New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-11
OCTAGON IN THE DERBY.
FASTER THAN IN THE CARLTON.
R1,ppuA GOT SECOND PI.AcE-MoRp RACING IN
DEEP MUD.

,b osc,a Handicapped persists in p,ling weight on
HE horse Brandywine. 1t is OF the strangest
things on tho turf. the obstinacy with which the
Handicapped packs weight on this unfortunate ai'-
r,.l O H. T. Belmon, owns the proodmare sus-
ouehanna. the dam OF Potomac. and OF Brana!wihe
end Great Bend. This Mr.. Belmont has never TAKEN
sn extremely active part in turf matters pu' lie
racing B-andyw!ne and Great Bend orothers oi
Potomac Even II his share In turf anars Is not
large he can fairly calm just treatment from the
Handicapped But the manner In which Branovwihe
has been persistently handicapped Is puzzle ne
never great stake. He never ran oazzHhe
race Of any kind. But the Handicapped seems 10 Dc
firm in the conviction that Brandywine must De
mighty sprnter because he Is the brotner OF foto-
mac and he insists upon anchoring nm Win heavy
weight in all short races Take up Goodwins Official
Turf Guide Look at the weights which have been
put Brandyw.ne in short races Inc hst Is
comical. Then how many races brahuy"ine
has won Is II not time for the Jockey Club to ask
the Handicapped for a written statement OF his rea
sons for his heavy impos,s on Brandywine In short
races? Yesterday In the Montauk lightweight
Handicap at six furongs Brandywines weight was
I27 Absurd, Tsral rode the horse. and he rode
him hard but Brandywine was unpaced HOW
could he get place In such company with that
weight?
A reform, In handicapping might not be out OF
place Why should all these handicaps be intrusted
TO one man? Why not have board of three ham
dicappers? That would be fairer and better than
the present system.
On Saturday, June s. three horses in the mud
at the Brooklyn track in the Carlton Stakes at
one mile. The three August Belmonts Don
De ORC and Octagon and Henry Stulls Draw Lao.
Mr. Belmont was in Kentucky at the time ana
his trainer, John J. Hyland. had charge OF the
stable. The track dep in mud as 1t was yes
terday. Sims rode Don De orc then. Sims IS not
q regular Jockey for the Belmont stable as ne Is
under engagement TO Philip J. Dwyer and Michaei
l., hut e
when the Dryers have starters in race
Hewitt. the regular lightweight Jockey Oh the pei-
mont Stable was on Octagon. Sloane rode Draw
Lad. The Belmont Stable declared 10 WIN WIZ"
Don De ORC, and did win with Don DE ORC. Inc
surprising thing was that Octagon came In poor
third far behind Draw Lad Octagon had de-
feated a fast field at Morris Park In mud ana RAIN
IN an important handicap He had theh oeHo"
ogden badly on dry track in the Withers' -Ai.el
that Octagon ran third in the Belmont cai'!"'e
- pounds. while Scottish Cheftain won 'ie 80
carving only ll5 and on Deck was secoho WIZ"
III Behind Octagon in the Belmont were Horo-
scope with lis; Don DE orc. with 10 ana Osoeh
with l25.
Tn IN the end of the Morris Park meeting Octa-
CONS form this year had been perfectly CONSISTENT
A. the close of the Morris Park meeting no one
would have imagined it possible that Braw Lad
could get place in front Of 0ciagon S on ANY amy
veil in the mud at Morris PARK But in 1.-THE the
Carion Draw Lad was sSIna not pG haT re been just
as We'll for Hewitt to ride out Octagon and not -
[a% Sa, naa cS hsS 5
h9d 5eS n at have the beeS ac so u ad pull up
Ear behind Draw Lad after Draw bad deie afh
Vsor to- the last stride it is not likely that ociagon
would haze been long way behind BraW Lac aIaarv
however Racing laws traditions 5n1gs in pT pS
dents customs and gsages psd 6een defeated by
Draw Lad The jockey violated no racing law iVM
mo 5aSnE rules He ho w assT plainly Within his
in doing this Neyertheless the stIengn Oh nm, Hlrf
Is not popular in New Jersey, and there's no racing
in New-Jersey now. When Hewitt pulled up h nc
h probably forgot that Don De ORC. Draw Lad
and OF hs %es il the
bly, forgot that also Both Of them prGDaDy o iTIs b
lively Both Of them probably forgot .nar an i bs
rise to the belief among racing men all 0 OYER ,h ,ne
country that Draw Lad was 3eI5ef frs eC AND
now astonishcd both Hyand and Hewitt must nave y
me Brooklvn Derby in the mud. but actually won
the race, with Buddha second and Don DE Oro
If Hewitt had ridden out oetagon to the END IN IN
the Carlton even after ne nag me o Bemont Stable
in the brooklyn Derby would have been at e
price than 9be 9S5Gec club does not take any
nizance of betting. Yet every turfman knows that
ndirectiy to the support Of racing and that if the the
men who bet did not go to the races at az me
tracks would be closed in a short time: Ihere Is
no in shutting the Eyes to the tra 6gt
would be deserted. and the Jockey Ciuo KNOWS 'iis
well ~ l., 49, s,oooo ProokIvn
1Dtrbv was not a popular victory, and II was re-
ceved with dull and apathetie silence II Oc ~ ;Se
Carlton Stakes 1t might have been popular VIZ
tory .,.u.o- ,.oar-o,os are getting their
full share Of the stakes for three-year-ods a.
though Marcus Days Scottish ChieItah Ton me me
no Dalr
front in the Withers the Carlton ana the Dioohi'"
JEWELLERS who have visited Montana with letters
OF Introduction 10 Marcus DAILY say hat ne II one W
he ia rdest workers be found anywhere Ihey say
that he IS up early and late ana deVotes iI Hsi
with Intense zeal TO all the detas OF ms i1.aon
evcn in he remoest recesses Of the Anac9nda a
mine knows that his employ I Is III rort for
good pay Possibly ii might be wise for Mr; D td,
TO come East and hustle MS Stane, ~ thai the
the stable needs hustling II IL cor1dn hnt does
Anaconda mine gets hustng en0usn; o ngf No
The stable in the East , get hns'g rut 10 great
sstaiie ought TO be allowed to become slow ana s
sluggish sagn9nt and wben the bwyers had
most successful stable ever known. my VII ~
The horses themselves Their eyes were on every
thing Mr. Days horses IN me fast g5 aG5 IN the
stable ana I,% ew n1sh might be effective ogden,
an ~ he Futurity was trained by John g.
CSmpbcl last year This year he Is not raineq be py
john Campbe and his is, rInnrg n inc SCOTTISH
S,tio.,atr won the Belmont. but that was a SUIT
SIs to the stable as OGDEN expected TO WIN
Pcrbaps big hustle and sharp shake-up might
scosR chiefiain was the fay0rite FOR oar, 'H Of
- go The Belmont colors were consplcnnousS
from tho start the nish and UP 70 w tnG eet
. s !st I'D Don De ORC second. Buddha;
however with rush and sns,Ghe obserTe
p n.y. liO! .n the race closely expressed the
opinion that Of the six Sc6eys s Tho and na fudRmen
perbans The others were hampered by s'abe
orders but competent witnesses R watng
too long and that Doggett fell into the same erro,
with Bnddha that Littehed choked me spcc Pr our
OF The Friar and that Thorpe was az sea on pi raw
Lad II was an unsatisfactory race, Dut now G a.,
satisfactory races be run in deep Inuo OH I'm, us
track in n June cursed win HoouS ""N |
and Icy airs this has beenF ,,.,. D., ,ho
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