New-York tribune., 1900-07-03
BETTING RING TRIUMPHS
STRANGE THINGS AT sHEEPsHEAD.
Two RIDES BY rARAL WERE PRINCE TUAN
INCIDENTS

Tho appalling calamity at Hoboken and the i'm
pending catastrophe at Kansas City take so much
epsce that the Sheepshead racing must be
touched on terseiy II has been wonderful weather
since the Suburban was decided. fine and clear
many afternoons that the Brighton meeting,
which will beg!n the unlucky Friday of this week
may be soaked by rain almost from the first hour
10 the last. Thousands of Tammany men provide
lat income for the poolrooms and betting rings.
Tammany legions have gone West, in charge OF
Croker. Carroll Keenan,. Freedman, Keller Lantry,
Punkitt. Tim" Sullivan and others. The Ice Trust
has promised TO keep the corpses cool, and to de-
liver them on the return trip in such condition
thst Or. Cosby and the coroners will not become
victims Of blood poisoning. These Tammany specu-
lstors the mainstays of the Sheepshead meet
sng and their absence in the Missouri valley cast
q gloom over the grounds in spite Of the fact that
the bookrnakers were on hand in packs-ffty-three
20 the deal
Since so many faithful devotees of gambling had
gone toward the setting sun TO worship the Nc
braska joss. the attendance was small, although
July kind In the first two races public form
was adhered 70 reasonably with regard TO the first
place. Demurrer the favorte, the first win
neT. He in the colors of the Bootblack King.
Commissioners Keller and Lantry have journeyed
70 the Wild Vests widest rim with the express
purpose of breaking UP trusts, but they forgot 10
saks with them the head Of the Demurrer Trust,
and the Italia Irrdente, Boss Of the Sinners. BY
ahe way. il is hinted that the Shne-Y Your-Shoes-
While YOU Wait Trust viii soon declare dividend
OF forty-four-eIevenths Of per cent on the eighth
preferred debentures.
Nj Madden says that he sold Demurrer to the
italian boss for S5.Oa0 and Neapolitan lire thrown
1n 20 bind the bargain. a flask OF Chianu vas
kIter MAoaens tale 10 his friends on Friday as TO
he was impatient to sell him 10 the Banana Con-
eoadatec corporation II IS puZzling ta' .H"uoen. cen
lveo leven James r. keene IS not p keene: ex-
sc l9 sf N 6r5 t 4aGa9r % frb is no 6Tiga or lie
q q
On Friday and yesterday Demurrer mace It pa!n
iaos tao2 he was as brave as the 0Fav''' colonel IN Ken
Lei be recorded then, that Demurrer is valiant
one san conjecture why Ar Madden. kentuckys
Tas timid The colt won his races on both days
in tho most daring style conceivable. r,.,,..,..
g. chanler colt Cresson in the first race and the
suffered from heart hutterings and sorrows Within
a feT days the racing column OF The Tribune has
eBS @ If Tara ea3not S de 6etteT than he
rode Cresson and Procession he ought not 70 have
auorner mount in ten years. Presumably ne rode
10 orders in both cases. He IS the most docile and
most strictly. He has often told his friends that
he could have won the American Derby at Chicago
sn6 then try TO win the prize in the last half mile
orders that he choked the life and speed Of
cess:ui Did Lakeland the trainer Of Donino give
nose orders? Lakeland is a very wealthy trainer
orders as to the riding Of Domino ana Hamburg?
eEtermlnate
plenty OF Canadian whiskey to the T2ansvaal. and
pear quickly enough send Proces@sion @ G doWn fSs there
what viii rs1n 20 al4e 6lm 70 oroerS and then see
1epiTs o England TO blot out the Beers But it was
and Canandian favorites managed in the style in
aged on Long Island wouS e 6es6 Haye esa 6eea man nan
fealaGn. an Owned IN Canadian stable, ran remote
Wstseb Wsgaiep ~on handicap in dazzling style
o he first
SIX turlongs- He came in last. 1t a shameful
would would be better off were Canadians strictly ex-
which Procession ought T. have Won "oii the race
stskes Tib NJ could have been first in the yernaI
fair deal all around. She is fiily Of sTnazing Ing
speed and she tremendous odds-on fayorite
CoIrse e taIl hxe IarIongs Of the Futurity
lover END Of the grandstand who studied the race
Vaey fomied Fijzsheb Sd ~ 4c0Ge On LADY OF the
T,t,, S3Ge sha%s I!de on Elizabeth M was CHASTITY.
might not be an insuperable task to secure fair
3ao hoH96s6e racing on The Futurity Course. One
within the walls Of a microscopic molecule. is not
provide fair and honora bic racing? That FzsetR 6 10
M..sWeet Layender-Lady Of the Valley affair was
ing Sweet Lavender was hrst in the VernaI Lady of
Barring Tarrars slow and sluggish and stupid
rice on cresson, the first race was, sound and
form. Demurrer Of the Faint Heart was first in
cttHAris Luxe NafQ was second ana BrOWndaie
third. The Boot Black Trust got first money Mr.
whitney got second, and the Oneck Stable got
third. Pierre Loriliards Hum. with Maher up
was practically left the post ~
august Benont's Brigader a strong favorite
Tor the second race, he deserved be on public
form. and he came home easy winner MI
second. - - '1-i
Next came Tarars unsanitary and unwhoesorne
Canadian ride on the Canadian favorite Procession
hIler that were the outrageous fOuling and had
rloing by which Elizabeth NJ lost the Vernal
STAKES.
Fifth was hurdle hippodroms In which more
outrageous fouling was prominent feature The