New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17
HASTINGS AT MORRIS PARK.
AUGUST BELMoNTs COLT RAN WELL



ror-R PUBLIC FAvORITES WERE vANorIsHED-
sonE OF THE JOCKEYS RODE STRANGELY
The bookmakers came home from Morris Park
nth bulgnG pockets yesterday. Last night they
we're ordering baskets and drinking bumpers to Bird
Coler and Bird Gardiner. with woodcocks and Quails
and English pheasants the side. In every Raines
tavern IN every KATE please pronounce IL with
the long and the silent. as all the bookmakers
,variablv do) which the friends Of the French Ball
and yellow Cur ticket haunt. small hot mud hens
from Baltimore and canvas-covered fouls tplease
spell wirh II. not a W. that's the way in which
the bookies always spell IN from Chesapeake Bav
were ranged cheek by jowl with big beiea cold bot
Ties II was a succuleni afternoon and an epicurean
evening for tho worthy and deserving mathema-
cians who ply their busy pencils under the grand
stand al the end OF the Annexed District trolley
pve-v LAYER OF odds IN the Greater New-York was
wearing a wide fat greasy smile last night. and
no one Of them will clamp his grin for many an
hour TO come Few speculative carhlNais since
Csorge the Fourth ruled off the Englsh turf
have enriched the Industrious and dilisent complleIs
~ chances a. prodisally as they were enriched by
a.. results Of the spins If SATURDAY. october 1s at
me trans Harlem track
7, cannot be denied that August Belmonts fast
coi Hastings Conqueror in the first race, raVaeed
tho rolls OF the professional auditors IN the ring
Hastings was first choice. Why not? CLASS ana
oualitv mt him on p pinnacle In that field. Has
urcs was owned formerly by Gideon Day VINO
gave that quick colt that name? was ne calieo
Hastings after the loo,er who In lndia hsseareo
,hs Reeum the English buccaneer whom Burke
and sheridan in the pillory OF inramy TOT All
ros ~ aid he set his christening from the famous
HE IN which the Saxon sank before the NOT
man. In either rase. Hastings can scoo' ~
,,rin, in a stvlo that forces Witnesses 10 stare
when he IS in nimhle jgsiep MOOD larai was
~ Hastings and he rode him sasely. Tarals
~ode Averv mount as wisely he rode Hastings
co,,e NJ his rides in the last few weeks have been
a. far below the topmost crag OF MS lol"eSt en-
ploits a. Nspoleon's handling OF MS army al hei'
sic was below his stupendouS genius al A"S.e'".1
raw DAVIS ego the Jockey Club decided 'hat IN
at, tor nrizes Of ssO or less. Jockeys should get
.. .r loeire mount and SIS for winning mount.
The earlier tariff was so for loss ana 20 10Y
Gain whether the prize was big o' nl,'e' "''"
tariff schedules awry ana ashe"' rNe c.t'>
for q losing mount and 500 for victory "ou'd no
ohor, the rroper scale. Anywhere IN the Greater
Nev.York the lowlest heeer and the H'nes'
Croesus alike can get a cleaning shine for nickel
rha nolish.compelling wielder Of the brush Is no
respecter Of persons As his elho"-shn'ue ni's
70 and fro he never glances upward TO see "he'her
he is toing for John n. Rockefeller with MS tens
Of millions or for an Anarchist follower OF Lucien
S9nlal All hve-cent pieces look ahke 10 hliI hp
matter from whom they come. Many Jockeys on
tho American turf ride so fcehly in many races
that they would he overpaid il they received NAN
dime for their performances. Fay hootolacK
few cents and YOU will get fair return. Ray an
American Jockey s. for losing mount. and In
MANY instances the owner PAYS the rider - n too
much.
oueer lot some Of these Jockeys. who ride on
the tracks in and this city. Several Of them
Numbered badly in allowing themselves 70 he horn
As 20 riding some Of them drink 50 much that
they find II hard 10 stand when they order whiskey
10 the bars before which they soak themselves
with LIQUOR Can such do good work IN
saddle
One Of the best-known owners in America
member Of the Jockey Club. said yesterday al
Morris Park that he was afraid MS Jockey han
heen drinking too much hut y was 700 lat@ 10
ret.another rider This is the frozen ICY. solid
,ruth No Joking in this matter. Just hard. I'M
decorated verify. Eternal verify. Perhaps TINS
owner was mistaken. Perhaps 1t was too late 10
make change. Perhaps the jockey had not oeeh
drinking or hitting the pipe" or using cocaine, or
some other brain paralyzng drug. Whether the
ipckey rode than one race YESTERDAY. ana ana
supplying spell. Dope for horses is sraic ny
nenairies With which those rules menace the
Villain who would dare 10 dope horse. nse
done" a Jockey? And what if the wicked Jockey
'dopes" himself? Who is to suffer? -.
..sSiA themselves by drinking and deoauchery 10
such an extent that they are often nnh ,b 10 rde -
check? Who tries 10 induce them to ieaa DELI sis
liv.s9 Who rolls intentlI to protect from inc SIZE
o. drunken jockeys the peopss WIG SupP9sro eanh
rscetracks by huyng grandstand ticket AZ % eacH
ard by swelling the rolls Of the boSkmskers
Who is determined in spite OF every oos.aCIt a 70
cleanse racing thoroughly and TO ReTR rsnartois
ssrnbers VINO profit by getting jockeys drunk?
Asa BIRD Gardiner would be suitable Eatron
the pa, turf motto. That. the fit campaign cry
,al stools in he market Iace and bow ne be
with reform That's the right watchword ana ana
the inspiring battle cry in the betting rings; al%
srolnd that noble standard bearer Asa Bro Carh-
ner let them all give medals Of honor ana ripnons
snd services of solid silver to All drunken JochheS
else and success to all turf schemers and drunken
Jockeys cry the turf rascals. And the turf rascas
seem think that they VIII prosper SnI LII 1bat
Cor, Of A crusade OF freebooters and buccaneers
II was strangely hot yesterday for mid Ociooeir
bn, the heat was not deprtsslns or exnaus,g ga
M 10 endure Agony enough and 70 spare now
ever borne BY the Ere'ehns , train Wits TfT
Avsnue Shool TO Morris Park bright and
,eautifu array Of sood-na, ured and amicabe spec
ators was gathered within the gates THESE op-
.ervers Taral ride Haitngs in the first race As
ably and skilfuy any Jockey could ever roe
7orse. and Hastings ran dazzling race i1e naa
form and no of m4an rank can cope win
rim. That first race was the only, one 81 IN Inc
interested turfman Of lofty ideals who wishes TO
see s1ert Of the highest class and nothng Csc.
,oud become sincerely e1Jhuziasc IN tnar n 9s,
time. his solid worth, after a long and veXing
delay at the post.
the second Imperator in the third and Ramiro II