New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-20
THE RACETRACk.
STRANGE THINGS AT BRIGHTON
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.,. ..,,.,,,r- =. Prirhton Yesterday Of |
s,A ol5 ntdvnter brand. The starting brought 20 ,
mind the DAYS when the red Gag was cohsed'e"
cIod Much Of the riding was Of cold-s'o'ds |
ouali.v and the stewardship was ike inc core "
AN iceberg Hot stagnant air made MahHd'ta"
llimp and languid a, Brighton fresh sea breezeS |
lbore healing on their wings Even the hetting-rihe
was Alpire No tornenting heat and no oalaml'ou'
humidity vexed the Brighton victims. bu' 'ne
starting was cebound. the riding OF seVe'a |
sockevs was frosbitten. and the stewardship WAS |
mot only arctic but Il as clumsy ana oiuo
lsooted as the Kings County trains when stop 81 |
every cabbage field and beg the caonase-he""s w.
lstep on Here's hint 10 the company wiz"
owns those Kings County trains 70 Brighton ran |
.ocr Cane cod Find as raw and bleak chap |
ms YOU can find among the Cape Cod Yankees VINO
set lobster pots and pu; him IN charge OF me
Kings County trains Any Cape Cod Yankee VINO
can dig clans trap Holsters can do better "o'h
with those trains than that now doing
And nick OUT a pair ~ cam-dCgers for stewards
at Brighton and third one for starteT. men
send to Nantucket for codhsh-catchers for Jockeys
The early DAYS Of Brighton were not so long "eo
that Americans Of intellect have forgotten 'h'm'
Strange things few which took place I'D
the era of mdwnter racing at BRIGHTON can 9S
yeadly recalled AnS inc ,b rsSne o Vas then in
me main SO II is now In the betting-rng are the
IN the elder seasons stewards and starter book
makers and Jockeys. managers ana enpioEEeS' ne
sonr Old Brighton pitch Sticky pitch that old
Brighton pitch is 1t GRss o PSrIand aa" cement
Touch It once and nfyep r C9 awa% %g viii be In
the earlier years that pitcn was strongest IN ov
IN n md:u nmn nfp scs u as it was Wont to stick
Inidwnter. and in mldsummer 1t outsmeis me
ditions in Santiago under shatier. Seas OF car.
boc acid and chloride OF lime are NEEDED IN me me
starring he ooeyship The Pookmaki f and al
an antiseDticS
brilliant days OF ihs famous pump track or n OF
o% SeSo And the racing yesterday was rigorfc
enough 10 compel North Pole Esquimau TO SILVER
dn 'H @a n'st f shCftprce ayoTs The Mann.
Nova zemba starter tro5s the 1aySG Soa he pSs
blood of Hamilton almost coagulated in his veins
tha he was unpaced
the bettng-ring loud chorus OF glee smo'e the
2" the second starter si6s;an sgaIn
sseaa IKE h crest Of
nidwinter start with the shuddering Jockeys scat
,s sseG far aPar' MaSer rode
and rode 9os as he ad caught
Konds w dnH 4 Psa t rom the ppe
hands the sater from nge
sbs sse All h and the
was second to the outsider, Ben Viking, -, ,vnn
which exalted the g;oriss Of Greeniands icy noun
In the third race foe from sp!tzbergen crashed
through the entries and forced away large masses
Of ESlSy we're hs ony ones %hch dre
the chilly course. whstling Con was The odds Son
Employs sims and I adre riding WIN intense
bet Whisbns Gen NJ Meefe ey was Who SoG OWNS
Whtng Con was born IN DrOgheda near ee
oReily and John = MADDEN SINS might dn,d Pe r;
haps have been frozen by the hansen cog hor d,
himsef in wicklow the irish Sea i was as; time
FOR him 10 remember the shamrock He dld NOT
Cork. nor wexford the green above the or Or.
s ss zR@ M he ,aTs TSs was one
No songs of Joy were heard from the oettng-rhs
for Ts seyer Tfi o%sn Sssa
in radiant force in the saddea scorGhng ea hssn
Just about iyely and raRd and ps n%;
bic and agile and eapT d tp'b as hut +. ruth
h GG' some ., raras rides in 1898 almost
qes stas in an h ss20a @
to cover the Gra5f 5 81 sl rde Ham a
on Isidor rode 4 he had Just eaten ten dozen
pnd ROYAL Stag vas a Tremendously backed second
Choice Isidor unpaced and Royal stag tag came
from Ba9s Bay n after that Fass
s sF9 fhe rn1 Ad race ALAS How Tara does ride
The hfih race BY the tayor tsi, Rare
Perfume 6ut the ak wGTs s s1 e sm
on Hurricane, both OF whom carried big nulks f OF
bets. that they were tempted 10 Shoht ''cHo "oi'-
lines:
Then ssnd 10 glasses STEADY,
look each others eyes,
81 the dead already,
Hurah for the next that dies
The trainer Of Hurricane Is In Saratoga bathing
his beard in Congress water Why didn't he take
Hurricane with him. and battle Hurricane In Con-
gress water. also? When he left Hurricane at
Brighton and Sims was engaged 10 ride Hurricane
the long bearded trainer Of Hurricane never sus-
pec,ed what boon he granting 10 the book
makers.
And Tarals ride on Muggns!
Altogether II was true Brighton midwinter sport
on a midsummer afternoon.
FIRST RAcE-tyo0 aided selling One and cne-sir-
tenth miles
Betting
81. Pl.
Sensation Stables B. m. Endeavor By