New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-19
THE RACETRACk.
CERTAIN JOCKEYS WERE ECCENTRIC.
WHAT WIRE oDoM AND SLACK DOING IN THE
LAST RACE

LAST RAE
II Rudvard Kipling had been al Morris PARK
Yesterday he might have crossed out inc ie''a.,'
% the Recessional-"Lest We Forget NO one
Who sav, the last race Will ever forget IT, j. SLACK
was tie "reeking tube" and doom was 'ne ~"
yha~d" Three catcrpillars crawicd u d 4"''0 80
on the Nat and OF the three TOOK '"e 40
c,,rso Dts Kraeer or Joubert or any other Boer
ever trek Ike that? Wonderful was ue rui''",7'
wonderful was tho riding wonderful. was vac
e.a-.sro wonderful was the stewardship, "oiNei-
f,,l was the MANAGEMENT Emerson declared 'Ha'
when thinker was let loose on this planet s,i0Ise
things happened Was thinker ie' loose u, '"'
por.ucs ~ Tho Bronx yesterday? Strange things
h.--,ra Who was The thinker and AZ what spot
~ Doc thinking Tn the stewards stand? what
-ti~rar has been thinking in tho stewards siaiu
OF a Ncw-York course this year
Hot air Il was for m!d-Octoher, almost as ho' az
the average fo- the m.lNe o. MAY boy Sio.t-
Won A considerable group Of spectators with
tbe Tammany oiearchy exercising suzefa-n'y ID
Tho clubhouse on the club lawn and at every oar
within the rails When Tammany resolves TO
settle the issue q suzcraintN az the par 'Ne 4ls
vaal must Lift the white fae
The last race was so funny that Artemrs " ara
AMI Mark Twain never dreamed The Ike. Senpor
ECO. Carnero. Warrcrton and Dutch skater were
taken out and only three ran-Naic or Harlem
Srr~s and Julius Cesar II was a handlcap' WIN
800 added one and three quarters miles on tne
Wthers course This was no Jumping hdrlesque
II
fourteen furlones Withers flrOngs. with three
f~aved remnants of bargain counter horsefesh 70
CO the running Maid q Harlem. ridden by NAson
was the odds on favorite She had lonesome
tourney ~ her leisure. Spurs took the wrong
course. bat after q t'resome delay OGom discovered
hts hlrndor Then he pulled up. went back. trav-
ersel the correct course and took second money
long after Maid Of Harlem had sauntered Ivy tho
Judges. Maid % Harlem and her rider looKeA
dazc8 They were mysflhel as 20 what had be-
q
those ,,rrsrrv bows whom the imuacaole William
{ DAILY the ivory AntinOus OF the turf is edueat-
Ing with hlnets and blows DAILY IS a dcNotee OF
corporal punishment both FOR boy and beast lie
IS cruel master 90 the wretohed creatures III his
stable. but with all his hoatings he has not yet
1ounled a pernvweeht Of sense into Slack. Third
money was $780, bat Slack was too stupid 20 go
back with Julius Caesar. 20 60 over the right course
and 10 get the 500 third money.
Isn't the turf managed brilliantly n this state
this year?
In The fifth race the names Of Trillo Gloran. The
Roman Wait Not and Belle OF Troy were on the
programme rs those - probable starters only
TrlIo and Wait not ran Trlo o. course, walked
over Wait not Great sport wasn't ~
In The fourth race The names Of thirteen TWO
yoar-olds we've on Tho programme as those or prop
able starters. SIX were taken out and seven ram
Great sport. wasn't it2 Salduroe, Montanio' Ham
mock Sarmatan. Standing and Magic lAsnl We're
Withdrawn. With tae small field Of seven '"o-
year-olds running a full mile tho starter might
reasonably have been expected 90 give the seven
fair and even START Bu' he didn't When tie nag
fen Eauford and Missionary were so far back that
they had no chance 10 win. by the conditions d. T.
0ladden's Radford carried only i" pounds ana ne
was backed heavily. With fair start ne might
possibly have been first, doom rode him wei AFTER
the bad -.ar'. and he got second place ma .p
1t great teal ~ rrouul hut the odds-on ltF'llie'
Win such starting and such MANAGEMENT is u
surprising that many Americans !it'n1 70 och
the American racks neNt .al ana 70 niilste ".,s'
lAe hi...-4 & i . m ~ r. A.-3t Good
Wool. SlnGo"n. rps Pm. \eT i.l~rnD,i tc
INtHigg ,'i, nav decide nat he cannot nngcr
longer here. and Frank Hitchcock may be brushing
lu his ST. JaIncs's accent soon. Richard Croker VIII
Tro6abIy return T. Ills beloved English home next
mont aftcr he elc.tions. ana ruinor has Il that
he Is telling every Tammany commissloner eEeLy
district leader. and every oiicehoder with salary
unless he Is seen stroling in the Strand at the
Ia The third race DANGEROUS Maid and L 0sig
0rcsd and Jamaica. were overwhelming odds-on
iavoritos. DREAD. smoothly ridden by Odom. TOOK
Jamaica ran third. and The strongly supported
second choice. Smoke. smoked In second; 1900.
ridden ly wilson We're far IN the lead IA the spccu-
lauon on the fourteen cheap ana common Q',et
ond race. The Barrister was d slovenly suegaro
eaoufchor- an outsider such selling scramhcs
are offensive. Three or the SIX races We're se''''s
In the steepechase which was aTst on ne es IS
shly Ihiidore might have over come Il!e
but he stumbled al critical jump NeVeIie' less
renowned ana finished. Gsvernor Griggs HARDY
g. and stor fell Burgess. co.oIea noei3 Mo
vas on Hardy e.. was seriously injured ana Was
lime Roi.r4 IA The time Of the Terror said
49, rrs,,. crimes We're committed in the name Of
Liberty Were She now alive and votary o. ne
Isoetraeks sae mishi see many crimes
This meeting ~ Morris Park VII De continued 70
dav' and viii end on SATURDAY. Of mis- %sek Few
viii mourn IT'S loss. Bur here u hiht 'oI ue 4a9l