New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-10
NOTES ABOUT HORSES AND HORsEMEN

BRIEF COMMENTS UPON TURF AFFAIRS.
starting horses requires much patience. even
temper quick eye, hrmness and decision. Horses
should be started With or without the barrier. Il;
Is inconsistent to have q field make three more
breaks without the barrier. then ono two with
the barrier. with start at the end Of tho delay,
with the entire field tar ged twisted mixed up and
in confusion. Tho starting yesterday by no
means perfect
Little O'Connor appears TO havo forgotten the
reprmands which he received last year for reck-
less riding O'Conno- rode with desperate daring
yesterday. and intertered with several OF the con-
testants in the fourth and sixth races The stew
ards absorbed In other matters that they
seemingly failed to notice ,; the TidnG Of PAYS y
Hiding. :"
August Belmont was at the track to see Don De
Orc. the Spaniard race with some Of the canci-
Witnessed an exciting contest in the brush at the
finish. Peep o Day, trained by Charles OK ana
sasea By S 9nh sns H Gden DGS BY
Sims furlons from NE finish All The tricks ana ,h
result that Sloan fairly outgeneralled Sims and won
the race by head On Deck ridden by VT, Tara a.
a final effort and was In third position at the end
John J. Hyland complimented Sloan few days
d eay ihs n sS ftTs E9,siS
OF the horses trained by Mr. Hyiand Sloan is
highly pleased at the interest taken in his welfare
the Following question: III horse died ak years
ago with paralysis of the brain, would that iact
give the tvo-year- olds Of 1898 distenper7
The attendance continues 10 please the TRACK
owners but the horse owners gru'nbie continuously
az the enormous expense Of conducting racing
stable The ranks OF the booknlakets nave peeh
thinned since the beginning OF the Brooklyn meet
ing Some Of the bookmakers assert that tne
reason why tho attendance continues 10 ne SO hIse
IL that the public Is playing with money won iroih
the ring. $1,000, a.. .,,d ,,,,,r
The caterer az the track is losing hesh ana piiuns
away on account OF tho appetite or one OF the
natrous OF the clubhouse This patron ID ono OF w
arst 10 arrive at the course. His unch consists o
civ courses one for each race. II extra races are
given the caterer will 60 10 Cuba AZ coihlhlsSai
Sor the reconcentrados Every time he enters lne
clubhouse he looks for this admirer or ihs lovu,
and when ne him he Broans in splrlt, Ior tn99
man Is as lively and sportVe as a cTlcSe., az
rossesses the appetite OF an elephant ,ooIno oa
the track officials amuse themselves by ASKING liie
caterer II his friend is at the trat TODAY. --
The clubhouse at Sheepshead Bay Is neaIIy c 0,
neted and will be ready on the opening DAY: SAT ",
,rdav June IS John Manning Will have cnaIse y.
the bar and the lunch will be served by Jailts
nonriaP caterer for the Coney Island Jockey Niup
Iohn Kelly has been the ailing nst Tor seSe,a
hevs His friends hope that ne VIII pe on Iita' ~,
tn-morroW AZ his presence ana ms sfniie az u"
eo,,teiv necessary TO make the racing elIoy
Charles II Pettengtll is TO be the preridns '"11ts
o, the Washington Park meeting. ~ Cnicago, 81,
Pe.tengill has had many years 0, ekls-, s
the ttrf as trainer secretary starter ana III o'''e'
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