New-York tribune., 1897-07-23
THE SPORT AT BRIGHTON
A REST TAKEN BY THE CLOUDS AMI
THE RACES PROCEED UNDER BE-
NIGNANT CONDITIONS.

St Swithin seems TO be enemy OF Brighton
Beach. II is ancient saw that when o'' S"i.hI' "
Is fearful the world weeps for month or So ..
was wet when his day came. and this region mas
been damp ever since. II all Is dry at brighton
thirsty horses run well. When the track Is DOG
only the layers odds unbuckle their waist beits
Yesterday, after several tedious and dismai DAYS
Of rain the sun blazed without mask Man!
men and many women threw down ther uihpi
scorned their gums and went to Brighton No
showers fell in the afternoon. ana coid HOSES vi
contempt perked up at Dunn the weather
autocrat and at st. Swithn. the ruler OF the dams
Dunn has been talking about rainy suc.cheS
spreading onward until the whole sky should De
caked Dunn has a crazy notion that whch neat
comes here with ferceness that might make even
the North Pole melt. the mercury must fume ana
bubble for long terms. And when II is damp Dunn
declares with savage fanaticsm tnat the spgots OF
the clouds cannot be sealed for weeks. III Dunn
had any Sugar shares he would swear that tnev
must soon be above three hundred. Dunn mas no
moderation. He never puts out stop order. Ills
weather speculations are never known 10 nave
limit. II you listen to Dunn you will soon be thnK-
Ing that the normal height Of quicksilver in tbs
part of the world Is about 10 in the shadc' ana
that New-Yorkcrs ought 10 send up rockets OF re-
joicing when their thermometers tmidiy record
temperature OF five degrees above par In an ice
chest. Then too Dunn asserts that when al this
region Is knee-deep in water It is time Tor more
rain. However Dunn, as a weather prophet mas
tho courage Of his convictions. And that's no
small thing.
AS cutters some OF the owners and trainers
who enter horses at Brighton Beach are past
masters. Some Of these owners and trainers
would cut the first principles Of mathematics II
they had IA chance. They would stick Khiie
into the time-honored dogma that two plus TWO
makes four If they thought they could make any
money by splitting that compact truth with Il
keen edge.
l,o L'ra.r rrpity n
less Saints OF the Racetrack has been changed
and Sir Hubert will be the Custodian Is that M
n from Sea to %apei the on ycs MADE Of solid
gold from Clondyke. studded with haNeine!r r ra
dazzling radiance than any Cecil Rhodes diamonds
OF the first water from South Africa ,o,, ho.n
For many days at Brighton the horses nahe n pe.r'
founderinS IN mud while the clouds poured down
floods and the sun turned black BACK OF sngeTs
I'm. but in the second part Of the da{ u'e sun n
beamed brightly as secrc'ary sass sies nmen and
few not so wealthy. But it was a benignant and
Sir Play got The best OF a poor start in the iirst
race and led al the WAY II was ripoicu I, wan 9i,
s"nins race Inc winner is CIV ned by Mr. sn.,
senior As a seller Mr.. Sink. Senior is stupcndouS
fcw days ago Elm race at ,,s long g, odds; r3
soon afterward, In anotner rae, hT ui "opain
Chapman ever gets hold of Elm In the lGnderiO1, r
aye1 eS H and loiN h exu @ up IN ud @ now t% d the
the third race with long odds against MN lam ~
iltou rode Mana H., the odds-on idNofIte. iiit,-
iltor detes:s odda-on That is trait OF tamlltoh
which was obtrusivc many years ago ana pas @ @peeh
"hirue,. over since The stewards, with good
Judgment and good sense refused to coinnera
Hamilon's slow and stupid ride with the odds-Gm ,-,
favOriie Mana H. and decided that Hamilton VIII
not be allowed TO ride any horses to-day or to-
morrow. ,r...u.o,
would be elected president OF the proiec've
ana James Rove and a. J. Joyner and others are
members and that William Penn would be electen
II iS ed
be employcd as counsel. Mr.. DIVER was an emf;
nent Tammany magistrate In this town ior seveiu every
Hamilton president, with Penn as secretary. ana
with Patrick Diver counsel the league OF trdiiI-
ers and Jockeys will be able to suppress every
newspaper In the country -,
There will he racing at brighton Beach to-uaN'
Also Tomorrow