New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-08
SLOAN TOOK ONE-HALF.
o,,r OF SIX RACES HE HAD THREE.

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,r,,uproN JOCKEY WAS RIDING WELL.
CO., p,ool,lyn Jockey Clubs meeting Is moving
,roo,hly and prospsrously. Yesterday the
w .o.,or was the choicest which can he enjoyed in
". ,,os. agreeable month Of the year Friends of
tie gathered al the course In spacious array
70 he champion jockey, equal to his op.
,,,,,,,es and his name at the top in three
~ ~, Of the six contests. He had no mount in the
-, raca but in the second ne Euto and
U.s. snccessfui Previous ridden by Sims. was me
,ads.oo favorte, but he was carrying l26 pounds
80 the lOl on NutO and the lo2 on Whstl!ns Con
rbarefore third place was the best which Previous
..r,a get although Sims rode him with zeal and
80 In the Patchogue Stakes Sloan was in com
.'snd Of Irish Reel. No rider could have done
- with the mare than Sloan did hut Cleophus
-, AZ Is superior to Irish Reel Ceophus is not
., At the highest point of her condition. but her
go enabled her 20 outstriie Irish Reel IN d
,rnd,ng smashing struggle at the end. Sims was
=, Clsophus In the second Sloan Nuto
Rod outrun Sims Previous. IN the FatchoBue
stakes Sims turned the tables on Sloan and
s,etchsd the prize from Irish Reel just under the
faces of the Judges
Sims had no mount In the Gazelle Stakes for
,hree-year-old fillies. and Arthur Whites Geisha
,ddsn by Sloan. AT lofty odds Reports
,srs current that Kitefcot. who was guided by
tara. had worked swiftly. and much money
r,sked upon Kitetoot's chances Tara sent Kite
,co out IN front. while Sloan was patient and cool
with Geisha. Arthur Whites flly has improved
o,esp,aby since 1897. and is now one OF the most
useful animals OF her age and sex in training In the
United States When sloan called on Gesha the
laughter Of Iroquois ard Trade Wind replied
smar.y and she fecter than Kitefoot to the
close The conquest gained by Arthur White
FLY was eagerly acclaimed because Arthur White
Is popular and because Soau rode Geishs. Thought
full ,urfmen, however. may turn over In their minds
the obvious truth that Kitefoot has a future In
other words. ki;cfoot Is on the upward path. Dis
creetly placed Kitefoot will get first money some
day before Georgia melons are plucked
Philip j. Dwyer says that he Will soon sell a
number OF horses which DO not earn their food.
Ills FLY Miss Miriam ought 10 be satisfied with
cheap hay. Her class is not such that she can
fairly claim winnowcd and selected oats. Never
theless she third to Geisha and Kitesoot In
the Gaelic Stakes. while LAlouette. winner of the
Fu;urity in 1897. came in last. Possibly LAlouetto
might not have been last if she had been ridden by
jockey. But Irving her spinal column.
and this boy IL so saturated with the sleepy senti-
ment which pervades Washington Irvings tale of
RIP Van Wrinkle that his riding consists chiefly
of RIP Van Wrinkle shores in the saddle. This same
Irving was on Marcus Days filiy llithya in the
hrst race, and had much backing Irving was slow
move. Yet she was not left at the post and might
have been in the battle with a competent rider.
Iltsya. and on l. Alouette his work Was as Slow
and steathy that Of Spanish Board Of STRAIT
Winkle get mounts? Because he never wakes up?
One Of the best-known theatrical managers in the
Of anohe SaS anaser whose name is not POOR and
his own name recalls some Of he remarks OF sary
Knows nothing about horses. He glories in his
ignorance OF Turf affairs. He says frankly that
This manager. however resolved at the opening q
this season that he would back re, every one ei
GATE and is thousands Of dollars ahead in his bet'
.ns sh 81 his ri ho sGSh In mp ee
backing Soan's mounts persslently and with hand
knowing nSnng 6 SsS" Sloan 10
ride in the last rae, which hanpened to be the
OF course, the joker had 10 idea that shillsiah,
against whom S R6s long 1TGTS ars srs % saek
sh,Issh, Because he supposed sloan in the
ssa s ars sy St s Gd re not
The hackers Of slosns mounts were happy yes,
Nuo in iG II. n fous aessa and in
with AIpen And YET they would have been far
hfar ae wsh sS sss anS Ree the last IN
Pslnar. He simply udn't Cleophus outclasse;
tsh Rss can sns a~ss sss e: Ana
ns wss hs TSbe Tai 0Sss Sh HAM
s n the sahss A. hoS MST p rk sn SS
Previous. Two colts which had been thoroughly
tested in public this EeaT and wsrs properly sea sea
iSns sS. T a race UNIT m
compete with the other horses entered. because all
OF them had taken part In public races while Bel
backed him heavily but in doing this he un-
wise because the horse in need OF race IN
order TO put him In effective condition Thousands
Of years from now American owners and trainers
Ing can be more foolish than TO bet money on I'M
seasoned Hamburgs and Belmars against horses
which have been hardened and seasoned by public
racing.
Doggett won tho first race very easily on the
favorite Whiplash Sims the third on the
favorte, Cleophus and OI.eary took the last on
the second choice, Thomas Cat sloan's victory in
Nuto while in the fourth and fifth races he rode
odds-on favorites C;eisha and Alpen
In the Spring Special. the third race at the
carrying i05 pounds each. are announced as proba-
bio starters at mile and sixteenth against Tillo
Dr.. Catlett and Typhoon, carrying l2s pounds
each This. Spring Special has special scale OF
named start the race will be one well worth seeing
and one long TO be remembered And why should
they not all start? No trainer can get Hamburg
in proper condition for the Realization without
osSers start la asp @' None of them viii heap Up
riches by standing idle in the stable
4 colt named Croker, by Tammany, out OF Be
linda is announced as probable starter IN the
personal friend OF Richard Croker owns this colt.
Any Tammany man who falls 10 20 10 the track
70 see Croker run s traitor TO the Wigwam. and
st would be fatfery to call him bastard.
FIRST RAcE-For nner. years old seco added;
special weights: allowances. Five furlongs.
Betting.
w, Colts b. whipiash. by Ben
z. l. Graves B. T. Theory i0e. ,(Mahsr) 81 b
w. G. Days B. e. Lepda iia lTsrap 9 - 20
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