New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-24
THE RACETRA CK.
PERRY BELMoNTs ETHELBERT FIRST

r,sr Rr-yNING SEEN AT MORRIS PAIN
-. ,.,, q, Morris Park yesterday. but
there was no mud, and the track was 49, tho
-. cr,or,ntendents OF courses all over -"
country now accomplish wonderful fea's, anu
ords are broken frequently. In 'ne ,,.S,hnr,
Uandicap Perry Belmonts none cor 80 Nc
800 reoord but unfortunately MT anu
oroAe 80 -, resent 20 see the exploit. va
-. snoces IN the clubhouse and on the lawn W. W.
a,nt,,Ilv conspicuous but the betting was a. a
-,ressure and the ring was inc scene VI ,r,,h-
nnshng. rushing and jostline' .op ' rebel
Sr.wals left several fields scanty' Asains' tJait
-, onlv Helf Time and Alpen were seen n
90 u,a ,oa mounds TO Ethelberts lzz' p"'
-. -, NOS so much better than Hair Time ''"'
he had much In hand at the emu ,sors
In the Amateur Cup for geh'eie" .,g
pueia ridden by Sydney Page'' wac -, ros
1fayorite and the judges decided 'na' lice
ar.t The finish however. was supremeS
MT" =, IN. snectators thought that r. ~
49, prahm,n ridden by Mr.. Holloway pusneu
M. nose IN front OF Buea in the las' s,,'de'
ne, simmons and Clarence McDo"e" or -
,uases They began placing horses Iohs "eo ~.
tain Egyptians say that In the toinus % ,o,a
rpharaohs paintings on the walls oepicl VI. ,, CT,
x.so. hy ,uo men who look like Colohel ohi
~,,rs and clarence Mcdowell. Never'heiesS
probable that the primeval Egypu"' !e c
Sooted so much like Colonel Simmons ana Oo'nino
49, NcDowe were not really the Colohel anu tue
faum
u,o,d ,bs Commodore are ready TO sign amoaVi's
-ho, they never placed horses before NasoV ua
CANA doubled the Cape Of GOOD Hope !" i''', .,
.,nce the flag OF Portugal was first uhlurleu i" '
INDIAN Ocean the Colonel and the Commouofe nav
snlac,d many horses. and they have not piaoeu
-, ono ~ them correctly They did not place.
-ha borscs correctly in the Amateur cup Ihey
mean well but racetrack JUDGES hhe iio'
have been known TO nod. Their eyes eh''ei 's
eves NJ the Ancient Mariner were wont 10 s"''e''
THOSE ancient eyes Of the Ancient Mariner sum.
1,mes saw strange things. which were Invisible "
other owes and the ancient eyes or that ahcie''
y,air Simmons and Mcdowell. saw strange 'h'hes
at the finish OF the Amateur Cup But bueia was
a nopular favorite. while Brahmin was oi'll anu
distant outsider Therefore. few tears were s4eo'
FoxhaIl Keene rode Sweet Caporal FOR that anna
,aur Cun He and his mount were second 10 BueIa
and Mr. Paget in the betting. II was a se''hs
affair and Sweet Caporal was entered al such
or,ce that she was conceding much weight 10 the
others She could not do IL. ana was u"p'aeeN' q"
though Mr.. Keene rode her well.
Warrenton and Buela were taken out VI 'ne i"''
race ard in their absence Imp. carrying the Top
weight If 125 pounds. and RIDDEN by Iaral hau
legion OF speculative admirers Taral rooe hei
finely and she took the prize
The first performance was farce 1or Joches'
that had never ridden winner. Such affairs are
ou,sances because every stable boy Of promise can
pat olenty of practice In riding as an apprentice.
Most of the empty headed urchns who chung 70
their saddles that opening farce were 100 s'upu
look At the flag had sa to So
Of them ran the sssSs Ra nfr waS the Prize
S,o Of the lot Al the weights and the distance
Rinaldo was the fastest and he was properly tse
fayorite His rider him over the ehtile couis11
at high speed on the false break, and he was well
in front at the end of that run. For that reason
p Hfs op"fPsS1 backed uEe generously at 10
10 in the second race. Fu&e was defeated saS ndg
some amount on Affect. Later in the day r r;
(Pttsburg PhiD remarked that Fpke was the IN
horse which he had backed at this meeting a. ~
10 on, and all three had been defeated. Never Never,
is fSn'y meeting lSam
especially on Pupil the i 80 6sppy anS hopeful
Colonel Roosevelt at the Rogers & Rose sale.
w@ MsPS AID not s"at ds Affect for Day
John Daily and David Gideon have not been pleased pleased
%aS s0@ Especially e hy wiSS his foolish bungns win
His Royal Highness which threw away hrs' place
Matthew Arnold wrote deliberately that any per.
who looked upon Macauays verses as true
Matthew arnold was rss OF SoHeT ro sns Strong
s an AnA 0 Mar TG ns Of His Royal
on SATURDAY and was not sure HAT Marin noew
nothing whatever about riding or racing. That is
1he plain, blunt truth. 80 M
ness hereafter. Granted that His Royal Highness
was tired ana was stopping in the last furlong;
front Of pupil that he would safely and surely have
that sa SsSaG ad asd w int
that he would save ground by crossing over Inc
colt did not swerve. If Martin says he swerved he
when Martin pulled him over, ru,
1t may be that Pupil will outrun His Royal High
in every in which they meet hereafter ~, It
Royal Highness many times hereafter Yet IL Is
certain that the colt at the weights ana as S d.e
the hse in the sn s By nd
not been stupidity pulled across the track. he would
Any Writer who now sticks to the assertion that
the colt properly ridden In that race. either dd
aSs wa rnT hs and racing hat he ought not to be
permitted TO write turf matters for any puolca,
Sn Which is ssT * e sense anG
lgent and competent observers OF racing VINO
watched that race closely. agree that Marlin threw
sydney Pagst's fleet Ally Toiuca a constant
first choice for the third race ana q. money was
struggle. She carried her speed dashingy for I'VE
6urlongs Then she had enough. II was her first
race in 1899 She is only three years OLD ana she
was trying TO ooneede much weight to LAlouette
Lambent swfftmas and Miss Rowena. She could
Swiftmas third. l. Alouette the Futurty in
1897 and has had plenty OF racing this year She
unkind TO ToIuca and kind to Aiouette, Who was
an easy winner. Yet she was an outsider In the
betting sne record with her Fuurty Voc
tory. good as Toluca's, and yet the handi-
capper required Toluca to coneede year and a
Michael Clancy's old mare lambert is admirably
consistent She is placed in almost every race In
whss shs rpas y hs sSe sd e horses
at Holmdel Now. II they can breed high-eiass
trainer. and. above all. high-class Jockey at
claiiy Morris Park. Jean Berapd and F1ligrene
that the figures seemed incredible and II may no,
be wise to mention them. Jean Beraud will run in