New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-24
THE RACETRACK.
SLOAN FIRST IN THREE RA CES
THE LEADING JOCKEY IN FINE FORM.

y.vn,.RG swrFTrsT IN THE SWIFT STAKES.
Tho sporting Page Of Tho Tribune asked US vast
multitude Of readers TO 20 20 Sheepsheau bhy yes
,ecday IN order 20 Marcus DAYS Kihsiy coI'
.raD,hu,- IN the SwIf. Stakes 20 see John Days
ho,u,if,l nlly High Degree IN the Rosebuds STAKES
80 n watch the riding OF that incomparaD!e
,ocL.v Sloan The weather was dulcet. June never
bestowed gentlor dgy. All conditions iaVoreu
rare sport Never was the truck safer ana souhue''
Sev.r cd the air appeal moro lerienty 70 the
s.,sos OF men and horses alike. And Hamburg
ran. I, is no news tho myrads OF readers OF tho
cro,,inc Page OF The Tribune that the chief turt
.-t,c- ~ this Journal eStcems Hamburg as racer
and thinks he is fleet It rnay bc that America mas
looked upon q quicker horse than Hamburg since
Po.ahon,as turned aside the club which was raised
"a scatter the brains Of Philip Smith, Of PitsburS'
49,. a. 90 tbs ouickness Of that runner has been
- ~, some mysterious screen. That Hamburg
can skip. u,
uos IN the Borough OF Butte yesterday ana not IA
the Borough OF Brooklyn. That was pity oe-
c,uss the cookies OF his soul would have curled
,,b olee had he gazed a; his $4,000 Hamburg
,bo, Hamburg tossed the Swift Stakes on the tips
n, his roval ears John +. Madden. VINO SOFA ham
burg 10 Mr. DAILY bet 5000 on Hamburg 70 WIN
. s4D Only James r. Keene's Loiterer ana j. -
FoIanshee's Murio appeared against H'InourS.
rarsl rode Hamburg. Sloan was on Loiterer ana
snspcor was on Murillo Job wrote few strong
words about A Narhorse several thousand years
,go Were I, possible that Job could have been al
sheepshead Bay yesterday. and could nave he'u
men his writings concerning Hamburg would have
cast mis- u;terlnces about the ancient warhorse INTO
the dust-heap o. oblivion. job never looked upon
Hamburg.
John q Madden is suffering agonies from hsom-
MIA Upon hts bed he losses nightly even as Abram
& Hewitt tossed IN Washington when Fernando
Woods yellow dog was bsying al the moon. MA"
denis moaning He cannot sleep. From MS paic"eu
md fevcred lips escapes he cry. Unhappy ma"
,ba, am why did | sell Hamburg? Then he
rolls over and is racked in every nerve Win an
euish These words wrung against ms WI"
from the Utmost recesses Of his tortured oe'hs'
Hamburg was the fastest horse that ahypouy
ever owned Why. oh WHY did not keep MIN
Why oh why did Marcus DAILY tempt me "''"
tor,, thousand rieces Of silver? Woe Is me- Alas'
my Hamburg, Alas my Hamburg Woe Is me-
Marcus DAILY needs vacation. The Anacohu'
conner mine can spare him for fortnight. Eve"
Z, his absence the mine will not stop turning ou'
riches which Golconda could not exec. can lie
he persuaded to come East and gaze upon MS
s.onO flyer Hamburg. .ndisputaby tho swf'es'
horse now IN training? What would HAMBURG 90
with Jeddah winner OF the English Derby Il he
could meet him? Jeddah would be jest. Marcus
Da,v has been so lavish supporter or the turl
that II was matter for regret that ne ala not see
Hamburg's running yesterday. The colt was N
eavless condition and every line Of him. every
inch of him was kingly. No horse can naSn
away from the start more nimbly than Hafn"u's
can Yesterday he shot off at such a pace 'ha'
Jo,terer and Murillo soon tagging hopeessV
Hamburg was timed running the hrst quarter
mile In O:23 9-5 the three furlongs In 90, the
half-mile in O:i -5 the five furlongs in one minute
fat the six furlongs in lib and the seven furIongs
in 127l-5. The BEST record for seven furlongs on
the Sheepshead Bay course is ! y 20 mace ny
Clifford on August % 1895 clifford was four years
Of age and carried l27 pounds Hamburg was only
three years old and carried l26 pounds, two months
in the season earlier than Clifords exploit. liam
burg's feat was greater than CHnords ana iia rh
burg is faster horse than CliIoid wa. a., u" q
Sheepshead Bay track is sound ana saie dnu III d
satisfactory state 6qt IT is softer ana 0@G HAM
burg under a double pull through the las, quarter
mile after i was PLAIN tn5t ne''ner
1t amazingly fat run by an smazn psat
Marcus DAILY was not there TO see it. Had he been
there he could not have failed % 10 eRy by sbom not
miss the REALIZATION on Menday 'HIy ens viii he
glad to welcome him to the Realization II ne can
nC Mr. e0' Keenes Loiterer has speed but when he
meets Hamburg the king makes him look IKE a
mere prness d d@Ts M G@ ~ b2 sq b ali
the way. Hamburg. however, Is IN a Co., M bobind
himself and LoiisreT NIL always o'er lar 0e'''''
John E Madden is aching with repentsancse, co and and
Hamburg's trainer is also aching with rePem,aSmce
and remorse because he did not give H Boni
Stakes In the hut expressive phrase foriherS
in use among the Spanish guerllas at Guantanamo
Bowling Brook and Previous both maze q
monkey OF Hamburg in the Belmont. Why
Simply because Hamburg was then about HN
mounds short Of proper preparation for race
iIe had not had work enough Marcus Da.E, mac
not been IN the East. and OF course, could no
supervise the labors OF his trainer and induce tl
trainer 10 give Hamburg sufficiently severe prep
aratioD The Hamburg Of Yesterday could nave
outrln AL the Bowling Brooks and Preyouses ina
could have been raked up In the four quarters o
The klobe Had II lmburg In the Belmont peer
as ft for hard race as he was YESTERDAY n,
bowling Brook lOving-Cup would ever nave Deei
ordered Bowling Brook and Hamburg? Boti
colts At and well. and Hamlet 10 compare the lWo
How the Prince Of Denmark would have eXtoHeC
Hyperion Hamburg. With what scorn would n
have scowed at Bowling Brook. the Satyr! a. =,
The running of horses thoroughly NJ 20
their races IS wicked II is the prolific source o
scandals and abuses innumerable. II should no sup
pressed with vlcor and with rigor Why not asI
Richard Croker TO return straightway from Englanc
for the purpose Of arnihatlng every turf evil
M Croker il a practical turfman. lie knows al
about turf abuses. So does Michael F. Dwyer
Mr. Crokers first article OF faith Is that no true