New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-02
Observation-Disclosures
A GREAT CONTEST AT SHEEPSHEAD
cay.
uaxBuRG EXHIBITED ASTONISHING Sized AND
CCCRAGE-Tf,E THOMPSON COIORs IN
FRONT TWICE

HAMBURG EXHIBITED ASTONISHING SIZED AND
CoURAGE-1f!E THOMPSON CoIORs N
FRONT TWICE:
John F. Maddcn's Hamburg is a better horse than
De1ultal who defeated him yesterday. and he is
one Of tie bos: horses ever seen in America. In
tle Flight Stakes at Shcopshead Bay yesterday four
ran. Ramiro II and Rondo having been with
drawn. The distance seven fur!ongs The
four starters We're l.. s. Il ". =. Thompson's bay
colt Requta. by Eothen out Of Retriouuon, four
years old. carrying l25 pounds and ridden ny Gay
Ton; John +. Maddens brown colt Hamburg, by
Hanover ont of Lady Reel two years Of age carry
In. 10 pounds and ridden by Sins, 7. DUNES horse
Tlying Dutchman. five years old, by Wagner out of
Glen Mercy, carrying 125 pounds. and ridden by W.
Martin and {. Fieischman u Sons chestnut mare
Irish Reel by Exile out OF Round Dance. fve years
old carrying l02 pounds and ridden by Scherrer.
As The Tribune said yesterday, this was race
of special-weleht conditions. 1t was the first day
NJ September. BY the weight conditions of this
race wo-year-olds were to carry 30 pounds three-
year-ods 10 pounds and four ear-ods 10 pouhus
with weight penalties for horses which had Won
races OF certain total value in 1881. and weight al
lowances for horses which had won nothing or only
small amounts in 1891. The regular August schedule
OF weights at seven furongs would nave requ'ieu
two-year-olds TO carry IS pounds. three-yea'-oos
N carry l2i pounds and four-year-olds ana
older horses TO carry 1913 pounds. by the reg
u,ar September schedule two-year-oos are COM
vailed 10 carry l03 pounds. three-year-oids 10
mounds and all horses more than three years Oh
age 1873 pounds Don't forget that this was 'he ''S
day Of September, the first day OF the oep'e1'0ei
schedule which puts five pounds more weight on
tvo-year-olds than the amount when the |NueN''
ecbad,e nuts on BY the special-weight coholtioi's
of the Flight Stakes Requital and Flying Du'on.
man carried eight pounds less IMAM inc 49,
which the regular schedule would nave I'HioU
while Irish Reel had big allowance
pas compelled 10 carry ten pounds pena'y OH ac-
CONT Of the rich stakes which he has won this
wear while Requital and Flying Dutchmah ESCAPED @
without any penalty. Sims rode HAMBURG "tt"o"
overveght Sims generally rides al between iV' anu
,,o Wounds and he must have reduced MS we'sh'
,,snorngly in order 10 ride Hamburg al no l"oie
Sa {, g nrohable that Sims was not as strong IN
no &c when he rides at los or 10 pounds halou{s
.vrloits this year have been amazing but
MS the winner Of the Futurity in $3.50 anu Vi INC
paa,zaton in 1896 He had on his back 'aS 'U'
who rode him in the Realization last year al" w
s...,a,ds him thoroughly. If the distance Ia"
baen five furlongs or even SIX 1uriohs' p,,
would nrobably have been an odds-oh l"No , ~,
4, vas asking a great deal from a '"o-! w.
- so Great n colt as Hamburg. TO take up zen
,ounds nanaltv and run against Kequi'a'' NH
-. 80, success In the Realization OF last year
had nroved that he was a slayer OF 'he o"o'O
class and who carried no Wet fsIn' ala not hesitate
;ah tn ali his friends that Requit3i was thaI
fne condition as he ever was n 10 outstay
aaiiomhirg al seven furlongs. .,,r, u,os r,dIen
all things rto account was not not P pef-
!e%ihS ed mn dhat great deal Of money was heapeG
upon him at TO AT 10 D. run "a, seven furlongs in
'Uuhlic race As to Requitars staying pow 80
tntIc III 80 victorolis at one mile and hve-elgntms
81 he Rea zation. Hamburg had many ua ad' Tim
NNS S{ar ali over the ring at TO and at other
quotations both above and below o TO however
Inc The nacSrness with which the friends OF fy
Ing Dutchman backed n son at TO and even in
some cases Strange as II may SG Girs az
Fiyng Dutchman to defeat both Requfia bon nphS
HInburg at even so short odds as 10 ReIer II is
trIya mat Fiying Dutchman is horse OF FAR class
az time both in public races and in private w9TR.
But many horses that were not grear 800 and IN
ners hay woT TRo" c ISSs the true test How
Fuures could Flying Buienman haEe wo b biTM
vt5n$ Ii is undeniabe that both H. mb1rg ana X -
class Roth Hamburg and Requital must assurci1
" be ranked among the besi raCei,o acct ana
ie may win many feet races but whfn han amp ~
and Requiia. are ID thSir best ooiUiTL' ~, nntri
ay1 R yb hotn Of them did to r d. yesterday,
nan ana Wilhelm Martin rode the Pride Of HOLLAND
Wuhelm's ride Was both Q. X. and G. o. D. BIT
tie buchanan could not fy against Requ!ial and
What Could d. have Fooled ne Flcschmann Stable
into dreaming mat tle crazy ii'i' li'9l i'''I i'
a.. Ci,ancc 10 get third money against Re-
Crj.al Hamburg and Flying Iutchman? irish Reel,
Win heels If oad in n Irlsh Dog al the way.
s. us ex,r4Vagantly CutcaSsod.
Peruital and Hamburg are TWO good colts. but
p.ro9I.rg Is the better OF the two
Wilam ? Thompson was married a, Newport
yesirrdaV his beautiful Bird" being Miss Edith
Iighr While M and Mrs William =. Thompson
vere IN heir wedding tourney, the thompson colts
Irars horna f-uIupuant.v 10 the front ut Sleeps
head Raw hy the great Thompson colt ltequtal. In
thc Eight Stakes ana The thompson my Attain
neni won re- first race. Tne Thompson colors are
50 dsZzlinglv successful in these Gays. and the
stable coutalns 50 many racers OF exceptional
quality ard speed including two tutur!ty winners
in Rcqultal and LAlouette, and inciudng that
great colt The HugucnOt, brother or Henry or
Navarro that II ever racing firm had 'he strong
est reasons cor remaining on the turf me urn OF
l. s & " y. Thompson is that firm. If the Thomp-
son brothers Insist upon retiring, they Will leave
behind them serious turf void which cannot be
filed. Louis Thompson was. ot course az ms
brother's wedding at Newport. Therefore neither
OF the Thompson brothers and none OF their kins-
folk and intimate fricnds-al OF Wnoin were at the
vedd!ng-saw Rcquital's llustrlous achievement In
The Flight Stakes.
John T.. Madden realized fully that II would be
Tremendous undertaking for Hamburg to overcome
heouital a Futur!ty and Realization winner, AT
seven furlongs when Hamburg was conceding
weight 10 Ieoutal But wished TO convince the
whole world that Hamburg was one OF the colts OF
the century one Of the best OF the century. Sims
rode Hamburg well Brighton. and MI Madden
engaged him for the Flight Stakes Sims was porn
IN this century, and In that sense Nc is one OF ,c
Jockeys OF the century. bu; in no other sense. MT
Madden said early in The afternoon That ne nag IN
s'rlcted Sins 20 wait Nitle WIN HAMBURG u ne