New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-31
THE RACETRACK.
WEIRD RESULTS IN TURF CONTESTS.

WEIRD RESULTS IN TURF CONTESTS.
SEVERAL HORSES RAN QUANTITY IN BROOKLYN
pbu,n 7 DIVER Is one Of the IucSicst men who
ever owned a horse. When young man ne kept Il
tiny butcher-shop and sold oxtail by the ounce. Hs
q dminutive dealer with n microscope capi'@i 'O
knew his business thoroughly, and no one WIN
bought a fragment OF a kidney or pennyweiSht
of chuck ever got the best OF the scales by inc
FRACTION OF a harleycorn. Mr.. Dwyer was so pru-
dent that his customers got no overweight oy 'he
shadow Of a grain when he weighed the HVer anu
the brsket. Hence his till was always prinm'ns
After wears Of quick profits and small gains ne
80 O Fancy 70 horsenesh and the sequel or
seorcbinO study he purchased the off hind leg OF
The racer Rhadamanthus. His brother Michae
bought the nigh hind leg. On the on hind leg
was a little toe-corn. Great things from niue TOE
corns grow From the purchase of the on nina reg
Of Rhadan,anthus MIR. Dwyer rose year aiter year
10 the ownership Of a mighty stable or mighty
racers and finally TO the chief place among 'he
stockholders OF that Kings County goIo Hihe' 'ic
Cravesend racecourse. Since then he mas oeeh
looked upon as turf capitalist of extensive reve-
nues He Is a rich man, and the turf mas mace
him rich His income is lofty. And 1t comes from
the turf.
Since Mr. Dwyer has amassed copious wealth in
turf investments and specuations he SPENDS MS
nights IN study. He burns the midnight OH WIN
out stint and burics himself in culture Since ne
became rich he has attained worldwide fame among
turfmen as the foremost thoroughbred converse
tonast OF his generation. Macauay ana "'au-
stone have been spoken Of and written or WIN I'M
bounded euogy as wonderful cOnversatonalsts'
Suppose that Philip J. Dwyer had met Macauiay
and Gladstone and talked horse to them. "ou'd
Macaulay and Gladstone have lived as long as
they did live? When Mr.. Dwyer gathers aIou"u
him the stewards Of the racetracks. when he opens
his golden mouth and discourses to the hunters
the Hitchcocks the Millers. the Gaways the
he MOrrtSpG
peralds the Danieses the Frank Clarkes lhe
brushes the McGraths. and the other leading turI
statesmen of America, all those Leading 'u'.
s,a,Asmen are stricken dumb with admiration ana
amazement Mr.. Dryers vocabulary is iaI "no''
varied and profuse than that Of Shakespeare OF 'he
f,enturv Dictionary. lie uses more WORDS Una"
William NJ Evarts used in his longest orauons
His command Of language is go exhaustive ana ms
eloauence pours forth In such hood tha' pe
mosthenes Cicero Edmund Burke. panlel Neos'er
and William Jennings Bryan WoUu nave WV
tongue tied in his presence
Mr. Dwyer conversos in several languages anu
IN all of them equally Welt Ian Inc cuphouse W
. the Brooklyn Jockey Club rsmmany chel'ains anu
turf cheftains alike hang hreathless and entranced
upon his fascinating rhetoric. Yet he never SAYS
q word 10 the man behind the bar. MI. DwEer
uplifting and far-reaching influence has inVarlaoN
been exerted in favor of total abstinence Nheh
Frank Hitchcock ventures 10 suggest tha' he 10
thirsty MIR Dwyer frowns upon him. ana con-
Johnson When Andrew Miller murmurs iallei-
ing suggestion with regard 10 low ball. MT.
DIVERS frown dcepcns while his lips twitch con
vulsively Christopher Norths Ambroslan Nlsh'S
IN Scotland were dull and dry affairs In com
harrison with the Amhros9n afternoons al the
Prooklvn track when Philip J. Dwyer unloads his
erudition 10 the approving ears Of the HtchcocKs'
tho Mulers the McDowells the Knapps. the SIM
monecs. the FYtzgoralds and other turf sages
Thu BROOKLYN Jockey Club opened its track many
years ago At its first meeting one day }. T. nag
gins Firen7i. carrying moderate weight was a
strone public favoTite. She ridden by spell
man who pulled her in the boldest ana moss noso
Of pun, If there ever was one upon any racetraGck
sfs won Inc a rac ,S VVer broghers who Mere
shs ap'e cgsSeT how }SSy acconed for it that
Bessie June had defeated Firenz Michael said,
Es smile nan G5rr psq pbp J. DIVER
N Now the truth was that Firenzi for her weight
ID and inches was one OF thc greatest mares carry
W weight that the world ever knew, and il was per
snythlh p' done? Ask the DIVERS who owned the
track then and controlled IT, Michael +. Dwyer
%ye Gg me S Se nS s Of the track e
controlled It absolutely SPe,lm2n was ihief; If
Jockey Club punish him? Certainly not Bessie
June won the race Spellman fatally injured
como years later IN drunken brawl In one Of the
Nlest dives IN this city.
,s nFs 9ays me on GK Joc MgG Go has had
terday Both on Saturday and Yesterday the at
the stockholders were prodisicus on ali three
days the sport commonplace. cheap and palry
and the club misery in the prizes which II
awarded Brooklyn is. growing swiftly and ere
many years have passed streets will he through
the grounds of the Brooklyn Jockey Club. The
Vinction Of that track will be good thing for the
American turf. but II will not dam the deluRe OF
p j DIVERS incessant elOqucnCe. The kit kat
fawners who fawn upon him will continue 10
fawn upon him after his racetrack is more. His
master mind is so massive a master mind on the
9 hs h men and Gu b6nc %hS
terance will stil continue 10 hang.
But who will pay FOR the drinks?
suppose some earnest determined investigator
should 10 work 10 prepare biographies q the
Jockeys who riding at the Brooklyn track.
and should get at the facts concerning the pulls
OF which some OF them were guilty In their early
years Of riding Would those biographies make
Interesting reading? Just row the question is not
the pulls Of which certain jockeys may have
been guilty this year but OF the pulls which they
have clear records Several Of them gamins
without a shred OF scruple. honor conscience hon
esty or self-respect Most OF them are ahsurdly
OVerpaid. Several or them are raScals in the in
core OF their souls. But when they race
trackowners promoting illegal prizehghts and back
ing prze-hehterS. and when they see these hackers
men and Wall street SPECTATORS. what the
Jockeys TO think? The jockeys know that prize
fights brutal beastly affairs. and that certain
Wall Street speCuatOrs well known the turf
ALWAYS have their hands in other mems pockets
rs II strange that with such examples before their
yes Jockeys often pull races:
Any dot who should say that the conditions and
distances of several OF the races which were run
al the Brooklyn track on SATURDAY Monday and
Tuesday were arranged with the purpose q I'M
slowing the breed Of horses the purpose OF pro
vdinc sport of true merit. would he sneered al
and teered AZ until he would stink out OF sight
Several Of these races at the Brooklyn track are
arranged with the object OF promoting gamolhS
and gambling OF such a kind that the puohc Is Ger