New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-30
MONTANA HAS THE BELMONT
SCOTTISH CHIEFTAIN GETS THE PRIZE.
THE SILVER TROPHY GOES TO MARCUS DAILY

Henry of Navar~I which Mr. Belmont. generously
added TO the Belmont stakes this year. Mt DAILY
Is a copper miner, but he is a Bryan man. and ne
opens wide arms OF welcome TO any free SILVER
which comes his way The Belmont memorial may
be looked free silver. far as Mr. Daily Is
conserved. because Il was prepared as trophy
for the Belmont. with ready, open ana uhre-
served spirit by Mr.. Belmont and his best wishes
go with II 10 Butte and TO the Anaconda Mine
There sixteen to-one In or about this apie'l-
did achievement of the si.versmith. But the Bel
mont of 1897 triumph OF silver over goid new
ertheless Mr.. Belmont sent Don De orc to the ,
post That ORC has a golden ring. The golden
Don would be a fitting name Tor Mr.. Belmont S
Don De ORC. son OF Rayon Dor and Bella Donna
Rayon Dor is French. and means IA gleam of soid
Bella Donna means fair lady. These inieFpreta-
tons intended for the benefit OF the bookinak-
Everybody who goes to the races except the
bookmakers is familiar with Greek. Latin, french
Spanish. Italian German and Russian. Most or
the ''bockles" know Yiddish and little else.
II was o glorious May afternoon The West,
chester Racing Association has been this year the
luckiest organization in weather that this country
ever thought of. II has had one wet day only
were the OF the skies set free. Only
the floods came down. The management OF
the Socond-ave elevated railroad was as disagree
able as II had been before and the mis-
management Of the little spur from Wils-ave to
Morris Park. The cars which cravled between the
Battery and Morris Park jammed to the
enough 10 trust their miserable bodies 10 the mis-
deeds Of the men who maltreat the passengers Of
the Second-ave. and those who travel on the
twig between the Harlem River and the racetrach
II was comely gathering Of the friends of the
turf. They left their sumptuous homes in troops
go the once within the gates OF Nor
ris Park they had a good time. But OF their way
10 the course and on their return from the course
they suffered torments AS they wrlthed ana
noaned in the hydraulic presses on wheels. they
cd
the elevated road and upon the stunted line from
Wnlis-ave. 10 Morris Park. People who are
cramped and squeezed on trains until their T'os
ache are prone 10 say sour things about railroads
which try put them in shrcuds before their Time
II a say host at the track until afie3 Inc
Belmont colors were thrust out Of first and second
place in the Belmont. Marcus DAILY is pam
bluff miner. He braes of II. He boasts that IN
his early manhood he worked in Jersey CITY lot Il
dollar a day ana sept on a truck. IT was strange
that so blunt miner as the chief Of the Anaconda
Mine should capture exquisite and delicate
piece Of silver as the Belmont Trophy with the
Benvenuto di Cellin dantiness Of finish and artis-
tic loneliness upon the silver statue Of Mr.. Bel
mont and the silver statue Of Henry Of Navarro.
Perhaps Mr. DAILY may set up those statues in the
lowest levels Of the Anaconda Mine. and never let
any one but the subtorranean workr1en Of the
darkest depths gaze upon them with awe and
wonder No Eastern turfman who worships gold
can ever guess what a Montana copper miner who
worships silver may do.
The turf is as full Of surprises an effete corr
ander seed is full o: Bombay bugs Henry Stull, the
MISSIONER % the American turf. has just returned
from visit Butte What IS the true metropolis
OF Montana? Butte, Of course. Nothing else Mr..
Stull says that when Mr.. Days Ogden was beaten
by Mr. Belmonts Octagon in the Withers Butte
went broke" The Buffers OF Butte are like the
Clan-naGael or Ike the clan Of Rob Roy in the old
DAYS among the Highlands The Buffers are stead
fast TO the chief OF the clan To them Marcus DAILY
.Aa anv1a of nj
Anaconda and of all that part of Montana in re-
g,on within a radius OF one hundred miles from
Butte had any money left after the defeat OF ogden
by Octagon on May e. they got back their losses
on the DAILY copper c0lors by backing the Daily
stable to outrun the Belmont stable In the Belmont
Yet 4, was not Ogden. after all. who sent Montana
into wild mysteries OF jubilation last night Ocagon
m,tran ogden In the Belmont just as he outran him
in the Withers.
Just a bit Of hint right here-a turf hint. we'll
weighed: When Marcus Daily. who is out in Mon
,ana reads this issue OF The Tribune land there
Il pentv Of reason for believing that Mr.. DAILY Will
read this number OF The Tribune with thoughcul
s,udy) he may puff few whins OF his eighty
cent cigar and think over things for rev
minutes Then ne Should call his stenographer ana
ne should dictate a Geographic dispatch TO his
trainer S.. Matthew Byrnes. telling him that when
ogden runs again the colt must nave DIG DIach
rosue's hood mis- head. and that Taral must
carry his keenest whip and wear his sharpest spurs
Bear this in mind. You can be sure Of it, ogden
&c a fast horse and slayer. That is straight
and sure Blu, he is rogue and a sulker.
That is straight and sure. Above all otAer
Jockeys in America Taral can give rogue
and suker just what horse of that KIND ought
10 get ogden could have won the Belmont but
he would no, try There's only one fit way to
,r4a, such a colt Put the hood on him, and then
give him whip and spur without stint when he
does ali he can do is a villain who ought to be IN
jail But rogues and sukers ought 10 se( IN" s oro
*
S Sa9 '4 ne ssa0 Gye Tara chance ana he will
make Ogden run Hes me boy 20 and do Se suked in
the belmont Trainer Byrnes put no hood on e h
s5se Tara MIR PeT BTrs sg viii put him that
will conceal from sight every men 81 band 10 TaTa
the wckedest whip in the stable ana n tne Ft,rity
form hereafter. No mercy for a rogue ana
sulker. That's sound rule. 49, uo,,,o,s hood
and he was ridden as rogue n SuE ar nc than
'front.' te Of r. the r heid and in ambitious and Pr0msng
style. lie did not stay out TO the emo u nm for
their money and Griffin rode him well II Is ga a
pleasure TO say this OF Grim o in his
yaces Every gCod-hearted writer woud Hhe 10
kind things OF 5rT sooEmaeTs and alb # he
cCuld conscentiously do so. II Is rnuch pee
70 praise nan 70 of turf affairs If he is and
nu,snoken must inevitably find grea, deai o,
fault because there are so many thlngs w,cn
ought 10 be criticised on ne ;uT 81 Is roG TelPeS Sns
70 Ve III dd Jjde Don De orc well, and it was in
NO way his fault that the colt was NOT place.
IT, aoIdar Don of CASTLE is rogue and a sulHer
ms sois ,,,eelf even II ne allowed 10 make
sbindant use Of hood and whip ana spur c9ui qua
never force Don De orc into mrs. pace IN ~, o. o.
n,aLa comnany in O. race over a distance. All oe-
Sens races last year indicated that he is OF nttIe
S.n,ar stann Of racehorsc than either Octaeoh or
r ms ne or6 and Taral prove that II ne Is
allowed to ride ogden in exactly ne way nr " "" S
- ,,ou1d IKE TO ride him-roSue ana sulker a. Ies
s When every ounce OF his superfiuons iiesh ana
o., "s ~ inside ana outside and nothing but nara
hone and stark snew remain .- ,,h. .o.,.
=, was a notable gathering Of spectators VINO siw
tbe Relmont Throngs Of men ahu women %. % IN ~
w 90, for the racecourse Among a 81 udy
nrnwd Of course the Belmont entries leu 'nS nc
netting as they should have done &C. ore
victory IN Inc hltHti =