New-York tribune., 1899-07-12
THE RACETRACK.
MAY HEMPsTEAD ROSE FROM HER GRAVE

p,-r mp Turned OVER AND sNoRED DoCphi'
II Is now likely that a bill will come to the iron'
IN Albany In 1870 Transforming the present STATE
Racing Commission and that II VIII receive inuV"
snnport When a hearing is held on that bill aues-
,,ons NAV be asked as TO the running OF May heWp-
s,aas INN and some other racers, and inquiries
may be made as the achievements OF tuli gov
eminent In this State In improving 'he piee" y.
horses In checking betting ring abuses III leH'o''s
causes Of reproach. in cleansing the tur' iioi" o
nicion. of wrong doing and in promoting 'he ee"
CO, uefare If is not improbable that the history
of the Jockey Club may be looked into ana 'ie
lsbors OF that self credited, SELF orgaH%eu az"
self perpetuating organization may oe re''
Perhaps the reasons why certain stewards ana GER
tain track officials are kept In ther pid0es 'V
a,t.r vear may be considered. When the Legs-
la,ure decides to scrunlze turf affairs turf specu
lation and turf privileges, light may DE '"'
on the question why the owners OF Naoh9 "'e "
lowed TO pile up exorbtant prohts without slNl'e
a reasonable return TO the public when supports
IN. tracks Inquisitlve legislators may want 10
know why there IL such injurious excess ol
stakes and purses for two-year-olds WI! ~ i"""'
harmful selling affairs appear on the programmes,
why so many short scrambles take place lhsteau
of contests which the real merit OF horses wh!
the betting rings are permitted TO WORK nlsc"e'
ON so extensive scale why certain owners, train
ers and Jockeys are suffered TO practise tricKery,
why so many track officials are feeble mihded ana
futile and generally. why the sport u not ui9
infected When the Legislature takes up those IN
teres,!ng topics the in-and-out performances ol
MAY Hemnstcad Irno ard some other racers ma!
be studied searchingly. VIII 1t be surprising II IN
1900 new courses opened in this state ana Il
certain men who have made It clear that they cam
not or Will not bring about proper sta'e Oh '""sS
are told TO step down and out?
New men are needed in many important places on
the turf new Starter new starting )uose'
new patrol judge and new stewards are neeueo.
In fact new sets of officials on several tracks are
needed Tens OF thousands Of the supporters OF the
turf hone that the Legislature OF 1909 Will take
fresh pack Of cards count them carefully 10 he
sure that the deck has Just hfty-two CARDS not
hfty-thres and no; fty-one, shuttle the pack NOR
ough y and give new deal all around. Pains
should he taken that none OF the dlscards from the
old deck stray into the new pack
The in and out running OF May Hampstead and
Imp and some other horses has been productive or
serious scandal 1t may he that the owners Of the
two mares are free from fault Probably they are.
But somebody is surely al fault and the turf rulers
ought TO hnd out who are to blame whe'ner staHiS
The guilty 1t Is not necesssy to go $ over al all the the
in the East 4 few words will put the, matter
plainly In the Brighton Handicap few days ago
2Sen sS sn Mec@e WS ,Ra light weight and her
previous exploits she ought TO have been CON
1S Eur she wasn't Yesterday with - pounds up ls
pounds more than she had In the Brighton Handi-
cap she won the first with dazzling speed and
form Is any action 70 be taken? ,,,
caps and her success in those two Important races
Gonvnssd every one that she was & Sapn9e marc sd
Brighton she was beaten in circumstances which
she was ridden by Turner; in the Brighton she was
ridden by o'Leary IN her races ices IN & the East t she
who were thought TO be able TO handle her with
force and energy. Yesterday P. Clay was put on
and to the public which is paying its money e., t9
Keep up aHns sort on on SSEsy rEdperr is
tracks when stable is guilty OF such an onence
as Imp the stable is compelled to take down the
p Clay and put up. jockey; Nothing was done
SUCH rdeI. she was unpiaced Is any action to
Be oT dnT e n in sx ss@rd % Gs ns It w
Be before NsyYGrk stamps SUi r"n If such
e wsshr s9 %ss nab a srons winds
rushing from the ocean, and no dlscomtOr; from
horses were frequent on the programme. and the
1ge - MHss fs OF the psav saf we're en
fair, and the last contest was decided so early that
Jersey reached their homes in good time for din
ner. Once more the track was dry and fast. That
ss oT the s ST.
Making Gomez and St Clair were hends at the ne
the barrier nuisance. st. Callatine kicked May
Hempsead With extreme Violence sa NAY MemPssaa
sroSasy S,'s5 @ nS as Nay
start and had the rail position. She took the lead
g. hf Say slowly sa they
almost left at the post Had St. Callatne. Maxine
".
May Hampstead the finish would probably have
been close With her advantage at the start with
her rail position and with her fondness - for run
holding her lead to the end. Maxine Gomez is
faster selling platter than he had been generally
thought. Even with bad start he outran all ex
eept May Hampstead. odom rode him with skill
81 Clair third.
NJ F. Dwyer at the track. looking pitably
weak and H. His colt. Shorehsm, entered
at 5000 In the second race. selling affair
for two-year-olds. He ridden by Odom and
a tremendous favorie at overwhelming odds
on. He first In a trot Cecil Clay phrased
g. in the old days He won with such ease that he
would probably have been bid up. but that his
owner appeared to be so feeble and cast down that
no had the heart 70 try 10 get Shoreham away
from NJ F. Dwyer
( mcnamara Andronicus and Emgre were backed
freely for the third affair. which for horses
that had never won a race. Cawson took Ineena-
mara out in front. That is the right way to ride
her But this hlly likes Ave furongs better than
elk Lady Madge caught her and beat her in the
last furlong.
Bendoran was first choice in the speculation on
the Flight Handicap at six furlongs and Flrearm
was second choice. II Imp had been ridden by
Turner. O'Leary. Taral or Clawson. all Of whom
have been successful with her, she would have
been the favorte. but the prevalent feeling was Of
distrust and disgust when II was seen that p Clay
. was riding her. II the stewards had done their