New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-01
THE RACETRACk.
vr11.KNowS HORSES SUCCESSFUL.
VICTORIES ATTAINED BY THE rN

=. uas almost az hot Beezeouos ore"'" -
teraav at sheepshead Bay. and the Al" VIZ Va,
dense dull thick and staGnant as SINS 100
Sins gets few mounts in these days eNe'p, iIo,'
~, = Madden 10 whom he Is houhu ny ''''
tract. and from Michael F. Dryer. to whoih ne -
bound by old ties not few. sims rotr w.
DIVERS Cleophus in the Flish; STAKES D'r"
r,do C,eoohu. nobly? Oh. yes. certainly NO"
didn't he9 Mr. Madden and Mr. Dwyer arc eruui'e
echolastics OF course they must kno" "S n'''
the archives OF mystical medlaval manuscripts J."
regard 20 the jettatura. or evil eye ''oi'9
cloisters In Italy are crammcd with cop1ouS -
ises on the jettatura. Mr.. Madden ahc MI W.
can quote long passages from huge tones IN inc
language OF Dante. Ar!osto and Tasso Wmch arc
devo,ed exclusively 10 the discussion Of the evl
eve Then too both OF them are deep IN '"e
magical lore Of the sages Of Hayt In faEH P'o-
found students have spent their lives IN the ahay sS
of hoodoos. Every SOCIOLOGICAL VINO VISITS nay u
piunses with ardent zeal into exhaustive re.
search concerning the hoodoo Nj. Madoeh anu
Mr. DIVER are sOcioogists % exceptiona. aoiliY'
Did II ever occur TO them that possibly Jockey
might have the jettatura and might hoo"oo w
horses which ne rOde7 a word 70 the "ise sh"ui4
suffice. Mr.. Madden and Mr.. Dwyer are WISE
They can take a hint Does IT not seem TO them as
they reflect upon certain rides which they nave
seen on their horses at certain times, that certain
Jockeys should 1--we in Hayt and not here?
1t was so hot at Sheepshead Bay that several OF
the bookmakers were on the verge or swooh'hs'
the brink of a collapse before the last bet on the
last race Of the afternoon has been Garnered then
you may be sure that the temperature IN the pet
ting ring is like that in the bowels of Sromooli
No showers fell Not drop of rain. No gfntie
xepbvrs WHISPERED. Blasts from Bessemer con-
verters came bllstering across the grouncs now
and then IT was hot. Everybody said 1t was
hot The track dry and fast The book
makers looked like the hroled live Holsters which
all of them always eat for supper Attendance
fair and a few fair horses were frs; in few races
The Huguenot brother of Henry Of Navarro. was
under drive at the end OF the handicap al one and
three-sixteenth miles. the fourth race. In this
case Spencer handled him efficiently. Had he
ridden The Huguenot as disereety In his last pre-
vious struggle. AlgOl could not have vanquished
the son of knight Of Eerslie and Moss
Rose Many of the entries for this hand
cap were withdrawn. Only six ran. The Husue-
not was the favorte, but George Boyd rid
den by Maher: Poeess, ridden by Tarai, ana
Bannock ridden by Songer. had troops of hackers.
Poetess acted badly at the post. and behaved as II
she were extremely She spoiled several
breaks. When the flag fell George Boyd. ridden by
Maher was almost left at the post. He was so far
behind that he had chance. Bannock had
plenty of speed. and with d stronger boy than
Songer might have given The Huguenot a fiery
battle at the close.
The Frlar, winner Of the Realization Stakes. the
Brighton Cup and other important prizes last sea-
SON. came out for the first time in 1898 and carried
off the Flight Stakes If he were the head of all
the orders Of frars in Spain and the Philippines.
He was not the :avorite. although he was at
this year and cautious people were afraid TO back
him lest Frank Clarke might possibly have left
it. 1t is we'll known that this superb colt last
year became historical and trem6ied IKE,
dusty hoe or a rake with broken tooth The ever
Ito John Boden. jr, is due the glory of suggesting
this ap, and hitting name) was founded in honor
derfully fast and a wonderful slayer in 1891 as he
Is in 1885 but in 1897 he prone to throw fits at
a strange trait. No other celebrated race
horse ever known was afflicted with so quaint
last that the Friqr nearly shook himself to
vision, and they made practice Of putting minia;
ture iawn-mowers and diminutive pickaxes and
and shaking them al The Friar when they didn't
want him to win, That explains some Of the
But yesterday The Friar ran as If he had out;
grown his fear Of hoes and rakes and shoyes and
cannot this splendid colt this year by shak-
ing microscopic reapers and binders and plough
'n John Maddens two-year-od colt Frohsinn
Frohsinn was ridden by Dupee: Sims was on that
hgh-class mare Cleophus. and 1t was reported that
is hint for Mr.. Madden and Mr.. Dwyer: The
Rev. Cotton Mather at the time Of the salem ex
If the two gentlemen cannot ward off the evil eye
and The hoodo9 by means o. ther oa eak OF Pr, r
ton Mather's sermons Those sermons nigh; help
Acatte won the rutuTy BY an r@saps
longs lon Spencer rode her. That was spencer's sec
hackers, but was not the actual favorite. ,.
cock Re Benefit ' for the Hitchcock mare FORGE a
single stable has won so excessive a share OF the
certain quarters becomes more acrd as the season
advances ,so o... rooo oosu,, on tho o.or.
monsY fa w Kiney MACK but threw way the
second by sheer carelessness on the favorite Bar
della Sloans mount, Bardella. seemed 10 have
the race safe and secure. and Sloan did not notice
that Moody on WAS coming SG Gs WIN b cn
Longacres last previous race, when he was
tboucbtfu turfmen Of the Kirkwood scandal at
Brighton. Some people on the turf are extremely
Charles Victor sass at the Brighton track promises
70 pc SKINNER 5T,Hahr The Coney Island JOCKEY
Club oflciais have done all in their power 10 aid
the the f fSm%'I Ms Sass that the Gs9ea,
held Brighton The cGney Island Jockey
Ct CuO its WH rack and grounds The gn5pgse. as
,s2y w SoO Wa s devoted Of the
The benefit TO be hold It's grounds is erroneous.
The club readily gave It's support 10 the project
charge Of the benefit.
Glass asserted its prerogatives yesterday; The
Friar showed tndt ne nus hoN i'st MS sf'''' -,
iIugrenot showed that he possesses speed and
stam.yaa and LAlouette won selling race For
get won the hurdle race. and form players won
the money. ~
The starting OF the usual standard OF '9S.
John Mackey and n large number OF men who are
fond of watermelons carried sacks TO hold tftir
winnings as they firmly believed that Bendoran
would prove easy victor In the Flight Stakes.
The Friar. however. taught them that class must
always be considered. and that Littlefeld can de-
fea, Sloan any other Jockey when class meets
selling platers.
Interferer almost left at the post In the
first race Duke Of Baden. who carried a lot OF
money for the colored contingent. shared the same
fate in the 9th
Andrew Miller was not at the track. owing TO the
Illness OF his wife
James b. Hagen will ship a number OF yearling
fllies TO England next Saturday. John Mackey
will accompany them and superintend the sale.
Hamburg has been permanently retired from the
turf and Will be bred 10 several Of the splend!dly
bred metrons at Marcus Days Bitter Root farm
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