New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-20
FIFTY PER CENT OF THE FIRST CHOICES FAILED
AT AoUEDUCT

FIFTY PER CENT OF THE FIRST CHOICES FAILED
AT AoUEpUcr.
The wind was cold and cruel TO the Queens Coun-
~ Jockey Club yesterday. but the sky was clean
and bright. II was the third day Of this Aqueduct
meeting In which no rain has fallen. and the Heily
track has been uncouded. but the keenness OF the
air made the OF light spring stuns uneasy
The grounds near salt water. ana the pree1es
bit so sharply that they provoked longings FOR
dense ulsters. thick furs and other solid ralment
word OF warning to travellers to the track may
be useful In these variable and pneumonia-preeoing
chs OF spring: Put plenty of clothes on ana keep
plenty of clothes on. Never touch alcohol IN any
of its corroding and venomous DISCUSSES. Eschew
alcohol entirely. Never drink anything with alco-
mol In it--not even beer. McGrath and your doctor
may lose money and be sorry. but you VIII i've
longer and enjoy better health by practising total
abstinence from alcoholic fluids of every sort
Never drink and never bet. Drinking and gambling
are the evil habits which are blasting the turf
If you must go the races. protect yourself care
fully against exposure. never forget 10 keep your
self warmly clad. shun the bar as you would shun
smallpox and never risk money with the book
makers.
A pleasant company of witnesses gazed upon the
combats Three favortes well. Three favorites
failed In the fourth race. handicap at about
seven furlongs, the Midtown Stables Kinnikinic
was first choice. That was the foremost battle or
the afternoon. McCue rode kinnikinic with dell
the saddle could not have surpassed. studiously
and eruditely guided by the statesmanhke McCue
Kinnikinic was an awe-compelling second. McCue
was a misc,e In truth q kitten could hardly have
governed Knnikinic with less culture and artistic
emotion than McCue exhibited. But, spotty and
enlashy as McCue's spotchy iockeysnip appeared
"a be the riding of Daniel Maher on Marcus Day ;
,Tamor was even muddier. What little, lly-nv-
cred microscopic. white mouse molecule OF mani
kin Maher is az times In SADDLE skirmish! was
ever a more cowardly boy on a horse I'm josue or
a pinch? Tamor backed with headlong pro
fusion At the weights he had the race at his
moi a trembling quivering, shrinking. shivering
atom of an infant. II Makers lack of heart
which lost that race for Tamor Nothing else.
r. Bradley is a tall. bony man from Virginia
q leading F. f. V. Bradley owns bony runner
which he calls Boney Boy The sire Of Boney Boy
As that VIGOROUSLY unkillab creature Bitten a
racer brought up sawdust and Stag and scoria
an animal which no hard usage and no excessive
racing could daunt or discourage. Bradley Is not
handsome Nor was Bitten. Nor Is. Boney Boy
But all three OF them are tough Of fibre and sure
.Boney Boy won the fourth race because he
ali grit. He's queer Quadruped so rugged
beast that no one can tell when his end will come
MIR Oliver sent the wel-known horse Warrenton
10 the post short OF work and wholly unfit TO win
The fourth race. Mr. Oliver has been telling some
OF his friends that Warrenton will probably win
one of the big handicaps II is time to tell Mr.
oliver plainly that some men have been ruled off
the turf in England and America for offences not
much more serious than starting horses utterly
unit TO win races as Warrenton was TO win the