New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01
THE RACETRACK.
opoM WAS FIRST THREE TINES
x,c,-E TWICE sUCcEssFUL-PooR SPORT Al
GRAVEsEND


= n Apnlebv of Little Silver, n. J. Ana II mo-
"a that ! f. Mcdonald comes next Ne'nei
them ought 10 tell friend until TINS ''''
ended that any horse has chance IN al' no,,, |
Ard neither Of them ought to say "o.u -
-,a,rr In the Brooklyn Handicap McCue "'u'
800 p,,srares chances for second place so lar |
.e Jockey can murder a horses chances. icy
Appleby insisted after that calamity uha' ~
was competent 10 ride a Kangaroo III "4'.,-e
and Mcdonald put McCue on A. y. o. 80 .A'cd
suppose that the owner OF a y D. neu - =, |
,non his ears and the sage OF Little SILVER h"u
roos,eA IN his tai, Then a. y. b. would nave
haop triumphant But with that misshapeh wen
and wart and carbuncle OF Jockey. Missh' MO' u'
the deadly foe OF Fiigrane. riding a ~ D. '"'
world-eclipsing racer named after the Albany a".
tocrat of electricity. Anthony y braoy)' ""@'
hone was there for A. y. g.? McCues proper WORK
a. ufe is N scare flies from the pate or some
benevolent bald head but as jockey ne rams
with Pickering. When McCue wins race II -
an accident He knows nothing about r'nhs. ne
never did and he never will. He is Little SILVER
,ockey and not sixteen TO one Jockey NJ ''a'
/ His jockeyship would be cyerrated al one-nu'-
6red.a,d.sixty 10 one. Even Pickering could nave
taken that last race with A. n. b. IN "a'N
But McCue succeeded in getting A. n. Il. oeIea'eu
By Pirate NJ Such things are sickenng. aho ,,e!
ought 10 s!cken Appleby who IS McCues chie1
spcnsor on the turf and cause him 10 sea! MS
ltps when he il inclined 10 give a tip TO frlend
upon any horse ridden by that miscarriage OF
stable boy McCue II Appeby and Mcdonald can I
get properly begotten boys TO ride their horses
then they ought TO sell their stables rather than 20
nut up so misbegotten botch Of a rider as McCue
No gentleman should consent 10 start horse
unless he can get Jockey 10 ride the horse
Mis-Cue McCue a jockey? About as much OF
Jockey as an infant in arms.
Many American stables managed with -
scanty foresight and sagacity that the prospects
of the fastest sacrificed through the fall
ure CT the owners TO look ahead and engage Jock
eys who know the difference between a thorough
bred racer and a Cheshire cat.
The track at Gravesend more dry. dusty
and fast No rain fell Not for many year have
the clouds kept back their contents so closely week
after week OF race meetings What landowners
were ever favored Of fortune as the owners OF
The Brooklyn track have been: The management
misery that II does not deserve its excessive
( prosperity. IT is mean in the small amounts
which Il alios for stakes and purses IL IS mean In
squeezing the ultimate penny out of The caterer,
VINO feels compelled to put high collars on ms peer,
contract his sandwiches and 10 manipulate the
1000 ana drink which he serves in such style that
lbs patrons sometimes inclined TO suspect that
ne blends his brands with more ingenuity than con-
q scientOusness.
as II they were in earnest in Of the races. and
I several Of the programmes were attractive Bar the
Brooklyn handicap and the Expectation Stakes
The PROGRAMMES at BROOKLYN? Why does the Leg
isatUre allow bctins-rings TO flourish? Because
II is told by willy lawyers who arS paid TO tell UNI
truths that beiting-ilnss improve the breed of
Brcokyn track improve the bree5, Of horses? Why
Is I that the real estate AND capitalization of the
o9 are moi taxed Th due gSgaTS 10 the p PF9hs
ne. What political pull is there which enables the
club TO eyade Us just share Of taxation on its i'm
fated capitalize ton? Frank Moss and The Mazet
Committee might find fruitful field OF inquiry u
got at all the subway facts Robert Pnkerion
asked him peny Of questions S %, n Se rsb kDd
AND why not call Philip j. Dwyer? Would 1t not
be interesting 10 hear from Mr.. DIVERS eloquent
lpS under what construction OF what law the club
Is drawing so large revenues from its bettingring?
the plea Of private business" there others who
know the details Why not call Frank Hitchcock
Galway and others who are close to Mi Dwycr? The
Maze committee has been asking questions about
city poolrooms. Why should 1t not ask questions
S6oI. the 6ettng-rLngs at the racetracks? It hs:
many interesting facts II IT summons Philip j.
DIVER: Robert Pinkertor Frank Hitchcock An
others And some Of The leading 6ooEmaRRpers ann in
OF o6 i ISL De CseG upon nne si
n submitted to Mr.. Moss Why not?
VI courteous Tenderlon captain. Price to testify as
= 70 Tacetrack gambling lie knows all nbout city
Industry Alexander Williams who spSSHaied so
Price and Price and wnams are peeress aathoT-
. tiles on the revenues OF city pOolrooms but not
At Morris Park. as already said, most Of the
jockeys appeared to be willing 10 ride respectfully
been most of the riding at Morris Park was clean
4 and straight. Whatever the may be
they deemed it safe TO ride crookedy in certain
crooked riding are so fat-headed and fat-witted
that they don't know what crooked riding is.
ask few questions?
The Brooklyn track management acts at this
meeting as II II were determined TO grab every cent
far nave been h the nGa ggar aH5 80
H The racing yesterday was principally cheap trash;
Sce ne s & 4oG IS co ~1S as ce and
his riding has improved strikingly since last year
tsSlc sna nn Ora W Warnkes coli Prste
Odom rode Einus in the first race Roysterer in
the second and Hapsburg in the fourth. He had
mount in every race. and in every instance he rode
as doom should he praised! II is a dissgIeeable
few But when Taral rides poorly the truth must
S re that hs sood
should have desired that his mount should be de;
Be nrst Yet sad as 1t is TO say IT, TaraIs riding
OF Premature was peculiar And II was sad and
second choice Pettlfogger in such way as to ex-
isxe the prize But Warning collapsed like a cur
in the homestretct. Then Taral and II. Martin
foSSer and Waring were ali unplaced An outsider.
High order. won easily: but the whole race was so
SsccnA rode High order but the success Of the colt
was not at all due TO good riding on his part He
o0 In the e' second race Kirkwood was much
hamper him sufficiently 70 defeat him. on satur-
day last Moody rode dlsgraceful race on Kirk
wood and succeeded in getting him beaten by Ban
mock Moody's riding was Objectionable. that
he ought to have been set down for the rest Of the
year Has he been punished by the geniuses OF
The stewards stand7
few days ago John f. Madden sold Admira-
ton daughter Of Kingston and Hypocrite 10 Will
lam c. Whitney for a high price. The condition
of the third let in Admiration the light
weight of ninety-six pounds. She a strong
fayorite Admiration is flyer. and This was n
common santer for her. ClaWson could not RIDE
her AT ninety-six pounds and odom had the mount.
lie sat still Admlrstiesn DID the rest CiOnsa an
4 LAlouette Futurty winner in 1897. was freely
backed for second place. She could not have COPIED
with the flying flly Admiration for frat honors,
but she could have been easy second. McCue.
however plainly rode her for the benefit Of the
bettng-rng. He third with her McCue de-
serves be set down for the year for that ride.
hat .ha etow ards