New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-14
TUE RACETRACK.
WORSE STARTING THAN EvER BEFORE
prrATs SO GREAT THAT oNF RACE Is POST
roHEp-MAHrR FIRST ~ HE TWO
CHIEF coNTEs IS.

seems to he particular pet Win certain INV o'-
cials Those turf officials must be proud or MN
lie spoiled tho Suburban. he spoiled the tutu'''y'
he has spoiled many other races this year and yes
to-day he heat his own eiartire record and oil other
starting records. For absolute inerlcienoy FOR eN-
hausiVe and thoroughgong incapacIiy ne mas NJ"
dlstanccd all the starters ever known on ms Ter
,ee,rial ball or any other ball lie IS the unds-
uute1 champion lie holds the belt. The hTst
race yesterday was called Mt 215 o'clock Three
hours later only two races out Of the six on the
card had been run. Think OF that. men ana
brethren, Think of such o starter as TINT! one OF
tho races vas put off until to-day because or ths
sheer nulIity. the zero vncuty the cipher absence
o. ability OF this starter. Bat hc clings I" MS
eaiarv He 90 me from Canada. How many cana
6,en atartera have come to New-York and left lying
around neglected any salaries which they could get
hold OF without losing their sefrespect1 Inc Cdl'
dian starters clutch on salaries In New-lorh y o
tho grip OF a bulldogs Jaws. Neither IRE nor
sword can weaken g. Dynamite alone can chaKe H.
Wherever IN tho round OF nations turf ahairs
are talked about tho unapproachable record OF Una.
starter at the Brooklyn track yesterday VIII coll
Itself like a steel spring in tho memory-cels OF IN
tc,urent brains Think of g., Think OF It once
more. Think Of It again and ngain'N SIX races
were on the programme. The first race was cai'e1
A. OH This was the regular official starter who
hold the Tag Ye. three hours later he had started
n,,,. ,v.o races out OF six Don't forget ~ At'er
all was It an absolutely unaloycd advantage 10
human civilization and progress when Canada WAS
discovered?
T. g. Gilmore. the influential and alert theatr'ca'
manager was at Gravesend. flo rarely goes wheie
horse, run because he is n conscientious and scru-
nuIous scion Of extremely strict Puritan New-Ens-
land family which abhors games Of chance Mr.. Gil
more has often denounced the turf In IaHBud7o
worthy OF the late revered John stetson. because
he says no has heard runors that uhprmclp''u
hooknlakers infcst racecourses and that sahDhhs
cd IN
10 has heard also that Connecticut Yankee
named William c. Daily has been seen Watching
the performances Of the horses. and no looks upon
MIR DAILY as not altogether 50 distinguished ana
deserving a desco ndant OF tho nrst-cabin families
which crossed the Atlantic in tho Mayh'wer az
might he desired Therefore, Mr.. Gilmore Is almost
unknown az Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend' but
to his cars tales had spread or the sthrtihS 0"'i
pion and Of his dramatic exploits. ana he 'raveHen
70 the track. iio was 80 Intensely pleased ana
Impressed by the starters heroic feats that II IL
thought he VIII soon offer 10 the champion starter
an engagement FOR three years as star at the
Academy OF Music IN play especially written ior
the star starter. entitled
Tho Fall OF tho Red Flag; or the Decline 1no
Drop OF Canadas Pride
This new and original drama VIII probably DC
produced with astonishing scenery amazing stu
atoms and apoplectic effects. After this play has
run for three years, Il Will be transferred 10 me
Honorable Henry c. Miners Eighth Avenue inca inca,
ire Later It will go the Bowery. ana sun Ihl.r
# will become continuous performance. 80 NM,
ter where +; goes. it viii have meiodi2us norris I,
explain In song why the starter was HpPoinied snG
why he kept in his place long ait'r no i IA.
made it clear that he was painfully incompetent
TO start horses they ought 70 be started O.
s Gn Ryrna saw 50 aid ROWS 50 DID FRANK
who tried starting for a few days seVeiai Year,
Canadian starter. Clarke quickly learned that he
did not the qaaedd 6e pe II The
ent starter sticks 20 his salary. re 'Iserl nd
Colonel one Simmons Mnas and mi IBIS aStr
n new track OF their own IN CaiAui' ,r,'4's .',it
fbs the smos as happy as II they were heaven
Zach holds fast to the faith that the mr. an,
Gn,o 40 p0sshle to hold TO 1t Is long az posi-
be and to spend as Iite Of II as p2sspe hflo O'
What a Joyous time IT was for thcec starters,
GaSwsM n, be' prec. rr III to get OF eld
In the first three races until more man ur ~ III
they chuckled and w!nked. and e1cnAnHed com
ments! ...,... ,or s,o-,-no, too cold
and me not TOO warm SKY sun and air were rs nne
septem6er could give; 5he racE 6o % The
opcning day Of the autumn meeting OF The brooK-
I'm Jockey club was below what u WouIu i,ANc
henn had The starting the important race days
This year been what II should have been. III ,'e
hhaiiff f1rongs. the favorite. John J. McCanertys
jast two-year colt Hlmtimc. was a handsome
TianSr nconmou spced rhe start was not prompt
but tho fastest horse and no MT choice woi ana
~ s neasant a. beginning tho rest Of tho after
noon should have been 30 full OF trouble ana
rhnp J. DIVER Preslden, or Tho .L BT92NyEn IN
S sGsksGd yesterday With 6qrrsr ana
not in front Of Thorn. Ills plan was that the
tnmp ,way from {. on even terms. But Tho Jockeys
would not obey the siarter ana Wond not sSgG
their horses anywhere near mat naiirr nemnI
them. The first race was called ri ~. The second
vas called at ~ f,1 FEW prsc # VA , minor p
contest petty afair, with rs small hcld OF ceht
starter. had ,hat trnng field OF eight at the poet
for more than forty minutes. In IN" hrst lew
hut ihs supefyng starter would not GTGp she na nd
y neF Gy S on the dSsS MerS na
US tho daToTs tb he mos r oycT1sSa ockeys IN
America and one OF tho most timid creatures VINO
ever sat in saddle When Burns can get out IN
front clear Of the possibility Of dsps'r M can o r ae
idea OF pace IN front. Bat ne lAk9s ~
NAV Get q fell In tho third rece. that Tor the
81 600 Junior Champion IN which he rode w. oNst.
ieft at The post. lie was afraid 10 go M 10 the
field and break with the others, lest hc might fet
he would not clip through when there was an open,
Ing sy T ,ats 4 hot t2s Se t ond o s"s
wide g. every turn rode on me Ntrc'ne 10 1e eborf
heads, Handpress getting first place. Ben Ronald
second ard Merry Prince third. Aufnst lennon nom, r
are beaten wel-righ Invariably, ANY cool hoid,
DARING. lightweight Jockey could have heen sue,
thn heart 81 a timed French rc0 hon .
! J. NcCaNerty does not love T. j. Dwysr Nc
Csffertv'r Ben Ronald second to + j. b"y'rs
Handpress In selling races at the ,jiaNtsrnu
track one half 81 tho surplus over IN" senR pro"
goes TO the owner of the second horse; Hendpress
was entered at 81 100 MeCaferty bid liandpross
IN to s. 500 Mr. Dryer kept his colt ut - .tE NC
90 erc-,y got second money 500. aud half Of the
q 800 cyccss and he had won the lirst race with
Uimtino These are happy days for tho COURTEOUS
Nic('aTcrty. May the merry war between Mc' A.
ferty and the Dwyer on such merry wars e!"-
vafS the standard OF tho turf aud do good. For
sorle .ears a sort OF pwyor Turf Trust was CON
spcuous Ihis scab"n = r rr,r, and ~ s,,rtinr
Trust hurt racing 80 here more nowcr 20 Nc
Cafferty's tongue when he BIDS on seHns-plators.
Philin / Dryer IS o plain. blunt man. lie says
50 hnlscIf Everybody says so. Mr.; Dwyor u