New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-26
THE RACETRACK,
FIVE FAvoRITEs WERE BEATEN
sEcoNp DAY OF THE AUTUMN MEETING OF THE
cONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB-sLoAN

At tbo sheepshead Bay racecousc yesterday II
was almost az hot in the desert or dea'h. no
breeze came from the sea. August TINS week y
pltiIess and the heat on the Atlantic coast Is
violent and destructive in the extreme. Inc sport
was deadly dull and the attendance was not large.
That precious starter whom the stewards OF 'he
Jockey Club have forced upon the Coney island
Jockey Club dealt a smashing blow al the pros
peri,v of the June meeting al Sheepshead ia! ny
his distressing blunders in keeping the SUBURBAN
field at the post for nearly an hour ON lueSuaS
this same starter dealt grevous bow AT 'he
prosperitv OF the autumn meeting at Sheepshead
Bay by keeping the Futurity field AT the posi- TOT
nearly an hour and half. His appalling incom-
potency on Tuesday res ilted in actual crueity 10
The many thousands Of suffering spectators ana
10 the immature and haf-developed colts and Mines
which endured torrents during the inexcusaoie
delay I'm the excruciating heat. The spectators
writhed in anguish while this incompetent starter
DELAYED the start for eighty-eight minutes III one
of the hottest and most harassing afternoons OF
the year. If the stewards Of the Jockey CIuo are
not enterprisng and energetic enough TO engage
a competent starter. then racing In this part OF
the United States ought TO be abolished al an carry
date. The present starter was formerly one OF the
swiftest, most accurate and most efficient tele-
graph operators who ever came out OF Cahaud
AS a telegraph operator he was worthy OF uh-
stnted praise. AS a starter he has made 1t clear
1n the Suburban and Futurity and osher races
that he is as much out OF his proper sphere as
CerVpra when
American warships at Santiago. He is eoou
man. All Canadians good. He is tall ana
handsome. with lofty Canadian forehead pug
ing with Canadian intellect, and long Cahauiah
feet bullying with true Canadian toes AS a zee
cay about him. Everybody declared thst az d
telegraph operator ne was s Pence be right man in
Just the right place But In an evll hour lcr th
people who 20 10 the Jockey Club racetracks this
unblemished and guileess ana peiteCt IL ' be
gan TO cherish a vaultng ambition TO be the
starter at the Jockey Club racetracks Inc pesss
Starters This hawless and unspotted teegtca ,ISl
has about as Wuse ss ne s he i. has to trim
spring bonnes in MA millinery b sh0 apsy N cobbers
10 stick to their lasts Had the telegraph been
invented in his day that wise old Roman wq your,
KEYS To each man his task Homer and Dante
and Shakespeare and Few others T TSni1 p w
tried TO start races. Alexander and Caesar ana
P2G never isT ed to drop red flag over
field of horses It, is not necessary to multiply
Of The The r6ahs eaeh he point in
twnking For the born poet poetry for the 6on
the ship Of State the born politician, the ward
heller for the born starter tne Teo IC comes
from Conads the tap TAP ZAP ag Why aTH Hp DIVE Se
yer or Chief Devery. or Bernard ]. York. or Cap
tain Price or Richard Croker, David Bennett
hee or the Great coud start horses better than This
CANADIAN teegTsph operator stared t9e ba
Jockey Club try Guggenhehmer the Great or Alder
ser NT Tam 9F 'hs NsyGt T'
might be willing 70 take the flag Neither Tam am.
Jockey Club starter acted on Suburban Day and on
OF ali people Americans are the most amiabe.
the most patient and the most induleent. But DO
the stewards OF the Jockey Sup rek dp ai h are
wronged by such grotesque ineompetenoe in the
starters stand as was seen on SUBURBAN Day ana
melting meth " IN frighifS heat for hour ana half
Sung d with Vita FuuTity ied' The Tribune has
said before and it repeats the tat nnev WIN s Ge
Jockey Club made liberal wise and handsome prep
hn fG hs s Starter spoiled Both days by his
competence and on both days irritated and angered
they declared they would not 60 to raee sTak
Jockey Club is not in fault 1t did not select this
starter The selection was made by the stewards
Club had no voice in the matter
This Canadian telegraph operator was extremely
had an army OF admirers and a great host OK
he % the key key h R hi will
gain every one Of those friends and admirers; But
reach out for the starters nag, and his many dis
9a sI Su ss Of the h3F sSy Witch the
starter gets is big one IL Is SO large that no
Starter ousS to get such salary Ii is so eene
a salary that any starter who accepts 1t with
blush necessarily; Some Canadians. however are
not habtual busheIs.
bad form On sreI lost many sfe% nns
races when on 5USiic form h. ought to have Won
Most Of his riding This year has been wretchedly
NJ pwyeTs cleepS"s in the rsi race she
TSSs IN pee tn be- extremely
Trolley and Faster Card had many supporters
nS honofs f TO lillian Belle and Harvey against
each q whom lavish odds were lad ao,... -.
Canadian raph-operat starter left at the
post G%way ss Jockey Nj Hn hoss
stewards appointed ibis starter. Manuel and Ways
sna % s h Ss placed IN ne e
Duke of MIddleburg. who was left al the post In
in drive. James r. Keene's st. Lorenzo taking
The action Of this hot,headed and foolish starter
on Futurty Day in setting down Sloan and Claw
sGn aea s9 oSeprnd s Sloan and ca%sn had
several mounts yesterday but neither S sloan IN nor
Lorenzo in the second race was third on Miss
Miriam in the fourth race and fourth on Tut Tut
sioans rival. Mahsr. who is riding far better than
Merry Prince and :hs fourth on Bendoran Blu:
Bendoran and Msher. Bendoran got an unfair start.
a flying start far in front OF tho others. and kept
all wnd Se BEEN by
ss Ms G TnG an msS on sna this
incompetent starter TO give up starting and TO 90
back TO his tap. TAP, tapping on his telegraph
sOans riding yeserqay was ,od shasy in every
than Sloan that there comparison between
them. Sloan looked weak thin and pallid and
his riding In every instance was wretchedly thin.
weak and pallId Sloan ought not to stay UP nights
Hrhtng the tiger He ought TO get more sleep. He
needs at least ten hours OF good sound hard sleep
every night He leads an extremely exhausting
life Wicked gossip is aioGt TO the effect that
Scans riding has become weak because he likes
10 look at tender cigars and tough soubrettes
This IS n foul Islander Jockey who combines
the Joint virtues OF Joseph OF Egypt and St An
tnony OF Padua. Possibly Sloan may like 10 glance
now and then at 4 tender soubrete or tough
cigar. but never at tough soubrette or tender
cigar. ,., 49,.
Five out OF the six favores were defeat ed. Merry
Prince was the only successful favorite The
bookmakers piled up enormous pronts on the
Futurity on Tuesday Yesterday again their gains
were huge. Their hapless victims suffered nor