New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-05
THE RACETRACK
sApDucEEs SUCCESS AT MORRIS PARK


The scribes and the Pharisees Of the turf may
row consider the case OF Sadducee. This two-year'
old won more than a half-dozen races in succession
before ne was defeated Sadducee Is one Of the
best racers Of his age In America, and has been
rarely unplaced on September s. carrying "a
pounds he made dead heat with kilmsrnocK
who had only n5 pounds up. On September TO-
carrying 12s pounds and ridden by the betting rihs
Jockey Spencer SadGucee was third 10 NarhS
cfM and Nj Jersey 900. on September . sad
ducee defeated Yellow Tail Reynolds. Herbert ana
otaers on September - Sacducee. ridden oy sims
and carrying only 10 pounds was uhpia'e"' N"-
,osrrock Tngu Yellow Tai. Prince Of Melbourne
and lieutenant Gibson crossing the final line before
him In the fourth race Yesterday Sadducee was
20 feet that HIS Excelency. Klmarnock Ceora'
REYNOLDS and Al cold were slow in comparison
He was ridden ny Odom
Gentle readers - The Tribune need not 10 be
told that this paper has printed many warnings rs
N s,-~s Were those warnings unjust? That Geor-
Ola bit Of hric-a-brac would be rich now had he al
ways put Satan behind him when he was tempted
Alas On many occasions Sims greeted Satan with
wide arms Of welcome. Faciiis deScensus AVerM.
O Sims aud your feet have been slipping steadily
for years j. Madden tried to raise you from
the fiery Mt and 10 c,othe you in white samite
mystic wonderful Even Madden with his abound
ing Kindness. patience and sympathy, could not
canOrize YOU as he hoped 20 do. You nave Deen
miserable sinner. Sims and Madden's evangelical
sadducee on September % ought TO seal your fate
In Athens Ga. Sims, the yams, the sweet potatoes
and the possum fat are savory. HE to Athens
Ga Sims and stay there. You have lived 100
long on canvasta-k ducks and the hvers OF fat
tened Strasburg geese. and YOU have drunk too
many nacons OF old Faernian Catfish and suck
ers from the pelucid mud Of the Oconee River will
be your daily diet IN the future, and moonshlne
whisky VIII take the place OF hrut champagne
You had your years Of revelry and luxury. Sims
Your years Of penury and penitence are 10 come
Your ride on sadducee or September % was two
Two mulch" Artemus Ward was won't 10 say.
There was no yacht race yesterday, and the
weather mellow october. Kchord croker
again visited Morris Park. but the attendance was
scanty IN numbers and meagre IN quality. Few
ladies were present, ana the clubhouse and
lawn were waste places. II is plain that women
IRE weary OF racing as IL IS now managed no"
long any sport prosper when lovely woman
frowns upon It? Recall the meetings at Jerome
Park. Sheep3head Bay and Monmouth Park in the
eighties. when women In gay and charming legons
were glad 70 the races. In those years the
Sookmakers were not the kings Of the turf. ana
the betting rings were not the dominant powers
What melancholy changes have come over the
tracks! The Tribune has faithfully described the
progress Of these changes and has steadlly de-
nounced for years the increasing influence Of pro-
fessonal gamblers anu the ruinous entertainments
OF the betting rings. Straight down nil TO
destruction is the onward movement OF the turf
called amusement in which they formerly found
pleasure. how long the men likely 10 help
IL on?
John e. Madden and his hotila Of friends spent
n doieful afternoon Mr.. Madden never doubted
that his colt McMeekln would valk OF with the
second race He said 50 to ms friends, VINO sad
truth is that McMeeMn is not the peer OF Pup4
and never viii be- Pupil wa properly the iaS0T,
asserveratcd stOutly that Kilmarnock must CON
ouer sadducee in the fourth race. sadducee, how,
Is
IS TO McMeekin and always VIII ne. WIN d
good start aud good ride Kimarnock Would i nave
been second 10 Sadducec. The start was wiey
awry. truly Canadian. and OLeary roe on ~ NJ
rnsrnock was wildly awTy. truly CIOkeIlan WY
IS II that OLeary gets so many mounts? Study
his face. II Is an Aguina.qo ace L4sa'os t5Siv
after start and q ride which were gazed at Oy
}iIs Excel,ency an improving colt of some promise
was second j. J. McCaferty's hlly Cleora. ridden
not up to her best form She and Reynolds and
Al Gold VII do better anotne[ gay IA 9 s CoS
S5gb ssdducee ran the Six and one-haf faricngs
In the hfth race Madden bet $1,000 on his colt;
6Ieesry All Sf Maade6s money waFefea 10. 70
yin nothing for pace DeSPeLago w wo Sis h naTe
Even with that senseless log O'Leary IN the saddle
nc Vs. s9 f- ne v,.iers mile 0Icarv'e riding
on the backsuetch, at the point farthest from the
tending to use lis Whip with a mighty flourish. but
he was handling the colt in sucn a way al inc
perts who were watching him through strong field
glass Desperate came In second 10 the second
NJ Maddens my souchon was well backed IN
the sixth race. and came IN second 20 Hardly. who
has won number Of selling races recently The
ceiling races are INJURIOUS 10 high class sport &il
hurt the turf craVely They would DO sonewha'
less harm y a rule were adopted that the winner
Of two selling races AZ a meeting should be barred
fTom other selling races NJ that meeting, and that
the winner Of three selling races I'm season shopd
be excluded from o'her selling races for the season
No on SldciS weie IN fo' e. ,1 nv I1,,-ilC
Tandcap Tho frst contest Rem Eder. The Bache
Tor and Anagram were wi'hdIawn. ana only ScInpeI
Ego Julius Caesar and Merlin took part: Semper
Tco was at = 20 on. and tho easiest Of winners
Most of these jumping races are c,ownish farces
pupU deserved tho place OF faV0rite IN the second
race and deserved 70 win. he did. Peace fell but
neither the FLY nor her rider. Bo'and was hurt
Cohurg. F'euron and King Bramhe were pa exec
1wo-y ear-olds. Coburg was first rather cas- ~ md
Fieiron ran second. Native was fh'rd and kinr
Brambe fourth. J. J. Hvlands Magic L;ght rar
away for three-qUarters Of mile before the start
Here the summaries:
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Won n canter by four lengths; a fariong between
Second and third.
sTcoND RACE-Handicsp $500 aiusi. last n's fur
longs Of Eclipse Course.
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sydney Psg 1c cb M ST. caila,ns. : 10
J. E Msdaens b G McMeeNn. ?. los
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