New-York tribune., 1899-06-14
THE RACETRACK.
STRANGE INCIDENTS AT GRAvEsENp'

VICTIMS OF THE BETTING fHE>" 90
vERELY
49,, oro who saws that the racing at the brooA-
,rr track is better than 1t was ]" i'"' -.
wear when New-Jersey decided 10 supPi,' LEV
-, ,ncs is other unruthful or unfamihar VII"
'iAe =. e. ro, a whit better in spirit, aim I'M
- - ,,Nuence Many Of the men VINO lu"Vu
Sfo,r,outh Park are conspicuous ana po"eIiui "
Grayesend and their methods ana Pr"o,o ..,n
NOT been improved in the least. GraNese"u 80 20
ring is as foul and corrupt as II ever We w." -.
<ouI and corrupt as any betting ring in Ne"-JeiSe,
- -as MANY crooked races have been run az
this course since il was opened anu -
crooked races have been run IN 'he nnee''e ~,
almost at an end. Among turf gainpieia
and crooks from Sandy Hook to the Goaeh oa'e ~
the Brooklyn track has the reputation Oh 'aN ,lo
aeement so lax, in fact, that no ediHe''
"a ,rteupent efforts are made to detect ana pun"
,sh dishonesty. frightfu TORNADO I'D Inv
has taken the lives OF scores or innocent anu 'f
less women and children. II that tornado i"sVa" 20
a,roving a peaceful village in the west hau ue
scended tlDon the dsreputable gang "hIon "P
,a,,ad The Jefries- FitzsimmOns fight, or had car
,ea off the Gravesend betting ring the grleI o.ei
+ba calamity might not have been intense OF "ioe
spread. 80 -, a,shorest
with the execrable starting, with the uisnones'
,,d,ro ~ a number of Jockeys in a number OF races
with the unjust and unfair decisions III Iep7"
,storces with the schemes Of plunder rife IN the
hett,ng ring with the graspng and suhgF oleo''o"
of affairs with the plain purpose ever III VIC" "
GET from the public every dollar which coulu I've 80
and N WELD as little in return as could POSSIBLY
he aone-most of the days of this meeting nave
been discreditable to the turf' ana !es'ei""' w
one Of the most discreditable'
THE Gazelle Stakes was the most nausea'ihs
occurrence of an especially nauseatlng alteIloo'
AH&D II. Morris own the FLY Prestloigltauce'
and she carries the Louisiana Lottery scarlet 10
there any one who does not remember the detahs
cqrlp N.
1otterv? Fayorite Killer Littlefed rode Presu-
digitatrice and he rode her In his charac'erisu'
stvle On public form the Louisiana Lotteiy III!
appeared 10 be a certain winner. But LlVuene'u,
presumably acting under orders choked the sPeeu
out of her by keeping her under double pun
,,ntn she had no chance She was odds-on IA
vorite but was unplaced Another favorite killed
by the Favorite Killer II any Western TORNADO
sirays this way could not IN ma n,sIsna t1 Lottery
stable And If 1t will carry that stable so far away
that that oDlar % neTeT TORNADO Which ever blew
turf will be relieved Of one OF the most IIOgoe
The time in the Gazee Stakes was very SOW;
@ for nine faro9gs 9. All dns hf orders FOo1 w
Ciarks The Rose. an added starter Tiaoeh ,yoy oy
Mahed' a636 aSd mas HarmoTca Ian hrd Most Of the es
which were seen in the Gazelle Stakes are Oh htlIe
properly ridden Prestdigitatrice could have won
the Gazele by several lengths, s,o., t. on hon.
J. +. Seagram owner OF Iraeeusn, Is pt an snDpe nm
orable and upright Canadian gentleman bu, some me
one put that queer Jockey skee's saS mistake
The Canadians backed TIagedian freely Sut VII VIII
OF a spavined COW. The weight on Saturday was
too light to put up the regular stable JOCKEY,
The horse had plenty OF speed and ran SECOND TO
Central Trust IN the second S nga race beSb5 S9 MAX
skeefs has record John DAILY is eYGcealnsS iS
OS faat with ockey But skeets Martin rode
the DAILY horses 80 badly at Morris Park that MI
has sSeets's riding been open TO censure and re-
proach His riding of Prestidigitator in the third
George F. smith C'PittsbuTg PhilD told his friends
that Prestdgitator was sure to WIN e % Ssc
him heavily But he reekoned without his rso; n9s'
ride on Prestidigtator was exasperatlng 10 look
upon. .. .,,,. ,,roo,,,,.,, r,eet,n, ha
been Guttenbufg racing Of the lowest quality. Can
any one deny that ii would be good thing foT
here MS 1t has been suppressed in New-JerSey
Racetrack gambling reeks with fraud. why
to 60 on? Were racetrack gambling abolished
owneIs Of stables of dishonest Bookmakers Of dis
honest trainers and dishonest Jockeys And wha'
This State is disgraced in the eyes Of the world world
because it permits british prize e-hghts whiGTf
IS also disgraced the eyes Of the world because
IT permits racetrack gambling in is worst forms
and on the most extensive scale 70 flourish within
its borders NewJersey cast out the the TaGeSeSS
them with open arms. and pets them. fondles
them and encourages them.
doom
race with skill and Judgment But his riding on the
favorite. Candle Black in the second race was
poor. Candle Black unplaeed. Odom was put
on Candle Back because he will probably ride thal
horse I'm the Suburban, while Maher the frsi
Jockey OF W. II Clarks stable will ride Banastar r
Odom is w. II. Clarks second jockey. Both
Banastar and Candle Black are expected TO starr
in the Suburban. Banastar was worked between
the races. His time for mile and quarter was
21O the last mile in 1:i3. Banastar has a smooth
easy action. and his work was done without ap
parent effort
Odom's riding Of Kitchener In the third race was
extremely poor, while Clawson's riding of lneena
mara in the nth ClawsOn could have
won that hfth race. but he hustled and hustled hi
mount so desperately that ne gave her no chance
TO get her breath II he had steaded her after NJ
had got her well out in front Greyfed could no
have caught her at the finish as he did.
Most OF the jockeyship Yesterday was as crud
as n the Jockeys had been riding at Iron Hin; .
race with so much TO strengthen jaime
McIaughlin's charge that Brazil pulled Premie
the other day. Brazil tried to assault MCLAUGHLIN
o his accusation. Several or our riqers o
5unpers are pestilent nusances. .
sydney Paget bought Greyfeld for N!OO efte
Grevfeld had won the maiden selling race.
The summaries follow;
rrRsT RACFc-For two-year-old hnes; 5000 added: al
i0"a"''S Betting
St n.
A H. D. H. Morriss ch. T. Primrose
Day, by 81. F1orian-H Holiday 100 10;
" G. o'Rellys ch. T. Kilashandrs, 100.
j. w. Colts hr Prejudice Io6.:..;.:
y w. >,". N -. ,oo da 4nIts1, Mar,.@3 a, E