New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-03
BIG LOSSES ON THE TURF.
ruBLcFAvoRlrEs DEFEATED AGAIN AT MORRIS
PNEK-GAINS OF THE BOOKMAKERS.


eous massacres which were perpetraied in MS
time wrote a noble sonnet. in which he called Tor
heavenly vengeance because or the slaughtered
saints whose Zones lie scattered on the Alpine
mountains cold Alas for the bones when He
scattered on the ,uorris Park mountains last night.
Those were not he bones Of slaughtered saints.
They were the skeletons Of what had once been
tender Juicy bleating lambs. and the fragments
Of the interior structures Of the poor creatures
we're counted by thousands. 1t was. hueeu d
piteous sight. sight 10 bring thoughts OF srlei
and Of horror to gentle minds Tor centuries to come
No crue, tyrants Of ancieI. or mODern eraS were
ever more ferocious to their innocent hapiess VIC
Tins than the bookmakcrs have been 10 the turf
lambs I'm recent weeks. Nero or AtiAa. IamerIahe
or We,ler the worst of Turks in his worst moods,
was never savage and harbarous IMAM tne
typical bookmaker has been at the race racks IN
this State this year. These booinnakers were ho'
satisfied to strip the lambs OF their fleece. Ai'er
they had taken every shred of the WOOL they
fayed the shrieking lambs alive ano seized thei'
skins Only the flesh and bones were left. 1ester-
day the bookmakers stripped the nnal fragments
Of flesh from the bones of the lambs. The bones
are OF 10 value 10 the bOOkmakers until they are
properly beachod In order that the b!erchins
may be thorough the skeletons will lie exposed TO
the storms OF winter upon the cold nountaiM Oh
the Borough Of the Bronx. When the turf seaaon
in this State begins next year the bookmakeiS
will collect the bones These butchers of the bet
lingering are determined that nothing possessing
any trace OF value shall escape their clutches;
Were Armcnians or even Alblsenses treated
more harshy than the victims or the bettins-rinS
The yeiow-fever meeting will open in New-Or
matter Of public policy. 10 persuade every BOOK
soah y Po6 y 500 Of them eb rest
fully under messy marbles III Louisiana. In tho
land Of the creoes is magnificent eemet I,iy
which once rAce;rack Would II not be SUI
able 10 select appropriate sting places Wtnill '
deadly bOOhIndkcIs who have done so il!uoN nd4il
on Northtrn rdcotraCks; As TO Morris Park, mat
bones of slaughtered tart lambs and thick with the
II any person in any way concerned with the ele-
xa!ed railroads or with the train service DeiWeg
for Office yesterday he would have received fewHr
than Bat,e-Axe Gleason got on Muri4y iii ~
..Siiver-Dollar" Smiths grogshop. The man4sers
Willis-ave branch toilng hard TO ruin Morris
Park as a racecourse 10y making travel 10 ana from
the place disagreeable it is in their powGr TO
chilled the spirits and soaked The hopes OF the
before the Afternoon was over the bookmakers had
completed the calamities wich the weather' t sno
intolerable railway mismahageeh u, anu se xare
of the popular choices among me rreS w. 80
IRE of woe were poured over the sorrowful sup,
porters Of the turf. The track was deep in mud
In the first affair bedraggled lot Of slOvenly
m@dsns horses 1991 nad Friends hsH OF true sh
class sport looked with scorn on these soF ~
apologies fcr raceEs hr on i and tbsn sho In
the second affair I'VE iwo-year-olds of poor quail
~ staggered along for i SY Tz9 ne sT mud ha
he was unplaced Bersen was on Mh!s,ng f dpsi
none Sonors by one Of the most careless rides ever
seen. He over-conident that LADY Dis1a Jam
cSad have defeated Lady Disdn by half dozen
lengths Hot was the rage OF evsTy sa wa y.
toniy and SO foolishly. Many were the emphaue
not probably get great many mounts in this
State next year , ~, ~ oo nod only
Bannock and Bcrnadillo to conquer in the Morris
Park Handicap for three oar-olds. at a mile ana
be n" of Uye Spanish a srandee When Don De ORC
meets such eomm9n clay as thai ib OF n is truly
Assns, IS poHs
to lower his stately crest and to act like peasant
without pedigree one in whose veins creePs some
eccentric. and will not do his best unless he Is In
the right humor. The withdrawal Of Poetess leit
the Don without formidable rival. Perhaps
POetess could have given The d D1h contest
This is wonderful year for the sons OF ,ha al
superb sire Hanover The list OF their trumphs N
OF course. by far the greatest of Hanover's sons
But Hanover has begolen many ru roi Handse
by Hanover out Of Tarantella. won the W me
true that he Was far in front Of the field when ihe
supendous Pettengl dropped the nag bu iiaHoS ne
others could lessen the gap at any time. Handsel
was first by so many lengths that he made the
The turf in this State ought surely 70 have a new
starter and a new Handicapped in 1898. Both The
ssate hs have been not only SHY the
treme but absolutely without reason or sense or
A certain set of very keen and shrewd specu-
lators, won big amounts on HaIdssIs W. victory riIS
But nearly all OF the spectators, nearly all OF the
general public, lost heavily on the race John r.
tho public favortes. Great Bend got third place
W. c. Days Sensational taking second honors
x.ith
galanty and came in fourth T , lis performsnGe
Hamburg, but he has sturdy and stou,:hesrted
tengi again covered himself with public dsap
proval by giving so bad a start in so important
s %aron s Mr hos Of ena and hackers but
neither was conspicuous in any part Of the race
s1 ns ha Whs Pas an and OF M and
made a shabby wreck OF IT, .a..
of the the p11ho on the W5'e Pains Handicap Then
the pc plunged wa Ga Nam m is Up
ond choice. Hastings ran second TO Semper Ego
ara af The nuhc We're appalling Hastings ran cour
ageously. and Taral rode him ably his time but
sibiy be defeated in the mud although no swerved
sharply moro than once
ity 10 the asq,Iistive Hitchcock family in the hur
die race Forget's public form had been so far
allotment OF weights was practically gift OF the
prize 70 Forget as against Valorous THOSE two were
poor Valorous look Ike one Of tho crippled cab
ruins which are .propped up between the shafts OF
The Tenderloin Precinct might hawk shacknas-
ties Was It not thoughtfu and sweet In tho han
dtcappcr to adjust the weights that the acquis-
tiv, iIitchcocks would have a practical walkover2
Isn't ne a soft-hearted and tender Handicapped?
Wo,lldn't his portrait look well in campaign
extra? The turf is sport in which many millions
o. dollars are involved. directly and indirectly.
Rut much Of the starting and handicapping TINS
wear has been worthy o. sewing circle crochet
work rather than OF a vast enterprise. on whicn
The SPECULATION reaches portentous figures.
DETAILS OF THE CONTESTS.
FIRST RACE-s6oo added; for ma,dens Of all ages:
special weights. Seven furlongs. Withers course
S. Fl.
Turney Brothers b. {. Swifmas. by Can
e " (sanger) 10 Is
W C. Days b. c. Merlin. .. 81: , ,