New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-10
THE RACETRACK.
QUEER FUN AT BRIGHTON ONCE MORE.
ALL SORTS OF ODDITIES IN THE FINAL AFTER
NOON.

/ The dummies danced again Mt Brighton yester-
day and the breed Of bookmakers was improved
That's the true object Of racing AT brigh'oh ~
,rnnrove the breed Of bookmakers. Some insincere
apolcgists argue that every racctrack Is kept up "
hs,t.r tho breed Of horses Possibly that may he
: true in regard n few places in Alaska iut cur,
rent gossip has I, that w. {. Day Is tl' PP'"'
and guardian genius Of the merriment ~ brighton.
and that he and his Jockeys suspect th'' 'ne t"'4
should be maintained for the benefit OF ;he netting
rim and that all talk about improving the breed
Of horses while opportunities exist for Improving
the breed cf bookmakers Is silly stun
At Morris Park Gravcsend ana Hne'pS"u'
BAY this year the racing was III '"e H,''
fairly clean and sweet. Few serious T''
came IN the a.rrface nj the three meetings on those
,broo tracks although the starting sometimes emit
,od tho stale and sicky smell Of Ncw-oileahS
fish stall. filled with ten-days-old pompaho 'aue.'
I'm mid-August and just about ready 10 Hlui""''
evcry claim Much Of the handicapping az tno@'
meetings was almost as horrihc and portch'ous rs
Frankenstein's monster in his worst moods Never
th,less taking all things into account, the Tac"s
AZ Norris Park Gravcsend and Shecpshold BAY III
1905 has been 10 a considerable extent popular
lively and amusing with comparatively Jew SIPS
and mishaps.
Had f. been In the power and In the ceS'ie Vi wv
brighton MANAGEMENT to confer upon Coionel VI
Lewis Clark unlimited control over everything III
the Brighton meeting this summer. that meeting
would undoubtedly have been more Vo'''''''""
able enjoyable and more pfon'"''
than any other in the entire history va
the spot Colonel Clark is Mauser deah sho' 'o'
turf thieves whether the thieves are owners
trainers Jockeys. boOkmHkers. touts or NaIe's ''
towers far above all other turf officials In Amet'c''
because he knows how to prevent fraud an" We
does prevent II. lie Is practical ana 'hoio"e"
going lie Insists upon decent fair ana honest
racing and he will tolerate nothing else ne -
afraid OF no one all the turf thieves are ardu
obaor
sport straight and square. and TO protect the pu"'
which supports the turf Most OF the race''"oN
stewards In this country are mooncaIFcs III COM
parison with Colonel Clark too weak-eyeu anu wv
weak-mnded to see and to unders'anh 'hd' INC
enduring prosperity of the jockey clubs must "e-
pend anywhere and everywhere upon puohc coii'-
donce I'm the snuareness OF racing, ana that '"'
only method by which public confidence IN 'he
honesty Of the sport can be obtained anu 'e.''''u
is by declaring of all bets on every croohe" i"0'
and by enforcing tho severest penaIties ata'''.
every owner trainer Jockey who Is suiS Oh
vronodone Few racetrack stewards except COP
acl Clark possess n reasonable equipment OF
common sense. And yet comm on-s"nse Is precious
Common sense would suggest 10 every human oe'hs
not victim Of dementia that the turi must "'c III
New-York State within few years uhIess II ss''
public confidence holds public confidence. ana de-
serves public confidence. Strange 1t u.s. nut true !.
f. that most racetrac stewards are too prejudiced
or too crumplct recognize so plain verify or
too timd and slusny to act upon u, would have
had this year II Il had been possible 20 !u, ,oUm".
NJ Lewis Clark nj the head Of II without hlndrance
or obstruction The stewaIdship me s,a'tli't ant
the hnudicap,!ng at brighton have been cocksys9i
over unchecked and unbounded authority In ihs ,,
matters 70 fo3hs . Tats 1Hc starting
and the hand!cappins A. Inc LrinunSS mas
inla in 1905 have hur, the, American
q sTayey and aonr 80, bo "f fnrroe TGn fr
many a year. Both OF these stewards are a. moral
cons,en,ous pious. uprshi pure ara innocent ,o as
but th@y don't know. They have shown no bravery.
energy no sesnYss rn roi n srhon In S
nut -. shall see better things al IN" AieH7' meet
ing At sheepshead Pay when W"@pI ro o r9 horse
and the racing win he all ahlaIs win secu4 ,,i
rivalry and ', ."'; aSen Sim. AMI nHmteH viii
reform their habits. 80 that they VIII be ape
nov Tr END he nSa and Ga turf always
promptly the mental calbre oi ,hr srn~ d al, ,hc
c,fed 70 learn In tb. first few days OF racing at
brighton in July. And they have been noisy Win
riding the foul riding and the ben p'f Sshs
riding OF sims In many rHSss hn'i "o omozms that
this Jockey has been allowed ior years 10 sey
wTnked pcnS, whch it il possible for
Jockey 10 commit Serious r"proaoh toS,s upon sne
ccfui Of their duty 10 thc tqrf IN pcrm1ng Ems
John j. lIyand Il by far inc hh"st Ia,n.g W." "oI
trained horses in America lIc - wonderfully good
trcmciy rcluctan, TO find fault with any Jockey or
to cri,icise the riding Of any lo1ksy, hut "ven
az ne u.s. could not refrain from saving that the
riding of Sims on Frearm IN IN" ,h,rd race o wIs
not allow Sims 70 Tide any any h9 nw ,hst Fire.
arm arm race could doubt that Sims rode a j.
Colcy- Thompson Rurlesque ri" on flrcarm'
H. is Certain ' ma " reoy doing his best On
Frcarm could have won that race WIN rrd r rond
sy 'eya M rode Fir FircSrm? Vas he in proper
condition when he rode Bon Ronald In the iourth
,ngnop wan n n the NH race, Just SO long as
JOCKEY club Allows STs HP they haTe been 10 riding
certain at Brighton Just so long VIII in,r.t,
Of The Jockey club ought 20 resign their places In
favor OF equal number OF canal contractonr,s
the hcnors Of tho Brighton meeting, which died
ye-erda Racing men GsEee tina" h. M f6nG f@ nn as rs
amrrIcan track ard they agree that ". c. DAILY
Is the uglest An impression Is gaining ground
The Adons and the CGlihan 81 America sp9Tn,
r@Sfd 'h h"rses r"semb"s tn" running Of the W g
Da horses the hGrsss in both sieS's are run pa
iniing out Roth owners i've in nrooklyn. That ha
another tic Of HT h rTo My hk Of
". g Daiy-T. y. Beard Jockey Club How pson I1
and pay ought se, together today and buy me he
land. Time presses n4yp ,n ~ needs
his m9%e" And sG, The FTT9'o@ ' pny
ards for r 5war9s Sf ihe are the t sort
make II a rule that no Jockeys except Sims and
IIamil,on shall be allowed 10 ride on the W. e. |
iicard-F -. Daily track Here's n health to the /
new track . , 49,
dead was n nightmare That IL too weak word. !
"a, and good men wilted and wthercd That |
meeting was worse than Yellow Jack. 1t was the /
Pack Death Sass all right. Sass aid all he !
could to dlsInfcct that meeting. He bought tons !
OF blrnlorde Of mercury and scattered II about. /
nut mountains OF blchloride. even II handled by /
so hard working squaredeang. honorable and ex- |
cecnt a turf official ms Sass. could not have de- /
stroyed tho BRIGHTON germs this Sims and |
Hamilton. for instance. cry for hichloride. Their /
fnvorie rotation at all times OF the day and night
Is bichlordic cocktail.
FIRST RACE $500 Odded: selling. one mile.
Betting.