New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-02
THE RACETRACK.
.,,,z,vc FRANKS SEEN At BRIGHTON

r,p.r. AND MAHDR RODE AS IF THEY "hNh
BEw1TcHED.
Turf anarchy reigns both at Brlgh'on anu ,u,o
,oga The monarchs of misrue 90 as 'he! u
Study the programmes at both places 1uus go
,;d,nr +be betting and the results ana VIZ '
5oubt that racing has fallen into PIT 'ne %
ouns -, government in this State Is no" -
n,t,ablv feeble and futile that 1t mas '.i-
,n,scovernment. August's opening oay "'H a,sr
suI IN perfect weather for sports !" '"'u
= -, tho attendance at Brighton was SH'"
.nd a dIspiriting percentage OF the spec'@'o' 49,
- s,I,isosea and disguised before tle ia''
sc.na Of the farce had been witnessed VIZ r,t,.
tbe attendance small? Because or the 'uit 49,
ara rnisrule which have allowed so ii"0' ,aa+
49, ~ Brighton In 1899 Mr.. Engeman' P,
~ brighton and all his associates are PV'oo o.t
80 "a ora anxious 10 have uprlghl iHC'"s'
-, ,bav don't know how to get H. ana ''ie' ~
set a. Brighton's management aims " 80, How,
$50 m the level of a high class EngHSh !. .,.as
csn that be done while certain 0o ,,fnst
-. ~. Uoraerlon both men and women. me
- % soats in the grandstand? II Is al i it
o. coIored men and women 10 SIT i" 1T
oo,a in the grandstand If they are ueoen. -
.o,ahla colored people. But Eestcud! wa
,Iorous IN the grandstand were " Gnu ..o
And how can Brighton be ralseu 10 nv
90, :, nigh class English track WINE 80 NJ.
.uo,,ed .ookeyship so many SHINY ''iOh'' -, q,
,to,,s schemes are seen? Brighton Is e0' o,-,.o,
,oooev the Brighton N"P' ~
rJaioen and number OF stakes bu' - -.
io eort bv its inexcusabe excess OF shoI'
noblinr sprints scrambles, scuTrles anu iIa
% arranged as to encourage the DIeeuine, ~ 800
"a starting Of the paltriest creatures 'I'' -
CO., "a netty breeding farms an ptouuO.
,.trhton "a irving TO mix up Cherry-sr anu - -
DIE -, ,.oars II was pure Cherry-st SrNlHs ~
e..or Cberrv-st with "A few murray I'm -,
hottIes merely strengthens the CheII ~, r,st
90, ora water do not mingle Mt fhe -
11AGa
make I'D his mind TO cut loose I'm . H r,ary a
+roro t,ifth-ave. No one denies mat 4oi NO t,,
- .rter II was founded Brighton was i" W.
,,Ir, and a turf dive Ike Guttenoufs anu -, ~.
g., II is still turf sum and tuIL - ~, ram6
character Of many Of the occupants 20 ~ racce
.aa ord IN the conditions OF man! Oh 'l'o
sHr ,... eeoms 10 think that he can carry Oh
49,, waldorf Astoria side by side Win an :,
erbceller beanery. He can't 90 It, NO o"o Ia
Va ran appeal Fifth-ave or the o4i.'9' ,~.oes
rrafers But he can't conduct raOelt e a. 800 end
fully by striving 10 consolidate 'np ttS that purpose
the turf classes AL Ills F
will surely fail. -. ,-orron and
T,raI owns roadhouse in Mount vernon ~ 40" not
keeps billiard ths ere oo MHy sgaiEst his own
add p00HIS He rode Preude Satin sPPeF re sS
Merry Prince yesteTday who thought that Tarai
would ride them well ~ H i TGd1 long vacation It is
when to dlate upon painful s9O}eCr
Zee it to say deliberately i RaiE was exceedingly
that daJas for Jockey Of his experience DO
sKI Taral can ride well wneH ARE rT 70 do so yes
ierGaV After such jockeyship as ina "a secure next
of an engagement does 1araI eAPe''
Every ntegent racing gSm Ssev wt
onlv persons without average lntei a S GOOD faith
sincerely that Maher was rHS6s a,ction high
SO sport that Mher let loose to PSbeS his SRO scheme
victims after he left ha at the post riding
Of Beana Bette Gray and Snself left on
PoSs Ridden with tolerabe appIoacH "a
M care and vS snSTsY have Rsap Been
eTadsd sucking could have been tb more Ms I
Llete and R %959i Bettie Gray and Bannockburn
what person Of common sense can tu ~, Raw psnas-
Ma6er after he left himself at the post 0" f'a''a'
n the first race Mitchell rode the fav9rite Pi9hn
very poorly. and was unplaced- W. 80 obniGca
the strongly s v 9aSea Roqses to
t1nd Them to the front at top speed and let them
front they ean10 met T " ceE Ssfk q was vas the
urgent duty Of the stewards 70 attempt to 6 Out fSt
turf some years ago. and ought never to have been
taken back. II was alleged In legal proceedings
sPate he to h tSe GS u that B
horses Was It DAYS fault or saGks fault , that no
win that srst race with prestie gsco,, and pr..,ea
On public form Beaqa, ridden By Maher, ought
b., the rd psrs srneH t away TS%
aai ana S Ts IN backing Basn
rode her in a manner which called out many ex-
& wS Of sqaSGn dn dssn got tss
place Avoca was second and Sister Fox was third
Those professional gamblers who quick TO
take the alarm when they suspect that something
wrong is in the air would not back Prejudice In the
Electric Handicap, but preferred TO put their
bets on Flower OF Gold On public form and with
everything square and aboveboard Prejudice should
have been an odds-on favorte Prejudice was ridden
by Taral as baby might ride toy sheep and was
unpaced. Flower Of Gold, the chosen one OF the
lot, got first place.
The real owner OF Lady Madge (who runs IN tho
Of J. J. Hyland) is far, far away. If he were
here he would be tempted to sell all his horses after
the startling reversal Of form exhibited by Lady
Madge. On July 20 at Brighton Lady Madge carry
Charentus. Grey Jacques. Handcuf and Goran
She was ridden then by OConnor Yesterday, rid
den by Doggett, she won the Saragossa Stakes
defeating Bette Gray. Sky Scraper and Satin Sin.
per The riding of Maher Bette Gray and Of
Taral on Satin Slipper dstressngly bad but
the reversal of form on the part Of Lady Madge
was truly astounding and supplying. Perhaps the
object failure Of Lady Madge on July % to show
the form OF even the cheapest OF selling platers
due TO that pernicious little rascal. 0Connorc
but certainly Lady Madges parayzing Improve.
nnent almost took away the breath of every oh
server. so Wild and general was the arnazement
Ably and earnestly ridden. Bannockburn the odds
on favorite, could not have lost the NTH race
Maher rode him with suggestive listessness and
aonchaance, and a colt named The Devil eot ava \.
with Bannockburn and captured the race II the
supreme head OF Hades had flown away with Nahar
before the Bapastar episode in the Suburban and
never brought him back the turf would be ciesner
to-day. The devil is the patron saint OF racetracks
and presides over most OF the races His Satanic
Majesty has taken this meeting at Brighton espe1
oiaily under his charge, and has arranged mat