New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-04
THE RACETRACK.
FAvoRITEs IN FRONT AT AQUEDUCT.


stor,cr "a Pettensiu who was employed for years
before he became starter to furnish betting QUOTA
lions which were sent to Illegal poolrooms. lie II
the starter who kept the horses AT the post III '''o
American Derby in Chicago when 1t was S'''o"
race until The Eastern colts were exhausted ana
n Western colt took the prize. The distance was
n mile and a half and Pettencill kept the heid at
the post Tor an hour and a half ls he COM
petent starter TO hold the flag at Aqueduct' ana y
the contemplate rat-trap which ne uses ior a
starting machine a f; con'rivance to be USED III
starting horses? What the duties o. racetracN
stewards in this State? Several of them are Ike
unto the little clay idols Of the Papuans Ihey
see nothing they hear nothing. they say nothing
they do nothing Colonel Roosevelt. when ne be-
comes Governor may stir them up. The gaiah'
gough Rider may ask the Legislature 70 pass
law which will suppress the Illegal bctting-rinss as
they were suppressed I'm New-Jersey. Coionel
Roosevelt when he becomes Governor cannot 90 a
more popular thing than TO ask the Legislature |"
pass such a law. and the Republican Legislature
cannot do a more popular thing than TO put such
an act on the statutes Had the men In contro o.
the turf In New York taken warning from the fate
OF Monmouth Park and wagod unreentinS "a'
upon crooks and CrOokedness ana ulckeiy an"
illegal practices the grounds OF tho ASSOCIATIONS
no Republican Governor and no Republican Legs
lature would he Inclined to ADOPT severe measures
in 1880 Rut at several meetings within the limits
Of ahs city as now made up the sport this year mas
beer so.led and spotted in scores of instances SeN-
era! OF the stewards and track officials are dlsliesS
incy inferior IN energy alertness and intelligence 10
the holders OF similar places on the Dest-Kho"h
Western tracks and racing at some OF the western
meet .ngs has been much cleaner and farer than IL
has been Mt some Of the Eastern meetings On
Western courses In a number Of cases the mah-
agemont mas been quick prompt sharp ana Keen
on certain Eastern courses In numDer OF casc'
the starting. the stewardship ard the management
have been dull and numb and drowsy ana Sup"
fba
II the current Aqueduct meeting the reversals
Of form have been numerous. Some OF them nave
been astounding. and some of them have Deeh
plainly dishonest What have the stewards uOne'
Is there any imaginable form OF wrongdolng on inc
turf which would arouse Aqueduct stewards TO
,aLo actior7 Several OF the stewards in this State
arc eager TO try 10 ntimidate turf-writers ana 10
interfere with freedom OF speech and the freeuoih
Of the press What do such men care about C;f El
racing? They 90 not concern themselves
If the voters of this State could get an oppor-
tSrpsiion of gambling on horses in any form. by
any method by any scheme by "n GgrdeTed 6y an
enormous majority Of votes And If the voters
S2 3a st nTI o stewards and other oca Of sup
pressing reckless and ncompetent s oynblsra
q every class the majority in favor OF suppression
would be enormous. But %at , Hl1r iagisiature
IN 1893 begin their crusade against tSag frus
against fahess stewards who eera cr their work
,bst f5ey Constantly spoil starts. and against al
The other S igT5 ubcaP esr IN IN closed
The betting has Kept 5 th Rnnbcan party in
the Empire State would act wisely II It to Ia,
the example of the Republican party 10 Ne" Pett.n
gill ex-grnher Of betting quotations whiSn T Hs
sent 10 Illegal p2oirooms le1 ene Mas no possible
dHense fST this S It shameful DHnutiye
hsG nS OUTSIDE odd Of o' the field exeesdpsy
nd OF reckless,
cover reason for leaving Dimnutive standing sun
at the post II was so ha a 5aye been dscharged
from his place without delay ANY one % NM .no
62ys be ho4ss in the
Derby which the Western colt BounGsss "pil' az
better than Peteng started the field In TIE hrS5
tracks do not possess sucieni ora am ewtYorS
racks should be closed as the Ncw-Jersey tracks
have been and should be kept Slosea. .os hand
soms swamp Angel was SECOND ng Sn qeI palp' o
for form. On Wednesday The right money oo was
heaped on Dan Re ana the "2 rsbt MONEY was
which cng ne an eS Dan Rice VAS unpiaced
VIII Governor. Roosevelt and the Repu ldlrer
unehecked tuTman Of long AND AND
here several horses dead 70 the horse Which
carries the tight tnr 4nS rs mgRt have
added without 2reyarcaOn AnG yhe owners
to be dead aS TO certain certain This
dgtior of afa!rs is scandalous and dsgraceful; IT
IS 10 be hOPel g shaS in 1879 viii take steps
suppress such scandals and such d3graces a. 81;
have been suppressed by the Republican party III
FToSman the favorite ridden BY Maher won o the
have won it by several lengths, had not Maher
been so frightened IN the first quarter mile that ne
feared that he might be joseG and get oo fail me
was saag a b 81 MeheT %ss SsVn Freely
because after all Frohman got first money. cav
mounts lethargcally and Alphabetically Could 1t be
possible that Frohman was "shooe6 IN some Si
un9ou nae ne had the race cnched before the
start. Did the stewards wake up? OF course not
Only three were seen in The third affair Lady
!, vas IN substance mere Walkover for Lady
Lindsey. Lepida and Grievance are not IN hef
Only FIVE took part y the fourth contest The Fl "a,
yoriie Charentu ridden ~ Sw5 b se ~0n boc
and RIDDEN 10y Mahcr. The stewards II they
have asked some searching questions about Banquo
II This colt showed speed. and was unplaced
war not f; or Maher aid not 10 his fun duty. The
colts Performance was scandalous II was one
are the stewards for9
The odds-on favorite Ordeal. ridden by O'Leary
vas much superior to the others in TIE hfh
skirrnish that Il was a ridiculous romn for h.m
but ran third Crown getting second place. lmta
ton was ridden by Eugene leighs fayorite jockey
bungling allowed Rare Perfume 10 oefeat Great
land a few days dredtIdnl Is Al least lOul-
-eon MOUNDS better than Rare Perfume McCor-
mack owns Peep o Day as well as Imitation Al
Ter what he saw OF Turner's hideous errors
in riding C;rcatland Mccormack ought never to
have dreamed OF putting 50 stupid ana clumsy n
rider Imitation.
O'Ieary sent the sulking Don De ORC instantly to
tie front in the last race. and the Don was hrst
81 the end a head before DR.. Cadet The only
way I'm which to ride sukers successfully Is 20 send
them out in front at the start and keep them IN
cont 10 the finish IL possible. II Don De orc
had been ridden in that way when he was owned
by August Belmont Don De orc would nave won
,brr ~
Don De orc carried the Belmont colors Sims was
bts regular Jockey and Sims's riding was enough
90 s,on n clock Il was not surprising then that
Don Dc ORC with Sims IN the saddle, was rarely
at the front. ,,,...x ,o,, ,r,o Nabsr
won one and Spencer one. ,
Wt.h ,ncompetent and ineXcusable starting. ana
~ incnrn ncfenf and Indifferent racetrack stew