New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-28
THE RACETRACK.
AouEDucT WAS AT ITS WORST.
APRIL WAS AMIABLE. BUT THE RACES WERE OF
LOW GRADE


Queens County will he buried next week ana l's
grave will not be covered with flowers PRESIDENT
Reilly fits between Albany and Aqueouc'. ""n'
people like him. and he has few enemies. But TINS
Is an imperial State. 1t is not Keno commu'i'!
YET some Of the sport yesterday was keno sport
Who can expect turf contests free from repr0ac"
unless the stewards will try to govern owners
trainers and Jockeys wisely and well! "Ho "eio
the stewards yesterday? First ana foremost "@
Philip j. Dwyer. Is there jockey VINO 10 al'o'u
10 pull a horse under Mr. Dryers eyes? For many
wears the Dwyer vision has been clouded ANY
,s6.r can null a horse when Mr.. Dwyer is a stew
ard and the steward will find no fault lie never
sees a pull in these days. His eyes were Keen III
1874. but that was twenty-five years ago.
Another steward at Aqueduct is Francis l.
Clarke whose fondest belief is that never III inc
history Of the turf in any country was any Jockey
known IN null a horse That is sound and clear
view TO take of racing is II not? Still another
steward at AQueduct is the official hanoicapper
Look at him. Study him. Gaze at that heao Oh
his Measure that mind of his. in his own penei
he If the Kaiser Wilhelm. the "MeinseI ana ''e
Plenary Inspiration Of the Turf Why SHOULD any
bad man who wishes to do bad things at Aaueduct
hesitate in awe Of such a Board Of Stewards?
What did Philip ]. Dwyer ever do TO cast out evil
doors since he bought part interest IN Rhaoa-
nthps? leader FSH e aubs se german and an a
around good fellow Frank T. Clarke Is me
MeAster Of the an%bodv 0u for Crokerism
and ANDY Freedmanism in racing? And as 70 the
P Psw dsY Han al clifton or Gloucester or Iron mi
were ever more hazy than Yesterday at ,Aqueouctt
s0S nav Board Of Stewards Every OF them
If straight and square personally. put now muc U,
does any one Of them care whether race Is
Only three ran in the first affair Kipg Barley
Sorh @aS savoTe at odds on when oConnor rides
him. King BarsycSTn WAS last ;sa Of this 5he w saTef
thoroughly fair and equitable contest? e.. 49,.
In TIE second e1 h6 STsr wo6 Tac Hampton
was the odds-on favorite; Queen Anne; an os e
IRENE outsider had speed to W2s'e was 9e dosfu
failure in comparison with Queen Anne .,.or,i
horses which are trained by Green 3. Norris
which run in the name Of Green b MOTIFS .g adn
has a vast fortune fortune Of many millions Oh
dollars He ought not to ALLOW G snS dredup men
tality 10 have anything TO- 90 with ms h0 nro
esSes a Generation ago More than at this
meeting he has thrown away importsssnt prhzes Ss
could have got jockeys with fragment Of cerehel-
lum to ride. Unless Green 3. Morris acts more
S %sty this Week he ought 10 sink himself in the
South Sea- II he does not take hmseH b wei turf
He appears to prefer to employ Jockeys who dSn
know how TO ride horses Foronso properly 1b ria,
spacious margin. Morris engaged that r aosur1
spotch Of rider named shereI 10 roe bsy IN
penny dairy milking spayed heifers. lie ooesh
horses
Strange stun was the third race, and suspicious
of put-up jobs made the air murky stIll worse Iss
palmer on the turf than that Peaceful is better
fwo-year-old than Kitchener Few holder gambling ling
time than the scheme by which Peaceful was
looked out for IN the ozone Selling Stakes ana
Kitchener was allowed TO get first place. But what
guleful turfman would hesitate TO put through
Job with that smiling and sWeet-soulsd BOARD OF
and the official Handicapped? Every one of the
ma a would
chance to give certificate OF character TO John y
The nth Oddly vas almost as grotesque the
four. and the sixth was nearly as farcical as the
NTH. What unimaginable and inconeevable
Board OF Stewards that is at Aqueduct! They are
lovely and soft and fresh that if they were to
would be impatient 10 sign af1davits that Hamburg
had been beaten on his merits.
The summaries follow:
FIRST RACE-For three-year-olds: special weights.
About furonga
81 Betting p
psar RiRsTi Dsn s 81 Soyf S M.r out
+. Resan's ch g. Sir Fiorian, lo7
J. P. RObison's CHI c. King BsreycoTn
ia ''''''''''''' 90 20 Common 3D. out
Start toerabl. Won driving by head; distance
between second and third
SECOND RAcE-For maiden hlles. two-year-olds; spe-
cial weights. -Four and one-half furlOngs.
Ksnsco ses S Go,r eu1 ,o anne by
h"'Se''A"-i''N Cottage ''O cMitchelD Io-i SIS
Marcus Days b. f. Hampton 1 80 "a, OIL,
J. S. wadswOrth', b. Her Is s, no % :,
Aisop.. 10 W Mep cMocas, VI IS
Be Be S.. 10. .........."....H amltonl Q ID 81
''''"' -1' Time-o:5s 10
Start bad Won easily by 8 length; three lengths be-
tween second and third.
THIRD RAcE-Handcap. Five and a half furlOnss
Mrs. Robert Bradley's oh. &. Boney Boy
by Bisen-sue b. yrs. ii2 NJ;
Smith e. Co.'S B. c Dr. Parker g. io5...,
'""'" w. codomj lis 10
G. B. Morriss b. C FloronzO. 4, he; 3.
"a GA sSsH,, i fNoSSs sSI So
''' '"'s''' o. Time os.
Start extremely bad. driving by a length; same
distance between second and third.
FOURTH RAcE-ozoNE STAKES; for two-year-olds:
selling. -Four and half furlongs
w. Beverly's blk c. Kitchener by Him
yar-Lssdy AGNES loI n: H Martini IS Ito
N'''''' '''''' y . '~.'' SMccaej 2 e-5 Is
r. sarre'r' en- C. ADVANCE f fsIy5 30,
Mont Eagle, 90 ::..............( OConnor II Il
A>''''' "'''''' rime-o:55Is
start almost the possible. Won driving by
neck: four lengths between second and third.
FIFTH RAcE-selling. One mile and seventy yards.
Plate & Co.'S Gu. C Tyrshena. by Tyrant
P ), Dwyers 5. c 'GionOins. : ,..:i;:%
H.ymsn Franks oh. c. Dan Rice. 4.
s:aness 10 c sTs5s3 - -
Lady DsdSin, 4. lB. tSOnseTJ III b-l
1<ando q, go NC uel 81 10
Time-i:47b
Start inexcusably bad. Won driving by length:
neck between second and third.
SIXTH RAcE-sellng. About furiongs.
James r. Keenes en- (. Maid OF Erin by
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. yrs. 100 NJ.
(Mccue) 2-5 10
p J. Doian's br m. Athy. 3. 100 Gear.
1913 .......................... (songeD 81 Sd
Kensco Stables br. C. Camotop. g. i05..
(MtchelD 81 2-1
Brass lO2..................fOI ,eary) i5-l 81
Robert g. Jos. ................... MOODY 81 al
Mail Bag. 3. l02. ................ Codom) i5l 81
Ella DAILY. T. 100 (car. j02,.............
P McDermotO 0 20--i 81
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