New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
HAMBURG A GREAT RACER.
FEATURES OF THE SPORT AT BRIGHTON.

John T. Madden's Hamburg is one of the best
racers ever born i'm America or In any other coun-
Try II is lamentablc that so mighty runner
should ever have been defeated Hamburg is so mag
nlacent a model OF an al-conquering colt that he
ought TO have had clear series of victories with
m failures 10 mar the radiant Inc. He is the son
NJ Hanover and Lady Reel 1t Is possible that he
Is greater horse than his great SIRE Hanover.
Every ,,lrfman of who has studied every inch
Of Hamburg is sure that this is true champion
n marvel Of the Domino type. No horse ever
I, tho United States Is quicker at the start than
Hamburg is He darts away with the speed of
thought at the exact instant when the barrier flies
nm More than twenty years ago Price McGrath
owned Tom Bowling. q sterling turf scorchcr. Nc
Grath was racing Of the Char.cs Reed
stamp Reed got St Blase at auction with his
lone .'earhquake'' bid Of 100000 No faltering. No
paterng. Just round 100000 at n single stroke.
That was sudden II was notable auction. Reed
wanted St Blase badly He made up his mind
that he would pay 10000 He did not halt or
stammer or stutter. out came that bold. blunt
bid-iust one bid. and more. One hundred thou
sand dollars, And ST. Blaise was knocked down.
Price McGrath had strong stable in the seven
ties And he had burgoo every year. The bur-
600 seems almost to have died out since McGrath
died IL was a fine thing IN its day-even more
Iucuian than the mos; savory OF genuine Rhode
Island cambakes al Squantrm. on Narregansett
Bay And that's saying great deal Price NJ
Grath was the unique and unapproaChable burgoo-
master. And MCGr0th. as the supreme burgoo-
master Of the globe. made many people happy. No
Dutch burgomaster in New-Amsterdam else
where ever pleased many people with feastng
as McGrath pleased with his burgoos. Neither
Kentucky Tennessee Georgia nor any
other Southern State ever produced any banquet
20 equal McCiraths burGoos.
But McGrath owned something else besides the
one and only recipe for peerless burgoo. He
owned Tom Bowling. a noble colt. McGrath was
In the habit of saying TO the starter Don't You
bother about my colt. Tom Bowling Send em OFF
1ust as you like. Tom Bowling is all right. He'll
take care of himself. lie beat any horse in
he world even if he's left at the post. don't care
about the start. l say again that Tom Bowling
can beat any horse. even If he is turned the wrong
way and standins still when you start the horses
Tom Bowling racer. So Hamburg is an
other And even Pettengil can't defeat Hamburg
now Any other horse now in training in America-
bar none-may be overcome by bad start But
Hamburg can't be. Far and away. he is so mucn
The best runner in the New World that bad start
6 heat nm But '29 0SRGGy ca4 he
ties of poor riding are infinite. Hamburg has , befl
INK else Only poor riding could have stopped him.
Nothing else lie is the champion of the New
MSTG Spo SfaT of hS oG WOrG But 'G
in The Futurity. More's the pity; ,,o.o,
when T he ''se gets ocrable start it is accident
His in The he Tss raGe b ag a least
one-hal Of the field had no chance wnateVer, ,s s
nens qssaaS and unar n or q'l is Tolerated For many
years The Tribune has demanded that TWO or
starting should be handed one starter after
another in turn. Starting horses is a great dtal
more difficult and exactng work than pitching
Jais Does any baseball club expect any one
tcher to pitch in every game through me r
70 compel single starter to start al the races al
Beach and Aqueduct throughout the season NO
doubt Pettengin does his best. But no human
very race day throughout the racing season at
,to grc. 1ox .ha CT
ought TO have rest and an understudy ana II Is Is
dismal blot on The turf that he is rsqHre6 h 6oop 90
fellow is in a condition Of nervous collapse so far
al cYe s}aT'PE e is as os his grip That is
slang phrase but it expresses thH absolute truth
torday. especially in the hrst race. was worse
han starting Which amy saa9 Td@ r%G5 proS on
ably have effected if he had held the flag.
s,arters. T He has not been overraced at ali He
is not in the least stale or oy,erdone He Is sound
bur- burg No No staeness in IambuTe by lar the great
est in anng r In he the w woTG WafS, Sf for as
Hamburg might keep even Gal'ee More busy Tor
But Hu, Hamburg. is not in the Futuri'y. and
sa 0T than oash Of ~ the hoTe in the first
race had not iota Of a chance when the flag fel.
6ber b races was not much better Startling upses
took place in the third. fifth and sixth races But
running Of the supreme Hambrre The W. Weathsr the,
Was
ing and other blunders have driven many people
sumptuous and tempting card Is set forth at
Brighton to-day But the turf in this part Of the
b1rg's dazzling achievements until the racetracks
in and New-York are properly MANAGE ina
and requires that a al the The & Gca scsS piaGts eares Sa sss
p1S bich-mjnded men It is absolutely certain
ha certain owners trainers rs ana wbe 25e
knows anything about racing knows who these
knaves are and knows that they VII practce .help M
wrong and escape punishment But certain per,
sons who possess some influence and authority on
the Eastern turf are either too simple 10 suspect
the existence of obvious and fagrsnt frauds, or or
they 50 anxious 70 cover up rnsovad m 10
allow evils and abuses to go on mncheKe Tr cude js
just out As the racing column Of The Tribunc has
saii repeatedly and empnaGay and invaln
able 70 every turfman.
FIRST RACE-saoo added selling. Six furlongs
br Tremarso by TremoDMnrsD; "lIaMIsn;
" Ssnc!s !G amee4i ISt ISs iwaS.SiTs, STTTs
MIME 1eFI phonse Areer Arbqckic King Meneek Ed
Kcainey Myrtle Harkne.s ana Jeanette H. also ran
Fear snr 10 s to ana and to I"S'''
Won easily by two lengths. length between second
and third.
SECOND RAcE-sico; for two-year-olds; selling. Five
furl0ngs
Palsfer & Karrcks b. Miss Tenny BY By, Tsnny MnTn7
W taiI i Elson oiTSrs Yl b. c. waritnon ..oIbes
A1apass,. aaSasI Medrcs ana Eileen D also ran
Timo--l:Oli2
po,,,,s Mics renny 20 . and out Warrenton. 6 10
ani . 70 /: Oxnard 10 and 3 10 ..
Won easily by length. head between second and
third
THIRD RACE Handicap; $500 added One mile
C Morss b. f salle cIiequot by Salys,oT0 Wsr,,r1
Widow (1icquo 1 yrs, 100 ~. :.'.'.'pi Marui d
G. F. Smiths gr. & I,elmar o ~ fSinns q
" = DIVERS ch G Ton Cromwell !. ll-..-"tSlms) D
Brandywine and Paul Kauvar also ran.
Be,ting-sa.lie Ccquot. 10 70 ana : 20 /: pe"d'
60 and 20 a. Tom Cromwell eve" anu ~
W., =, . dr,,e bv a length; a length between second
and third.
FoI.RTH RACE-RIsING GENERATION STAKES TOT
twoyearols; value s2ooD; penalties and allowances