New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
RACING AT MORRIS PARK
TARAL HAD TWO WINNING MOUNTS.

WEATHER AND MANY SPECTATORS
A remarkably attractive programme will be set
forth by the Westminster Racing Association On
Wednesday afternoon next. when an extra DAY o,
racing will be given. One-half OF the proms VIII
be turned over to the Fund for Disabled Jockeys
ard onc-half will be divided among the Fresh AIT
funds. which among the most usefui ana ""-
mirable charities Of this city. Requital, the I'M
doubted champion OF the turf In 1896. will meet
Handspring and Belmar In n special mile race OH
Wednesday for a purse Of 1900. All three are
entered In the Brooklyn Handicap. which VIII be
run on Monday. May 81. and the contest between
the three at Morris Park on Wednesday VIII pe a"
excellent preparation for them for the great race
IN Brooklyn. This race on Wednesday VIII enao'c
turfmen to Reauital and Handspring lot the
first time this year ard contest OF exceptional I'M
portance and excitement may be looked TOT MI
Crickmore has arranged the conditions for all tne
contests Of Wednesday with exceptional skill ana
ingenuity and. as the profits OF the day WI" DC
given to deserving charities. the attendance ought
to he extremely generous.
Rcuuital was worked In public yesterday be-
tween the lie carried the stable coors, ana
seemed to be In magnificent condition. 1t was
liberal act the part of the Brookdale Stable 70
exhibit Requital in this way. and the spectators
highly enthusiastic.
The weather superb. II could not have peen
finer The attendance encouraging In every
brilliant meeting It's Is largely due to the
ability Of Mr.. Crickmore in framing the conditions
Of the races II is pity that the association IL
unable to secure better railroad facilities. Inc
men who mismanage the elevated roads so inso-
lently and insult and outrage the people OF New
York so constantly by refusing to use SUFFICIENT
number Of to provide their passengers with
seats run only n small number Of trains on whcn
people can travel to Wills-ave., and these trains
are atrocIously slow and abominaby overcrowded
Moreover. the railroad service between Wills-ave
and Morris Park seems to be in the hands OF per-
sons more competent to manage a New England
p!gsty containing few understood shoats thah Il
railroad system to racecourse. II Morris Park
could be reach ID quickly in comfortable cars with
out overcrowding the attendance az the races
would probably be four times great as 1t Is at
present But the elevated railroad service ana the
service above Willis-ave. are so noisome that many
thousands OF people stay away who would go IL
they could expect proper treatment from the rail-
roads.
The bookmakers are doing an active business,
ana they ought to be compelled to contribute 800
per day each for the support Of racing. If they
acted fairly toward their customers. so per day
might be enough to exact from them. As the rae
| ing column OF The Tribune has said repeatedly,
| some Of these bookmakers are fair minded. Kind
| hearted liberal and good natured. But most OF
| the bookmakers rapacious and voracious adj
| venturers who are so greedy and grasping that
| they ought to be suppressed Some OF them give
| fair odds but most Of them give so unfair odds
| that they are better than cheats. Many or the
ncwspa pers quote racing odds that cannot be OBJ
| tanned In the betting-rlng The messengers who
| gather the odds for the newspapers are not the
| men who write the racing introductons and who
| pen the descriptions Of the races. The newspaper
| messengers who quote the odds rarely quote them
| correctly. Most Of them seem TO be anxious 10
make the readers OF newspapers think that all the
| bookmakers give fair odds. With n few praise
| worthy exceptions. the bookmakers do nothing or
| the sort. The only accurate way for any news
paper to quote the odds is to quote the figures
| which the average visitors to a racecourse can
| obtain without difficulty from the average book
makers a few minutes before the horses go TO the
post. But almost all the newspapers except The
Tribune make a practice OF quoting odds far great
| or than the average visitors can get from the
average bookmakers These misleading quotations
dec Give and delude the public, and 1t is wrong to
| the public to print them.
| In the Ladies' Stakes Divide overwhelm-
ing favorite at odds-on as she ought to have been
| on public FORM But Lady Mitchell had worked
| so well in private that she had big troop OF
| earnest hackers although she had not raced be-
| fore this year. while Divide had had sufficient
racing In public to harden her and season her
| Lady Mitchell had more speed than Divide but un-
STAYED e the Lady Divide is game to the last ounce
| and takes the whip well. Taral had to use the lash
Tarai also rode Premier the winner Of the Clare
| Jockey of America successful in the two chief
races OF the day. That was gratifying. and Tara
| Premier as he worked on Divide and no other
jockey could have won with Premier who was an an
pounds But even Taral could not possibly have
won with Premier if Pettengill had given the field
Tremargo acted like fend Petteng sent them
ha al mos loft he
Gotham ran startling race. He Is fast horse
when Just right and he was never fast faster , than
left a; the post. he rar around the whole field az
astonishing speed and seemed to overtake and DE.
the judges decided that Premier defeated Gotham
and Ton h h finish hs hey saw a t. B d
ing races Is a severe strain even on the strongest
eye eye 40 man should try to Judge races for more
should give way to fresher man; with fresher
The sreS' h mace Sat
judges did not see II so - ,, ,.
WHY don't the stewards ask what McCaffe.ty has
been doing with Gothams speed In previous races
doing with Dutch skater in the last race which he
ran before yesterdays victory That previous race
was shocking. There's plenty of room for search
INF Tremarso ought be allowed to start in any
nuisance His temper Is diabolical and he delays
long S en %r n to form and his start
ing extremely poor oror,, 90 70 England as he
Why will not Ac'ailer,! 10 W w, a.. III
,mnaps and let him stay. Nobody wants him here
Gotham is too gueec an in,andout for sTfcr
omph, 10 take Gotham abroad and lose Gotham
and himself also . A., ,....oo . .,,.,
" & DAYS entries DIR. jim. Nollcy and Billali
'oro al hcotcn Nolley the only of the
,broe 10 get "A place and he was third.
Americans denounce Spaniards for their bull,hght,
irr. but steeplechasing l. a sport almost as brutal
and as barbarb fighting. and 1t ought to be
suppressed by law There were several falls In
Tho favoritc fractured his ankle joint. Lady Ray
mond was cruelty overweighted by the Handicapped
'nd tho fcll The Jockey Club ought to get
handicappcr The weight put on Lady Raymond
was without sense or eason and the present handi-
inner is far too enient In handcapping ". {.
DIiv,s ina nd-out horses He does not seem to
understand his business thoroughly. II Is his first
Jm,v ot ali times anchor all horses that are run
in and out for the purpose of deluding the public
and hoodwnking the Handicapped This handi-