New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-21
THE BRIGHTON CUP TODAY
~,cu At TWO MILES AND A QUARTER
pRrs,l. THE FRIAR. HOWARD Mann "''D

,,. brighton necple have rrade highly enter
,.,s,ny effort 10 revive The gori"s or the oiu ny
r,oes a. two niles and quarter. IN se"'io's
~. r,.,s.wor.hy sririt they will give tn tho r'n-
- =, Tho Rrtyh.on Cup this sfterao'n <"'"o' U"
~" -. re. Z, ooo end TO the third $500 Mr.
,-.n,rar md Secretary aas3 deserve hearty praise
o. his extremely liberal .'au ii ke;tn'g s''''
rare Mt two miles and a quarter INC 'S' " P'
sn,s etartnrs Includes Michael +. Dw!cr ''"
h-o,ad co,t Bcn Brush wilmer Of the SUBURBAN
,n,. vesr Ben Brush will carry 10 Ycuhus anu
IN Wa r,ddcn nv Sims. Pittsburg Phils Howafu
Mann the winner of the Brooklyn Hano'c"p' ~
also expcct ted TO start. He VIII carry low f''''
md will be ridden by Tod Sloane Ihe r',''' ','e
winner OF the Realization. viii aiso run ion u.
brighton Gun. 1t Is 10 be hoped that he WI no,
,.. r,o rr,ar will carry 10 pounds ana
r,r bo ridden by Iittlenoli. That brave una
.tanch little FLY Sunny Slope VIII also go 10 Wv
post She will carry ITO POUNDS alu eli. - @
excellent slayer. Ben Brush. The frar' ''o
Mann and Sunny Sopo may be expcc'eo u si
with unbounded courage ana resolution anu Tue
..,, h..,,.., .reso four Is certain TO be menora-
Bile ,,,.
The list Of probable starters 'or the p''s"'o
CUP also includes the name OF Mirage 30" y,
Cyclops Perhaps some practical joker eii'''eu
Mirage son OF Cyclops. FOR the Brigh'on Cup az
two miles and quarter. on public form ne mas
", cbance whatever 20 outrun Ben Brush or ne
Frtar or Howard Mann or Sunny slope But odo
things often happen IN racing Mirage VIII carr!
Isl pounds. ,,
The weather yesterday was extremely ehloSuo'e'
A cool breeze was blowing, and the SKY was c'e"i
and kind 1t was d delightful August afternoon. II
the WEATHER Is as fine to-day as ii was yes'cfuus'
the attendance at Brighton 10 see Ben ID uS'' my
f'riar Howard Mann and Sunny slope run wv ar"
q quarter miles for $3.50 first money *o" seoo"
money and 500 third money should be the largest
ever seen at Brighton.
BUT there will be five other races at Brighton TO-
ha trio Handicap
DDS for 81 900 az six furlongs the mighty HAMBURG
ons OF the greatest racers ever foaled, VIII go "
the post and will carry the heavy weight Va 4'-
pounds Hamburg Is we'll worth seeing ENe's
person whv has not yet seen Hamburg ous"' ~ 80
to Brighton to-day and see hiih' JuS' '' "
a superb racer
II "a a lamentab.e truth. however that the iast
race at Brighton to-day will be silly farce II VIII
be the Brighton Pink Coat Handicap S'eepecn"'o
over the full steeplechasc course gentlemen ''"e''
and no Others to do the riding Only three ho'S's
are announced 10 start-Sir Nassar Decapod ana
Erie The Brighton management has been so UNI
wise as to waste extravagant amount u" ',''
erotesdue pink coat affair, in whlch thi"e e'"''
men riders will try TO force shose wretciiou o,u'
Sir Vassar Decapod and Erie over lot OF htue'
low commonplace steeplechase jumps. "A" iaoo
track managers ought 10 know by TINS t'''e '''''
Americans have more common-sense than any
other people and that sensible Americans are u''
eusted with all jumping races ana WIN al. '"'
for gentlemen riders. In England ana III rr"iIVe
steeplechasing hurdleracing and coh'es's to
oenemen riders are affairs OF wide scope OF Iol'F
class and Of sterling quality. In those co"i."1'
horses ~ much value are carefully trained Tor
wears for steeplechases and hurdle races III 'i'09'
countries prizes reaching totals equNac"' " nun
dreds of thousands of dollars IN our hioHe. "'V 90
ND for steeplechases and hurdle races In 'hose
countries there are hundreds OF expert ec"'ioiiV"
v,ders who can ride in races almost as wei az Pto
fessional Jockeys. IN the iI teu ~ crooks are
$1,000 Gov iumning and those cTpples ana crooks
Usually make frightfui mess When my WA a e.
Us sr {au Gentlemen riders of any skill who Will
take part in races on our reguldi COS
nSS bmrSle ra ees and contests in which gentlemen
riders take part are strkngY E"rnne Bn, they
can never be strikingy successiu ne',i az hro9d
Tberefore II is pain that all American racetracns
ought 10 andOn jumping races anu go &c., I
sss been sunk in those ridiculous farces aiready
Use the money which has peeh siuiIuV r,d.rS q,
dvns FOR he Services Of master experts on every
racetrack. men who know enough ap o dr rce
fr9cksnevcry bit of it, such men can be f9"nd
tne TracerpGs convince the American people that
racing is carried Oh with aDsolute anu aI Vii
n nE =: he s,upcrt OF the turf in vast armies
But the American people dis,rusi racing now ana
L haye u hay" ample reason for that distrust
The wiscst course for Brlghion 10 ,IDinrf,Co, Us
Bern mHa2en This brighton b.; hoIrGwea
pp'scc on the turf IS that OF a modest lo"Iy. unas
Stunning one-do.lar-a-uGkct s3mimt sioI.u 90 o snrn
,5e multitude OF the people OF small means ana
aims TO sG ,, 3 2e IaT Morning nj Of Their lives week
ain week month after month. year after y eaL,
Brshton IS , T oi S Why hen should Brighton
te5erk itself with borrowed peacocks piumeS: IL -
9. nd I5gr pescockS ia and scute through The
selges as Of yore. Peacocks are not DIed IN s""PS
Every favoriie except Daisy Gutter in the second
race was defeated at Hfoye ,be fourth race
many turfmen thought thay Mlcnac. , pwNrn
5eTons naa so pG Ge PTSv 25 ~n he M N
fourth race which was handicap for wo-yca roIaS
near third pll,c even, that all Of 'he pIcvioni..
friends Of Previous gave up al h1le I1a, M rt
rogue. an OUTSIDER won the race James r. Keenc's
rfsi 5 Io his Oq Tsi bow 5cG To- he pn6 He carried
only ninety pounds but he showed fine speed ana
The victory Of nemagogue W. a grsat surprise
So was ,ha; Of Thomas Cat IN the third race 49,
MA race and ~ Tngc a wel-backcl horse in he
siyth race. would have been better pleased If
unaaegns and dcmonac energy. But schorTcr has
TO greaf Saying power in he saddle. ~" seems 20
aged The stewards ought 20 compel him 20 ride ont
I'll his mounts 70 the very last ounce re ro - m1e
enough no. determined enough in some Of his rides.
FIRST RACE-s4o added; selling Ono mre.
r l. Parkers Oh. h. Amer by Kinss'on y, .iy
,TT no, 1lt h. e Jefferson l. es .colins'
= s,o1n,sh Kaiser lIdwic 3 9t........ DAWSON 3
Passover Louise N. Alhcr, 8. Noun. Washington.
cardowre FLAMES and pa'chogue also ran.
Time-l.42ia.
Re,,Inp-An1ee 70 and g 70 :; JEFFERSON. 3 70
ar1 80. Kaiser ludwig q and
Won IN n drive bv half-lenP'h a length between
second and thrd.
ercovn For maiden twoyearolds: $500 added;
selling. Five furlongs.
c..s,.io, e,ablo's g. T. Daisy Gutter. by Clear
he Wav-Iacl- a-Inisy. lo3 ro.........H Martini =
oh Vulana. 100. tPcksrlng) z
H., If,r,ie.s IN pink Chamhrav 1903 Ghompsonl 3
D,resfic peggy r.. Reggie May. Louisa Degnan. Grey
Belle and PARK SLOPE also ran
~ Tima-l:Ooi7.
D.tiine-Daisy Gutter. 70 and ~ .; FuIaha . %
sr3 . ~ PINK Chambrav > 70 and 10 :"