New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-19
Rem BRUSH THE VICTOR.
:, ,sr1xGs AND REoUrrAL DEFEATED.
I'LL. ,....s- sr.c1AL AZ TIE nnooELYN TEArN-
p1rIcoN.s FINE spRINTING.

,,o ~ lis former meetings the Brooklyn
-. ,'luh was harassed by many ;cmptsts hui
stor5sv tn. fourth afternoon OF IL Septcmnt:
- u az benignant a. colonel McIntyrcs
u. All four o. the afternoons Of this meeting
800 been like unto each other. with pleasant ais-.
ne, -a,,,rsd skies and gentle autumn hrsczcs Il
r. starter were only as rar" ~ a dag IN june
I, al the owners and trainers had the "on9r'rN''7
=, ubl,e-robed saints, If al. the jockeys were a.
.o.,v aud softly innocent as werr l"Phae'
,,,rodestalled cherubs and II all the oo"KMaNe'S
- .. FREQ from guile as was Nathaniel, the
1r.elra racing at the BROOKLYN track Would B."
,-r,,oss and blameless as the ha. play q;
.-,.,.oa and her rnaidens at the moment ~ tho
,.rtfau Of Ulysses The coming OF III" mi'i'N'U"'
=, tho turf il still put OF. Racing o. mer" wa
e.r AZ Gravesend yesterday. but rev oil the IL
-, waro not quite as candid az the silent snow
c.ta Several thousand watchers Razed ~ INC
happeninss. ard found 10 small cause io' e"!o'
,osrt IN such an arabie atmosphere uhd'f sue"
. civ and IN so harmonious a compah! Oh Hs"'-
roarted people the sourest OF cynics n''eh' u'Ne
end some provocatiorS for smoothing 'ae deep
THROWS in his forehead :,
7, was exhilaratinS 10 observe kuOlcoh - "t
took ND ~ pounds in tho first race .'Sh-"r'7"'
t.rlicar and dashed along as jaun'ly as II '1
r..,a herring pine cone pillow. hGol'oh '"
c.rned a name as a swift sprinter' VII" sii'si ."
strength as Il porter we'll framed TO loss "s I'''
,osts ON his spinal col ann II they were bundles
ca \
md sarcs af,!ic "a with stubborn memories are OUT
~ Mace on tho racetracks OF this state a. those
tracks are now managed. Let the slHuE WIFI b
round Let the jocund tripping OF the merry "a
snd-outers continue unchecked. Where Is inc
sowing ch,lrl who would be 50 acrimonious as -
rv 10 pu, stop the gleeful antics OF the horses
u,bosa sense of humor incites them TO play pranks
with the public and 10 crawl Ike dissected ana
Jcsiccated crabs day and 20 rush with the SUI
pendous speed OF Cannon Bail Bald on anoth"r
day, Now. there's Rubicon, for instance ms -
SUNDAY and no good man ought 10 occupy any 81
his hours in studying profane turf records on thls
one day in the week. But take up GOODWIN
Official Turf Guide on Tuesday. 80 races mere
about on Tuesday Of this wc-k Therefore every
body who ever gives thought TO racing VIII nave
plenty Of time Tuesday. september Il 10 '"'eS-
.irate in Goodw!ns Official Turf Guide every
race which Rubicor has run this year. In" IND
une cannot spare the space this morning 10 prH"
ne details OF Rubicon's races. But Thu tribune
an snare the space 20 say bluntlv that the oih0A4
records of some Of Rubicons races this year snow
such strange vagdries that any aHe"iS' Won" mn
evidence enough TO convict Rubicon Of explosive ~
sanity II It is taken for granted that Ribbon ana
his jockey have been out for the money IN DEAD
earnest" in every race in which h. has taken part
this year.
Tn TO few days ago Rubicon owned by the
Professional Plunger Pittsburg Phil lie IS no"
owned by Griffin K SImOnS who claimed Alm OUT
q 7.
he won many races in succession. and was COM
rnendahly consistent horse in many races. BUY one
dav at Brighton Beach Abuse outrdn RubcCn IN
mysterious ana puzzling way Sioancs rang o.
Rubicon that day did not seem 10 be marked by
fiery zeal akin TO that of At;ila when he was ouSy
IN scourging Italy. In fact Sloanc's riding that cay
was seemingly more icy than volcanic. Since then
Soane's riding of Rubicon has occasionally re-
sembled the grisly jockeysh!p q Death on his
thoroughbred pale horse. Death never haStens you
know Perhaps Sloane had begun 70 dislike Rubi-
con Certain horses dislike certain Jockeys certain
people say. Why should not certain Jockeys as
Ike certain horses?
r. Williams rode Rubicoa yesterday. and he
horse acted kindly and sweetly e. the post. DID
not sulk az any time and behaved as We'll al the
RI not get off in front but no angel was eX5r
more amiaole and gentle tnah fuOicoA w. ~
he may have been before. He won he race with
ease so supreme that many observers thought ne
on his back In fact his success secured In
so striking ard impressive a way that many cool
s,, +: POSSIBLE that his wonderful Splinter and
weigh:-carrier lost certain races when sloane RODE
Echo answers WY" Ana st.n the gladstone
rel GOES on and ne racetrack stewards beam
liTeiy waltz at thg Moulin ,Rouge.
George Il Kotcham was backed with remark;
able confidence the first race. he ran well, and
sprinter Rubicon, passed him in the homestretch
as i, he we're an anchored dumping -scoW: Cesar
yaecad over r. y ancient RubirOr. ONLY 4 Hamburg
at his bes, could have passed his modern RuHicon
biocLcd V,,hicor when Abuse ran away from him
at Brighton? The defeat OF Rublcon by Abuse that
dav NJ Brighton drove several victims from the
,urr forever Those arief-sa'urated victims said
that when Abuse could 2urqn kaoicoa al i.G .
l2O pounds. they mad 10 further use ioT RACINE
especially sloane rode Rubcon mat Afternoon
column had been frozen in trip 20 the kIo"i.kc
ard had no. yet been thawed out.
DAY when he rode Yankee sam, ne flyor;c, His
$3.50 So H. ,coL va rra,,..e and hts
socEey.b,I was s,t.erinG lie rode Yaukce sam
80 p ,tcTnut4J no fool ~ r,llcry Gnish. IT,
,Sc I,ia,lands stake for tvo-ysar-oi1-. the Third