New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-26
SLOAN IN FORM AGAIN.
TWICE IN FRONT AT MORRIS PARK.
..,,,, pr,ry,ryc;-R RING TAKEN CAPTIVE BY NEW
JERSEY FlL1.Y

I'LL. pIvTVl\tJ-fllNt lAhE> SfNi ''''> 49, - -
JERSEY FILI-Y.
,,, vas Jockey yesterday, not an actor.
r,orafore ne was in front twice IN the three races
,n which he had mounts. As jockey TOO Is
"a an actor he is the pale wrath OF Count
cannes Always ride Tod. Never act. on Tues
sx YOU were acting Yesterday you were riding
1,ov glad the bookmakers are when you are act
,ny, Then they get the shekels. How sorry they
ore when YOU are riding Then they lose their
drachmas.
1t was raining again last night. VIII 1t always
rain? Has no; New-York had trouble enough
from Tammany? Is It TO be drowned as pen
Atty for putting Richard Croker back IN power
The boroughs Of Brooklyn and queens nave peeh
asking for more water for years Now VIII they
ha soodP Haven't they water enough ny TINS uinc'
II they have had their tubs and buckets ana pan
nikins set out in their front yaids since 'e s' OF
April they cannot fail 10 have caught water enough
IN I'll the big dock AZ the Brooklyn Navy Aard'
And is commonly believed that no ordinary ocean
~, , a,o,,cb 90 I'll that OF all dry places the
srvss, is q drvdock and Of al dry people the
rrvas. are DR. Funk and his associates in his at
tack on the habits Of Yale students. Even Dr
Funk and Prohibition Park must he damp now
Does anv one anywhere in this part OF the uni
verse want more water
n A 7 IN his Monmouth County car and Phobus
Anollo in his sun chariot were master workmen Of
49, g., eourtb degree yesterday when Nearest
.ar And the public on the goat. These inita-
Mans when the forty-fourth degree Is worked arc
o,osionalv expensive 10 the public. The hackers
:, Nearest were near the money. In fact. they
,ncompassed It. while the hackers OF the odds-on
bvorte. Kenmore Queen. sighed and sauntered and
,ondered II sudden and sharp campaign
nat Neares, affair The Nearest board of strategy
mote the betting-rng and took many prisoners
This campaign swift and smart as that of
Jae against Ssera that OF Judith against
Ho.ofernes Remember the Nearest" will be
he wsrcry OF the bookmakers until long after the
pignorage OF Little Silver has been coined.
Nearest IS the daughter Of Knight of Elerslie
sire Of Henry Of Navarre) and OF Dearest. She
vas bred at Little Silver New-Jersey. Tho dread
lanes Of Nearest and OF Little Silver will go down
o posterity. The great-grandchildren OF the pres
INT generation OF bookmakers will shudder when
hose names are mentioned, and naughty youngsters
viii be scared into obedience when their nurses re-
Ian the horrors OF the dreadful battle at Norris
Park Wednesday. the twenty-ffth day OF May
q the year 1885, when so many OF the sachens OF
he stools lost all they had 70 lose. The gains o.
he strategists OF the Nearest campaign were al
post equal TO the plumber amassed by Pizarro when
lie sacked Peru and despOed the lncas OF their
rea sures.
HAMBURG IN THE BELMONT STAKES.
William c. DAILY owns Merlin. who was the odds
n favorite in the first OF all American
(ateSmen Daniel WEBSTER ndO the lHOst iHaJeSsS
nd stately presence OF all American turfmen
William c. DAILY. the Caliban of the course, is the
east imposing 1t is vain task for any pho-
pgrapher to try take his picture. He breaks all
ameras. DAILY looked less like Daniel webster
han before when Merlin failed to get place
nevertheless he did not have the aspect OF an
nvner overcome with bitter chagrin because OF the
,alamitous overthrow of his fondest hopes. 1t Is
rot the invariabe practice OF W. c. Days horses
o run first when they at odds on Suppose
hat the betting against Merlin had been ten to
me twenty TO one? Is II not concevaole 'hat
Gerlin might then have been conspicuous "heh no
hassed the judges? .,. $40.
The policy of the management Of this meeting has
ave been arranged as TO give announcement
. the shelhsh Of the turf. the HOLSTERS the crabs
ind the clans. The first race yesterday was q
cling AFFAIR at Ave furlongs for three olds
yhich had never won race and the SECOND wa
Lriongs, with the weights fifteen pounds below the
Gale Do such races tend to a6a the e6dg
nee and staying power? Don't they stimulate the
nd common stations and brood mares on Amerir
stock farms? Does not Sr such Il policy SGTs
u me racetracks of the Republic? Is II wise TO
III many races FOR cary IN che sea- a,
he New World intend 10 stimulate an excess OF
prints and scrambles and the dollhouse forcing OF
The Belmont Stakes this afternoon however will
Y at mile ana three n1aeTsncs the
ourage and the action OF the three colts, Hamburg,
. the Contest. Last autumn Hamburg was prob
Iby the best racehorse In training In the Whole
World Beyond denial or dispute he was much the
,est in training in this hemsphere When Marcus
oaly bought Hamburg from John f. Madden for
orty thousand dollars ana one dolar more ne pad
, fair price FOR champion Of champions Ham
urg's speed last year was almost miraculous. Can
De stay out one mile and three furiongs against
Previous and Bowling Brook? That is question
vhich will be answered this afternoon. and on the
lnswer depends the future fame OF Hamburg
This Hamburg. this supreme son OF Hanover and
adv Reel earned in 1897 the affection, the esteem
he regard. the enthusiastic admiration Of every
american who Mixes magnificent racer. VIII he
Hamburg has been trained by william LAKE, Axe,
Re colt is thoroughly fit for the Belmont. Taral
Tiil ride him. Tarai rode him in that marvellous ,oos
10 iai bounds and put all rivals 10 rout. Sloan
yill ride Previous. Littleneld Will ride Bowling
brook Hamburg was beaten by Bowling Brook
hamburg was not himself that day. In the Fiat-
nsh Stakes seven fSr9I os PasDSgs sag s
rays said that he was hampered by stable orders
nd that Hamburg would surely nave outrln ire
rous but for the waiting orders which ne was
Ibl.ged TO obey. ~
No matter what the issue may be- this his, Be e
,urg Previous and Bowling Brook to 60 ought 70
Lttract a vast host OF witnesses. Hamburg last
ss Se% ~ 2ns He viii be se public for
be FIRST time in 1885 Tha, fact alone VIII be am
No horses Of high class ran Yesterday ana the
port was OF meagre moment. The attendance was
o weak a programme and gloomy weather;
\ thick fog came up after the first two races had
een decided.
SUMMARIES OF THE RACES.
uRsT RACE-For maiden ,hr-e-year-ods $500 added:
selling. F1v. furlongs. Eclipse Course.
81 ns''in F
Ohn ,. psly. b { Belle q H9lmss. q He T., 81
. A Whites b. Z Bonnie Gem. n q, .,
r. divers Dr. C. King bermuda e..