New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17
THE RACETRACK.
BRIGHTON HAD A PROSPEROUS DAY.
A BIG rHRoYG SAW THE SEVEN CO..


BIG THRoNG SAW THE SEVEN CONTESTS
The six-days-in- the-week turf pinwheel whirled
merriiy at Brighton yesterday. In one thing
Brighton resembles Tin,ern Abbey. 1t has tradi-
tons But the traditions Of Brighton and Of Tin
tern are not Identical. Tlniefn's traditions 20
back 10 the great days OF the great Crusades.
Brightons traditions go back to the greedy and
greasy days OF mdwinier gambling. Charles V.
Sass is the Brighton secretary. He Is earnestly ana
sincerely In favor Of long-distance racing and of
truly upright sport. This is precise verify. II
MI Sass had complete and unchecked control at
Brighton pinwhees would disappear. But he hasn't
Mores the pity Champion Of pinwheel whrliGigs
at Brighton is Sims. SO they say. Racing at
Brighton has a gaping need That Ia the pension
Ing OF all the principal owners. trainers and
Jockeys. Pension off pinwheol Sims the color
sergeant Of plnwhees with generous pension and
never let him ride again. Pension off every man
who employs Sims ride corporal az craps. no
matter whether he Is Anclo-SaXon. Latin. 'elt
Teuton. ROmany Romanesque The racing AZ
Brighton ought 70 have a Dewey in the stewards
stand. No doughty warriors seen In that stand
now. on. for Dewey there-a calm strong. Gear
man, a real man. true man. man who knows
and who dares What funny thing the
Eastern turf IS? Sasasta al over. Manana all
over. Santiago all over. How contemplate the
carlcature OF sport the craps and pinwheel game
What turf official rocked jot about fraud when
in the smooth and suavc July air 81 yesterday thou
sands Of hopeful Americans bought Brighton tick
cts and looked at seven Brighton races? The At
,enGance was enormous 10y BtEh'oni Sna a .ne
Of the most profitable days IN the history Of
OF the country rarely worry over the question
whether or not the sport is wholly clean. T. I
dearly loved to be humhussed. and .. r Barnum
amassed handsome fortune by humougglng me
Inn. rtr u Et.ttlE
merma!ds. Is it in the sa,irica poem OF "uudl-
bras" in which a Jingle may he found remotely
suggesting these words.
Perhaps the pleasure Is AZ great
OF being cheated as to cheat
ern racetracks have amasscd fortunes by following
L. T Barnum's counsel and humhugs ng ne pco-
ards smile and smile while the bookmakcrs tread
in the footsteps Of T. !. Earnum IN. those smll,,
he be put by the side Of those smiling stewards
And Sims can quote every line OF "Hudihras for
% pensIo D' How stranse Alter smss ride on Sly
Fox Yesterday Lander failed 10 pay the DEAD iatch
is a mostersngcr. All urfm,n know that Land
ers for fusues is ever open and acute Is ms
the sense OF smell the dense odor Of decay which
cI9gsed The t air Win ySno% s, @ "' '"''
shines He rode in one race YESTERDAY 1t the
irst and only I'VE horses ran. Sims had no mount
in II Therefore sloan rode IN that race. few
aniable ssges who bet on races think that no en-
amlabie sagcs say that all Jockeys are sinless an
ihelcss II Is sure that at Shecpshead Bay IN more
than one race cnVous jockeys cid Try 10 tlE""
enough 10 know that Jockeys who use knives and
bricks in quarrcs are not always ~" choicest cA-
several contests al Sheepshead Bay sloan Was com
PEELED "a 20 10 the extreme outside at me turns
simply because enviols Jockeys would have thrown
him over the fence II he had gone anywhere else
except on the extreme outside. Those amiab,e
sagcs who invariably insist that every jockey -
n, all times n spotless saint arc mildly amusing
How many gold bricks have those amlahle sases
paid for in the course NJ their innocent ana on
Mlher rode tho winners Of the nrst two races
and rode them well. Those winners were Cont
mental and Easter Card. Each was NJ n plumn
price. Maher rode weakly and poorly in ne ihiTd
Ina, ,hird race the riding ~ Dorre,t Miss
riding ing; Of Pharaoh when he pursued tho children
~ Israel AZ tho ~ tho exodus. md dis covered
hahbicrs whispered thai Dogget' va, possibly IN
the pursuit Of the purposes ~ ilN 'hdrsn o. isrt'
as 10 the chosen people Of the betting ring Henry
stedeker declares stoutly that every mer'her a., |
the bc,tinr-rlnr ms no guile concealed IN TIE
folds Of his garments. stedeker Is Pharaoh o,
good character TO tho hottinFring who shall cas-,
he nrs si9ne nm non, re .trs on c6tfed Val
baum? pcrleh tho thought
Rut a. 10 Dogrett aud whether he pursHes tho |
that is n delicat" and Intricate inr, pto,lcm rs
t.. slms-but why vast" Words Everybody knows
cSncy K,ng Of Erin :, on NE 'e, T,aTn,y
absence Clarcy's mare Lambont won a rice ~
Brighton. When Clancy lands At Cork he VII get
a shea, 81 cables from the hettng-rinR. CLANCY |
has whole Spanish armadas Of friends IN the bet |
e. o'Rerly.s Gaelic colt whlstling Con ran
rapidly in the Nautilus Stakes. tho fourth rnce !
SLY Fox. ridden by sims. vas tho fnvoFite. Nj S
Gawaln Handsel Or. Parker and n few other |
horses 4 Bennett IS alratory now ana ,then. |
h fn o,e when he feels Inclined 20 back them and
nc does not back his horses when hc does not feel
hockey much esteemcd by a Bennett. Enough |
said J. a. BENEFITS sir Gawain won the Nautilus |
The favoritr. Horses owned by J. \. Bennett and |
ridden by Doggett arc not in the habit Of winning |
races Invariably when they are hverites ST Ca |
vain was first in drive BY a neck and Swlt'nas |
was second. head before Whistline Con Taral who |
rode Whistling Con. was hamp@red hy lnludlcii9us |
stable instructions. As tho favore. Sly Fox; ridden
by Sims displayed only weak feGn'' ,angg
and sluggish interest IN inc ftrutgl". w nsulhB |
Con would surely have been the victor II sloan |
Ind ridden HIN ana ne haI nc'h , sf, ""ns
wronecd once more.
Doggett rode tho winners OF Two races Sir |
sixth race Mahcr two. Williams won ono |
and songer won one shudder shook , me po ark
I'm the NTH race. An earthquake was looked Tor |
None came this time but when sonser wins an,
riding OF Rusher In that race was worthy or |
Dupeo or Cowman !, was by no means rae
sec sec Tarai ride w c. Daiy's horses. lie might nj
most well take an engagement to sGl po o,,n,
and riding W; 6. Days horses-one is pretty near
y honorable an 9ccupaoI Io ns the 6 osh Snu,s
Stakes and sms's riding Of Burles9uo In the sixth
race were artistic beyond expression. why don
Hamilton and Sims buy tandem bicycle ana ride
out 10 sea-far beyond tho sunsets outer rim-in |
fact well beyond the edge OF the world?
FIRST RACE-s6OO ADDED; selling. One and one-eighh
""'N ST H''''n Fl.
7 uou,,s.h n continentai by Luke