New-York tribune., 1899-07-28
TIE RACETRACK.
FOUR OF THE FAvORITES sUCCEsSf oA'
rARAL WAS DEPLoRABLY OUT OF FORM IN
JOCKEYSHIP.

r,n,. WAS pEPLoRABLY OUT OF FORM IN
JocKEYsHIP.
Maber was first in four of the six races at
,,rtah,or yesterday. and except for extreme care,
,,ase on Prejudice he would have captuieu
sverv contest but one. He was unwlse IN ac'epe
the mount or Pirate NJ, in the irst AFFAIR, ueO
pirate NJ was wholly out Of condl'ioh anu ia" az
chance whatever Therefore Maher ana nus nouH' A.
,,ere unn,aced The odds-on favor!te Fy-py-Nisn''
ridden by Mitchell. was so much superior ~ 49,, w
a.bors q, the distance the weights ana cohul'io'io
,ha, there was no shadow of a struggle 1di"'
rode The Elector but rode him weakly anu ne
came in feeble third
Premature ard Dunbane were nrst anu ee0O'.
choices in the second race and the one carried
-. 80 nouoh money as the other. Maher, on
Dunbane was prompt nmble and alert al inc
start got away well and carried on the prize,
vraral on Premature, was SLOW a"h""iu a
clumsy at the start and got OIL so ldi oaON '
the fayorite was never prominent Inc laui'' AZ
nar, belonged TO the starter but Taral was ihls
erab;y oul Of form throughout the afternoon anu
,he blame for the ruin Of the prospects OF the Ia
zorite must rest heavily upon his shouiders III
every race I'm which he took part Iaral was " i''
inferior Jockey 10 the Taral of wednesday, VINO
rode 40 effectively and dashingly on Merry Frince
and Mech anus.
IL tho sninster Stakes Motley was the odds-on IA
xor,te because Of the speed which she had ex-
hibited weeks ago. in the early part OF the se"
SON But she had not been thoroughly trained anu
hardened and seasoned and raced for contest
at six furlongs the distance In the Splns'er S'"A'
Cautious Spectators do not make a constant prac-
1ice OF backing horses trained by william I"ihel"iu
when they are at odds on especially when they
have not been in race for a huihoeI %
weeks Motley at odds ran dejectedly was iiu-
den dejectedly by Tara. and was unplaced. Manner
could have captured the prize very easily Win
that good flly Prejudice, who was secohd cholce
ha
homestretch by Mitchell, on Lindemere' and soiely
because of Maher's inexcusable careIesshess anu
negligence, Iindemere defeated Prejudice by nose
in the last stride. Msher ought 10 have learned a
lesson from his failures Wednesday. when Taral'
on Meehanus and Merry Prince stole two races
from him which Maher ought 10 have won 4 ms ms
empty headed Maher is one of the most worthless
riders tnat ever brought dscredit on the turf.
William H. Clark did the right thing When ne put
never TO have been permitted 10 ride again.
, Naamel w." W. bnndtcanrerS f1nds made one of ihe
strangest haEdcaps on record, 1t was pracuSally
TasOySr IoT s bar at coS he Neyer get nea
him There nothing especially skilful in
Maher's riding of Firearm ., -
through any merit Of his own. but because "a.
had no seTogs S gS hut pfde 6s aes
was ridden by w. Lakelands pat stable boy, Clark
who is nothing but measHack IN the SADDLE liIi
certainly have been second, and possibly first, had
DUpee. who rode her. tried hard TO be better than
third Her owners backed her. but Dupee's ride
was so disgracefully bad that he ought at the
r. very least 20 have been put on the ground for
II Tara raj rode 90 Merry Prince superby on wednes-
day Yesterday in the last race, he rode the
ber m al any stable could ride HIM Maher Won the
easily on the favorite Bangle Kirkwood
OF the Garter was last Ridden rs he was ridden
on Wednesday Merry Prince could not have been