New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-05
THE RACETRACK.
MAHER WON HALF THE CONTESTS

rAvoRIrEs JARED WELL ON THE DUNES
brighton will end its turf battles for 1899 to-day
md then the runners will not be seen in or near
his city until Futurity Day. Saturday August 20
IN 70 that date the devotees Of blue blood mus1
haunt Saratoga If they desire TO watch the ever
hitting kaleidoscope Of the skrmishes OF Inc
reatures Of lofty lineage. Brighton announces
eyeral rich stakes for coming years, and II inc
MANAGEMENT will abandon cheap and petty affairs
mtirey II may gain hold upon the favor OF
ecreation seeking Americans which VIII De SUI
nantial and lucrative in the opening years OF t'e
twentieth century. Brighton Is agreeapIy cool IN
tuly and August. When Manhattan IS seeming
n the furnace heat of midsummer, Brighton is
commonly at ease The buildings, the grounds
md the track are better fitted for popular enter
ainment. with untainted racing. and with WEI
,ome winds from the ocean, than any other place
q dog days amusement within the United States
What is needed is management OF such power
md force that the public can say with uhQues,
3onable faith that the contests are always Vou
odd repettions sometimes occur on racecourSes;
daher won the last three races h9in on Sand
ng in the first race, with more skill than II was
generally supposed he could muster sianags wss
pare at at the distance and tseeishts and in the
In the second race both Peep Q, Day and MOdrins
ad % Of .paad nace ' e the st
hat he had no speed left in the last furlong and
Peep O. Day wore him down snd vanqush err MN
oble gait Green Morris aas MN IN r SnaTse
dr Morris is veteran whose framing H iTsiDeS
lorses originally for the antique Pharaoh whose
laughter found Moses among the football Tusnes
u early Egypt. In that era Mr.. Morris was the
hampton prehistoric trainer, ana Pnaraon was vas
. hat the methods of training which were suitable
n the boyhood of Cheops, Rameses and Cephrenes
nav seem prirneval in these busy busting, Dewey
la
Iorses in Green B. Morrs's stable train them
elves without help frcm any one. That's VIE
lander. Green Il. Morris is as young as he ever
Maher was unplaced on Patrick DUNES Pohn
the first race and on ho rod 60 n
ect the odds on favorite and was second TO
Tluke Then he shook off his poppy trance and
,anone OF these three winners Box was a IA
,orite, Fast Black was a second choice TO Dolne
Neithoff and Zanone was a favorite. Maher rode
he three with fire and dash, and appeared Tor
hose three struggles to have reeained his pristine
,epper. Nevertheless, he had no violent task with
Box and Fast Black. Those two winners knew
heir business and did not need much help. Zanone,
however, required artful nursing, strenuous call
nd smart adjustment Of resources to emer
'est in his Brighton list. II was true jockeyship
which squeezed Zanone home first and Hurricane
vas at the tip of Zsnone's nose just as Zanone
.stonished Colonel Simmons and the equally
pnished Lieutenant Colonel Mcdowell.
This afternoon Brighton will draw its last breath
bumbs nnt,l inv ~ 1900 When s f. N, arises fr6
I'm new series Of "shoo' races. How many OF
he men, women and children who will lose their
Brighton in July 1900? The bookmakers will be
here. every Of them. They die.
Here are the summaries
FIRST RAcE-For maiden two year ods $500 added