New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-09
THE RACETRACK.
Oyroy rAvoR1TEs GET THEIR TURN


che FIRST time yesterday fast steam express
fO we're run from the Brooklyn end Of the |
tram, bridge to the Brighton track without !
bVo" o,o- the Kings County elevated structure. |
s'Of .s.,co over the surface rails Of the old |
sh o Beach Railroad from Franklin-ave. 20 |
b'srr,,el Brighton BY these trains the quickest !
th tsst service furnished for visitors to |
az oces IN or near this city put in use. |
u nv .he snort was over special trains wait |
A-'ear the gates OF the track and these carried /
ie back TO the Bridge swiftly and COM !
Pah,y BY this route the Journey and from |
sn-,~,ton Is much more rapid than by any other |
No rain fell until the last contest had been |
mo bur when the wayfarers who had gone |
- the horoughs OF Manhattan and The Bronx
,,e borough Of Brighton arrived IN Manhattan
,.,s on their return the clouds were doing all
Nv could 20 MI the storage reservoirs Of the
.o,ropols How that rain came down. Long
md farmers gazed with gadnoss upon the
s,,stv fields which drinking the huge
s-apehts for which they had been yearnng. What
: eu,tering there among the hosts OF women
,d girls who wearing thin July shirt waists
s,d had no umbrellas The longer a drouth lasts
,ne greater the risk o. a soaking for the unwse
xho leave their umbrellas at home.
Because OF the Saturday haf-hoday the masses
9, Brighton larger than Thursday. although
few horses Of celebrity or class announced as
n-obable starters yesterday. while Thursday the
card cleaned with the sheen OF luminous turf stars
On Thursday ana filltH pApilC FORM was ldliPlcu
under foot most OF the favorites were failures
most Of the Jockeys rode as II they in league
with the prince Of the powers of the air and the
bookmakers Toasted Ike unto Apicius. The deluded
pubic paid for the dainty dishes and the old
vines Last night OF the bookmakers re-
marked that elaborate banquets gave them indiges
ZION and devoured pigs ankles and empried
s,hoone-s in BOwery cellars. other bOokmakers
however went 10 Demonico's Sherry's and the
Waldorf as usual Certain Jockeys have filled
their pockets assduously in the last few days
that no hotel or restaurant can prepare dinner
TOO costly for their wealth But those Jockeys will
Be sorry day that they have wandered from
the straight and narrow path of true goodness
In after years their food will be ashes In their
mouths and their drink will be as myrrh upon
ther lips. In the days Of recompense and retriou
ton which will compass them about they will call
81 vain upon the bookmakers the keepers Of pools
and The bearers OF handbooks 10 save them from
The Just penalties OF their misdeeds
None OF the races yesterday OF marked value
or Importance. The Undergraduate Stakes, for
tvo-year-ol5s. with 5000 added special weight
conditions. distance five and a half furongs. was
third on the programme. Seven took part, but no
one Of them was Of high class or quality. Mis-
chev0us was The best the proved, but the
conditions required him 10 take up l22 pounds, and
70 concede weight 20 the others. lie could have
done This but that OLeary. who rode him, was
uuluokg OF unwise In the backstretch. lie had
good position with Mischievous. but allowed him 10
drop back Miscellaneous came with a rush in the
Aomes,reich and II O'Leary had made his run
sooner h- would have outrun Fiaunt and Shore
han. But Flaunt got first by head. with shore
ham second. a head before Mis- ,hievous.
The Fleschmanus are most unlucky this year.
They own number OF fast horses. and desire 70
me T rtl.rs and rom nlisbaps and mischances
c. H.. Kinds. Ia Ire nrst race their Sakhrat was a
strong second choice. Little Wilson. who rode him,
was 1e.y SOW ana awkward at the start and rode
SaknCat poorly l1dt n " IS unpidftG
Ia the biAow stakes weltsrwelgnt handicap ar
tang way. and won as she liked. Ii was
silly hal.icappng Il ought not TO have been diff
clt o. all0t the weights so mar bueia. ti0nsula
and Lack.aud would have fought closer ard hot
ter night Lakeland ran ike dufer and Spencer
An unreasonable and unfounded claim of foul
rTperiy dismissed it, A claim OF fou. was made
!. hurdle race. and that was dismissed also.
TO the hurdle affair $40 added Only four
scrambled over the jumps. Many thousands OF
collars are wasted upon jumping races Zach sea-
syn Sucn affairs are worth many cents or
seen, 20 IT, IN me hands Of petty Clique and the
money wasted upon them could De employed 10 ad-
Bannockburn is now a better horse than ever be;
fore In The second race he carried 125 pounds. and
conceded much weight 10 his opponents. spencer
f Ers his mount responded effectiiyeIy
racing men in and about NewYoTk, and in other
Parts o., ne country a. vel nav been talkinS
the singular way in which she mas been man
aged some simple people never think there IS
believe Implicitly that the amazing differences in
form which this mare has shown IN the course OF
he good faith Of those VINO nave had her in
charge such simple beople are eager victims 81
sv.ndl.rs iu which sailed mines figure. or gold
s sK ods Sd n 'H Nell 0 BE- s'F mSsg2ed How nom
sensica II Is 70 suppose that Imp has always
been our FOR the money, when the price agaihsi
bel In small races was short. while she mas hdu
penty ~ speed End staying power IN os I'm iSnnai
when he odds against her we're extieinrly IOtlg
With such misn lrogement and mlssove nInenr
a. that from which the turf in the East IS now
suffering or course me mn w -, 80 ~ INN
for erratic and eccentric peIIorna lc"s On mp
imp pa. ls.o.S 80 t,i,S in mes noafters and
tie management of Imp has gone too lar. A mare
49,. ms "r, f-s nv winning both the Subur-
f bo5 17I a. 8rehion Handlcip after having
pulled the thlckest sort Of wool over the eyes %
for herself ana for those 10 whom she has brought
50 much profit Let her pass rom pa ain Her
she ought never 70 Dr. aloWeu ~ rave "s'''''' '
WHAT do The turf rulers expect from the people
o. NewYork while they allow such rlulis ~ b ~
seen az B-iEhtCn on Thursday 10 60 unPunlsneui
~ 'a - .. si ~ Setails 81 tn records and
, piofs of spencer and Jockeys Ike him? Suppose
Re- rs t1rt rules rd y, he Pacac coast? Suppose
thev look into account with exhaustive research
RODE IN NE East last year; sHpPoSe I ,ad n s,n
fected upon the manner IN "i t1icn,f Sissh. W. :
r. tt 81 clair? Suppose that they mediate
Oh the way in which GaPtain ~ which s. Clair
ran Tho indications that TINS lo' ~. 40 ~
is e,,u amy LOYALTY md faithfully toward MS IN,
poycrs In number Of races. DQth i&SS iga' ot be
tbs wear are 60 significant ihat me 1917 a. ,bs
ovarookcd Spencer rode Ethe bert rsI''t} ~
Realization Ills orders IN the brlgL,O,l o, ~ mai
~ IN r,le ,. ne bert in manner slinIIai 70 ~
N which ne rode the colt in the Reahzdu9h. bre
ds0beyed those orders in lashoi, IC who as
couil he no irnagiua bic excuse. AhyoVu! ~
sTs that Ejheber could not tn haT brd Pg an Fourth
co. ~. ne IA ~ tbe Brighton Handicap, knoTs
eo6ng about jockeyship s2e3SSffb rHT1 he had
crefi, obeved he orders given him ana iaG
lis flI duty What was ms m9tlVT Ling i OEtheber;
In a style so different from that IN WIN" '
him IN the Realization -. CIV that Ethcibert
had M cba9pe OF defeating Imp, because tnT Rad y
schnlule o. NtlEIl- 1.