New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
THE RACETRACK.
cnavEsENp STARTING BELOW PAR.


aous boom this year, but the boom was hard
~, bv the starter at the Brooklyn track yesterday
a. Anueduct Morris Park and Gravesend this sea-
. che attendance and the profits have been amaz-
.n,v large Some OF the races at Aqueduct and
rosend have had Shiny look and a putrd
ou hu, American supporters Of thoroughbred
s,osts are patient and ong-suffering, and they
20 always ready TO endure great deal without
o,est or murmur Yesterday, however the
f.rtor exasperated every friend OF fair sport. In
.no FIRST race his work was so loose that the law
-, hacked favorite ST. Clair almost left at
i' -. os, after n tedious and irritating delay and
w w over had a chance. The starter was so care
% %ne and scattering in his methods that several
- vel-lked and popular horses were hopelessly
-, ~ the skirmish when the flag fell
the second affair only four horses ran. but the
,,er was so reckless II was astonishing he
80, leave all four at the post Next came the
-, American Stakes, an important battle Tor
ovear-olds, with a total value OF S25Oo Ihe
.-,ar was seemingly so nervous and lax that ne
,a control neither the jockeys nor hmseli
80, he gave the signal the large field Tor tnis
'nhstantal struggle was at skies and sevens' ana
, tor, therefore, gravely unjust and In
Wv -. for several OF the youngsters. The Keene
'" 'p,-,chio was left standing still, and took no
part In the run s.,oa .hroo rtbelbart
-, T,me and Filigrane-and even this eccentric
" erotesoue starter was hardly up to the exploit
eI u" 1o,,,ng al the post any one Of the three But
~ ~ ,ba 6fth race he fell again into the bog whlch
"a e,compassed him in the first ana thlrd races
~s hIs starting was so wild and wrong that the
spectators shuddereu' 1,, .Ao
- o1,,nax came in the last race, In which the
.,arter left at the post William c. Whitneys iast
-, pbinelander the odds-on favorite, and Dan
,n,oo the second choice Thousands or spectators
soned and hissed and hooted The starter acted
- ~ no were afraid he would be moboed lie was
-, horn in the United States. He came from
I'D although
his country he is true-hearted CaI'uS n tSn riots
He retains memoIgs mems sce ot in canada But mob lead
we and rioters rare at the Brookyn ta9cn' 'ond
tssb etS the hackers friends chums, associates aiu
admi1ers of professional przehghters are hign III
nower and influence at that course. 1'HdhrIt~~eond
HmJ;Ionaire turfnan, gentleman OF eeeDrNy ynd anu
djstinction an American who owned ana acaS on
some of the nobest horses ever oreu su6 d vhot he
either side of the Atlantic was sskSe s6 Rroaxlvn
,hoDrht Of some of the racing at the DiOoNi'"
course eoGrTsen he answered with twinkle in his eye,
.f have seen many lively and exciting races at 'e ,h
track 6u! some Sf ns Toos3 sRofbS brand suit
Some Of the racing anu ~ no3 tpe ared-neck' "buz-
SsrSs Ss Starter spoiled the Suburban the tntpay
She junior , citY in 1seS He cut down enormously
,S receipts of the Coney Island Jockey TIuo I ~
SPon@e @ pos seem ' to possess sufficient decacy Of feel
Ing to be seriously ashamed OF unfair st; srave
80 retiro when he has repeatedly lhhlc!Cu g.
Diurv ~ mon the turf He is the ideal starter IoF
the petty pooroom hippodrome at of tbe snort in
f3r ne De e Is out of place The racetrack au-
thoriues saw how througniSS FTurity the Junior
Champion and other races OF mo.iieIS tba cen
engaged him again iCT members t5 Of the Coney Island
Jockey Club that he should nor 5e Evturftv in
tSes In saning 70 get a competent starter for 1879
DO the racing officials prove tneseEsS ~ b O nav
petent for the places which they hold? Lhey S pdSS
!be starter a prodigally excessive salary. NouIo
any ono OF them admit that he Is ot nr
enough to select and employ competent nlamSsgs
of a mill or a machine shop at huge saIaryi IS
st harder to get competent starter @ al i5 S bo5
than a competent head for a mill or machine Siop
ioI Win SUCH starting the true merits of two-year-
olds which run In considerable nunDers az snTst H;
distances for rich stakes, are perpexing Inc & &Iis-
track is cramped and narrow, with abrupt turns
Ills Royal Hghness, who was so fast on the broau,
I'm the Expectation Stakes on the iirst day az
Gravesend and still drer failure YESTERDAY F az EaSn @
time he showed speed in any part or tne race,
and each time he unplaced. In the E1Xpecta-
ton he took up 1871 pounds and conceded fifteen to
severe. Yesterday he carried 120 pounds, conceoed
wretched start and was never dangerous for
ward His Royal Highness has been running at
brilliant success at Morris Park. Frohman later
sank to the depths of ignominy as cheap IN store
Tor His Royal Highness. Co. ,r,or,oor
after getting off very badly, Brumley & Co.'S Co.'S
Missionary fantastic outside price was & close ,Y;
second. and c. T. Pattersons McMeekin, VINO g9'
off well and was prominent all the way, was thIIu; ;
Missionary was off poorly, as well as Nulcaain, ana
much ground Reviewing all the races which the M
bestknown two-yearolds have run In the East tne nc
The extreme. Unless the starting improves vastly,
1s nnJ the autumn meeting at Morris Park
IS over. No Hamburg or Domino has Deeh uis-
q B. Morris's Modrine was the favorite for the
Great American. He got of we'll ana ~ Was INV, WEI,
gutter and in the homestretch; as dld Marcus Marcus
Da St Fnnan ThG Tas D dsRTtag lSa gst 'e
The whole two yearod subject is mixed-up mess,
The Of Vulcain In the Great american , wds S
generally regretted, as the H. r.: Lelgh stdDie 10
most unpopular and extensively disliktedG o,d
Half Tine in the Broadway Stakes for threeyear-
Ods a mile and sixteenth. 1T was not nan, handi IL
@ to Garry TT IN III pounds While Ethebert had and Half
Time only Jos. When the three came out Ethel9ert
more thorough preparation and were harder and
seasoned for this race Taral (not hhtt.eHe,I3
Clayton Half Time CLAYTON sent Half Time g0o 0H}
position Ito 'e Second i to Haf Time While Spencer rsed
with Ethebert. Three furlongs from the end Iards
Tmes 4eq Ga sadde ora the At Se head of
homestretch Half Time carried Fifgrane far ,0ut
Half Time not forced Filgrane to, run wide Ethel
bert could not have got the rail, vaipaiDe, ,r aG
the close Frligrane seemed likely to win. Possibly
gave the impression that he too bulky for his
highest sPeed 6 aPd ESsp Syg @ % ang me ouran
him readily in the final furong
1t is not. probable that this was Filigranes best
Fiigrane may be expected to yanquish Ethelbert
at even weights, and 70 give Half Time ten or a
dozen pounds. Both Filigrane and Ethelbert are
valuable colts and just they almost on
par Nevertheless II is possible that Ethelbert may
finally prove 10 be the stronger slayer of the two
Ethelbert stays well. Filgrane has electric speed
when just edge
"Pittsburg Phil felt sure that Ethelbert would
outrun ttigrane, and won large amount In pei
ting on the Broadway Stakes having previously
heaped up big profits by backing Vulcain. the vic
tor in the Great American, He backed 81 Clair
In the first race and lost because ST. Clair was
almost left at the post and had no chance. Ite
backed Warrenton IN the second race and won. lie
Sid not pick out Neda the winner of the fifth race,
but preferred Shrove Tuesday. Then he plunged
on Rhlnelander as "A certainty in the last race, as
od sll the friends Of the Whitney stable, and thou
sahds OF the spectators. The starter left Rhine-
lander at the post. Few starters ever known IN
fhprns salN