New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-14
SOME OF THE RIDING AT oRAvEsEND HAD AN
EVIL. LOOK.

The second race at Gravesend yesterday was as
.npieasant as one Of the boxing Jobs which Brady.
Sullivan and their associates arrange in order to
ceIude the public Did the owners of Gulden, Lo-
ihario Charentus and Latson have any IN
tention Of defeating Imp Of trying to de-
feat her? Did they have only second money
Sn view, and they betting second
place only? 'Pttsburg Phil" admitted that he
backed Lothario for second position and not for
first. John E Madden's wagers on Gulden were
chiefly for second position in practical substance
not for first. And No Jockey who had
mount in that affair except Taber. who rode Imp
tried hard at any time be first. Not one of them
They had waiting orders and waiting orders
are often insincere orders. They were riding for
second money, TO secure the second place bets or
their employers. They did not for first honors
After yesterdays tin horn riding on Spencers
part, it is to he hoped that his worshippers will
DE quiet for few days with regard to the super
human genius of that young He is capricious
when the betting does suit him. He rode the
favorite Vesuvisn in the first race and was not
placed Nesuvian runs in the name of Walter
Jennings. who told of his friends last
tumn that the Jockey Club had hurt his feelings
10y setting foot certain Inquiries with regard
TO the performances Of the horses which he
handled Every friend Of Mr.. Jennings sympa-
thized with him profoundly and shed tears. Now,
81 the Jockey Club viii ask Mr. Jennings why he
is so fond Of Spencer and William C. DAILY and
Will ask, further. why IL is that his horses when
ridden by Spencer sometimes do strange things the
Charles F. Dwyer made the saddest mistake of
his life when he sold E'cardy for a small sum.
I1caFdy Is a fast Splinter. and is worth much
more than Mr Dwyer got for him. He the
first race in lively fashion hut he would have
won II If the owner, the trainer and the Jockey of
Nesuvtan had been on the warpath with their
fighting blood af1ame Probably. however the
owner. trainer and Jockey of vesuvian are more
prosperous financially at this than they
would be in case Nesuvfan had been first instead
of unplaced. Wait until Vesuvan is at 10 to in
sprint races has Spencer lost when his mount was
the favorite?
The second burlesque the Imp "shoo-fn" in
which Gulden. Lotharfo. Latson and Charentus did
not want first place Second position was good
enough for them Rarely, even at Gravesend is
fragrant Job perpetrated boldly. Shaw, the
first race. and by foul riding the part of other
Jockeys was forced into the fence. His foot was
hurt and he could not ride LothariO. So Maher
was put on Lothario with five pounds overweight
He rode the horse under waiting orders in dila-
tory. procrastnating, LHommedieu style and came
In third doom could ride at one time. This year
pole can surpass him. Mr.. Madden said after the
race that Odom had disobeyed his positive orders
es TO the riding Of Gulden. Watch Guden IN the
Suburban. and see u he is ridden then he
ridden yesterday! The Suburban is Guden's OBJ
Jective point. and he was ridden yesterday with
modest and unobtrusive method. Watch the betting
on Lothario in the Suburban That burlesque
day seemed suggest that certain people pre-
closure may balk the plans of the schemers Every
one knows that waiting orders" against Imp
make 1mp's success certain. The Jockeys Lo-
tharo. Gulden, Charentus and Latson rode If
In the fremont Stakes of $4,000 a six furlongs
for two-year-olds the Keene colt Tommy Atkins,
at the end He was miserebly slow the start, as
was his Jockey, Spencer. Both colt and rider
almost as slow as they were in the Great Amer
ican Stakes. Even after the poor start Tommy