New-York tribune., 1899-07-02
THE RACETRACK.
ADMIRATION FIRST IN THE SPECIAL.
WILLIAM c. wHITNEY's FIIL.Y FLEETER THAN


The special race az Sheepshead Bay yesterday
between William c. Whitney's filly Admiration and
Ueadley & Norton's illy May Hampstead resulted
in n decisive triumph for Admiration. May Hemp
s,ead's owners had no excuse 10 make. and they
frankly admitted that the daughter Of Patron ana
Lille Hampstead had been fairly outrun on her
merits by the daughter OF Kingston and Hypocrite'
Mr. Whitney sailed for Europe on June q Nei-
informed Wall Street men lean TO the theory that
he went abroad in order promote certain hnahclai
ooerations related to the proposed union OF Met
ropolitan. Manhattan. Third Avenue and Brooklyn
Rapid Transit However that may be. his frehuS
were sincerely sorry that he was not AT the couIse
10 see HIS flying illy overcome the only hlE oi hc'
age in America capable Of a stubborn rivalry W men
Mr. Whitney bought Admiration from John h. Mad
den for s10Ge the purchase sagacous, ana IL
has been well recompensed But when SEdheH
Paget bought the jumper called The Bacheior iof
Mr. Whitney mis- judgment Of Jumpers must nave
been somewhat cloudy II is true that The Bachelor
had captured jumping affairs In the west Ou' as
q Jumper in the East far he has been lump
of ,ead A few days ago The Bachelor was an
odds-on favorite in a hurdle circus, ana MT TaHtu
mt money on him as II lucre were cheap anu Oo''
mon The Bachelor lurched over at the hrst JUMP
as II ne we're a paralyzed pig. Yesterday Inc
racbeIor had some hackers In the steeplechaSe'
He was slow and clumsy at the jumps ana 'aroE
and reluctant bet--een the Jumps. As huruler
and q steeplechase. IN the East The Bacheior mas
been worthless up to this time. Possibly he mag
become accnmated later and regain ms NeStei"
form. woo
Nothing proves clear.y the general pros
naritv of the American people than thei laws"
outlay on amusements The New-Hork thea'res
awe been prospering exceedingly. and the New
York racetracks have been ping UP P'oi'' 40
never before Wretched starting ana "Ie'cieu
fockevship excessive charges and All sor's Vi
abuses and wrongs on the turf have not prevented
The gatherings hosts of spectators at the courses
e., 1899 Such weather for the sport has never Dee"
known before. This year Is without pa'ai'e' ~
p-ecedent in the series Of bright days ior raclhs
since the outset. July was as gracious Ees'eiu"S
os April May and June had been and SKY ana
,ir could not have been more favorable Tor recrc"-
,ion Had the turf been fortunate in its starter
and It's Jockeys as 1t has been in It's weather. 'hls
season would have so far surpassed 'he oeSl ~
those gone before that no comparison coui" "e
made Aasi il is the mournful truth tha' never
since Ben-IIur foued the chariot of his Zoe. III
General Wallace's vivid pages. has there been
worse starting and worse jockeyship anywhere III
This world or In the lower world than the star'lis
and the iockeyshp in this State In 1859 by the way
do all the readers Of General Wallaces celepra'eu
book realize that Ben-Hurs driving In that FAMOUS
chariot race was foul and disgraceful as any Oh
the foul riding seen on American racetracks since
Columbus crossed the Atlantic? The rules of char-
lot racing in Ben-IIur's time provided that any
driver who fouled his adversarys chariot shouid
not only be fined several thousand OF drachnias'
but should also lose his Chariot-drvers license ana
he DISQUALIFIED Apparently General Wallace never
studied the classic Rules of Racing formulated by
the Imperial Jockey cub two thousand years ago.
The attendance at Sheepshead Bay reached
total handsomely up in the thousands. Most OF the
men, women and children who were seen at the
course were drawn there by the allurement or the
specIal race between Admiration and May Hemp
stead. Admiration had run several times IN 'he
East was owned by an Eastern owner and was
looked upon representing the East IN tls SPeCla
struggle May Hampstead had won important
stakes in the West had run only once in the East
and owned by a Western firm lnereIort, Ma??
Hampstead was regarded as representing the WeSt
Admiration was always slightly the favorte ID cre te
bold and persistent and prodigal In their wagSrs
% thf pet @ sT 81 mTf4 ha
never became an overwhelming faVoIlIe' Wnen II
Is taken into n b '9a5 hg O1 ba W p Noron Of
Headley Norton. put $500 on May Hempstead
Nav 'H Hempstead So strong a wind was blowing
that extremely fast time In the homestretch was
Admiration had slight advantage at the start
but May Hampstead quickly closed Win her ana nc
al the end Of the first furlong, run in IL 40 seconds
her head was a few inches In front of Admratlon s.
Then the combat deepened The two miles & were were
by dint of EXTREMIST effort. Stride by stride they
shot along at dazzling pace nds Ihe nrSt st Nav
Hempsteads scanty space before we
Ie sahy Of Tod s. Sloan Was f forward on
crouched her neck In a monkey bunch COAX
ing her whispering soft nothings. first in one ear
fondling her fattering her. caioling her, fooling
her Admiration is a susceptible belle ana she
was so pleased with Clawson's endearments ana
compliments that she sped on at even quicker
gait Lord Beaconsheld was once asked no" III IL
was that ne enjoyed to so marked degree tme me
favor OF rulers Of kingdoms. u have always
found artful hattery effective with almost eVeoS N n
one" he answered. but for royalty lay II on
with a trowel" Clawson considered Admiration "a =
on his fiattery with a irowel.
Swift travel that! Admiration liked Clawson $
wheedling and enticng better ana peter "a ga her &
graceful legs moved still heetly. Thirty-ilve
seconds marked the end Of the three ' iurlongsii ne
nose Cheering was heard all over the GROUNDS
and the grandsand quivered with the shouts OF & &eNo
savings still more voiubly into Admiratons pearl
ears Admiraos pride ana E9y M mere ncstasv so and
wholly delirious in speed Turner had no money eg
words for Nav Hampstead lie Is an old-fashioned
fockev with old-fashione ways. His treatment OF
Nav Hempstead lacked the ducet charm or Jaw
mrsnS son So soft sduiaon into May Hempsteads ears
The time for the half f-me was u seconds anu
on Nav Hampstead Five furlongs were run IN 81 20
seconds-mos notable tme-and nov and wo
soon two lengths in the lead Strive as she might @
May Here tqayeTsed in 2 a. As it plain
that Admiration had the victory secure S ,Ie
oSk charter heT i 1anu Was run in Comparatively time IN
the face Of the extremely strong VIM @s ""e'N'
e"%, Th. ' Fast had vanqushed the West in remark,
able battle OF three year-old hllies. and loud ana
AdnnratIon with light weight is assuTedly superior
70 Nav Hampstead or any other OF her sex IN lnWe ne
fSyniteS States at a mile less. but before II is
certain that she is Firenzi or a Miss WoodfoTdd d
sha must take up full stake weight. and outrufi
nod sno noi,s repeaedly at mile and quarter and
mile and half those Two g1ea, mares ar sSed Gld
aaSuaht weight and her feat OF yesterday was
sunburst OF radiance in pace But II Is not yet
p,ia anS n half each carrying full stake weight.
In the splendid fight FOR honors between Admra-
.,n ~ IA Nav Henpsead in the exquisite summer
oa.Snr her in the supremely lucrative attendance In
the holiday spirit and good nature o. teIsned me mus
Ia. ard In some other things. the Sheepshehu
tny conrse was q centre OF recreation. of enjoy
IaS ond ~ lively interest But II not an
Insoon ~ continual pleasure without fault or
Jaw When big Saturday throng goes 10 mt
IHe rrier usually offends and disguss thousands
~ ohservers He fell into many nexcusable Dluhaers