New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10
THE RACETRACk.
NrsvrR1sT WON THE GREAT EASTERN
BRomLrY c.. owN TIE CHAMPION OF ANEF''

CAN TWO YEAR OLDS
Clouds darkenol the sky Yesterday mo'n,"s' ,,-s
In the afternoon the weather was agIeea0'o ~
a. al ,ro,-ar,,,c u the Sheepshead Bay races
IN 1899 tho lists II probable starters were s''Ns'
attractive and the names OF many we" N"o"' "''.
oonul.r horses were on the carl Moreover one o'
the contests was 20 two miles and Americans w
fight to see contests at long distances N"e" nv
believe that the sport IS so mah@ktu INA, "
free from chicanery and intrigue. NeVer'he'esS
49,. a.,.-1,rc. was not large Perhaps II II had
boon known in advance that Richard croker "O"'N
grant the favor Of his gracious presence inc NUM-.
her OF visitors ID the course would have Deeh '"S
But MI croker slipped in quietly WITHOUT any
clangng Of cymbals or blare OF Uuihpc'S' ~
faithful Ueutenants Freedman ana Meyer "''C
,o, with him, and he had left the Meyer pack oil
bulldog guardians AT Greenwich Most OF the lam
many district leaders and heads OF depar 'iheH's "
the municipal nnent were IN the D''''"e '','e
. the time ~ Mr. Croker's entrance upon the
grounds and they were 50 busy pleading VII" "''
skinaint bookmakers TO give them odds OF 10 TO
against horses when the proper price was only
sto l. and the bookn kcrs were robong lhe sc'-
eral public by marking Up only 10 !, 'l"' ,'e
arrival of the aufocrat was not greeted VII" '..0
cheers with which the Tammany sairaps usuaE
welcome their car As word ran around thHt the
mighty one the incarnate tiger the Dro'a'"e 7''''"
~ tho Wirwam had come out from his hiH'hs
MACE 70 The lghf u day. the Fourteenth 9"e''
centurions and captains felt their Knees S.'N''
Every one Of them lives In constant terror %. '"'
supreme boss. Few Of them had clubhouse "'N''7'
without clubhouse tickets. row could they "'"
near 10 the T4umany Vishnu and bow their heanS
IN alteration Most Of them were so overcome by
their arxietlcs So his emergency tha' 'h'! 0u"7
10 the bar as sh.pwreckel sailors Gluten al "o'"e
timber Before the sun set many OF tle"i "0''
uncertain whether NJ not Tammany Hall ever eN-
isted ,.
NJ Croker 81, quietly for hours accepting win
amiab,o condescension the homage Of the '"i'-
men and the politicians who had access 10 '''
clubhouse HIS bearing was placid ana se'e",'
and he was not laxative. After the races ne 'oon
q train TO Thiriy-fourth-st. and when lie ledoi'u
Manhattan Island he and Police Ooinii'S'''''
SEXTON hired A hanson and were driven away as
II the ruler Of New-NorK were oo''''"'''
binary wayfarer.
With such A programme that arranged LOT
Yesterday the assemblage Of spectators "oulo nav
been counted by the tens Of thousands were
not that distrust as 10 racetracK ste"a'un"'P 80
race,rack betting becomes stronger and "'oef
every dav Great Britain. France, Germany AUS
wi, Australia and several other countries support
the turf with enthusiasm because RACINE j. "
managed In those countries that the peoP'c 40"
faith in the fairness OF the game In 'his H'a'e'
as In New-Jcrsey. the vast majority Oh wei, -"
formed ueople suspect that the sport mas Dee''
peryerted 10 the promotion of gamDilhg anu ING
uro,sct,on OF fraud 10 more serious extent IMAM
4, other countries The suspicion gains GROUND
that the bookmakers are. after ALL the c"ei pa
lars of the turf az 1t now exists IN 'hs "'ae' "N
that In many cases the stewards or meetings "O
lacking in energy And II Will require more .'u''
the presence Of Richard Croker 10 hghten ',"l
susnicion When a short. fat. light haired fancier
~ noodle dogs whose intellect If he ever hau
any is below his collarbone. Is conspicuousiy anu
extensively arrogant in the stewards is not
n1s her radiant Cali the roll OF the Jockey
Club which controls Ine -nis he netting rings
The list Of Jockey Club membership contains Inc
names of few prominent men: put s,rns"ntative
Hsrshp Si so U"G Gisned influential SO re-
spec,ed and honored that 1t reaniranks ana the
oer hs principal contests OF yesterday were the A.
Ime tsnn Handicap at two miles and the Great
Eastern Handicap for dwo-y1 hn winner was the
In ea .he Rshes ae WHIT and
Zach case the victory was popular was wen De ae
served and na be I Sorse @ the AUTUMN Cup
and Mesmer!st was teh best IN me Grea Nv Means
~ superIcr merit Hence results Of those two
important battles were satisfactory anu era I ins
Is o, true sna eF that Ben Hoaday and eserst
had great deal TO spare and great dea, III NAM mo-
mehce oarter mile in either AFFAIR because it was
So evident then that Ben Holiday In the autumn mn
ersaries at their mercy 1t is invariably exhilarat-
ing however to look upon an n and the
public may we'll rejoice when Ben Holiday ana
over heir antagonists Ben Holiday has now re;
gained his form Of year ago %nen ne cnnts
Ben Holiday is noble slayer, and Mesmest is
now the unGuestioned champion Of the two-year.
olds. Both the autumn and the Great Eastern were
Witnesses with good memories who y saw the
could not fail to recall the distressing fact that
rode Ben Sa. sT IN the beaten BY
such cattle knight OF the Garter and Thomas s,s
S H the was sesd by cHy
and by Maribert and Gonfalon In another. Inose
s sue na Il they
worse 1t is clearly time for Taral to retire TO
his SadR nSSe and S'h h Is
Peter WINNER told some of his friends on Friday
mers former friends will hereafter consider his
more ~alssbe than those Of Michael Clancy when
Sanc tells hit, his to- back ,a Mazma
ayoriis n the betting and MAKING Go% 81 x has
Gomez was no, the favorite, and CLANCY did not
run around telling his friends to back the horse.
cIancy and G his trainer and his horses and they
sa easy spare 9s ns Of
IN the future Ben Holiday cantered home the
Gently fas, time of 's:2s while Bangle. whom Mr.:
WINNER said to some Of his friends on Friday
would probably beat Ben Holiday. was last but
O'Connor rode Mesmerst well in the Great East.
hrst race, in manner which should have caused
the recall OF his license. OConnor Is one or the
worst little rascals the turf. He is worthy
graduate Of W. c. Days school for boys. and has
persons who. the roof Of the grandstand with
powerful glasses. watched O'Connor's work or
tect his purpose readily
Certain plungers are doing a great deal or mis-
chief 10 racing All the pungers ought to b.
barred from the tracks Every piunser is source
Odom's riding Of Lady Lindsey in the secont
race much below his usual form Perhaps l
was impossible for Lady Lindsey to outrun To
iuca. but she could not have lost second place ex
cept for Odom's amazing bunders.
Pierre Lorard has been most unlucky In hi
purchases OF horses in this country this year X
purchased David Garrick and The Chamberlal
from J. Il. Madden for generous total Neithe
has yet won a dollar for him. He bought Marber
for $2O00 at auction Both Maribert and Davi
(iarrick were unplaced In the Great Eastern.
William e. Whitneys stable has encountered
great deal Of III fortune In recent months and ha
not won many races: Mr.; Whitney's investment