New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-31
THE RACETRACK.
on rAvoR1rE OUT OF SIX IN FRONT
IMP TOOK ANOTHER ACKNOWLEDGMENT RE-
SUITS OF TURF CONTESTS.

The Ramaro water steal Is strrlhE uc"v'.-
mother in the press and among The people ~ Wv,
York II ought 10 do 50. There was p'e''E "
Tsarano A. the sheepshead Bay races yesterday
hut neither the press nor the people ar" hKcN TO o
rome excited over that sort Of Ramap'- il Wa '
small n matter. Yet in rs own peculiar u''" ,',,
turf Ramapo Is almost rs rampant as me N''' 10
Raoapo A strange series OF happenings was @''''
1ive fayorites fell by tho vayside. and I'D Tie '7S
o, more than one Of those favorites ohraneiy an"
sntrique had been active under the surface
The weather was all1ring and the pr'a' 'nNe
was magnetic In Its announcements OF ihe '''"'S
Of admired horses the card was ono or mo MOS
agreeable OF tho year WEN th" fi'F'-. "'.
sweetest Of weather and with gitor0g Ist or
races the attendance was not large Nh|. '
he ross'he that Americans are slowly learning 'l'
Jew Jockeys now riding Ia this state can ne UN'eI'
ecd that fre men who govern the turf do not com
Del Jockeys 70 ride as they ought 70 TIdef ''" "Ie
mos Of our Jockeys brought up IN s1Ii'''U''''
80 under influences that might transform se1aph
bDto a thief And our Jockeys were nov DOT.
serapbs. The fraud breeding betting rings AT"
ooolroons sooner or later corrupt our riders no"
<oyId q Re otherwise only dolts or knares vent
$50 a., osser, IN these DAYS iu the face ot the OBJ
srysiye and offensive facts that American Jockeys
Is a rule are meritoriouS ,..-,
On,v three came ont Cor tho first Journey, which
WAS al five and one-haH fur0ngs. Inese were
Cesarion Lady Lindsey and Lamhent 'c'ai'oH
vas a towering favorite ut odds Of 3 20 on anu
tho v-ri.rev stable the owner Of Cesarion, hacked
me favor!te lavishly The start was aoominaoie FOR
80 small a field Lady Lindsey shot 20 the iIont
and led 10 the end Clawson's riding of Cesarion
had a cemetery smell.
Flaxspinner was first choice and Dan Rice was
second choice IN the second affair. Dan Rice got
third place. and FaXspinner was fourth. The
owner u Flaxspinner bet on that chastity freak
literally and doom rode him. but F4aXspinnor
wadded II he had eaten hearty meal OF yellow
fever serum or d,7htheria antitoxin Strange. isn't
IfIl.Y,f q IA mill vynA9
skyscraper ridden by stable hoy Wedderstrand
got first place. and Hardly. an outsider, ridden by
Pullman was second Dan Rice was ridden by
NcCue Dan Rice IS a turf nuisance because he is
SO rab.d OH in and outer. HIS entry refused AT
Saratoga and 81 ought TO be refused everywhere.
Did the owners Of Dan Rice back him heavily?
Well did they?
sadducoo was an added starter for the Dash
Stakes AT fvo furlongs. The conditions let him in
ct only ly7 pounds but with Sims up he carried two
pounds overweight. Sadducee had won seven
purses and had been first every time Of his run
1ine. but he had not been entered IN any stake up
10 the Dash Stakes and as his successes had been
ln small purses only his weight was low He had
been disqualified once for alleged foung, but he
lad never been actually outrun up TO yesterday.
buy Sims was smart that Sadducee was UNI
placed This was a splendid exploit for the Illus
trIous Sims. Some time ago the eminent turf re-
former. John T. Madden the true Martin Luther
OF turf reform. tried 20 reform Sims, but atter
It4'I. t--N4l@ IH Easr It, VIZ as II b-t -D"f -
Jockey chat John i. Madden can't reform must be
hopeless case. OF course Sadducee was the
ducee would llk; ~ have sadducco beaten again
they should put up SIMS hy an means Sims has
Mesmer!st with ~ pounds and OConnor on hs
back. won the Dash stakes handsomely. with Mu-
Mesmer!st is probably tie best two-year-o.d IN the
United States Bv Grass essness Taral allowed
Aesmeriet % he defeated 10y Plucky az Brighton
allowed Him 10 be defeated by Maribert az sara
f
Jockey OF merit. Keepers Of roadhouses often act
s. harkeepcrs The honorable yocatioas Of keeping
bar and riding horses do not mix wei. il IL, 90 I've
hoped that Bromley Co. VIII never again ask
W4r.ng. ridden Gy Naher; Mon,anc ridden Ivy
OLeay, ana s. FinnaH. ridden bY p.'eei carried
faSorite and Me-merst second choice. The ac-
Sompashed starter .eit 81. Finu'A AZ ne pos, eng
Lady Uucas also. The starter was .n graveyard
Montanic had a hos; Of friends. ao, On hts per
form8nces in public. but because Die is owned hy
do wei the turf. however. The starter is an ex-
neTspaper man, and ST. j. i4e .ii.r Mon,
Slater 81 tbaf ha lest e,i.e ,t , -, o5SsiiI5
be eiven TO the popular owner of Nontaui. Is ~
get rd OF bis horse before M1ntauc tarkrupts
him and drives al. hs friends 20 atJect beegayy.
exhausung that 80 units "a man for anything else.
a2a no newspaper man ought 10 own horses OF
may account for hts sic6eHHg failure a starter
l4d .C4 OF MS ago iIat mas been fg
D-u h.s udlHeI ooes not seem 10 De genius.
Al ls lIal.r IS not an expert .n training The
owners friends TO lose more MONEY on ifa, sH S5e
10Y ana LIo'Ia sunafnC Quadrupei than has been
alteration which the 3f9caI bansc ,'r - ss'l,ale
n2Aa az aaughjer of satan has run IN the most g,i
have been rt..l ~, - 20 Us 51aI. S-e ought 10
noHy Responsible in any degree for FER dorrr-i7rI
rg5 ce yii Te'fisas ~ FORM ought 20 have been
AN D..
part o. the globe have won AZ MANY fs 'r.e IN
prop rton 20 the number NJ races rim AZ fri. q.t
named Imp has won? With what handicaoIi-r
Titfef AID ress1I5s a. r} jae IN this state
f4 t1|E cs'eH.ed Eead chiefly inflated with non
Tia, the worE ~ tbc ra75, e , L,HpGA7y declared
coTseCl'e,,o i ... 20 l-.8ppeI Was ~ greater
capper should be TIE most I,s I9lte OF ne andi-
article was tho official hand.capre- WASN'T III
modest shy, meek and humble article The
"a - pe IN hen.es test'fying against
BerclQn amid the inexunguishablo laughter OF
WY does The handioapper favor Imp rs he 6,os7
Handc5Bsy s SS4 TS }Ie SaIu6an and Brsh,on
why did The hanc-capper allow tie Imp gang TO-
throw dust y bis weak foolish eyes? Ru, This
sense. An Intelligent observers have noted he
cunning t lGc"y ana 9HsergPq.ogs way In which
mon sense would have bafied the Homes OF ne
she had won the Suburban and Brighton hardcaDs
Let THIS Handicapped have his way and. tudgiDg
from the weights which ne has put on INN In fbe
past DE is ready 10 turn over 10 Imp all the han6i-
caps in which she may be entered for the rest o.
het ufe
spencers riding Of Voter IN tho ocean Handicap
was not near the mark Of his ablest work. TO
speak Frankly Il was worse than anHu!c. II was
both paretic and paralyuc. Voter Is essentially a
Splinter. Granted. Grant this also, that Voter has
taken W bulky weight many times and travelled
to.erahly a. mile. he IS no marvel AZ nile.
Admitted. Now admit also that Voter has the
bone and muscle 90 carry lZi pounds comfortably.
He had only IA pounds iu the Ocean Handicap
for 70 SO la Ia urffk n
u pounds on his back? ie was unplaced Was
bis weak and weary crawl az mile wholly his own
faultI Was Spencer all alive Di7 he ride Voter
as be ought q have ridden him. S!mplet0ns who
believe ctVouty that all racing So spOtless and an
lo-k-L. are oneruL. M-l na.ar La-LL y