New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25
MORE MUD AT BRIGHTON.
POOR STARTING AND POOR RIDING IN SEVERAL
CoNTEsTs-FoXHALL KEENE's SUCCESS.

CCNTESTS-FONHALL kEENE'S SUCCESS.
Tho Thompsons. of BrookdaIe have proved that
they are young men of sound judgment in deciding
90 retire from the turf What encouragement have
they had IN recent weeks for keeping up their
stable? A stable boy named Corbley has been put
on their horses and over again. and Corbiey's
riding Is like witches dance in II Walpurgis
night Suppose the Thompsons should ask the adj
vice of an able and unselsh lawyer. who had Keen
yves a strong mind and the judicial temperament
sunpose that lawyer had watched closely the way
N which the Brookdale horses had been ridden by
corbley In several races in recent weeks Could
that able and unselfsh lawyer conscentiously ad-
yse the Thompsons TO keep up racing stable
when Corbley put on their horses, ana wheh
Pettingil held the flag?
OF course 1t rained at Brighton yesterday IL al
most always rains at Brighton. But 1t would not
make spacious difference now III IL raheo o' uio
not rain on any Eastern racetTack, PROVIDED lhat
Pettengil held the starters flag. 1T is palntui TO
tell the unrcserved truth about the depth 10 whlch
pettengrs starting has sunk. But the sad stern.
sOmbre verify of IL is that no starving miner VINO
died in the Clondyke sink from lack OF lood moan
ing in the awful agony of fatal hunger for crust
ever suffered such torments as Pettengirs victims
writhed under at Brighton Friday and yester-
day. For many years Petteng was paid agent
of lawbreakins poolrooms. paid to send quotations
from rdcetracks TO volators of the law who Kept
Illegal poolrooms. Was that the best possible
t'iub tracks? Pettengl was the starter who kept
he colts at the post FER mGpe a6 man
years ago. Several Eastern colts were IN that
race. and that year the hrst money amounted 10
some $4,000 or SO The riders on the Eastern colts
did not suspect that they wer" to be Kept at the
9Gs' for more hH an and pour N race Some SO of PS he
jockeys VINO rode Western horses seemed to have
kept at the post so long that they would be com
pletely exhausted by the many breaks in which WS.
ern colts kept their mounts under restraint and
saw with slee the Eastern Jockeys on the Eastern
,,1.. al a11t0 Of
breaks in a. mie-snd "a half race Western colt
won the American Derby at CAicaE2 mar geaft ,ho
starter in that American Derby in keeping ;rt the
colts at the h r5 5Sf uH hc aH ase colts
worn out by the many false starts, was not worthy
Of praise Mi Petting after that perlormancG
the Jockey Club tracks. II cannot be pehlea, now
yeSsonaSiy acceptable. Blu, when he gave August
Belmonts Frearm two miserable starts IN I'm, I'M
he had become incompetent. Ana he has proved II
IN many other races. He proved II beyond per
adventure when he made wretcheG ii i ,b % sd
starting in the last on Friday ana IN ne F SeG
ond race yesterday In me las race , on rc
peatedy to send the horses away when they moVed d
excuse for his Malvolio antics and pranks anG
whms and caprees in either race re Dersons
srangey in each case Iha' he wanted to favor
seine particular horse. 1t was puzzl IN ,, C"r,
case 10 eH ne had either become totally ncompe-
tent that he WISHED TO favor Soi"' P' - via"
The stewards Brighton perpstrated sn saG Sn
Injustice when they approved a hIc Oh go IS2;dnv
aEyer Pe,tengiii ought 10 have been tined s2c ana
not Bergen The whole sha5htg nn FridaV was
he fault OF Pettengl. and not Beis anu o 1lI
1ac Yesterday was the fault Of the starter and
ny The % soft Southern breezes from Louisiana have
,romgby Gentle ghispers 10 the effect that certain
pooIroom owners are among the hackers OF those
pious and canonized and sancded al-winier race
ireefirgs at New Orleans. OF course NOSE
whispers must be all askew No descen9ants o. od9
Would ever sioop TO draw salary from ON pooroS%m a
roye4as racing man eonneced with
Inc Southern aristocracy or with the Canadian no
pity %oud fygr Of poorooms Lynch the wicked
rossic-mongers who would be audacious enough
i9 4int sa at SUsh andr Tor an instant Lynch the
basDhemer who would dare TO suggest such a
thing! Hanging is 100 good Tor nm. Burn hiin at
'By-the-way who Is it that puts up the money for
the New-Orleans all-winter meeting?
Freside was run in two races YESTERDAY Fire
sac rac Is Exie Doabra and some other horses Of
moderate class have run two races in single al
ternoon But what was 10 be gained BY starting
amazing that the Thompsons Of Brookdae. have
a. the ride of Corbey on Fireside in the first
rae The astonishing thing is thai they T3n sell
ors Of Fireside could hardly have been feyerishly
afternoon. This is strange world!
The fields were rayaged By many wii9aTa oS,SG
TOfe IS a
in the cyclone Handicap and walked in. Il was a
dazzling triumph and radantly earned. HillaH IS
d aI6 FirHsde fourth The riding Of scherrer on
storm King and of Penn on Lady Mitchell Wd as OF
beSten The superb Splinter Voter but Scherrer rode
Storm King, and Penn rode Lacy MmGhc Po aS in IN
Andres wrecked balloon. 49, -. ..o
II any one wants TO offer big prize for the
1ockey who keeps looking around al the unc anG
seems TO he extremely anxious mat some olli5
iockev shall come up and catch him. give the goio
meal and the trip 10 the Yukon to Corbley. AS q
iookcr-hack for some rider who. ne hopes, VII IN
overtake him and as rider who can always be
trusted TO get a bad start. Corbley IS lar IN ue
fFocxban Keene captured the Cedarhurgt Stakes
for gentlemen riders in canter ar. he eHe can an
easily give any gentleman rder ~ Hn no Sem
least fourteen pounds, ana mere C o"lu "iddor IN,
blance of a contest between Rubcon ridq I, nS
so S Kfe Poo iG yden by Mr Robins But
Wa q great pleasure 10 watch Mr. keene mas
oanc is the captain-genera Of Americas pro
tessional Jockeys He won three races III Votor
an oiSson f3vorites After careful though: II Is
safe 10 say that at present in successiui "n
iS5a 1sS Bound bette than Sims fourteen
pounds better than Doggett , ana ~ Corllrv and
better than Scherrer. AS to Penn ana orr Ill,
White and cawson and 5IeSi r ana from
ton, and many others the dih Irre Doun,4
Voters magnificent sp.intng sloane ug
.a three races and fo4ham Ticr were delight
gi features in sodden aileT Ty G6rbl H docfu
riding Of Firesde in the first race by second
place in the second race sly Fox ana b by f ioek
Thoroughly dishonest riding by CERTAIN c's stewards
were 100 blind the dishonfsf r IlE for
w. 80 Tho eoa ked and saturated ana naIiiino
American people may now fairly expect io' ''''s
ENTHUSIASTICALLY? Nay nay. Pettengh Et,oeJDpiiiI
pertengill We have been very LEO ago But now
You were not so bad few weekGS, Patience with
Petteneil YOU are TOO, too muGh: virtie You
you, Peitengil, now ceao Ie' pettencn
II The JoG lizards GsuS and Ti' c0mpe
s S eopsen1 1nh@ppy victim Of the present
unsatisfactory state Of hnss ~ ma ANY m money from
iSa eS w ssni may He be- h5Tc 5qresd T4
law against taking any NONE ry lrT is clear ard