The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-18
GOSSIP OF THE RUNNERS.
HORSE OWNERS, PROTECTIVE AsSo-
CLIFTON ASKS FOR EXTRA DATES.

HORSE OWNERS, PROTECTIVE 8
CLIFTON ASKS ron EXTRA DATES.
II IL Likely That II VIII Receive Thsu frer
the RncinE Co,umlHsion Jerome Handicap
Contestants 60 Meet Again To-Hrorrow-
Riders Take Their Lives In Their Hands.
Horsemon were jubilant yesterday over tho
decision OF tho Westchostor Racing Association
management 70 apply to the Racing Commission
for three additional days racing at Morris Park
this fall. Tho fact that the WcstChcster man
aIcncnt will apply for permission to tho Racing
Commission is tantainount to II favorable reply
to their petition. for two members OF the gov
erning body were at Morris Park on Saturday,
aud expressed themselves as favoring tho
scheme. Tho new Horse Owners Protective
Association was behind the petition asking for
the extra days. There is no doubt that this or
ganiZatlon will be a distinct success. II 1t keeps
in the groove suggested by this petition. There
are many intelligent mon in the ranks OF tho
Horse Owners Protective Association, and the
jockey Club would no doubt be glad TO have
suggestions occasionally on matters of vital i'm
portance to the turf in general.
With the three extra days at Morris Park
there will DO ten days VI sport in the vicinity of
New York before the thoroughbrods will take
their departure for Bcnnings. 1t Is probable
that the additional days will DO Friday next,
wednesday of next week. and the Monday be-
fore election day. This will give owners
eighteen additional chances to earn something
toward paying the winters feed bills. The at
tendance at Morris Park on Thursday and
Saturday must have been fattering to the
Westminster management, for it compared very
favora6ly with any two days OF the spring
meeting. Tho perfect weather. combined with
tho fact that racing in tho Empire State for the
current year is fast drawing to n close. may have
had something to do with it, but it is pretty
generally conceded that followers of the turf
will not come out in force unless the programme
10 enticing. Secretary Crickmore has certainly
furnished large and high-clnss fields for nearly
every event, and there have been somo very
close finishes for the judges TO decide.
The Nursery and Jerome h.ndicaps furnished
some excellent sport and the best horse at the
year.old showed to greater advantage in the
East than Rensselaer,, and it will always be be.
lieved by many good Judges that he should
have won the Realization. Hewitt rode him
very well for a lad of his limited experience.
The Friar as tho wire was passed. The autumn
meeting at Sheepshead Bay found Rensselaer, in
the thickest Of The fray and he was asked to 90
performed superbly in the big race ON
s sse '9 Ma. '0g eones %Gn by a 1Ss Miller Or to shiqsp
pounds, and this hard race. together with
i tnet mile mile - ana nd, Soen hI s6do over br a ,hs 6en s,ipP perry
took away the keen edge Of the chestnut colts
speed. In the jerome lie had all the dash and
when Tillo and Don de ORC were having it out at
the furlong pole, Rensselaer, strobe past them
Rensselaer,. Tilio, and all the other good colts in
training are named for the Ramapo Handicap.
This race will be decided tomorrow. and it
should be n smasher. The fact that IL is around
may nns Change CHANGE 4 the @l for 4as shown aSs 0f in the feo JEROME Iry o for for
some horses have faulty shoulders and cannot
show to ADVANTAGE on the hilltop course;
Sun that nearly oil of the prominent owners
and trainers had declared war on the custom of
classes, and particularly SO by the owners Of the
their way by winning an occasional race. There
must be no backing down from the lines laid
favoritism shown. II a man runs a horse at a
price below his value. he should not feel ag-
grisved if any other piss owner or trainer comes
is the same way in regard to claiming, and
perhaps the day will arrive when we viii equal
the English record where every horse in q sell
ing race has either been sold or claimed. That's
what selling races were made for. and the pres
if it is lived up to-. The fact that such men as
August Belmont, P. J; Dwyer, James Galway
an Indication that the movement will be some
thing more Than a mere Hash in the pan,
Saturday when he came to the, jockeys room
after riding IN the second race. He feared that
e cord mSu to the hheh jocHey. t hsn colt oht' iHm nsri. so lSai eG;
on top OF the D%utchman, as he Law upon the
ground trying to shield his head from the feet OF
the horses by throwing his hands and arms
about it. Taral says that Warrenton, whose
sight is defective. ran into the fence and came
down with a rush. He was struck several times
about tho legs and arms. and once a flying foot
struck hun a glsHcing blow in the back:
sparring and other exercises, and he is natur.
ally a very steady man, so that his system re-
Of a jockey is extremely hazardous at all tines.
and riders should exercise The greatest care in
races and avoid cutting each other off or in
CTDWulnR for an advantageous nDSitiOn Mt the
turns, Accidents have been comparatively
f hnps te ol u ysa Eind in un dfG'' ,h iee ASr w " i nset mis,
where SonGer and Beaueramp- came to grief.
Ballard was thrown at Morris Park on Thurs
day. and Taral went down on Saturday. Songer
was the most seriously injured OF the lot. but he
Is doing well, and yesterday was dressed and
anxious 10 get out and resume his occupation.
He had concuSsion Of the brain, and the doctors
were for a long time undecided whether he had
sustained n fracture OF the jaw as well. This
boy can ride at 80 pounds, and is ls years Of age.
running OF the Cambridgeshire on Oct. 81. as
the caoled account OF the Cesarcwitch would in.
In the longer race the big son Of Candelnlas and
Belle OF Maywood for more than mile was q most
Mention is made in another column of the
fact that there will be no postponement OF the
opening of the Crescent City Jockey Clubs
the public on Nov: i3: The stakes, which, will
close on Oct. % with Secretary Clark, are given.
and horsemen who intend participsti ting III the
Louisiana meeting will do well to look them
over.
Racing will be continued at Morris Park to-
morrow. when the Autumn Selling Race for
two'ycarolds at one, milo, the RamHpo Htndi-
cap for thrce.ycar-olds at ono mile and the Octo-
Der Hurdle Handicap at one mile and a half
over six flights OF hurdles will be decided. There
is, good material in each OF these events. For
Thursday the Hunter Handicap for threc-year-
Of hilies ut one mile and a '%furlong, and the
Castletoi for lilies two years old at five fur
Allies exclusively are in the main poor. but tho
Hunter This year should lie quite a con-
test, MS Cleophus. Poetcss. Sunny Slope, Lady
Mitchell. Divide, Royal Rose. Partridge, Casseo-
pid. and Fircside are among the nominations.
The best OF the tiliy division among the two
ycar-olds. will appear in :he Castlcton. The pro-
I, anime for Friday. which will be an extra day
will appear in due time. The stake features for
Saturday are the Municipal Handicap for three
ycar.oids and upward al one mic and three
quarters over tho hill course, and the West.
chester %Highweight Handicap over the last