New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-31

A HOLIDAY THRONG AT GRAVESEND
rvrpY EVIDENCE OF A BIG RACING BOOM.


.,ornts a, the Brooklyn Jockey Club races yes'er-
a.. With three Of these he was in front, and his
~rbful followers were joyous. Sloan did not APP
aor IN the first In the second ne was on
,,varado H. lie did all that could be done with
.,o horse but came in third. His mount was the
,vori,e In the betting. In The Glover Stakes sloan
nad charge Of that dainty darns'l of royal blood
~11eon & DAYS lilly High Degree That hlly Is
c,,,ra In horsehesh. dainty. nimhe and hhthe
cha ,riored over the clover with the airest grace
,or,roble and danced her WY deep into the
N.arts Of every devOtee OF what IS choicest ana
ros. fascinating among FLIES. Sloan Is IN love
".h he and she with him. Sloan's taste in FLIES
w. alv.ovs artistic and every hly which gains
,,s tondnees is sure to like him much as she is
,red Uch Degree carried 10 pounds The other
e,ues IN the Glover Stakes carried only IL Yet
IIich Degree foated and fcc,ed away from them
=. ~ she OF all ghtfooted fays from elf-land were
the most tenuOus and elusive.
I;,rb Degree Is in the Fu,urty Perhaps she
.,ov take II Who can tell this time? Gideon
G Dalv have won the Futurty with HIS Highness
- ~ lean Deraud and High DeEree). with The
,,,.ore,es and with Requi;aL Ca they secure it
,,h tris delicate and fairy-lkc daughter Of His
,,,ch,ess9 Jean Beraud IS not in ,he Futurity. 1t
- ., srror and On oversight that his dam, Car
wa q was not entered in the list of mares whose
.,oconv Is eligible FOR the Futurlty. Gideon DAILY
-. not the unluckiest OF turfnen this year. Their
~ Beraud IS III 20 cope with any two-year colt
=, ,ses vet seen In the United States and their
euv High Degree scoot and skip with the
avt,g pace OF ATLANTA. whose speed WAS such
that she killed off every Splinter Of her time OK
con, Mllanon who was slow but shrewd. lie
tempted the comely maid with golden apples. and
thereby gained the goal before her High Degree
NAV gather the golden apples OF the Futurity.
richest Of all turf prizes in America II she does
&c, first place In the luturity Gideon d DAILY Will.
OF course. give a Futuritv dinner at Delmonicos
49, o. Il ~ .hrafa cd <ir
Morton Peto banquet The Futurity dinners at
Demonico's in the three years when His High
ness The Butterflies and Requital were triumphant
in the Futurity never excelled by Apicius
AT THE POST FOR THE BROADWAY.
IN the fourth race. the Broadway Stakes for
three year-olds. Sloan. the prmate OF Jockeys was
on Mont Dor The colt had plenty OF friends. and
those friends put up plenty OF money. Rowling
Brook Previous and others had been scratched. and
Mont D'Ors chances with Sloan on his back ap-
peared 10 glitter But that eccentric and erratic
owner, r. Bradley had decided TO start Traverser.
colt that had exhibited speed and won races IN
the West. but who had encountered an accident re-
Gently and in condition to take part IN
stake contest OF the caiiore OF the broadway
Stakes Might IL not have been becoming ior me
stewards 10 call Bradley into the stand and rebuke
him roundly for starting in a stake race colt SO
unfit TO win as 1raverser clearly was. Not long ago
Doggett received severe reprimand for committing
assault on James MclAughn at the Washing
ton track II DOggett & punished win So iaeTcl-
less rigor merely for committing racetrack as
sault upon a welknown owner. why was Bradley
strange proceeding IN sendlng lra'eTse! 10 inc Po.
when he was obviously giGl for STAKE conIese
passed over in s,ence II racerack assaults are 70
reprmands. is there no penalty for starting in
stakes horses which can hardly crawl. -,,..
days persons guilty Of racetrack assaults were
several instances. That was all. They escaped
easily. Justice was more stern in the case OF
newspaper writer on the grounds Of the Coney
Island Jockey Club ana me 9i 80 cy wnJ and
Unusual punishmen,s, although such punis 1mcnts,
forbidden by the Constitution Of the unitet
The mild and genue penIly e Gt rnlng on
Torquemadan torture OF reprmand what heHt!
Roasting alive in orazen. bull after the fashion
well. anyway. bradley started Traverser, who
vas not in ~ condition TO- W.T. stake raee ana
start which was perfec; for Sly Fox. MlrIhfpl and
had not an infnitesimal atom Of a conceivable o.
tl!on;h Of chance N thc contest - Ms condition
tempered. acrimonious. irritable ana prone TO sulk
When the actual start came he was last Of the
and and snSborny REUSED to Do his bs IN Part OF
the OF all the jockeys ever born Sloan is the
even he could not coax or force Mont Dor into
friends say Therefore Mont Dor was never bet
not so2n f s5a ,be 1t S T IT Fe . faq and
The name Of Sly Fox should be changed to Stout
colt who has been through series OF heart-s
ing struggles several times in each week OF late.
Scrse he much better 4 colt Of sheer steel to
he core. the hardest end least finchng. Of steel
for the oregon If II should ever be necessary
10 renew the plates OF that noble ha,ile-ship. No
nicEe steel, every kid Of s,seI which cannot b
bent broken twisted or torn or even dented.
Gaze a record Of his races He has been rae
ing almost every day FOR weeks on Saturday he
was third IN the Brooklyn Handicap. having
str.ven doughty against Ornament. Ben Holiday.
THO. Don De ORC and other fast horses older
Stakes handsomely. with Mrthfu second and Mont
Dor a sour and stubborn third AZ sly . rox
$3.50 strSseH 'nf n iavfnstr VIZ iI ~ ,bnT words
Traverser was beaten off for lack OF condition
WORD OF ADVICE TO TARA1~
VIII Taral ever get weary Of riding horses that
are not in condition 70 do themselves justice or
obtain any credit for their rider? lie has been no
Ing Typhoon Impera;or Gold Car Hamburg. On
Deck and Traverser when no one OF them was
in a condition to win q stake Is 1t not about
time for Taral TO refuse few hap!ess and hopeless
mounts II ne desires 20 retain his reputation as the
second Jockey OF America. second only 20 Sloan?
He certainly ought 10 decline mounts on horses
In the hfth race, selling affair at hVc iIrlohfs.
Sloan s was on orion Rodecmond 5'dden he ny
We're well backed al 70 each Sloan was so qulcH
ana Keen al the barrier that ne got nlu'h
the best Of bad start and he kept Orion IN front
10 ihe end Rodermond broke down in the race
60 oaGly that Sims forced 70 dismount Mich-
aei ciancey's Lambcnt is swift Splinter In these
Gays. SOnger rode her She needed 10 be swift
Songer got OF slowly and clUmsilv with lambert.
II lambert mad been with Orion at the start
she would have outrun him. She had more speed
Sloan. That settled il Ten Spot dropped his rider.
little black Jackson. No harm done
another selling affair Ave furlongs. Irish
Rec was in al 10 pounds She was at 70 In
The betting. and the run facilc fun for nor.
sydney Paget has not been favored by fortune
w many Instances this year. and every one was
glad TO him gct Il N;tle encouragement on the
turf by the success OF his morse Sir Nassar In
we hurdle race. Tho encouragement was not ex-
Nnsve, because & was a cheap selling affair with
only $50 added Mr. Paget deserves encourage
s s ne IS relative Of Almeric Hugh Iaects
.SH-ln-law o. William G. Whitney: When most OF