New-York tribune., 1900-07-17
MAHER AT HIS WORST.
HIS wRETcHED RIDING AT BRIGHTON
THE BETTING RING AND THE PooLRooMs RE
JOICED.


Manhattan Island was a furnace yesterday. but
winds from the sea made Brighton comfortable and
cool 1t Is incontestably the coolest racetrack in
the hot months which New Workers can con-
veniently visit. The attendance was pOpulOus, but
the racing was the worst of the meeting and
lamentably amiss. Many times last year and this
year, especially in the Suburban and Brighton
handicaps Of 1900. Maher has ridden II he
rnortgaged 10 the betting ring and the poorooms.
Yesterday the inference that the mortgage
foreclosed might not have been broadly astray.
Since this meeting began the general public has
been selecting many winners Except in the
Brighton Handicap. and the betting ring and the
poolrooms have suffered repeatedly. Was ii not
time, then. TO foreclose the mortgage?
Maher rode the favorite. Screech. in the second
race The owner Of Screech is honorable gentle
man. Is Maher honorable jockey? He rode
queer finish on Screech. using his whip the
Mikado might use his fan. With his left hand he
gently waved his whip in a Fusiyama fashion,
limiting 10 Screech You dear little summer girl,
don't hurry. Second place suits me. I have friends
among the bookmakers and in the poolroOms who
prefer 70 see me second" Screech took the hint.
Cherries snatched that prize. She was the sec
ond choice Cherries is owned by Hayman &
Frank. a firm which never offends Father Ducey
by putting pennies in his contribution plates One
member Of that firm traces his ancestry back TO
Socrates who drank hemlock because Colonel
PETER had mash IT ancient Athens. The
other is descended in a direct line from Aristdes
the Just, whose clambakeS on the AcropohS were
the delight Of Perices and Aspasia until Acibiades
objected to the chives in the dressing which
served with the green corn. Therefore, Aristdes
was pelted with stale shells and ostracized Hay
man < Frank have not yet been ostracized on the
turf, but they should beware Of clambakes. In
that second race little Ranschs riding of The Re
gent was as coy and shytss the shyest ride OF
Maher. Some cclt or FLY 1irted tail within ten
yards Of Ransch The tiny whiffet on horseback
instantly pulled up The Regent for fear he Che
rider) might be in peril and he made effort
afterward TO get third place. Nobody ever
accused James R. Keene Of lack of courage. Mr.
Whitney Mr.. Ryan and their friends found that
Mr.. Keene not tinnid while he was smashing
Wall Street last December When Mr.. Keene
comes back he may have talk with James Rowe
TO the engaging Of -such an ratonny Of poltroon
and so incompetent bow as little Ransch is
Mr.. Rowe does not lack courage himself, how
ever nor does Spencer, the ceman" Of the saddle.
spencer ought have been taken into the Ice Trust
on the ground hoor-no. in the sub-basement along
with Croker. Mayor Van Wyck, Gus" Van Wyck'
Carroll. Cram, Murphy and Geshenen. he IS the
iciest Of Jockeys. Rowe looks Spencer as the
Mer de Glace OF the turf Spencer is a living
skeleton and iccle at the same time. He is tail
and bony. and so thin that he casts no shadow He
battles the PHOTOGRAPHERS Can the edge Of a
razor be photographed? Spencer is so narrow that
ne splits the cameras He eats nothing and drinks
ess His only sustenance is the proud consciousness
~ Rowe's unfailing alteration, and the conviction
that when he dies the betting ring and the pool
rooms viii build him a tomb more stately than the
Tai Mahal.
And now. having paid feeble tribute to Spencer.
let US revert TO Mafer. Maher rode Rinaldo in the
third race No fault could be found with his
Iockeyship in that affair in which he got second
place. In the fourth race he was the pilot of Ante
Up. That strangely named beast shy in the
Jackpot He put up chips. after the
araw. Balaam's spoke when he had some
thing his mind Ante Up trying TO talk in
that fourth race. He had something on his mind,
goodi' and he threw his cards into the deck Ante
?ratic Club at social gathe[ing, Of the Mud
saddle he belongs in the discards.
General Mart Gary was the fayorite in the NTH
bTs. He should have i1- been an easy Winner and
he would have been an easy winner but Tor
Mahers mount had an excellent position at the
Maher pulled him back and lost several lengths,
Perhaps Maher was afraid that some other horse
would jostle his mount into the rail and pinch
he Jockeys worthless toes Anyway his action
he race 10 the favorite General Mart Gary and
Maher ought to have been ruled off for IT, General
aim 70 lose so much ground at the hrst that
Ieated by Candleblack whose running was a nasty
.ooking reversal Of form from his ghastly race on
The Official programme at Brighton B says that the
gteWards OF the Mettli sLt Fl II y o
he owner Of General Mart Gary. OF course he did
the other stewards might weIl have taken action
e TO Mahsrs gh9ush riding OF General Reea Mart M
Hitchcock 10 take action about anything. No dis
honest owner. trainer OF jockey has been heard TO
wicked Earl Of Rochester remarked Of Charles II
that ne never said foolish thing and never did
wise one. The Duke Of Westbury remarked re
GENTLY that Mr. Hitchcock was a little unlike
Charles II. because he never said a wise thing and
never did thing that wasn't foolish.
And Pittsburg Phil did a foolish thing when he
MS bets PittsburR Phil has many pleasant quail
ties and many people ike him, but it is silly for
public his bets have been. because sensible
person viii believe what plunger writes on such
subject This amlable, good natuTed, courteous
and gentle punSer can make up his mind that no
betting horses with capital of q few dollars
Plttsburg Phl did. and run that capital Of
ars, Pittsburg Phil did. unless that plunger
~ times used methods which might not be ap
plaudeG II church council or IN an international
convention OF Christian Endeavorers. on, no.
PittsbuFg Phil, You a pleasant young per
son, but don't ink IL writing letters to the
newspapers. DO you suppose that newspaper
I'ittsbuTg Phil in his remarkably infantile letter
says that the racetrack stewards study the bet
ting ring sheets. and therefore detect wrong
3Ong in the betting ring II any wicked schemes
planned. Isn't that convincing, Oh. dear
nOcent young from Pittsburg2 Did you ever
"a ppen hear that the worst and most extensive
n NeW-YOrk, Brooklyn, Boston. Chicago 81
Louis, Cincinnati Louisville, Kansas City Omaha
.isco, NeW-Orleans and many other cities? Did you
ever hear Of that Oh, innocent and unsuspecting
PittsbUrg Phil2 And did you ever hear that the
racerrack stewards inspect the cipher dispa tches
Of The telegraph companies or the records of the
JCOlFOOns all over the United States?
MaheT rode The Corinthian in the last He
vas unplaced The bOokmakers and the poorooms
rom Maine TO Oregon, from Minnesota TO Texas
ought be grateful 10 Maher for his riding yes
.erday. He q source Of huge profits 10 them,
ts he was in the Suburban and many other races
he has beeU In he Gll Fhap and