New-York tribune., 1900-08-05

Perry Belmonts knightly colt EthelbeTt won the
Brighton Cup yesterday at two miles and quar-
ter while Imp took second money and Sidney
Lucas WAS third. only four Herbert was
a bad last. This colt Herbert mad severe race
on Friday 1t was inexcusable TO require him to
run two miles and quarter yesterday, especially
as he is a son Of Albert That stallion has been
begetting sons and daughters which could squander
speed st short distances. But how many colts ana
hIlies Of Abert's string there that can WadoIe
two miles at a pace heeter than that OF a upcarl
with broken axle? Why WAS Herbert started in
the Brighton Cup? What conceivable ehahce
could he have? Did Walter Rollins him In
the hope that some OF his friends among the book
makers could pick up few dollars from half-
holiday dupes who would risk their money craziiy
on Herbert TO outrun Ethelbert. Imp or Sidney
Lucas at two miles and quarter? Is Rollins the
sole owner OF Herbert without lien or mortgage?
Can It be possible that any member Of the Jockey
Club possesses any interest IN him. Taking every
circumstance into account the starting OF Herbert
scandaious
Now will Perry Belmont put crown OF wild
olives on the towering brow Of 4, J. Joyner, who
trains Ethelbert for him. or will he hand over TO
his trainer & basket OF sesame and lilies, or VIII
he present TO Mr.. Joyner a copy OF John Ruskn's
treaties the ethics Of the dust. 1t may De
that Mr.. J0yner might prefer the dust without the
ethics. Putting that question aside Perry Belmont
IS well known penetrating cross-eXanalhef
and a resoIute analyst OF blue books. Mr.. Belmont
might, perchanee employ some Of his spare time TO
advantage catechisng Joyner and Aaher as TO the
details OF the defeat Of his sturdy colt Ethelbert
in the Suburban and Brighton Handicaps Prop
erly trained and properly ridden Ethelbert would
have been first in both of those handieaps- Maher
rode him on both occasions In the Suburban he
was second KInley Mack. In the Brighton Aaher
rode him in such that he was nowhere
near third place. Ethelbert is not truly great
horse not mighty champion he is no Hamburg
But he is Z colt Of considerable speed, quality
courage and staying power, and he should have
both the Suburban and Brighton Handicaps
In fact. TWO OF the offensive rides of the
year were Maher's rides Ethelbert in those
two races. Some persons whose opinions ON
the class worth and exploits OF runners
OF much weight as the opinions or
Paddy Diver the metaphysics or Kant
and the philosophy OF Comte. insist that Maher
has failed 10 DO MS duty But Perry Bel
mont is a man OF the world and q thing or
two now and then. After what has been done with
his good but great colt Ethebert, his reputa-
ton for capacity and for common sense will
suffer if he does not serve orders on Joyner that
he shall never permit that disloysl unfaithful and
double-faced Jockey Maher to ride Ethebert again
Maher die not ride Ethelbert for the Brighton
Cup That fortunate for decent sport and for
Ethelbert and for his owner. With Maher in the
saddle, Ethelbert would probably have been as
backward IS he in the Brighton Handicap
Spencer rode ktheioeTt yesterday. As an artistic
puller when ne is inclined TO pull one can excel
Spencer. it suited Spencer TO win with Ethel
pert and he handled the colt with patience, judg-
ment and skill Imp by far the best race of
her life. The Imp cabal backed her quietly at long
prices. The schemers and tricksters who handle
Imp had cunninglH and craftiy been employing for
weeks every srtihce they could conjure up in
order 10 misead the public and 10 create the i'm
preston that Imp could have chance TO obtain
place in the Brighton Cup. jenkins rode
Imp. and he out with her, which the
right thing do with that racing machine Of lem
pered steel What matchless aTmorplste for line
of-batile ships Imp would make-eyen harder,
more rugged and more lasting than the innumerable
lies which the Imp clique has been telling with
gard TO the mare. jenkins sent imp 10 the front,
and for a mile and 4 half or more her lead VAS
long that the OF spectators be-
Neved she could be overtaken. They
hasty IN their belief. Ethelbert Is not
a mighty champion but he Is colt or robust
integrity and wholesome mettle Imp Is Krupp
gun mare. but a or the type Of the great
est among the great a tough, gnarly. knotty colt
usually defeat OF his own class The
eternal feminine commonly suceumbs TO the eter-
nal masculine IN the long run. i'm the drawn out
stress and strain. in the most violent and pro
tracted OF struggles. Was there a
shakespeare woman Homer, d woman Dante, a
N woman Alexander Hannibal Cesar. Napoleon or
Bismarck? or ali the greatest race mares ever
known, great truly great colt.
Imp IS a Of value. although by the
greatest that lived. Ethebert is a colt
OF value. but since the hrst Derby there
have been hundreds Of better colts than EtheIbert
Nevertheless, these facts do essential
truth that with both Of them properly trained
and properly ridden and OF them well and nt
Ethelbert always outrun Imp. And these facts
do alter the shameful truth that Maher did
not try earnestly 10 win either the Suburban Or
Brighton Handicap with Ethelbert
What q Jockey Club We haven't to suckle fools
snd chronicle small beer, After certain jockeys
have practised barefaced frauds again and again
the Jockey Club stiil permits them TO ride
John e. Madden and Francis d. Beard pru-
dent in their day and generation They took out
he oNerfated Kilnarnoc ana Prince Of Melbourne
from tie Brighton cup because they knew that
Ethelbert, u and well, properly trained and prop
Prince OF Melbourne. hIle n Is admitted that
EthelbeEt Is not great colt, ms trainer IL not
aegeEtIeiess f-iae!beit j superior 10 nhmsrEock
and Prince Of Melbourne. Take up the guides ana
See what weights EthelbeFt has carried. what dis
anoes ne has covered now imDressyely ne has been
every person ~ith The average endowment Of
brains now knows that Aaher did not try ear
nestly win with him either the Suburban or
Brighton HanOica9s then $40 human being whose
dobt thst EfbeIie5t 1ouid have Overcome on, XII
marnOck and Prince OF Melbourne iu the Brighton
Cup had those two colts been started against him
ImD was faster brsRer and more enduring YES
terday than al any time before. She took a long
energies failed her. The tIae was very fast aud
records We're shattered piecemesl. but time and
The effective test made manifest ia tlis-that
Sidney Lucas. winner o. 80 many Western stakes
Al !ong distances. was made 10 look Ike an asih-
matte mule both By Etheibert and Imp while
Eineiosrt held Imp al ms merey throughput The
were not courageous ana enterpIising enough 70
start Prince OF Melbourne and Kilmarnock against
EtneiDeft- he ~onid nave made both OF those
colts look Ike past due CLAIMS which had been used
dozen times over in McGrath's chowder
Il was a procession that Brighton Cup affair
While Spencer cynically and cOntemptuously ell
mile and half, the Ohio mare was many lengths
in advance, and poor sydney Lucas and Herbert
70 draw near him, When a. last Spencer Whispered
10 EthelbeTt. Now, you easy Old slow-coacn
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