New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12
THE RACETRACK.
ATTRACTIVE RACING AT GRAVEsEND-
THE urGuENor DEFEATED nY SLY FOX.

THE HIGuT,NoT DEFEATED BY SLY FOX.
A turf boom OF impressive strength ana extent ~
now in full swing and the Brooklyn Jockey CLUB
had a s,rikngly prosperous afternoon upon the
tenth day OF its June meeting. The attendance
was excellent in numbers and praiseworhy In quar-
ity. At present the outlook is that the American
turf Will have so hourishing season In lsgs that
the history Of few Of its earlier years can be con-
sdered rivalling or approaching its popularity
one important element in the success OF ths ne't-
Ing the fact that frequent trains are run between
the Brooklyn Bridge and the track and that me
friends Of sport travel quickly ana conveniently
to and from the Gravesend course from All paris
of the boroughs Of Manhattan, Brooklyn ana
queens A satisfactory railroad service helps d
Jockey club extensively, while an unsatisfactory
service does d great deal of damage. Many th"u-
sands OF light-hearted hgh-sprited men anu
went to the races yesterday ana enJoyeu
themselves thoroughly. The s. grandstand, the
lawn and all the opulent places within The grounds
contained gay multitudes Of Handsomely attired
seekers Of enjoyment and me exceedingly popular
and comfortable So-cent stand and field were
thronged with happy people who went TO the tracK
to have pleasant outing IN unassuming. unpre-
tentious fashion and got exactly what they went
for
Jean Beraud the great twoyear-old colt. is likely
to be sold. All the details Of this interesting ana
important turf transaction may be found elsewhere
In the turf department of The Tribune. This sale,
II II is completed II is likely TO be, Will set turf
men all over the country to talking. The hundreds
of thousands CT readers OF the turf department OF
The Tribune have been fully informed about this
splendid colt Jean Beraud since he ran his
first at Morris Park. lie won the $4,000 Ma
tional Stallion Stakes and the $1,000 Eclipse Stakes
the Morris Park meeting At this Gravesend
meeting he won the - 800 Hudson Stakes few
days ago. and yesterday he captured the Sl2vO
Great American Stakes. OF course John DAILY and
David Gideon. owners Of Jean Beraud. are reluc-
to part with the colt who has run so well for
them and has display ed so high form. just as John
f. Madden was reluctant last year to seS MS nople
colt Hamburg even for $1,000. But effective racer
Jean BeraGd is he is not in the great FutuIity
Stakes. and Gideon * DAILY have always Shid tihl
owned own provided that thcy IT fair price.
AZ The Tribune has saiu AIRY me omission nr u
from the list of Futurity mares - oversight
II Jean Beraud were IN the Futuri:J 20 wVula NC
magnificent fellow
In the Great American Stakes Jean Beraud had
five opponents Kingdom, Miller, Autumn hui,n-
topochtle and Ihyia. Naturally. he was an over
whelmins fayorite at strong odds on and ne lusti-
fed the confidence Of his hackers. Al one tiine ID
the hOmcstretch he seemed 10 be fully rNteh"'"
but he answered Sloans call with true courase
resolution ana staying power anu ann GA
the Others at the end. The time was - .-ly~.
and Jean Bcraud was concoding seven lounus W
the other starters except Kingdom. II was
notable feat
Philip j. Dryers colt Miller seems to be- rn-
proving. He got second place comfortably: King
don has become uncertain and appears 10 nave
deteriora ted. Autumn's third place indicates that
he has improved and is better than h was zen
orally thought to be. Hultztopochte and lh,hya
were slow at the start. and ran poorly. ,,,....
The Husuenot was an unworthy brother Of li"mry
Of Navarro In the Preakness stakes; nj mile ana
a sixteenth. in which he was AZ odds on. lie dd
not exhibit the courage the doRged Tcsoluuoh hiu
persistence Of HIS celebrated brother. Sly Fox was
ridden brilliantly by Sims. who allowed sloan , on
Lydian to hold the lead for half-mlle ana men
went to the front with startling Night OF rpeeu
When Spencer called upon the nnsuenot ne
failed 10 move up to Sly Fox. and sly foh Won
the race well I'm hand and with much 20 spare.
The Huguenot was poor second ana Nu'o war
tbs Hqfuenot Is IN Re rich EcqIrnon M seksr
burg. Plaudit Previous and some other- are tx eS-
rectcd to run In the Reduction, Mes n d dnn
Hugueno improves vastly before July = ne en- a
hardly be expected to get even third placo ~ the
Realization for his performance In ne Preaknrss
grievousy disappointing The time" IN IN"
Preakness was sow-l4ss. for a mile and a sln-
teenth-as the track was dry and last. Dolhnno ~
the second race. n selling anair, ran the same us
tance. one and one-slxteenth milcs' IN 49, mann
The Preakncss was named after me W'al. hh o,
natural that Mr. GALWAY should desire to see his
way coors, and was ridden by sloan lie moved
az IL he were dcplorabiy short of WORK ana W
nSSS Of I'VE or 'S was ISty M wny worthy
trainer Mir Elmore had not given lydian more
Iydian led for about haf-mic. and then In spite
OF all Sloan's coaxng and urging, he CURED UP
Sloan had three mount; yess,rday iIe could snaG 90
nnisife ART Win which he nursed the exhausted
a"d long aneanse D5ando Is sprinter and
he was falling fast In the homesretch when ban 1
wisely sent Dolando In front early IN the con,
test. Doando runs bet In 'hat way. sloan had
hut he C diG It; Doando was an odds-on favorite.
Taral also was In his finest form. Typhoon has
Morris PARK IN 1895 and he is now an amazingly
swift Splinter. with cxcepicn9l ability 10 carry
ing he carried III pounds In his second. 40. ana
in his third, As. lie has won all three contests.
every time Typhoon is fond Of running in front.
even with an extremely heavy burden on his back.
ihe field like the typhoon for which irc IL named.
He soon takes long lead. and then only 2 great
Tarai won the last race with Intrusive, and again
his riding was expert iockeyship Of high decree
In reaching his stable. Taral rode him with true
Tara energy. Both Intrusive, who ran FIRST. and and
backed and both ran well
kindly In the nth race. when ridden by little
known stab!e-boy named Rowden. than he has
was an easy winner, with Rusher second; IoIter.
the fsyorite mad plenty Of speed FOR half-mie
The Gravesend meeting will be continued to-
morrow
many thousand circulars announcing that during
the meeting Of the Coney Island Jockey club.
Day. through trains will leave the brooklyn Bridge
FOR the She"pshead Bay track every ten minutes
FIRST RAcE-nGHwBIGHr HANDICAP. 500 added.
Six furiongs.
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