New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
THE RACETRACK.
THO GREAT HORSES WIN.
u.x BERAUD AND HAMBURG IN
FRONT.
ACTIVE MEETING At sHEEPsHEAD BAY
WELL. pATRONIzED AND HIGHLY
ENJOYED

WELL. pATRONIzED AND HIGHLY
ENJOYED
,rse and enthusiastic multitude assembled yes
-, a. The sheepshead Bay racetrack. where
~, snioved capital afternoons sport and had
. snl.ndid opportunity 10 celebrate the e4oT'ous
.es. o, arms and the brilliant victories by iaho ana
..s G., Santiago i was truly patr!otic cfoWa' AZ
49, cheered unanimously every repor Of the great
,.ys, victory won by the American feet OF the
-, coast The weather ali that could he
dssi-sd as cooling breeze tempered me aIinos-
phere and the early arrivals were rejoicing a. ''e
prospect o, witnessing seven races over ias'
track Dark clouds. however doomed up III 'ie
south which caused the admirers OF Jean Berhud
and Hamburg to lose some OF their ardor ana 10
make excuses FOR their favorites on account or
possible mud
William c whitney vas on the clubhouse bal
oony surrounded by well-known turfmen. James
r Keene. John Hunter J. H. Bradford. Colonel
Corn4lius Felowes Colonel Lawrence ZIP. Tomas
Hitchcock sydney Paset. H X. VinEu'' william
Fus-s Thomas @ Stevenson and others discussed
rong topics before the bugle sounded FOR the mrs.
race In the grandstand and the clubhouse TER
m. scene wa. delicousy attractive The women
Wed with each other IN the beauty and grace,ui-
ness o. their summer costumes The men appeared
IN be prosperous and well-to-do. and as they sat
and listened 10 the music Of Landers Band or cha'
tered about their selections Il showed PLAINLY ina
racing was rapidly increasing In popu!ari! ana
MANY o. the Objectionable features that W e so
Injurious in former years had almost entirely DIS
sppea-ed The betting-ring was crowded to It's w
mos, capacity with a twisting. saurming mass OF
humanity that was constantly or the move In the
search for ong odds in the modern temple OF
money-chengers
In the field the crowd was happy and conten'eo
until the rain began 10 fall when they huodled To-
setber under the field stand and cast longing eyes
toward the covered stands in the main Enclosure.
The crowd was too great 10 permit them to enter
the grandstand and TO insure the safety OF all 'he
nelders were kept out IN me rain
7, was a banner day for the Coney Island Jockey
Club for everything passed on auspiciously'
There was rot the slightest hitch in the arrange
ments so far the fiat races were concerned ana
every body was happy. The steeplecnase however.
caused no end OF comment. as 1t was such mixed
I'D not say suspicious, anair from the stait I"
the finish OF the race
The meeting that ended Yesterday wa. one OF the
most successful in the history o. American racing.
The attendance has been larger than ever before
the receipts Of the club have equaLed, II not eh-
ce.ded the receipts OF any previous year. ana tho
Coney Island Jockey Club has clearly established
the fact that Il 10 the leading racing club Of Amer
tea The starting has been extremely disappoh'-
ing IN many races during the meeting owihR 10
the starter perristfns In using device mat re-
tards instead Of aiding him to start the horses
. The starts yesterday were. satisfactory Ihere
were no long delays a. the post. which was GER
tainly q relief to the holiday crowd present Inc
hand,cap per desires that hts name ne placed on
the top Of the programme. for some reason only
known To himself Some OF his handicaos nave
been weird uncanny misplacemenis OF weights
that have caused the officials OF the club TO smile
and owners 70 keep their horses In the stable
few Of the handicars Furnished good contests ou'
the success that attended the meeting was pr'nci-
nsllv due 70 the excellent lis. Il stakes and the
sAing races on the whole the meeting was iar
above the average Of the meetings held this year
Th.re was some suspicious riding In certain races
,hat might have been looked after by the stew
ards but the instances were rare. ana there were
no scandalous reports or gossip ABOUT conipii'a-
lions neither was there any remarkable plunsins
trduIged IN by the prominent bettors. James VILE
pigue gave the patrons OF the track exceHeh' ser
vice Frank Clarke kept the track in superb con-
d,ton so that complaints were few AND FAR De-
tween.
WnAn the bugle sounded for the start the crowd
numbered at least twenty thousand. majority
n. the specte tors came witness Jean Beraud the
cbanrion two-year old and Hamburg. the king or
the three-year-old division. IN their respective
races and Incidentally &c view James l. sloan IN
marvellous attire Of spotlees white or marine arch
lecture with gold stars on the collar and wonder
~, trills and flrbeiows down the front The first
race was at six furlongs IT was a gooo one ana
vas won by Sanders who ceverly ridden by
Thomas Murphy q Western Jockey VINO is attract
ing the attention Of Eastern turfnen py MS ski ia
ridinr August Bslmonte Lady Marian "a@ inc
delay al the post caused By the fracuoushess "i
Fleeing Gold who left al the post tho nag
fell 70 q good start with Lady Marian r the lead
Sanders passed her before nifty yards had been COW
cred and was never afterward troubled "ini'"s
easily by three lengths from Tabouret VINO Dea'
Momentum head for the place The time ia
was fast and caused the spectators 70 A"uciP''o
new record FOR the Realization.
In the second race Flax Spinner. with Dupee IN
TIE saddle heavily backed 10 WIN py > l.
Mcdonald and the Tammany politicians. Dup'e
managed 20 get into pockets as easily as De"e'
got into Manila with the result that W. Z Day
Merlin, who at long ODDS IN the oettihg. peht
Flax Spinner length at the finish. Mount WASH
hron was third. The third race was a neaVy
betting contest The public backed BannocK' ana
George e Smith P,ttsburg PhiD. who desired 70
recover his losses on Bemar IN previous racer.
bet on the gray IN hundreds. The race pieaseo
the spectators immensely The start was eooo
ona but the field outran Belmar. who appeared 10
Be out Of the three furlongs from home Fheh
he began close on the leaders the Dr'ihan'
efforts Of the gallant gray as ne slowly put surely
gained on the leaders caused the crowd IN the
Geld TO cheer Justify. The shouts were continued
as he struggled gamely and closed with bannock'
and when ne got up in time 10 beat him a head
o. the post the cheering and shouting contiDued
When Inc fourth race was called the rain was
falling fast anc the track was rapidly secom MAE
Of 70 2 on Jean Beraud These odds were eagerly
and P to the fell tine Jean H1
Ast away, but mis- superior class told and, al
though gently driven b. Sloan he soon had ais
Opponents In difficulties and won at the finish
with amazing by 4 length and half from
Ethebert who was a head before GieEhsim VINO
finished third. Jean Beraud and his jockey were
warmly spplauded when they returned TO the scale
The race caused the scep,lcs 10 hide their heads.
and everybody praised the sturdy son Of His Hish-
pess and Carrie c. sydney Paset and William c.
Whitney were congratulated upon owning such a
Grand
David Gideon overJoyed at the easy manner
IN which the colt won, and sadly remarked: IL
he only entered In the great three yoar-old
races in England he would win every OF them.
II Is encouraging TO newcomer on the turf &c