now ana then
he rdes race wh.ch. II ne Lode !, ml ~ r. ,ba
great pyramid o. Cheops shiver with horror anI
pan Thorqe rode "a G3 ~. bat4 IN fashion
which il fair 10 see. Put when he gets ratified
30 nan on The turf has larger number Of sin
cere loyal and jealous friends tnan James Jaw" ~
81 GALWAY MS horses would yin psny F ~ pl1
and many Reaza Iions on he Sage Of thc
Knickerbocker Theatre. in this town. certain "a y
q his iocund lay is the unaagging pursuit OF a
ha2Sss d 4F s s al pnTsne h@T throas6oat
Ne carq IN i4 ne Emo si1nest Non he Futgry with
iis .sst selding Lyd!an Bur III luck stll pursued
him. He almost won the Doipnln S'" 81 an Iuck
day with MS fast colt lmperator- H"' III '"'"
The failure Of nperator 70 get FRS Iealt the
tayi, ~ rnrerator but wholly the fault Of 1horpe
Il was amazing that oekSsy Tho r TGSg SO
uoorlv To recount all Of the many mis-, ~
which Thorpe threw away ne race on I'M YAK
,,-ouiS require much time and space J. Is llulS
-rfaha that all intelligent turfmen- owners liaIi
crs iockeys-and men Of every class VINO 49, t
,aces are sure that Thorpe by his many nliS IA 80
jos, the race II lrperaior had been ridden aply
he would have been first ~Ith PienHS ~, x3sH,cra,.
Ing rder al times because he rides MANI sro,G
races but frequently. when most - IL "a
ing Of Rensselaer, at Brieh!on Beacn srl u III
re-ator YESTERDAY was cloudy ara soihuit It,, o., -,
NJ E,lnore has proved that he - an eXC'Pltty,s -
able owner and trainer by the condition 10 ~I'o