New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-20
TIRE CONTESTS AND JOBS
,.~cr THINGS SEEN AT BRIGHTON
,r.soSs WHY THIS MEETING is NOT A START
,r~c Success.

80 ~ be A fair match for the eccentric man
r,o,. Several sharp critics don hNe O''in
.,-.,rg and say tina; Clark is purai's' IL Is "ue
" -, ,hat :he crime Of piuralism was pun
80 IN ancient Persia by plungns the criminal n''o
- ,.,ich had been parity filled with ashes. an"
,..,,, of the outraged AN met a dusty uea'h'
,.-,,us theories eNis; As to the ingenious ueNi.'
- which Frank Clark has SO Tar escaped an Hs"'
-, lsu ono sod fact Is indispu'able. Either
-e.,, ,,,sb. 70 gel a rev watch or Brighton ought
=, 90, 4 new timer. In several races at brigh'oh
,,,s wear Clark has put UP tire which was Wildly
ahsurd Clark s. a good fellow Brighton Is wi OF
.. feu,Ns There's Menjes % ne Sensation
sable tor instance. And stone step 700.
IN, seriously TO sane nan % mature growth can
mink ~ Frank Clark's timing al Brighton without
r,rs.,rg into laughter Frank is a practical joker
xaarIv al. pluraliS,s are practical jokers And any
r,-,on being who takes the sO-called racing al
I,-igh-on this year seriously must he not only
,,,ralist but he must be guilty or antlnon'ahlSnl
s well as OF pluralism. The so-cailed racing al
~ tor Is the funniest OF harfcquinades Nothing
nlsa Talk about racing for The Improvement oil
Tho Breed 4 Horses, Eli? Racing for the Improve
~, ~ the Breed OF Gamblers and for the Promo
- - Gambling chiefly That Is exactly what II -
In ne main.
voN ,ook at Clarks timing. The track was
sonnv and sloppy and soggy, as the Brighton track
almost always is In the first race at hve lurlonss
Crsrk nut up o3 as the official time Purse Proud;
.ho winner was worth just about 81 cents. But
,ossil,lv Purse Proud did five fur,ongs in that
swamp in los. Possibly he did. but probably ne
ala not Purse Proud carried 100 pounds Inc sec
ond race was also at five furlongs kins MAX won
=, with IA pounds IN the saddle. The ofnciaI time
as hung out as l:05ia King Max is worth just
sbou, 81 cents He belongs 20 the same class as
cha, ~ which Purse Proud is lustrouS ornament.
Now that King Max time seems reasonable ~ Is
,,ss.v enough that King Max did run five furlongs
n The mud in 1N5i2 But it is not likely that Purse
proud ran five fLr.ongS In the mud in l;O}
In the third race Howard Mann defeated PAU
yau,ar IN the mud at a mile and a frrlons Y
I57, The time was probably correct IN that race.
Howard Mann carried l26 pounds fair pace was
uade all the way for a muddy track. and l"'i2 ap-
pears TO be reasonable enough for the tme ior
tina, race.
In the fourth race Gibraltar, Ruby Lips. Narus
and p-rohu,an ran A half-me. Frank Clark put
on, the lunatic time Of 4et2 seconds. Gibraltar Is
fast Young colt He led all the way, and won the
race In a canter But the official time was mere
Redlam Ruby Lips only short distance De-
hind Gibraltar the finish. No man in MS senses
could ever believe that Ruby Lips could run half-
,,us II, less than fifty seconds on muddy track
around sharp turns. That is superlative nonsense
II Frank Clarks timing at Brighton this year mas
t'ark Is practical Joker well as pluraIlsi anu
,,r@,-g a. Brighton In many races this year the
i'm which he mas announced has been Mum
e.
FeU peopie axe the racing at Br.shton seriously
a. any lime II is all big Joke; although II IS an
}csting Most OF the Brighton racetrack stewards
and other racetrack officials work at New-OrIranS
merry -so1round. which j. kept up month ai,et
month in Louisiana is not unjust 10 say nonfb
sf.er month throughOut ;he winter principally JOY
the promotion Of gambling in po9iroonS r,e o,1
All through the winter do much more TO hurt ne
y2~ffr
orleans staff which includes any poorooh pro-
Ana why shouldn't Frank Clark. the plnraiisi
and practical joker conhne ms pr icte@' - Of
vbich he j. the amable and expert superintenuent.
The officials who control the racing at br!gn,o. mon
either do not recognize devousne7s on ,ne c,inn
TO suppress H. In either case me AneIiTam ,h
racing AZ Brighton unless the management l.
Efficient enough TO secure ofciaIs VIC VIII p uHH
stop 10 all trickery and evi-doing ne 90 der
racing which has been seen at Brighion ms year
has been chiefly nightmare foituiia,eN ,Ir a-
row and Monday Knavish owners, trainers ana
KEYS knavish boOSmakers ana turf UlCkSste, \,
Is safe to practise an sorts Of guile New-Orieans
was The home OF the louisiana Lo'tery. Va ao va
70 the benefit Of humanity? Il was in actual taG,
FAR INJURIOUS 70 the people OF h0ITan or ' th
black Death could have been me j. tn ,,
is.ana Lottery venom was similar N ~ !, i
end effects TO the poison OF the p9oiroolIs -, ~
10 that II lotteries dff tIlON'N
anywhere then poolrooms should be a,o"e osS,a
where But Why should ihe VIRUS c @ be- per-
mitted 70 corrupt poo. innocent s"ou-n"'u'V"'
Kni-hearted Brighton III. .,.-,,,...o o-+ i,
TIE FIRST race AZ Brighton yesterday. Why 90 nov
The New-Orleans stewards confer vote OF thanks'
T zee lie ought 10 have had ali the honors for the
unsrproachable sub,lety with which he TOOK good
care ~ Arbuckle IN tnat race Nearly an tnt
~, W Who o. 10 the races are extremely forget
ful They forget that Arbuckle was winner ,or OF
i-rno-fant stakes a a tWo-y"ar-old. IhsI lOIstt
ny, .o' o or ruesdav MAJ 25 AZ Morris Park. when
Arhucke really out TOT inc moHe:, ~ az
ridden hy Tod Sloane. he ran second 70 mat nne
Co w, R.ns-e'4"r Goodwjn's Gficia Turf Guide
pounds was second to Rensselaer wnH l pehl 10
Nm M orleans racetrack officials ever remember
snyfh ng about the turf except the oates on VIII
tnev can draw their salaries? II any OWL %i y,
trsiror any Jockey or bookmaker any manipuatQr
Of racetrack schemes. wishes 70 iu' 'p C.,J',,
brighton with It's present sian OF Ne%,Ot,e 'iS
ono ais seems 20 be tempting place TOT uNlhs
The msnarernen: made silly blunder IN allowing ing
III, worthless c-,r stone Step. TO delay the staIt
for r. half-nour g. the second race 20 eo' s ~
eors-rrisi Af~ie. ..a- more frcnZed or sens
-. In SION -,.n was He committed every
viany that horse can commit Mess Iie mn -
control of the turf are lost TO sens dI r. frr
they Vii exclude Tremargo and stone step HUM
g. prs5is- Is one of the most scandalous in-and-
c,',.," yor Sen In any country His owner; James
Mclaughlin. was great Jochey an" p,er ~ shoot
Kim because the beast l. so eccentric and runs go
Cueerlv that he brings serious u,S'i t.,,r,
SAN and mon an connected with IT, NO uprlgct
and conscientious owner can arOid 70 Keep so con-
scien,eiees .,rscrupulous and Inconsistent a morse
Premier has proved himself 70 be 0Etr sf
over again the beast has proved hihSeii l"n h -.
all sense Of decency and seif-respect lie oigh' ~
be sold or Shot. ,.-. .,,i1 ho,a
4 con1p.,4n, i0~kov on Paul kaurar WoNI hatr
dictated Howard Mann. the Odds-on faEorllt, IN
the trird race Howard Mann carried ~ Pou"tu~.
Paul kauvar. Who carried only ~, .',S GO
won stake races in mud lie chorues VIII, GO
when h. gets a chance TO run IN Inpu : ~ Ls
Sche-ro-'e skull IL looks empty. Scherrcr HaS
been wonderfuy lucky iockey in Getting mount UNI
Ca-eful observation % hts riding MAKES II c'Td
that he j. seriously deficient In balance saeaSiN
Judgment and thar by wofn. bunsns, ne oi R
loses race which ne ought 10 WIN easily. bDl
really competent Jockeys America are as rare a.
h4nest politicians in Tammany ha.11 Dogga,, get
many mounts In these days? Very few why
Simply because it has been found out by eyery in
tel gnt srdcc OF jockeyship that those riders are
no, Donfifuilv endowed with skill and discretion,
and ;hat ai three OF them and many othersl oiteh
faH ~ handle horses effectively and 1uicious'N 800