New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-21

FIVE FAvoRrrrs WERE DEFEATED.

SOME SMART MONEY PLAYERS WERE HAFff-
In weather the Brooklyn Jockey Club was again
fortunate Yesterday. II WAS clear. cool bright
September afternoon. but the track although airy
pss no, fast The surface soft ana heavy
Roth on Monday and yesterday the starter dW
good wori IN the main. Ncariy all 81 his S'r'S
we're prompt and praiseworthy. He rs now A'Io"eu
To- handle his ma chine as nc prefers 10 hah"'" H.
and this week ne has been doing much better Work
than a, any previous time. Yct I'm spite OF the
efficient and rapid starting tho sport was "re''oe'-
~ poor and the attendance vas small some S'"i-
Ting peculiar and nexcusab,c reversalS Of form
we're seen reversals which fairly shrieEed 'oi un-
,paring Investigation. but did not get IT.
Sims rode C;lenheim in tho third race. GIonhcifn
r.as the fsvorite but several OF the bookmakers
who offered only TO against him al the outset
>, the betting acted later ~ II they were ANXIOUS
10 take In money at to or even longer "dnS'
This wa. exceedingly significant. In the ring the
air was dense with dstrust OF the prospects OF
,;'enhein with Sims up. The betting on that race.
the rising OF the odds against Glenhein, ana the
atmosphere in the ring ought to have attracted the
attention of the stewards. but seemingly no notice
MAS taken of tho matter Nevertheless consider
Ing the whole state of affairs this race crled as
loudly for rigorous Investigation almost any race
Seen this season. GNheim ran a miserable race
and was unplaced The time was wrechedly SLOW
even for a soft and heavy track. and Glenheim.
stake two-year-old. winner OF the Juvenile at Nor
IA.
celent In fact. he came in next to last be-
hind Belle of Troy Domneer Jean lngelow, En-
teption. Somors. General Shafter. Fast Black ana
Rusher.
II is now plain to every one that J. f. Madden is
not brilliantly successful trainer. Last year
when the mighty Hamburg was carrying every
thing before him Mr. Madden had a trainer
Charles Patterson This yea- he has tried TO be his
trainer and his stable in the East has usually
been al skies and Mr.. Madden is an I'M
commonly able man. but he is too busy man ana
has too many exacting and important interests on
his hands for him look after the training of his
horses himself His efforts at training his horses
IN 1898 have probably cost him many rich stakes
and scores of thousands Of dollars. and nave GOT
his horses into such condition that no one knows
what to expect of them when they go 10 the post
With the Madden training and the Sims riding the
record OF the MADDEN stable in the East tins sea
son has resembel a wildly variesated crazy quit
Had MIR Madden employed able trainer through
ont the year then IL would be easy TO put all the
blame on Sims. But training is Mr.. Madden :
weak point and his training appears 10 have made
his horses so erratc that the blame must be shared
between the training and the riding.
Louis V Bells colt General Shafter was backed
heavily in the third race. as he had been in two
previous races He ran fairly for five furlongs.
but then acted IKE cheap non-stayer ana
curled up.
Miss Tenny ridden by Maher. displayed dazzling
speed a few days ago. and defeated fast he'd'
Yesterday she had enough at the close OF the hFst
half-mle in the fourth race, and she was uhpdceu'
coming In behind Lillian Belle. High Jnks. Ken
more Queen and Handpress. As IN the case OF
Glenheir. certain bookmakers gave the impression
that they were strangely sure that MISS 1ehhy
would not win. and they seemed TO be extremely
eager 10 take in all the Miss Tenny bets when
hey could get Much talk heard in the betting
ring and elsewhere that no smdIt money va,
going on Miss Tenny. but that me smart, mo ne
I IA.
WAS invested shrewdly. ana Lillian Belle took first
honors with striking ease ....a. ,..,,, ,h, 6,1or.
helm and Miss Tenny affairs would have been hu'
t nnqsr might fs'f have ' been revealed
And the peculiar riding of James on knight of
the 9r3ef IN !A The KEsh t OWED P6
delphia gentleman who desires nothing but WI" b1
i. fair and honorable. but Something's ne gels Da9 t
rides from INSCRIPTIONS jockeys Most owners oi
horses do get bad rides T ,h sT@1 haS weird
iook The horse was well backed by the students
Of public o form rim and By Se had Soand by
solemn VOW 10 place knight Of the Garter worse
snpn struggle The eaent Knight did could
10 rush up into public view But inc stur 10
VOW and TO keep the knight in obscurity al III,
way The Knight fought brayely But Jame'
was The stouter swordsman, and James prevailed
'i i w" arst race the favorte. The Lady in Blue
MINCED her friends into deep dark blue clouds
~ gloom Who tell what was the cause OF mel
% Ser a9G eT %s one on
mysterious reversals OF form for which the Brook
lvn track has always been celebrated. The l-adl
in Blue Justly the favorite on public form. faile(
10 get even third place.
George Keene. favorite in the hf'h race came y
third Had sloan (who has gone to England y
Mahe- been on his back George keenc woult
have been first without difficulty. Burns rode him
Ri,rns Is one OF the most overrdtcd Jockeys wh
ever came from the West 10 the East. I'm Judg
ment of pace he is vacuum. He made too nue.
use Of George Keene in chasing Geisha and Lad
Marian i'm the wrong part OF the race. But eve
then George Keene would have been the victor ma
lie NOT sWerved in the homestretch. Burns wa
TOO light and weak TO keep him straight. ~,
The only successful favoritc was Fir-arm in ~
sixth race but he at such tremendous ODD
on tina; the general public could not back him
was one OF the most disastrous days OF the yea
10 most OF the spectators. but most OF me pook
makers especially few superlativcly smart BOOK
nakers made huge profits. II was day OF notahl
and exceptionally unsatisfactory and disagreeanl
iurf occurrences even for the Brooklyn track. Tn
summaries follow $3.50
FIRST RACE-For two-yeat Old nllies which never "o
s75G: 5000 added special weights. Five and one Ia
Betting
" T. jennings blk Z. Sombre. hy
Mido.han-Miss woodfcrd 10 10 ......
fBu-ns) 81 !
J. r. Smiths ch. (. Frances Booker 10.
IL.