New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-21
RACING FOR THE RED CROSS.
SPORTING BENEFIT AT MORRIS PARK
THE STARTER DID NOT ENTER INTO THE SPIRIT
OF THE OCCASION.

OF THE OCCASION.
II was a Dreyfus start. II was an Isle Devils
start which In the third race at Morris
Park yesterday. Turfmen longing for the
tidings that the present starter will go 10 Cuba as
Red Cross In setting plaster casts on
broken limbs ne might excel. In handling the
ether while the surgeons are using their
knives he might he an adept. As starter he IL
not immune. His starting yesterday was wriggling
with bacteria. In the second race he waited Tor
weary eras before he dropped the flag. In the
third several cycles ebbcd away before he
gave the signal. and when he told the Jockeys 10
go. Rappahannock oountifuiy backed. and ad-
rnired by many was left standing stu. Yet Kappa
hammock Is a peaceful creature. and had not been
amassing trouble. August Belmont James r.
Keene and James Galway are the official stewards
for this meeting. All three men OF affairs. en-
meshed In numerous entangling and important en-
terprises. The three weighted with business
cares. At tho front Of the stewards stand. when
the starter left Rappahannock at the post ana toid
the Jockeys to scat" when the horses were strung
along after the likeness of caravan on Its journey
TO Teheran. were Philip j. Dwyer. B. ). howIaho
and W. S. Vosburgh so far as could be readily
discerned. one OF the three regular official stew"
ards Of the meeting in the stewards stand az
the time
Philip j. Dryers eycsght has not grown sharper
In recent years Mr.. Dwyer Is now few days
beyond the limit OF age for enlistment in Theodore
Roosevet's regiment OF rough riders lie IL stea'-
becoming somewhat
practice try to discover new comets IN the
starry heavens with tho naked eye. Mr.. Rowland
is gentleman OF unmpaired visual range but ne
benevolent in his temperament that ne looks
upon all starters infallibc and worthy OF direct
canonization. without asking questions. Grays
'Elegy In a Country Churchyard" was Hammer
stein Olympia bubble so far as pathos is con-
cerned In comparison with the tragic BADNESS OF
Mr.. Vosburgh's article which was published last
year. In that article Mr. Vosburgh took the ground
that the official Handicapped was covered with sor-
rows and saturated with griefs He argued that
the official Handicapped was so overworKed ana
so overweghted that the nations OF the earth
ought to fall at his feet TO do him honor Those
may not have been his precise words. hut the
trend and drift Of his arguments were toward a goal
OF that kind. How. then. could human beings OF
well-p poised minds gaze amlable and indulgent
Acting Board OF Stewards with the thought
that they might call tho starter 10 account for
that Dreyfus- Isle-of- Devils start?
The racing yesterday was for the beneh; OF the
nob.e sef-sacrincng and mer,orious service Of tho
Red Cross. and H. O. Crickmorc had seen to 1T
that Red Cross banners were flying on suitable
STATS The Metropolitan Turf Association acted
commendably. The members voted TO give ~" for
the Red Cross benefit. Summer had come "a Jump
ing las the colored boys the plantations in
Athens. Ga. in the habit OF saying. and
II hot at Morris Park Yes # hot
Everybody was heated and everything
heated. In the grandstand. in the betting ring and
on tho lawn the masses were populous 81. Robert
Piakerton. who guards the racetrack gates yig-
antly and judciously the gates Of tho Garden
OF Eden guarded with flaming swords and
cherubm and char1ois and blessed damosels and
golden bars IN Rosse,us poems. said that tho race
track regulars and the irregulars also had proved
their zeal for the superb charities and exalted de-
votion OF the Red Cross work with open hands
Nevertheless. the absence OF Tammany oficehoders
painfully conspicuous. These Tammany Office
OF them votaries OF culture Most OF them do
not know the difference between Montesqu.eu ani
Montalembert. The bookmakers had given the
Tammany ccnturions the double cross 80 often that
the ohieftains ~ Fourtecnth-st and the rank AMI
file as well were timld les; tho red cross Nigh,
also have a baneful effect in the betting ring II
they journeyed 10 the racccourne.
The clubhouse was almost deserted. and tho
lawn looked lonely. when racetrack benefits occur
the fourteen hundred may Visit tho grandstand
but the Four Hundred play got seek some
fact that comparatively few American ini.lionaires
fall into the habit OF putting their hands in their
Prince O, Wales the Duke 81 Westminster the
Duke Of Portland and hundreds OF British noble
MN and M.dases own great stables and spend vas,
sums on racing In Ensland a precious sign OF
oughbred sancta sanctorum at Ascot. SandoWn.
II a Red Cross bcnen, We're given by any racing
organization in Great Britain. The cllohousc- and
Morris Park Is not studded with princes and prin.
cesses. with dukes and duchesses. with earls and
countesscs and even when there IS Red Cross
benefit the possessors OF famous American fortunes
90 NOT match n spott IN gay hpqnss SupP0se
Of the sheepshead Bay raeetrask should decide TO
next month. would Tich Americans dock to the
spot in dense array7 Possibly they might, " MI
tain them all with choice racing. with exquisite
music with I.ucuan luncheon and with special
expense 10 his guests II he send on, ten
thousand Invitations. zach card conrp'cuously an
stand the privileges Of the clubhouse. the music
every other feature Of the afternoon including the
losses Of his guests In tho betting ring "oud De
lowed To 10 spend money for anything then Red
Cross benefit AT An American racetrack ,nlgh, pos
and the bcnent would probably be successful II
Mr. Vanderbilt. IN addition TO his other OUTLAY
should make M his mind to send check for $4,000
TO the Red Cross As things go now however rae,
ing is pet sport with the touf hrnnred o
withstanding the apathy Of most American trs-
suses. however the RED ross was enric n hano
THE RIDERS AND THEIR MOUNTS.
A, Morris Park to-day the Eclipse Stakes. Of So
M AZ Ave and one half furlongs. will he decided
In This race Johr f. Maddens Glenhem and John
Daly's Jean Beraud will carry l27 pounds each
philip ] Dryers Miller will carry l2 Marcus
DAILY. Gold Car and Michael f. Dryers KINGDOM
r,rl also carry l22 The Fleischmann colt Alpen
NAV starr, II he does he will carry l22. II Alpen
zoe. 10 the post Sloan is likely to ride him. ms he
ia the regular Jockey OF the Fe.schmann stable but
II would he a pity 10 run Alpen. who Is only a
|ei,,o-na,er and has conceivable cnance In ms
,,o ooI stake and thus prevent Sloan from riding
a. poranj Sloan rode Jean Bcraud In his first
lean dn Way 10 when the colt was raw and green
and was defeated by Counsellor Wfrnberg lie
Ca. lean Bsraud with ustrous sheen 81 fame In
W. Es,innaI stallion Stakes last Saturday No
one can ride Jean Beraud so well as Sloan can ride
b b,rn .nd sloan ought to ride him to-day. lie
~. right to ride him when he won the SH,vO
V,tona Stallion Stakes with him. The $40 to-
GOOD riding for all three colts ana n 'Alr
start viii be Jean Beraud and Glenheim ana
,,iiia- and Amen can have chance even OF third
alIa.r "mnIe.s lean Bcraud or Glcnhcim or Miller
IL poorly ridden. or gets bad start or Unless
s sou ,,o 40 Errnse II e'lv h" hoped VIII fnr-
rish thrilling struggle. Miller has been working
iis rG may run well bur he Is IN holeful pilght
Wt!I. - hls rider DngCcfl Is ridng IN