New-York tribune., 1899-06-07
THE RACETRACK.
SPENCER WON THRICE IN BRooKLYN'

what n relief 10 the turf It will he when Michaei
r Dwryer decides that the condition OF MS he"i'h
reouires him TO retire from racing ana 10 sell MS
horses, Mr. Dwyer put little money into racers
when he was first seen on the turf, because ne had
little money TO put in. BY shrewdness' push oash
nerve judgment and holiness ne mul'IpHeu MS
small possessions until at one time he owned assets
worth at least $25oO0O above his liabilities But ne
was chiefly turf speculator. He tried 10 graz
everything in sight He was never popular as
,urfman He never deserved to be He had colo
courage enough 10 bet $4,000 or more TO win szco
But why should any one praise or admire turi-
gambling pluck OF that sort? Mr.. DWyer was
never loyally devoted 70 the turf except that II
gave him opportunities to speculate on big scale
Faro or trente ct quarante. roulette or keno haz-
ard or rouge ct noir or Wall Street would have
suited him Just well as the turf if any one OF
those fields for speculation had set before him as
tempting '1ayouts' for risking money In game
which he thought he understood. He thought ne
understood turf speculation for several years Then
luck turned against him. IT must sooner or later
turn against any one who makes practce Oh
using the turf prin cpally as a gamblng game
Mr. Dwyer lucky for long time He got
everything out Of the game that he could. 1t was
his own fault that he dd not put aside suitable
provision for his old age when his speculative
gains on the turf had mounted up 10 n total OF
hundreds of thousands OF dollars. Common report
at the raeetracks has It that he is broken IN
health and that his financial affairs are not IN
condition which he exut over.
1t is clearly time for him TO retire from racing
and sell his horses. His stable has been so mis-
managed this year that It is now distinctly dis
credit TO the turf Look at the nand-opt running
this season! Look at the Perf6ananGe ol % as
superfuous on the stage the turf either, and
any owner whose health is feeble that he can
den as they should be ought 10 be escorted to
the exit door with amiable courtesy, with the ut;
terances Of cordial sympathy ana kina wishes ana ana
then the door should be softly but hrmly closed
and kept closed In the bury Of 1Gs me 'uTr
back-nurnbers. No more than there is in wall
Street. Retire tottering turtmen on pension
If you like But retire them by all means. IheX
are out Of place on the turf, as paralyzed ana ana
Of the Stock Exchange The survival of the
fttest should be the inexorable rule on the turf as
II was steaming hot at the little old-fashioned
Dwyer track yesterday. but the attendance re-
markably large for an afternoon of so cruel
furnace blaze Many thousands of men and women
are determined to gamble almost daily on the
races, matter how much they NAV suffer The
gambling passion is madness. whose victims are
spencer took the tockeysnip laqrels. lie was first
In three races on the swift keene My virginia
Earle he the Criterion Stakes for two-year-
was successful in the first contest selling affair
And Spencer rode Don De ORC like chvalric pa
for some occult reason decided to behave himself.
pounds as his temper has often been uncertain
and as he was coneedng much weight to to George
OF the Don were a trife tmid and did not back the
haughty Castian without shivers and and tIemoTs' d
Leon and Estramadura was fond Of himself, and
Sc he ram sweetly. soundly ana smoothly, and
Spencer rode him with suavity. urbany. gentleness
for a mile and furlong-and Don De Oro's ex-
ploit and spencers riding were fine and noble
warrenton had been ridden by Jockey instead Of
wary pSn "f a q ora womd on ccmbeS o
Warrenton simply because the handicapper had put
ridden poorly by ". Martin Bangle was poor
third and behind were those queer cranks and odd
Plaid,
Satanic horror of brute Previous The racing
firm Of Bromley & Co. is composed of high minded
they made melancholy mistake when they all
nor for many years Bill Day's particular pet
since OConnor first wore them? What sort Of
luck 9ek are they hksly 70 pave while oConn9r Is
yond dispute at times that he can race, but 1t is
toOs may be oited-that when 0Connor rides Pre-
vious or any other horse the Bromley coors
dragsed in the dust Of unmerited misfortune.
Is T.. > Gar1ners Bange racehoIse or
spawned mule afflicted with string halt. but mas
II nl-fortune persists in harassing Bromley & Co.
as has been harassing them 50 far this year they
his salary and dropping him. He seems 10 be
their Jonah their hoodoo and their evil eye.
certainty, even though the Don covered himself
with glory yesterday took up rs pounds. gal
Was there ever known on the turf of this country
or Any other So brilliant Judge Of horses as jon, John
skilfu expert in the United States with regard TO
trotters. Then he turned his attention to runners
master mind concerning runners? Study the rec
you cannot avoid the conclusion that he stands
clone few days age he bought Approval from from
he possesses OF being wonderfully keen about
er. Dunno sold Approval to Madden and Approval
although ridden by Sims, the second race yes
it was plain Madden wps Wise IN buying Approval
and Dunno was unwlse in selling hin, WI William lam
10 Mr.. Whitney last year was slight favorite over
APPr0va but AppTSva was considerably d the best
ible as IL may seem TO say so. Sims really rode him
second 10 Approval, and Rhineander was third.
w P. Nortons colt Survivor has been winning
h Sas N Re %aeS Ss
tuckian or Rhineander. and was unplaced
William Jennngss Glengar s fair colt. but
Jennings. who was an old man more than a guar
ss @ fs"sSy bSy sTe an oR Sc e
putting Neville on Glehgar with horrifying re-
s s Sop him ss G aaned and 20 eSby
mot by Neville. Then Glengar might win i'm
bromley & Co bought Heiobas last year for a
tories in the West Heliobas was sick for long
lime after Bromley & Co bought him. He ran In
sReer n oPonnor sh him o"i the and kept
him there for about six furlOngs. Heliobas may
have been short of work and not ready for a
hard race. But he looks II he might take some
honors later.
Virginia Earle much the feetest hlly in the
Criterion Stakes. and scampered away from the
others amazingly She was the favorite.
cleoPhus OF cCursfs was the fayorte IN the h irst
chaos and confusion that II is likely she had not
been half trained for this contest Maher rode her.
and Maher IS at times the most contemplate Of
towards In a large field. Cleophus was unplaced.
IT Is affront and insult TO the fitness Of
things the turf that Cleophus, with her high
class and light weight. should have been unplaced
at six flriongs in such field that which ran In
the first race Such happenings ought TO bring out
storms OF boots and Kisses and shouts OF dsap-
proval on racetracks. and they would do so
were II not that Americans the most patient
victims OF wrong treatment ever known earth