New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-01
THE RACETRACk.
vr1J.KNowS HORSES SUCCESSFUL.
ATTAINED BY THE FRIAR. THE

almost az not ~
terday at sheepshead Bay. and the All .,S,na
aorca dull thick and staCnant as sims ; i'c'"7
c,rs gets few mounts In these days except "o"
yohn r Madden, 10 whom ne Is "ou''u - =,
tract. and from Michael F. Dryer. to who"' "e
bound by old ties not few Sims 'o-V -
Dryers CleOphus in the Flsh' 9'"NeS vou.
ride CIeoohus noby? Oh yes. certain! Wv
didn't he9 Mr. Madden and Mr.. Dryer arc eruu''e
schoastics OF course they must Kno" "S "'"'
the archives Of mystical medieval mehus..'p' -.
resard 20 the jettatura. or eVI eye
cloisters In Italy are crammcd with copouS u
Uses the jettatura Mr.. Maodeh anu M =, 40
can quote long passages from huge tones ~ Wv
LANGUAGE or Dante Arosto and Tasso Which "'o
devoted exclusively 10 the discussion OF the e'"
eve Then too. both OF them are ceeP Il. NV
magical lore Of the sages Of Hayu IN nay" Po
found students have spent their lives IN the
of hoodoos Every socioogist who visits Hayu
piunces with ardent zeal into exhaustive ~
search concerning the hoodoo. MI Madden ana
Mr. DIVER are sOcioloCists 90 exceptional ao'l'E'
Did II ever occur 20 them that possibly Jooh,'
might have the jettatura and might hooooo .ns
horses which he rode7 a word TO the wise shouil
suffice Mr. Madden and Mr. Dwyer are WISE
They can take hint Does 1t not seem 70 the'n' as
they reflect upon certain rides which they nave
seen on their horses certain times. thai certain
Jockeys should 1--we in Hayu and not here?
II was so hot at Sheepshead Bay that several OF
The bookmakers were on the verge Of swoon!ng
the brink of a collapse before the last bet on the
last race of the afternoon has been garnered then
YOU may be sure that the temperature in the bet
ting ring is like that In the bowels or Stronlool'
No showers fell. Not drop of rain. No gfnte
xephyrs whispered Blasts from Bessemer con-
verters came blistering across the grounds now
and then 1t was not Everybody said 1t was
hot The track dry and fast The BOOK
makers looked like the hroiled live Holsters which
all of them always eat for supper. Attendance
fair and few fair horses were first in few races
The Huguenot brother of Henry Of Navarro. was
under drive at the end OF the handicap at one and
three-sixteenth miles. the fourth race. In this
case Spencer handled him efficiently. Had he
ridden The Huguenot discreetly In his last pre-
vlous struggle. Algol could not have vanquished
the son of knight Of Ellersle and Moss
Rose Many of the entries for this hand-
not was the favorite, but George Boyd rid
den by Maher: Poetess, ridden by Tarai, and
Bannock. ridden by SOnger, had troops of hackers
Poetess acted badly at the post. and behaved as II
she were extremely sore. She spoiled several
breaks When the flag fell George Boyd. ridden by
Maher was almos; left at the post He was so far
behind that he had no chance. Bannock had
plenty of speed, and with stronger boy than
Songer might have given The Huguenot fiery
battle at the close
The Fr!ar winner Of the Realization Stakes the
Brighton Cup and other important prizes last sea-
off the Flight Stakes If he were the head OF all
the orders of friars in Spain and the Philippines
He was not the :avorite although he was at
short price But ne aad not 9een se ra "a bscs
him lest Frank Clarke might possibly nave let
it. 1t is we'll known that this superb colt last
year became hysterical, and trembied like
dusty hoe or rake With broken tooth The ever
Ito John Boden. jr.. is due the glory OF suggesting
this ap, and hitting name) was founded In honor
derfully fast and wonderful slayer in 1891 as he
Is in 1885 but in 1897 he was prone to throw hts al
was strange trait. No other celebrated race
horse ever known was afflicted with so quaint
last season that The Friar nearly shook himself to
pieces II any garden tools were within ms neid OF
ture iawn-mowers and diminutive pickaxes and
tiny spades in their PcS s ana b sng be ht@ n
want him 70 win, That explains some OF the
But yesterday The Friar ran as If he had out
grown his fear OF hoes and rakes and shoyeis and
csnnot scare this splendid colt this year by shak-
Ing microscopic reapers and binders and plough
John T. Madden's two-year-old colt, Frohsinn.
with only s. pounds, ran second to The Friar.
high-class mare Cleophus and II was reported that
NJ F. Dwyer backed Cleophus extravagantly Here
is a hint for Mr.. Madden and Mr. Dwyer: The
Rev Cotton Mather at the time Of the Salem ex-
element wrote convincing sermon on W i y
and the hoodoo by means OF their mastery OF Italian
HaNflan literature,
ton Mathers sermons Those sermons might help
'n TAl QUE won the Futury by an amazing
Auke last year In no race since that time has she
exhibited much speed or form. Yesterday she won
longs. Spencer. rode her. That was spencesrs sec,
Snd success Of the the, d., day mad many
The Mineola Handicap hurdle race was Hitch
cock BENEFIT for the mare Of b
Jumping races in the East in 1898 that the talk IN
certain quarters becomes more acrid as the season
Sloan the nrst race easily on the even en-
second by sheer careessness the favorite Bar
della Sioans mount Bardea. seemed to have
that MOODY on Longacre was coming with rush
Sloan was caught mapping and lost the race
the favorie was a scandaous one. and II reminded
thoughtful turfmen Of the kirkwood scandal az
brighton Some people on the turf are extremely
o3 Tbs benefit to be rendered 10 the widow OF
Charles Victor sass at the Brighton track promises
10 be a brilliant success; II VIII iake place on
rfay sss SaSs done T al GOqSy pS%
the Z ehs sas t G1 tnf the ef bsne is to
S fes 'ea1eSBf rish;on The coney Island jockey
sss track %ss AND well Sd BY 4' h ee whc
looked upon him as a well,equipped racing sscre
T me T Taof that the Club refused to permit
the benefit be hold on It's grounds Is erroneous
and followed the requests Of the persons who have
Class "a asserted its prerogatves Yesterday The
Fr,sr showed that he has not lost his speed. The
uuguenot showed that he possesses speed and
stam.na and LAlouette won selling race. FOR
get won the hurdle race. and form-piayers wor
the money -.
The starting was OF the usual standard OF '9S.
john Mackey and large number Of men who arr
fond of watermeons carried sacks TO hold thtii
winnings they firmly believed that Bendorar
would prove easy victor IN the Flight STAKES
The Friar however. taught them that class mus
always be considered. and that Nttlefeld can de
feat Sloan any other Jockey when class meets
selling -platers.
rnterferer was almost left at the post In tht
first race Duke Of Baden who carried n lot o.
money for the coored contingent. shared the same
fate in the nth
Andrew Miller was not at the track. owing TO th'
Illness o. his wife
James y Uaes.n will ship number OF yearllns
fies to England next Saturday. John Mackel
will accompany them and superintend the sale.
Hamburg has been permanently retired from TIT
turf and Will be bred TO several Of the spenddll
bred merrons at Marcus Days Bitter Root farm