New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-14
A CREVASSE AT MORRIS PARK
rAvoRITEs DROWNED IN THE FLOOD
AUGUST BELMoNT's ocTAGoN WAS FINE
SWIMMER.


SWIMMER
Creyasses have flooded Louisiana and other States
In the Southwest this year crevasse deluged
Morris Park yesterday. If the skies had been
sealed and the track had not been a running
river keen explorers Of turf mysteries might have
chosen few winners. But the buckets OF the
clouds were tipped over. and the earth was afioat.
So all sorts of strange things, including w. c.
DAILY, carried on the crests Of the waves.
Many people braved the tempest and the collection
Of observers surprisingly large for so moist an
afternoon August Belmont's Octagon likes
damp day overhead and a dismal swamp under
foot. He swan home In the Toboggan Handicap
with steady stroke. The favorite Lithos gurgled
and gasped in third place Cats shrink from
puddes Lithos is a cat So is Rhodesia. So Is
Royal Rose. So is Gotham. So are some other
horses and mares that houndered about In the tor
rent which came roaring down the hill when the
Toboggan II was like the cataract OF
Lodore and only Southey could do Justice to that
waterfall If the dust had been flying. 1t is posi-
BILE that L!thos. Arabian Hanwel. Rhodesia, irish
Reel, Gotham and few others might have outrun
Octagon On the other hand. it is possible that
Octagon might have outrun them all, even II the
track had been as dry as Senator Ranes will be
when he visits the Tenderoin. Doubtful things
are extremely uncertain. Anyway, MI. belmont
now has the Toboggan in his pocket Whether
Octagon is a real racer not may still be open 10
question Ask an astrologer consult clair
vovant about that And then walt and see. Sir
Walter isn't a real racer this year on any scheme
of figuring That's beyond dispute. no matter what
else may happen
Did Michael +. Dwyer get prize in LithoS, or
did he not? Seek the answer In the stars
The choicest and rarest tip of the season OF 1897
the one exotic esoterlc and exquisite tip Of this
glad new year the unique tip aboye all others. was
on Hanwell In the Toboggan. Hanwell ran as II
he had been ridden by the whole royal family OF
Athens In the Toboggan Of 1897, when Miltades
oil OF Greeks
from the Sparta and the Thebes and the Corinth
NJ the next century vanquish the Abdul the
Damned the Abdul the Great Assassin Of a century
from this era Hanwell may win race But not
Just now.
II rained and 1t rained and 1t rained. 1t rained
hard Stephen Crane and Rudyard Kpling ought
TO have been at Morris Park to describe that rain
1t was Turkish a rain. and II was SO nara on
the poor Greeks who bet on the races, that hpllhe
and Crane together were needed to cope with the
crisis If II had not rained, perhaps Chic, the
favorite. would have won the first race But IL dio
rain and Chic. at to / on. did not win the race
In fact, Chic not placed Kaiser Ludwlg ran
away in tempestuous and stormy style ana shot
his rider, Powers, into an exceptionally sou anu
mild and gentle stretch of mud. Kaiser Ludwig
was caught and remounted after long delay
Powers was not bumped or Jared. The particular
spot in the mud upon which he alghted was ike
eiderdown. Kaiser Ludwig and Chic and Takanas-
SEQ dashed out In front and strove valiantly with
They had enough f.. d. Morgans Blue Dew! won
the race Our Johnny was second and Euphemia
l. third. The three which had battled 80 theatrl-
oally after the fashion of the Greeks in Thessay.
came in last. just as the Greeks are doing
E. D. Morgan is a member Of the State Racing
Commission He Is highly popular. He has been
a great deal Of a yachtsman for many years and
very little of a turfman. Much glee was evoked
in the clubhouse by the triumph of member OF
the State Racing Commission. Many beakers were
drained. and general regret was expressed that the
King of Thule not present. Every true turf
man hopes that Mr. Morgan Will win many races
lie deserves to win many. But he ought TO hire
some one to name his horses hereafter Blue Devil
is not an exhilarating title.
If the betting had been heavy and reckless the
bookmakers would have been looking for invest
nnents in Kafir gold mines to-day. But most OF
the visitors to the track were wary, and ala not
risk large sums. Most of the favorites sank be-
low the surface of the sunless sea Of the flooded
track. But spectators on thoroughbred SWIM
nners are becoming cautious.
w c. Daily has habit of sticking his shaggy
poll above the of troubled waters. There
fore It was not amazing that Days Sensational
took the Bouquet Stakes by n swift sdestroke
was third Fine name, Nosey Some of the Roman
emperors jutted boldly over their chins 1t may may
be that Nosey was named after Tiberius. Caesar
S become is FOND Of 1s
read official When everything is thirsty McCaitt
Maine s'' But When the sky is squirting fountains
Gotham. CoreM and Saratoga (ali Mccanerty,ss
horses yesterday and 1t would have been true If
Mccaherty had started thirty horses, and not
three. Nv vi, ,,
aSng 9day 4 in or % Mo hqi
Park IL the weather Is fine and the track Is free
from dampness. The Withers Stakes Is 10 be run
tomorrow. and several horses OF i,hn ORR
contests of merit are announced. Every dude VIII
lcok eagerly for the New-York Steeplechase Han
dicap at tWo-and-a- half miles. -, 49,, Ill, !,
trains on the fifth Avenue Elevated line from
Inc BROOKLYN Bridge terminus IN roof rans w
run directly the racetrack inns VII De tI,gh
convenience to the public At least, CoIonei reV
Club says it will be- and Colonel Mcintyre Is IKE
George Washington. He has spent ms n me y,
chopping cherry trees Phii!P j.: D"y bn' ,bc club
W,Il have a great meeting beginning on May 81,
and that Handspring cracked needSI , 90 az uand
spced. He adds that Han9oa Is GT1 fears
neither Hastings nor Requtal WIG was that nat
medieval hero who feared neithHr G bfu nor 'ne
Sagacty from Brookdale was an exr pe w.
vorite in the fifth race at Morris Park But she
mdo ,nr ~ third On a barren and desert ana
ia nsburned and parched track she might perhaps
have ruled without effective opposiqn Du co HiG''
,Saan of The storm fail TO assert her sway IN such
q tempest?
DETAILS OF THE RACING.
r,ncr ,cr-Purse $500 for three-year-oils special
ws,ghts Six furlongs withers mile.
Straight. Place.
E. D. Morean's b. c Blue De ,o, ny ny imp
St Andrew-Blue Dress Ioi 10, ., g, d
Sykes & chsgtons CHI our SSeJ JGsnny 81 a-1
NJ p eteubenson's b. Euphemia L., 90