New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-24
RACING.
TALK ABOUT TURFMEN AND TURF
AFFAIRS.


all that could be desired so that fast gaops were
the rule at all the tracks. Backward weather Is
sometimes a blessing in disguise; consequently the
chilly atmosphere that has prevailed for the last
six weeks prevented the trainers from stripping
their horses of the flesh accumulated during the
winter
There is not much talk about the handcaps. as
the racing public in America does not take as
much interest In future contests as II does In the
cheap overnight purses raced for at the smaller
tracks Moreover. there Is little speculation on
future racing In this country. the ordinary layer
OF odds Is such a suspciously wise sort OF person
that he has small faith in the average owner.
trainer or Jockey. and at all In the racing
officials Thus ne waits until the day OF the race.
when he can have a decided advantage by laying
short odds against fsvorite and outsider alike.
Aqueduct Is the place where water IL az plentiful
as In certain Industrial companies. There have been
six days racing Aqueduct before large crowds
The sport has been eminenty satisfactory TO the
owners OF the track and TO the bookmakers own
ers however are not satisfied. as tho purses are
small that there Is little left TO meet expenses
unless the owner bets on his horses Racing Tor
sport at Aqueduct-or any track where the prize
TO the winner is less than 500 net-s little better
than farce 1t is highly exhilaratlng Tor a
wealthy owner to enter his $4,000 horses for cheap
purses and cheaper stakes. In small purses the
trainers percentage is nfinitesimal that owners
suffer because the trainers screw their horses up
to the danger line for the purpose OF DettinB OH
them The result is that lame and crippled horses
frequently cause owners to abandon racing as an
| expensive pastime driving them to golf and other
games for which they train themselves, ana IN
which they have the blessed privilege OF swearing
as much as they like at their caddies. NO man
dare swear at trainer. The only man VINO urea
IL in recent years Senator Tim" Sullivan, VINO
is devoutly thankful that he escaped alive and did
not make the objectionable bunder OF saying
''cuSs words to his Jockey.
What harvest cheap racing is to the jock JOCKEYS
ing the purse the jockey when their horses WIN
a race. When asked Why they do such things; 10 10
bet bet t the repy is Why you have got do to
ger ride and when yP Flow RaH h Ss pe bo%
to impudent little upstairs who are graduates o,
and men OF his stamp! These precious carnations
OF the turf swagger around the track ta!k 10 az
sorts OF persons and do they please without ie.
or hlndrance by the racing authorities. In the
| West and in California the jockeys are kept unue &c
rung for the first race until the last race Is
ended Cheap racing calls for such radical ms and
there are men at the track every day who have
reputation Of Dggsips se fsad ones
''e ppockev Club has had some bitter trials and
tribulstions whenever the rules have been chane
pu ns raced for on track licensed by the Jockey
club shall be worth az least sSS eafn receSoers
and turfmen that two OF the employees OF ,nt
Jockey Club Ell ssr are paees n
n,anner They are II g. Crickmore and w II.
parre,to the official trainer In regard 10 the star
ing the problem has not been soiNeu anu - =
racing contend that II never VII ue a. aoue
| barrier is dispensed with. The starting az Aqus
duct in the week was good bad ana inu, &c, tb
| The same language might be saiely aPp"eu " '"e
| riding. ,--. -.o, ,t,,to
the local tracks yesterday There was nol nlucn !,
comfort for the visitors. for the tracks were uE anu
the dust was intolerabe. Matthew Alien A. D. JOY
ner and Thomas Haley worked their horses earn
in the forenoon. William Karrck. VINO IS palns,,
taking industrious trainer who gives his persona,
a,tenfion 10 the minor details OF his stable gaope
some promising two yearolds which attracted I,uV
attention Superintendent German has the track lh
good condition, and expects 10 nave II as lass en-
sa Re as any track In the country VII l"o "PNN'"o
day OF the meeting. ...,,. -,
A. Sheepshead Bay the workmen are putting , on
the finishing touches to the fences new s1doie
has been erected for August Belmont Inc grouIiur
and buildings being improved. so that the Coney
Island Jockey Club leads, as usual as the lorcio''
racing club in America Ia. III, .o,o,r, a,
John H. Bradford is In the city His soJoutn aI
Thoma sviIle Ga benefited him greatly, ana ne i
in superb condition for the racing campssigh .,s ~
Richard Croker expects to sail for England OF
| Wednesday His colt Knickerhocker Is entered ~
the Epson Derby James T. Sloan Is not nav III,
a picnic I'm England this year. He complalned Dig
terlv OF the manner In which MS mount hnsh ~
| The Thistle was bumped and jostled by kicocB
| ridden nv Watts in the Lincolnshire ffanuicap
evidently Sloan believes that the Engnsn Jockey
| Nave combined to defeat him whenever possible
| Morgan the half-breed Indian, VINO roue so SUE
| cessfrlv AZ Auueduct last week, was porn IN Mon
| tana His father is a Scotchman. VINO holos ar
| important place in the Hudson Bay Company. hts
| mother ia the daughter OF an AsslnlDoiil cILeL
| Morgan's father fell in love with her ana mafrlec
| nor Morgan possesses the tenacity or Scotch'
man The stoicsm of an Indian. Marcus DAILY
| niaces implicit confidence in him, and believes ina
| he will make a irst-class jockey.