New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
THE RACETRACN.
UNHAPPY VISITORS TO BRIcNToN
THE SPECTATORS WERE NOT PLEASED wITu'In'
SHOW

SHOW.
For tomorrow Brighton offers programme "''i'
features of uncommon interest But for the "a'"N
vsav half holiday of July Is the association was 81
,,nluckv as TO furnish 10 the seekers for recfea-
zion and entertainment of the scanues' anu
oirtest cards in It's history. Yet the weather was
so fascinating for open air enjoyment anu ~
midsummer Saturday had released such ihu''i'
rfrom their tasks that the throng at the course VIC"
one of the largest ever seen upon the sand uuHes'
Atlantic winds brought GOODNESS and ccmlort' No
one was sweltering The openworK sranuS'aiu
md the situation of the grounds. inviting pleasant
gales from the four quarters of the giooe' WI
peciaIly aurng for the time OF year faii'odu
trains and trolley lines were tammed with uafe'
Iers TO and from Brighton. Sky and air were Kiiiu
and the track was dry and fast. The prohts OF the
ourers of brighton were vast. But, alas! the rae
ing was blotched and tainted with green ana sum!
,spots and wrathful victims of wrongdoms went
home by thousands denouncing the turf In words o
violent nvective ~,
In the first race only Maxine Gomez and Mar
,.,an met II was a welterweight handicap at mile
and a sixteenth Many hundreds of horses are III
training In the stables on Long Island. "ha' SUI
of handicapplng is it that brings only TWO hoise
to the post July Is In handicap with "V dNuN
money? Yet the public. which pays its money u
support this Brighton meeting. might not nave
b~en angry had this been honest race. II was
not honest. OF course. Maxine Gomez was an
,odds-on favorte. He is far better morse thaH
gfarsian. Wii~;rs who rode Maxine Gomez ueio-
erately and msli".ousy fouled Marsian. evidently
with the intention OF losing the race by fouiihg
Marsian. 1t would have been difficult for Wlihans
10 lose the race in any other way. because Maxine
Gomez was so plainly fastw than Marsian Inc
stewards after a long and thorough investigation
disqualified Maxine Gomez. gave the race 10 Mar
sian fined Williams $500 suspended him from the
meeting and referred his case to the Jockey CluO'
The stewards OF the meeting have no power to rule
off a jockey That power rests with the Jockey
Club. 1t is probable that Williams Will lose MS
license, and be ruled off the turf when the JOCKEY
Club acts on the case. for no more insoent an or
fence has been committed by a jockey for many
day. But If Williams loses his license spencer
ought to lose his also of his ride on Ethel
bert in the Brighton Handicap his ride on MARI
bert on Friday and various other rides OF ms III
the West, where effort is made TO proIecl 'he
public which supports racing all bets would nave
been declared off because of the dishonest act COM
mitted by Williams. But what do the turf rulers
in this State about the public? Their attitude
toward the public is that of scorn and contempt
Little attention was paid TO the second race oe-
cause the absurd conditions permitted Sadducee
the best two-year-old in America. TO start without
taking UP a penalty. The betting on Sadducee was
10 to / on, 12 TO / on. and even Is to on. only
Nansen and Wax Taper came out against Sadoucee.
They were worthless against him.
In the third affair, a sprint at five furlongs Gaze
was the favorite AS she crawled feebly and pill
fullv over the course the graveyard smell was so
intense that strong men turned pale ana almost
tainted At her favorite distance OF fiVe furlohes'
and with the light weight OF los pounds Gaze was
unplaced. She ridden by McCue the pet Jockey
of a cutthroat clique OF the shrewdest ana most
INSCRIPTIONS professional gamblers in the United
States. Did McCue do his best with Gaze? Cred0t
Judaeus ADelIG! AS that frequently fleet fily Lady
Lindsey reeed and staggered over the course, as
entirely empty OF speed Gaze herself. corpse
lights fickered about her ears Not far away sound
ed the maIets OF carpenters knocking together cof-
ans iOp 6nes ee Of SeAd the aernooh
busy in carving appropriate inscriptions. While the
1lndertakers of the betting ring were measuring
sshrouds. Tammany coroners were hurrying from
Fourteenth,st and embamers were & xing nolnEoS VII
Wei informed experts said that the owners, OF
Gaze and Lady Lindsey backed those fllies Let
them have the credit; and let them escape all blame
absciyed OF fault Yet the miles were dead plainly
enough. Few things could have been palmer, anc
autopsies ought to have been performed promptly
Brighton has become eeTse net rG Why snoTd
teenth-st. without charges at the gates? 49,.
voter Who was sent to England to astonsh the
Britishers and did astonish them by his total lack
Yesterday however, the educated money was piled
Voter in Himaayan heaps and IL the eGuGH;ed
Spencer rode Voter. This one OF Spencer
edecated rides il was not an Ethelbert ride, nOi
stewards have not yet announced decision rs tc
bert as he ought to have been ridden. the sun will
rise in the west and set in the east tomorrow
on FRIDAY and yesterday. Do the stewards know
that there are many big pooirooms IN the big
thieves can bribe jockey TO pull race at Brighton
Of the crime eo rSe O thieves y
make fortune by betting against the morse IN ths
company does not reveal the contents of the dis
patches OF pooroom swindlers, policy cheats, golo
brick dealers, lottery gamblers dishonest jockeys
Gaze was the favorite of the poor. deluded simple
sss sa nc speed a6y Lindsey m%ch %
!nired for place by The deceived and yerdant pR0 R
the public stubbornly persists in supporting th'
though the public is most unfairly treated ant
gets little substantial and effective protection from
turf rulers against turf dishonesty. -,
Richard Croker passed sleepless night III
was told by cable that his strict orders had beeI
S"Bsa ad been started at Brghon @ in race which
had chance TO win. This was in the Nagtilu
Martimas was at 5 10 l on and the none!
changers begged people TO back Little Saint at
TO J. Martimas much superior TO LITTLE
Saint that the NAUTILUS was only pleasant ex
he way saSR and Little san at NO S time had h
shadow Of a chance with him - 49,. ,....u,.o :.
the NTH race selling farce at a mile but Mauric
was unplaced; The start was extremely bad, a
80 dng nrIair IL, "I Wowsnn on Maurice and 0earv OF
Rnaldo was so peculiar that It ought TO hay
been probed unsparingly by the stewards Rnald
the deuded public second choice are 70 eageT
may O'Ieary a large salary year. Why
C'feary's riding OF Captain Sigsbee on Friday an
Of Rinaldo yesterday had as foul an odor as tn
stencil of dssecing room. Ex-Corporaton Coun
sel William H. Clark still adheres to his just an
nraiseworthy policy of keeping Daniel Maher o.
The ground. IT Is to be hoped that he VIII stick
his decision and not yield jot. Would that ther
We're more employers like him. Can Spencer an
CIawson and oLeary and McC2e and other joskey Key
1esrn nothjog from the career Of Hamilton and val
ions iockeys who have sunk as low as Hamilton
Ten years ago Hamilton was In great demand, an an
was 'kept busy all the time How many mount
Toes Hamilton get now? Spencer ana Clawson an
Gffeary and McCue and several other jockeys no'
,tding In the East are treading the same prlinros
nstb NJ dalIiance which Hamilton trod. ana ul
fess they mend their ways they WIN slhk an 10, 10Y
Ianiton hos sunk. Can one convince thes
..,,-td tnckevs that honesty is the best policy 10