New-York tribune., 1899-07-15
THE RACETRACK.
,,onr QUAINT THINGS AT BRIGHTON.

MORE QUAINT THINGS All Di'i''ii 0-''
n,,,rr WRIST CHOICES HUMoRoUsLY DEFEATED
BRIGHTON offers for to-day cheap rooi e"'u,
.a,d for which grandsand tickets ought 10 DC soiu
=, civ for quarter instead OF two dollars each' FU
,ha Arst number Maxine Gomez ana MARSHA" WI,
- ~ o,,, starters Michael Clancy owner OF
Nax,mo Gomez. will sail for ireland to-oas' w
wonder he hurries away TO escape SEEING -" ~
sniation OF his Cuban bronco IN SINKING 80 io -
=. ,oot ,Iarsian in a two-horse circus. For the
second number only four performers are aiinou ~.
% ornear The four are Sadducee Post haste' wan
Taper and Nansen. The conditions OF inns -
1esoue let Sadducee in at ll9 pounds anu 'Ie
chances are at least one thousand 10 one 'na' 90"
,1ucee can defeat Post Haste wax Iaper anu va"
san IN a linn with three out of four legs broken
rrbird on this pretty roof garden list comes
funny travesty at five furlongs IN winch ,iio o. W.
xitions put only los pounds on Gaze one OF 'he
est sprinters in America at five furlongs with hsh'
weight Unless Gaze has lost her form since sne
last ran this sprint Is gift 10 her. and the DINERS
have no chance What interest can there De Ia
Gaze gift Of that sort?
In the Nautilus Stakes for three-year-olds only
three probable starters are named-Marumas' O"P
tain sigsbee and Little Saint Captain sigspee ran
wretchedlv in the last yesterday ana was
wretchedly ridden. Approval made Captain slgsDee
look almost worthless. What will MarumaS 90 ~
him? Martimas winner OF the Futurity OF 1898 Is
a better colt than Approval Little SAINT Is o"heu
NV Richard Croker formerly Of New-York. now OF
England. Mr.. Croker has given strict orders tha'
Little Saint shall never be started uniess ne Is sule
to be first. Martimas can concede graho discount
IN Little Saint Is il likely that Richard CROKER
noon companion of autocrats and an autocrat MN
self will stoop so low TO let Little Saint run lor
second or third money? Perish the thoughl. WIN
the Nautilus Stakes be walkoyer? why not'
What can cope with MartiInas?f
The fifth skit. a selling knockaround at niie'
was divided into two demi acts to pad out the pro-
eramme, because 1t ghasty skeleton.
Therefore there will be two selling sklts al nlle, NE
and they will be fifth and seventh on the caro-. De
aween the fifth and seventh numbers the Punches-
town Steeplechase Handicap over the 1uli course
This is so trivial a bargain-couner card that the
1ickets about so per cent II cannot be that public
spirited promoters Of the improvement o, IN te ,IIsTs
Sor grandsand tickets slight medley as this this
II is unquestionably the most frivolous ana tilnihS
show ever set forth on Jockey Club track at
tariff Of two dollars per ticket 49,. .Ao. 1,,,v can
provide favored Brighton again and the attendance
was of excellent proportions But ne iacins vas ,s
reeked like a witches broth. Some people stl
@ IN While D" he snT he the
odds on favorite Maribert in the first race spencer
believes that he deceived all observers while he pre-
tended be urging Maribert yehementy In the @ nrst
half mile Of that first race. But ne dd NOT deIu9e
everybody. 1t Is certain that Mari6ert Is better by
cs&,ss that Rap could ha7e got
bert much nearer to Montanic In the first half
hee1 fty ridden % HOW many open eyed turfmen hold
the view that Spencer is 10 be thoroughly trusted
Maribert rib INV was far behind both MOntanic and
until bS6 PGnceF FaG al is hs leisure up
: and took second place from Trumpet; Montanic
for certain bookmakers Spencer both in 1898 and
1899 has ridden number Of races that nave aye Deen e
on Etheibert in the Brighton Handicap was one one.
If Spencer ever gets another chance TO rioe MARI
Seventeen ran five furlongs in the second race.
Decide rd1eh aed oy and was backed so 4aiany by
artfuI manipuators that suspicious explorers VINO
Sated a s'shoo' race They were not disappointed
and with dissenting voice Every Jockey looked rs
glad when Decide crossed the nnal me; "hat re-
ware eW Giu weeks ago Knight of the Garter gen.
eraliy rated horse OF little value but he has
the handicap at mile and quarter Decanter ca tS
than Knight of the Garter had But the knight
tSe ias front early and his staying power kept him
there although he was ridden by Mitchell one OF
Int natent 1IO riders in the East OF the jockeys now
riding in this state IA not one IN ten deserves TO be
ought TO get salary Of more than $1,000 per year
business and the amounts risked OF the
Contests reach vast totals. Moreover, the value Of
does not require exposition in detail 1t is plain
without extended analysis that much depends upon
OF Jockeys. Yet most Of them are as reckless, un-
most mischievous OF the perncious stripllngs who
NAV wicked pranks in that vivacious quarter of
Manhattan known to the police as Hells Kitchen.
THE track was again dry and fast and the time
made knight OF the Garter was rapid The
Knight is obviously far better horse than he was
a YEAR ago He carried l12 pounds while Decanter.
also a much improved animal, carried 116 George
BOYD had only 10s. and was ridden by Clawson.
Igycena carried l05 Lakeland poorly His
able patient and careful trainer, a. j. Joyner. is
Eeenly disappointed IN Lakeland most Of whose
races are better than those Of q cheap selling
plater But Lakeland ridden by Spencer whose
ridng in these days is an appalling handicap TO any
Affect was by long odds the best in the fourth
race selling affair for two year olds at five fur
longs but McCue threw away the race with her
by the grossest carelessness imaginable Affect
got off well and soon had a fine lead. AS she
entered the homestretch she was at least four
lengths in front OF Waring and going so easily that
Mcc,ue became confident and pulled her up.
way In which OConnor failed 10 defeat Hard Knot
With Theory on Wednesday. Theory and Hard
Knot made a dead heat. The stewards rightly and
fnstly punished O'Connor by timing him 500 and
suspending him for three days. Why did they not
nunish McCue, whose crime than
O'Connor's? With Theory. O'Connor at least got
a dead heat. McCue did worse. He lost the race
70 Waring by pulling up Affect on account OF his
stupid over confidence and carelessness
What a lucky man John f.. Madden s' Affect
was better than Waring. but through McCue's in
excusable blunder. Waring got the prize. Warng
was entered TO be sold for NlS; r.. Brown ran
him up to 1900 and Mr. Madden kept him at
saO5 NJ L. Hayman. one OF the owners OF Fluke.
S<SssT In order TO protect Mr. DWyer from other