New-York tribune., 1900-09-04
ETHELBERT'S DEAD HEAT.
NO ExcusEsroE sPENcERs ,R1D1NG.
PERRY BE1mosr's COLT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
= FAR IN FRONT.

,o,,ncll Of war; pd to put pointed questions to A.
7 Joyner. who trpins Ethelbert for him. and to
-cer who rode Ethelbert yesterday? One day
=. year at Norris Park. Spencer rode Ethelbert
1gLa an unbalanced peer tub, and Ethebert was
sefested by bandy-leGged cassowary named Raj
s..un who can fail tCs hum those famous lines so
dear 70 Professor Jowe1 when he was translating
r5as.onot the steeplecheser Plato. the winner of
s,,r,rinr race at Sheel lSshead yesterday. but the
s,senisn philosopher whose Republic" is the ia
,,orf,e classic of Richard Croker. John Carroll.
I--v Tleln7our and Battery" Dan Finn. The lines
,,n which Professor Jowett opened and closed his
,a,sbrated BaIlicl breakfasts were as follows:
If I were a cassowa ry
on the plains Of ii nbuctoo.
I'd gobhe up a miss, mary
-. .sssowary RaffaelIo got first place from
,-.s,ts-x because Spencer did not rice Ethelbert
;.h 4 cherry hatchet ia ken from George
xT-...ivs,.on's Mount Vernon too1 chest In other
80 spencer did not want TO get first place
- Raffaello. Maher has ridden Ethelbert
., t.sn once with reverted diftsdersce. which
.s..s..s that he was a victim of the pooroom
-, spencer rode Ethelbert for the Brighton
- z.t- the lustre and distinction Of Sir Galahad,
-.,:ht the Holy Grail. That day Spencer
his halo on That day his riding was so
.,,t,v and chivalric that he almost earned for
- ,,~oess for a few of his innumerable sins Not
-, 81 them. That, Artemus Ward re-
-.-sed. could have been two. two muoch.
- ~. in the Twin City Handicap, Spencer
Il, ..-.
,t,nd-s7n The methods with which kinley Mack
- bee- governed in 1900 resemble the tactics of
-aos- cor mando kopje- 1t is cut ana come
,a,r x h Kinley Mack. His trainer Is deVotee
- cror-s Botha and De Wet. He commonly
t,-.s fair battle in the open, man TO man ana
-, . horse but If he can sneak around in the
- g pelt a CALLING fire upon an unprotected
,,-r.cs then he is the happiest Boer outside or
ST y ..
Il 'oint, kiashandra' Decah'ei' Au' 60
g. .ndronicus and Martimas were set in bat
:, .xsfrst Fcthelbert in that Twin City
-E5s- al mile and a quarter. one of the most
inp- handicaps Of the later half of the turf
seasg thelbert is miracle and no marvel.
u y no means one of the truly great horses
n T. century. Nevertheless. this is certain;
Et-s r wisely trained and wisely ridden can
our-u any horse of his age now in training IN
America at q mile more and any horse In
America weight for age above three years old
e. a mile or more Perry Belmont is the incarna-
,,o7 the embodiment the model and exemplar of
re-fect patience and good nature. Were he not. he
might say some things TO Mr. Joyner. his trainer,
who has raisrnana ged Ethebert so lamentaby that
would make MI Joyner's tiny. microscopic and al
most invisible ears turn red North Carolina
sunset.
Perry Belmont's honored father. August Bel
mont was a turfman of the foremost class
and al American citizen OF celebrity potency
and influence Perry Belmonts father owned one
O. the finest racing stables in the annals of the
American turf. When a trainer jockey en-
poyed by him neglected his duties or committed in
defensible errors, August Belmont spoke TO him
with q vocabulary as explosive as an eruption OF
Krakatoa Perry Belmont is TOO mild and meek
and amiable the turf Isn't he a little weary
OF Joyners bunders with Ethelbert? This colt
ought never TO have been defeated after Perry Bel
mont bought him. and he would never have been
defeated since Mr.. Belmont bought him had he
been wisely trained and wisely ridden Yesterday
We had one more Of those nauseating, revolving eX.
hibtions Of the mismanagement of Etheleoert, OF
which there have been many.
OF course Ethebcrt the favorite after the
Boer trainer Of Kinley Mack had sneaked kinney
makers acted az if they were most anxious 10 bet
az tbe not tBeber dr ee an e%6 51r no anS
when the flag fell he had admirable start In
The Brighton Cup, when Spencer rode him SO well.
Ethelbert was kept in an effective place all the
way until he passed Imp and gained first honors:
Yesterday Ethelbert was fun of running, eager and
ambitious. fiery, Jealous and fleet. But he was not
suitable Position on the baeksfTetch Etheibert
would have yanquished his opponents in the Twin
vas weak FtheIbert was wiiiiSg but Spencer
MAS wesk Not hat spenceT was feeble physicaily
but the poolrooms were strong. There could have
in pulling Ethelbert back out of the race on the
backstretch The horse was hot with pride and and
start 10 finish every stride OF the journey. but
What was the key to the mystery? Boss Hitch
cock, the turf Boss. had Decanter in the Twin
Ethelbert IN the Suburban and Brighton handicaps
had been justly denounced with extreme severity
Spencer is bursting with tender thoughts for
and conciIlate Boss Hitchcock on the turf Just as
Van Wyck Whalen, Gardiner, Keller, Lantry,
ali the Tammany judges and office holders like to
burn joss sticks before Boss Croker They are al!
and the other Chinese Viceroys are resolute TO
save the face" OF the DowageT Empress: 80
spencer rode Ethelbert as If he We're desrous OF
saving the face Of Boss Hitchcock by letting De
ever il was plain to Spencer and every else
that Boss Hitchcocks face could not be saved
a7fHr u-2c ca cl<ed and Hak ~ an
that he could save anybody's face. Maher
struggled IN vain. Then Spencer, with shame
But il TOO late to save the day completely
Spencer had waited too long with his race saving
rushed along win a glorious hurst of speed The
hest he could do however, after the face-saving
Effort, make a dead heat with Jack Point.
fourth. Odom who rode Killashandra, put IN an
pnfounded claim Of foul but It was not allowed as
bat startling. Ethelber' much the best OF
tool 'ot c az me weights an ana tref The colt
was somewhat cut in the race b4t n0t % enough h To- 10
prevent his success had Spencer handled nm 10y
Why doesn't perry Belmont try another trainer
Of campaigns other generals supplant them JoyneFr
E las maae ghastly mess of his management GENE / , oi
C.esAt Perry Belmont Try another trainer 10
bert that EtheIbert ought TO have won than Joyner
lss lost Then why should Joyner be allowed 10
II the dead heat had been run off Ethelbert could
nave cantered over that cripple, Jack Point BuI
the money was divided. Ethelbert stay all
cay Is he proved in the Reazation IN the me
Is only bowlegged cripple. But for some mysteri-
o9s reason the money was DIVIDED ,,,, iii,
II Is generally reported that Pierre Lorlllard WIN
take MS jockey Daniel Ma her; his colt. David
next week Mr. Loriiiard.s absence will be sin
cerely regretted because he l. a turfman or the ~
both sides OF the Atlantic which no other American
he neTm