New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26
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THREE FOR BROOKDALE.
THE THOMPSON coLoRs IN FRONT.
POPULAR VICTORY AT MORRIS PARK FOR RACERS

+. Moss, president or the GOlce BOaru, ought ~
so to Morris Park. He would be startled to sec
how many policemen find 1t in the line of their duty
10 watch the races These acolytes OF Theodore
Roosevelt loom large in their bold blue uniforms
and their brave brass buttons Most of them are fat
Mos; of them chew gum. Most OF them are ox-eyeo
like Juno. Big-waisted broad-shoudered rumi-
native bovine they fill the Landscape. 1t Is worth
trip to the track 10 see the thick and protrusNe
policemen, with their stately frontal bay windows.
II a gazer does not care whether or not Requitai
is a better horse than Handspring he or she can
calmly contemplate the massive policemen Inc!
appease. They stretch across the heio or VISION
Their girth is ample and their feet would Mt chi
cago shoes. Philip ID. Armour or Nelson MOTIFS
never saw a spacious steer whose ribs were PETER
covered than those OF the GarSahtuan po"0e"e'
who go to Morris Park.
The music al the racetrack gladdens the winners
and comforts the losers. No racing ASSOCIATION
should ever be without brass band Inc frehchi
horns soothe the savage beasts whose lineage goes
hack 10 the merry hours of Charles III. and even
tho owners OF steepechasers forget their thirst for
pora while Conternos Band tinkles out the dulcet
notes of De Wits sweet medley entitled the
Gay Old Boy.
Perhans II Is the music which makes the horses
at this meeting run more In tune IMAM they haNo
run in other eras in the periods of odd. unhappy,
taro|r things and battles long ago." Wordsworth.)
Whatever may he the reason all careful observers
of turf things say that there has beeh Tess puihs
and hauling. less yawing and yanking ana noihs
among the horses at Morris Park in lSy than at
any previous meeting in the East for many uu!'
Possibly there may be many riffs within the lutte
n. , later date but the Westchester racing so far
has been marked by few discords, while me iueu.s
and the contrapunta music, the symphonies inc
oratorios and the cadenzas have sounded sweetiy
and smoothly IN the main. In other WORDS PupiIS
form has been in the ascendant to reasonaole
extent at Morris Park since the first day OF inc
That's soothing. II Is PLAIN enough,
however that some Of the owners ana trainers
some of the bookmakers and Jockeys some OF the
horses and touts are not yet spotless salh's gun
the start toward canonizaton Is encouraging. Ana II
no worse racing in the Fast at any time mere
after than that which has taken place so far IN 1877
the urf will in the future deserve TO be ranked as
a truly American sport, somewhere near bicycling
the one supreme. ecstatc and unapproachaoie rec
reation Of the American people. COLI may nave i's
day Football may divert few passing hours
Baseball may amuse for scanty number OF meet
ing minutes. Croquet may own Its votaries frize-
fighting may count on a few followers. Yachting
may be acceptable 10 tiny group or devotees'
Lawn tennis may allure player here ana there'
But the one true American sport OF the century IL
bicycling Of course And racing men must work
hard from dewy dawn TO dusky eve every DAY IN
the year. or the turf will not be even distant Sec
ond.
To-day the racetrack will be overcast With the
broad mantle Of charity. which. as is well known
coyereth multitude Of sins. The receipts at
Morris Park to-day above the expenses will be
given to tho Fund Cor Disabled Jockeys and the
Fresh Air Funds OF this city. delightful pro-
gramme has been arranged. and all visitors to the
course will have tho satisfaction of contributing to
charities 70 9b TSf sSS Field
turf officials to the press and to nfbsr
who hold complimentary badges must pay AT 'ie
gate for the benefit OF charlty. -, ,y,.nr,r o.
Every turfman remembers how well Hanospilms
N'i.ba and Pc
Park last year. He won the Withers py a hea -.
from Hastings but lost the BELMONT by m meaG 10
turf in 1896 will meet Handspring in special race
one sa @ SedS to ana Ga the this
will be in effect matcn az h are aiWeys
popniaT and this is practically match for charity
Both OF the two colts will be well backed IN !, a ane
Ing today will be one Of moment. Five other
will be given for this charity Thev
ought to do It, but few railroads are brim nm ~
with milk of human blindness and very few
roads Of this would steal the pennies Iron ana
dead mans eyes II they could 90 ana for
prison. and they are not likely 10 90 ahy'h'ns io'
ThG%D;SSn hrss out Me Gs ' hsh
popular. These gentlemen have MANAGE INA ma
sSe , in and
trainer. James Rove Is also sn aies A,ouette
and sasacty ran second in the , Fasf TSo
Stakes for two-year-od fes at han -m as easiiy
arsstt IN the fifth race for which he was sT ron;
the ,H gGStdb ss r r1as in the
last for which he was the fa W2pseavn from
aasdsap and Don De Orc alone
carried the Belmont colors He was the fav9 rite,
as i sngs on h pe 9o
able to cope with the cpss and me sprng meeting
Of 1886 But the Don wofuI failure a in ad The
Pocanco that deestabhe ASSASSIN lass ane fnq
AT the end of a halfmIle Perhaps the Don may
60 better nsna s'eF to SEND sf to NJ
keenan,. who had caterpillar cur IN nost o or ' IN
in which S b he Sag won 1"s in England
Dr. Morton ought to try the X rays on Don he orc
and keenan, may be tha' oncnai H Within the
nmot Of his heart ach of thf Each OF
them later in his races Grawled IKE the kee,ey
and the Keeey gSd eG 10 be msHg in eacS
case once more let It be said, timidiy ana dsIer-
later race But nothing can be palmer than that
Don De ORC in the Pocanc0 ran , IKE ec ToII
,synU tassr 0T IN e 'oue O'' D'
E McDonalds colt Rensselaer, won the Pecan
e,sss ad auay This FAR better colt than mos,
Of us had rated him are"eRe was neGSh nd aa
suck n in ,he-mud third. ....-.,..
Park Row sub-cellar beans needed neither vinegar gar
b h9r s Of Doando were enough Neither Worces
tershre sauce no, ke,chnp was sSca bn haS
been properly ridden. and every newsboy ana boot
black in Park Row had his pennies on Dolando.
Only apprentices and boys that had never ridden a
winner were allowed TO ride IN tina, race An Imp
the race bv the most comcal overconfdcnce con
coivahle Dolardo much the fastest horse IN
,he race hut Eo;hersal rode him In the style In
which n FAT man with fractured legs, disocatcd
eninal column and broken neck might ride bicycle
a, his first attempt ~ the ne@sDoys and boot
blacks and beef-and-beans eaters OF Park Row ever
ra,ch Uothersall near the fountain In CITY Hal
park the Coroner will sit basket containing MI
mute fragments % Hoth4rsal. Every one has heard
~ the INQUEST after dynamite explosion In Penn
syivania. The pieces were so small and were scat
tered so far that the coroners OF Dozen counties
were busy with microscopes for a week trying 10
ind something 10 sit on. Have care Hothereal.
PARK Row Is on your TRAIL Look out or your be
eat upon
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
FIRST RACE-Purse $3.50: selling 10 be ridden by APP
prentices or boys tina, have never ridden a winner.