New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04

Autumn FIRST IN THE FLATBUsH

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was great deal of the jockeyship. but Jonn T.,
Madden was successful in the nth contest WIN
Helen Thomas although sims r"de 'ie my, az"
Mr. Madden got second money IN 'he
Stakes at seven furlongs with frohs'"i. W
Maiden has been afflicted recently with the "e-
lusion that Helen Thomas has become n roH''l,
ana has told nil his friends that the FLY Is aS NOISY
as n Taminany ratification meeting al inc paw
Helen Thomas may. perhaps, De o''99 ~.
by herself but her uproar, din ana clA"loi vi" NV
stop her from getting nr.t money upon tn' wv
Course and Mr. Madden's friends think that " ne
will scatter a few dynamite shells among '"e W.
cords of Clenbein1 and other Cervera hulkS ""iV"
he is now training. those hunks VIII ree' vi ~
knots hereafter than in the past. coip
charge OF gunco,ton might possibly put
life into Sims II II were applied uhdei Inv ,,
Of far-seeing doctor. while turpentine auin".,'
tered with mdgment might accelerate shsh''y ''o
movements Of the crawling creepers in inc s'd''o
Upon the Eastern tracks on SATURDAY, az
rule the bookmakcrs pile up proh's 'o' sum
revelry while their penness victims are Io'''u ~
occupy their leisure with tho gnawlng OF "oS U".'
the coming of Monday gives them opportunities u
visit the Shylocks who lend money 1t was an
afternoon of weal,h-garnering for the proteS
SPECTATORS and season OF sorrow TOT '"e
teurs OF course Jean Bcraud was the oouso"
fayorite for the FIatbush Stakes T. Sloan 'he
Count Joannes OF the turf Of to-day rOde Je""
Peraud The colt failed TO get a place Now ana
then the turf quakes. 1t quaked yesterday ""e"
Jean Beraud was unplaced. Can any turim""
comprehend a happening OF that kindT can any
turfman suggest satisfactory explanation N"''
can be said about it' Was not conceded from
Sandy Hook TO San Diego that Jean Beraud
was the champion colt Of the two-year-o.ds OF
America? Was It not agreed that sloan c"ulu
ride Jean Reraud effectively? Into what dread
full quagmire is the turf sinktngY Jean bera"u
ridden BY Sloan. unplaced in the Flatousn o'AheS'
Is the turf crurbng into fragments, and can there
ba cd left which q
racing merit and form can find refuge? When Jean
Beraud ridden by Sloan, crawled with the tOi-
pidy OF desccated inch-worm over the course
yesterday-Jean Beraud. UP 10 that moment OF
sorrow the Car of American two-year-olds-fathers
OF families shuddered and mothers OF infants
sobbed Can II be that Jean Beraud Is suffering
from caentura fever aneurism. or anfractuosity,
and his trainer did not suspect 1t? After years OF
doubt and discussion the Dreyfus ahair may De
cleared up az last. But when vii: the Jean Beraud
mystery be laid open? William C. Whitney and
Sydney Paget own Jean Beraud They expected the
colt 10 win the Flatbush There are no more honor
able and upright turfmen in any country that Mr..
Whitney and Mr. Paget, 1t is unfortunate that
such owners should be so gravely disappointed by
the wretChed running Of a colt from which they
expected so much and from which the pubic e1-
pected much.
The Executive Committee OF the Coney Island
Jockey Club decided yesterday that the starter
must cast aside his beloved barrier and must start
the horses without a machine The readers OF The
tribune know that ms hgny m meT,UrVus o sa ,bsf
Canadian starters are Invariably unseish In the
extreme. and never desire any compensation Tor
Of toll and trouble for starting horses. even when
the air is as calorhc as that In the sub-basement
was air of that kind Yet the benevolent self.
sacrihcng starter kept The horses at the post IN
mat he is trying to prepare the Jockeys for hot
Temperature Of sheo on earth? Does he suppose
that the jockeys enjoy H. and that the horses are
Of contradiction that the heat al the racecourse
was msddenins and terrific. And yet IT cannot be
that the starter was unhappy while the blasts from
the neither Inferno were blowing Had he not
the horses away WITH shorter waits
Sport was sun-smi,;en yesterday. 1t was an az
men left puddles Of Precipitation behind them as
they walked. and lean men forgot 10 cast shadows
clerks trickled in rivuets and rippled in rivers
Nevertheless. the Infamous and horrible greed OF
kept the betting,ring packed with creatures wan
and woful who flung afar all thought Of future
state and OF the peril OF eternal punishment In
their frenzied charges. upon the citadels OF the
with the bookmakers in frantic warfare because
they were furious TO deprive those worthy men Of
did the estimable capitalists of the ring withstand
these unprincipled. Anarchistic and Bacchanaan
onseis. The trocha Of the bookmakers was sturdiy
manned. and the defence was courageous and reso-
The starter acted as If he were seeking to con-
vince turf officials and everybody else that In his
turf Deprived Of his barrier by the action OF his
superior officers his delays were almost dIabolical
Sloan did not win a race, and most Of his riding
Was As RANK as, as r s9g p, from or
longs. Sloan rode the fayorte. Martha II. owned
by Sydney Paget. She was unplaced. The start
excusably had a that even the abandoned bar
rier emitted melancholy moan. Peep o Day.
With a competent starter, doing competent work,
the struggle would surely have been between Peep
o. Day ana Martha II. and Peep O Day would prob
ably have taken first place But Peep O. bay had
40 pounds and he lons delay at the post and the
The Barrett Stable which owns Long Acre. Kirk
wood ana some 9theG corks sr horses Is cork,
the second conflict Masses Of "shrewd' money
were heaped on Lady Mitchell. the winner OF the
We're piled on Gaia Day the victor in the second
bow gold 3D. in each case While the bookmaktrs
wnked ana sm mir 1t Esi 29sssy
owns Long Acre and Kirkwooa, and other cork
s snG break rs f Few II hs caa
perchance occur and the c'rkscrew stahl" and the
corkscrow horses should wend their corkscrcw way
10 Iron Hi. would the American turf wear Grape
not OF his Choicest sort ' and his handling ot Rondo
in the second set-to had matchmaking look
sms II ies and oc6@noT have been guilty
foul rabs IN Ig no4s how % 10 do ns e ou
riding now and then. In the Flathush Stake s,,er
n never % daD Dis Why? Ask sloan s Then
FACET backed Jean Beraud and exrected him 70
win That is certain. Explanations ought 10 be
demanded from Sloan and from the trainer SUI
will they lie demanded? OF course not -,
Lewis on Martimas. the Futurlty winner WHO
was at an outside price fonea several horses IN the
Fiatbush and WAS disqualified and set back 10 iast
cision There is far too much foul riding on our
Eastern racecourses Martimas was In front AZ thss
end. with Autumn second. Frohsinn thlrd ana
Ethelbert fourth. Sims, Frohsinn, and Maher
on Autumn had been fOulng and pnching EtheI,
bert during n large part OF the race. ana II equal
and exact Justice TO all had been meted out Au-
tumn and Frohsinn would have been disqualhed az
wall TINA nd he
been given to James Galways Ethebert who was
the best horse the weights and distance or ; oan
did all he possibly could do with Jean Bcraud nut
that Is doubtful and would have the Flatbus'i
II he had not been intcrferei with I'm any part OF
the run.
Sticky Spencer sckly jockey on The Iiugue-
not in the Omnium Handicap. and he sickcned every
backer OF the brother Of Henry OF Navarro. James