New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-13
THE RACETRACK.
MESMERIST AND IMP SUCCESSFUL.
THE CHAMPION COLT OF HIS AGE AND WON
DERFUL MARE GAINED NEW HONORs.

DERFUL MARE GAINED NEW HONoRs
The railroad service to and from the Gravesend
races yesterday of sort to nfuriate the meek
est Of mankind Those third rail electric trains from
the Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island by way or
Fifth-ave. and Thirty-sixth-st. are not only I'M
pleasant to travel upon. but they are alarming win
the violent jerks with the din and uproar. with the
changing and clashing and crashing. and. worst OF
ALL the serious danger Of fire from the fuses and
the peris of death from electric shocks IL the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company is responsible
for those terrifying abomination II ought 10 ne
taken In hand public nuisance and puphc
enemy. Those trains they are now run are
unsafe and people who venture to Use them are
in hazard Of mortal injury. Moreover the line
below Parkville yesterday was cuttered and choKed
with back-action trolley which blocked the
ce-trains The track mana cement wisely delayed
the first for more than ten minutes TOT me
benefit OF belated wayfarers. Can it he that 'he
men responsible for such confusion and trouoe.
whoever they may be- consider themselves pracucai
and efficient handlers Of transportation lines!
Whoever they are, they as unfit for ther
places most OF the stewards OF most OF the race
meetings in this State are unfit for theirs
The J-cent fields at Sheepshead Bay and graves
end have been crammed this season Leglohs vi
turf patrons prefer to pay 80 cents rather Una" |"
pay 81. Is that surprising? In the O-cent IN
closure at Gravesend the opening day OF inc
autumn meeting serried ranks Of O-centers packed
the stand and the spaces. In the s. stand the ar
ray OF paying gazers not impressive. II Is true
that thick troops OF the average two-dolarites had
gone to Tuckahoe to see Terry" McGovern thump
"Pedlar" Palmer. Nevertheless It is obvious that
the drift Of turf patronage steadily ffty-centward
and It will be no light task to check this frugal
tendency General perplexity was expressed wheh
It was noted that Philip j. Dwyer. president OF the
BROOKLYN Jockey Club. was ut Gravesend and not
at Tuckahoe. II is well known that MT D"!er
likes racing but II has been commonly supposed
that the prize ring was his first and fondest love-
How could Mr.. Dwyer consrain himself to 'urh
the cold shoulder to Terry" and "Pedlar merely
for the sake OF the Junior Champion and the FIRST
Special?
The pelting rains OF Monday made the Gravesend
track deep and wet and sticky. although there was
no water on the surface. A clear sky. cheering
temperature stimulating breezes and bright sun
invited the seekers of entertainment to the Brook
Ign course. Alas! the temptations Of Tuckahoe
were too alluring for the virtue Of many VINO
might otherwise have shouted Mesmerist won
the Junior Champion and Imp won the FIRST
Special No one doubts now that Mesmerlst is the
champion Of American two-year-olds, ana Brom-
ley q Co. have been liberal. energetic. patient
and sagacious In their turf undertakings mat no
one begrudges them the ownership Of the young
champion. They have decided TO retire Mesmerist
for the year with all his laurels heaped upon him.
This is praiseworthy step Mesmerist has zone
noby, and he has had enough racing for ICY"
He is big fellow. Of mighty thews and sinews'
turf giant in height hone and all proportions his
action Is powerful. Any weight in reason does not
stop him. and any distance In reason GOES hot
daunt him.
The so-called Junior Champion at Gravesenn IL
not in fact a true championship contest. because
the weight conditions and allowances do not aHoro
a final OF the relative merits of the contestants
In a genuine battle for genuine championship all
the runners take up full stake weight and there are
no allowances But Monmouth Park for many
seasons had a Junior Champion Stakes for TWO
year-olds the Gravesend track decided to gran inc
ttle-as ii has grabbed a great many other ''inss
with conditions widely different from those wL'cn
prevailed in New-Jersey. 1t was not the capture VI
this prize at Gravesend which confirmed the claim
OF Mesmerist to the championship Of the iwo-year-
ODDS but the way in which he took it, and the fact
that it was the crown OF series OF t, hi nc
cess. He had a poor position at the post. end his
rider OConnor, is poor suck IN !he sadae ID, d.
to at least half dozen of the runners; but Mes Mes
merist was not first away ne was .ieariy VIC
torous his merits. and no runner Of the lot ana
no runner OF his age in America can outIun aim at
stay INSTANCE ~ eve" '''
Maribert withdrawn. and Mesmerlst Sarr ie6
the highest weight 22 pounds MG ionT nd ,e een
to Ildrn, Modrine and Waring who ran thlrd
fourth and @ and Tef ae After the
race. but he always is lame after his races ana ne
may not be broken down Greer r Il pfe MH5rS to
Mesmerst. and always will be Under no cicum-
JUNIOR c' champion pt but veil ridden he would
have been placed. He was hideousy misrdden by by
riding In fact most of the jockeys now riding In
this State have faces ugly enough to shyer mir mir
Pondr. who was celebrated as the painest person
in Wall street except John pondrs I S%n
ton Of photographs of rascals and then study the
entire Rogues' Gallery at Police Headquariers and
End eyN Sos
as those of most of our Jockeys. And In many
cases their characters are as dishgured as their
Imp is a stupendous mare. Able trainers am. and
fudicious experts declare without reserve that
She is one of the greatest mares that ever lived
1t must be so. Think OF the enormous number
of races which she has run, and her amazing per.
sorts of distances. on all sorts OF tracks ana WITH
she were better Than ever before. Moreover. her
recent work has been naryellous. May Hempsteaad
ran we'll. but Imp 80 superior to May that
May had no chance with Imp. sun May shrugged
went out to set the pace and lively gait was
hers Yet she could not shake off Imp. and In the
sanc seo and an mh grim Ths was s'
test at special scale Of weights. end not handi-
capper will be shamed If Imp gets handicap
hereafter. She has had enough. The time for the
track-2:Os As. Maxine Bangle. Muskadine and
Box could never get either near Imp or May Hemp
Banas.ar was withdrawn from the First Special
The number OF Withdrawals Yesterday, was start
ling especially In the first and second races. In
the first list OF twentythree probable starters
Sn Gu 3n s Ts an the ST
ran Such padded programmes S , are not credtabe
Spencer threw away the hrst and second races
by lack of energy and delay in making his efforts.
| In the first he rode Lady Lindsey. who. at the
weights. the best Spencer fooled with her
until too late. and the mossgrown. hoary headed
judges. tottering under the burden Of immune BILE
| years decided that Miss Marion defea ted Lady
| Lindsey by short head. Lady Lindsey the
f., elxa hax,,
| FORM Isdor. links NOW owned by W. C. Whit
| ney) and Heliobas were well backed. but ran
| slowly In comparison with Lady Lindsey and Miss
| Marion.
In tho second Spencer rode the strong odds
on favorte. Bannockburn. Through overconfidence.
| carelessness. undertaking Handpress and calling
| on Bannockburn too late Spencer allowed the ex-
| Bannockburn. 1t was nexcusable And so was
OLeary's riding Of Kirkwood in the same race.
| The betting against KirkWOOd rose I'm the ring