New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-18
IMP NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BANAsTAR1, THE PUBLIC CHOICE LEE
AT THE POST

ONCE MoRE1 THE STARTER WITH HIS BARRIER
DEALT A SAVAGE BLOW TO RACING.
rh. starter spoiled the Suburban in 1885, ana ne
snoiled Il again in 1899 Last season MS eoi"peo
tncompetency a.senated public favor, drove awe!
hosts OF people who are fond OF sport an"
,pnished seriously the revenues Of the Coney ISL
80 800 Gun, 1t was not only the Suburban
xh,ch he spoed.a year ago. buthe also rulheu tie
Fu.urity of 1898 and the junior Champion oi t"o
ssme wear few days ago at the uraNe'e'I
track he left at the post borh hhi"eianue, -
Dan Rice the first choice ana the seco'iu 80.
end was SO apprehensive OF moobing that ne "e"'
ho,oa nv 81 hack way, wishing TO race the III
fur,ated mufiitude Are racing omchis peieA' Va
ther senses? What do they expect W s"i" O'
keening as starter a man who Is enttled ~ hOiC
ss ono of the swiftesst and most accurate 'eieeip
onarators who ever came from CANADA Out VIM
Is as thoroughly incapable of starring nofses pop
81 os ~ ne had been born blind and had never
looked upon the san? What bewilderhg cohte'iip1
for public sentiment certain ofhcaals are 49,.
when they persist In retaining TINS slai'ei' ~
eager they are to displease and anOnt tne sup
porters of the tracks when they reiuse u e'p'o|
competent starter! The friends OF TINS
s,L,ncarnation of error with the flag declare 'ha'
no ,s\ honest. Nobody denies 1t. Bu' are ''e'e AZ
other honest men in America? Ihio" m
ranaopo into the grandstand any uay anu - 80"
surolv hA some one who can start Deuer IMAM 'N'S
t1hl
...,a,ng IN she history OF racing mas ever peen
-, Tran the. obstinacy with which turf man
ayers insist upon offending tho Ioya 1I4e"U
racing by their stubborn de1rmiha''oi NV W
. change the starter, Could a new starter 10 "oi'0
49, 20 ruin the Suburban IN two successive years
to snon the Futurty and Junior Cnaihihon' ~ 20
- -. nos, both the first choice and the secohu
cho,ce as this starter did with Rhii~laiuei W
Dan Rice? Why don't the sages VINO 0o"'
tracks In this State 90 TO the Daoles wal" ia "a
Of our hospitals choose cooihg lhIa"' III " 80,
~, Tho rcd flag in his little hands ana tell MN "
pu' ~ .,,ng Cor the rest of the year? Few
,,os ~ six months experience In the WORTH
could start much worse than the present STATE ,,
No founding with three months 'oi eNiS'e i -
do more than spoil Suburban d rutui''S 90
Iunior Champion in one year, ana ,heii Hi'Ne
'"" - -. y Suburban in the following year.
arh,,,han Day assembled notable gathering al
che sbeepshead Bay course. The weather was
agreeable with no excess OF neat 'o' 'o'N' w ~
,rack was dry fast and in fine condNloh' i"ip INC
,nar ~ the suburban ran the mile and a quarter
IN pos IS according to the wonderlui uihiie "'
a. oa, so nrevalent Imp lisa mare of,sound value,
q mare that can maintain surprising pace ior d
mile and a quarter or more. ana all 'he pa
which will be heaped upon her Tor her lrluIiP" 40
the Suburban will DO bestowed )udlclousl! w VII.
bsgrudses her laureis Pile them up higher ana
higher Nevertheless Imp. fast as she 49, eAcelS"'
os she Is brayely as she won the SUBURBAN. Is ip'
a Firenz or a Miss Woodford Blink Bonny or
shotover a Wheel Of Fortune orNa Gehemniss II
has become a fad all the COURSES In the couh-
try to put up the most amazingly iast uhe' vi
course. the tracks are faster than they were few
years ago. but what sensible person Supposes tha'
the horses which are running In America are
superior to Luke Blackburn. Hindoo' SENSATION
Troubadour The Bard, fremont. Hanover\and sal
vator? The horses which ran on American tracks
in the seventies the eighties and the early nnetles
did not run mile and a quarter in 2:O0 40 Never
hoy Of higher class
be- although her Suburban success ghttered ana
cleaned. PuzZng watches official timers are
now holding and comical figures they set up for the
n applause OF the public The timing on our tracks
a Is now Jolly Joke
When Ornament the idol of the public. prac-
tically left at the post in the Suburban of 1898,
many thousands of people were vexed that they
said they would never go 10 a race again. Ban
astar the one horse that the great mass or
people hoped and expected would win the Suburban
this year. and the thousands of admirers Of Ban
sstar who were at the course. and the tens of
thousands of admirers OF Banastar in all parts
Of the United States who were not at the track
treated by the starter as despitefuily and wo-
fully the partisans Of Ornament were treated
last season. Ornament won the Brooklyn Handi-
cap In superb style In 1895 and therefore became
the object Of popular enthusiasm for the Suburban
The starter destroyed Ornaments chances. Ban
astar won the Brooklyn Handicap and was &C
claimed without delay the almost certain win
ner of the Suburban. After long walt a year ago
Ornament got unfair a start that he un-
placed In the Suburban. After a long walt yes
terday Banastar, the popular choice left at
the post And yet the men who are responsible
for the racetracks and the betting-ri in this
State to think that whatever the starting
may be- whatever certain bookmakers may do,
whatever certain owners trainers and Jockeys may
do or not do. the enlightened voters will gladly
approve everything that goes on, and the turf will
continue 10 flourish from the liberal outlay Of
money IN order that the stockholders In the as
socations may amass fortunes
fast and furious. and the jam in the ring was
actually violent. so frenzied was the rush when
the gambling the Suburban at its height
that the bookmakers and their clerks in number
Seven out OF ten of all the wagers were on W. H.
Clarks pair. Banastar and Candle Black. which
majority Of the people present felt sure that Ban
sstar who had captured the Brooklyn Handicap
possibly lose the Suburban. Nevertheless. thS,
@ hnG no cS eopa IN many
Bannockburn, owned by Patrick Dunno. the willy
makers and handicappers. an owner whose career
Is dense with the loot OF betting rings and tur
Dunnse. was confident. So were his familiars 81
yss M " ocy er Of airy hans h
Of horn and calous conscience. When p. Dunn,
sofousy S h SS'S
millinery: She was BY no means neglected in IN
long experience that Walter Jennings has ha,
should deem II possible that Briar swest nigh
win the Suburban with 12l pounds In the saddle
without having had single race in the East thl
year. II Briar Sweet could have been first in tn
Suburban with such weight and without having ha
preliminary and preparatory race in the East. sh
would be the greatest mare ever born. A delectabl
mare she Is. In truth. But not the greatest mar
ever born. Not by several long shots.
Peter WINNER. four square TO all winds that blow
thoroughly honorable and careful trainer. ha
said again and again that while Fitzgeralds hideOu
and horrible barrier is used Ben Holiday canno
win a Brooklyn Handicap Suburban Ben Hol
laday detests that barrier his trainer does Tina
is well known. Yet. in spite Of Ben Holiday
hatred OF the barrier, he was courageously sup
ported by troops OF friends in the speculation Tn
starter and the barrier made II impossible for Bel
Holiday to get even II place. his trainer feare