New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
IMP GOT THIRD PLACE
CONTESTS AT sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
SOME OF THE WINNERS NOT LIKED BY THE
PIBIIC

June will end in a few days. II has been bounu-
fui to outdoor sports. Few afternoons since the
close OF May have been stormy. and most Of them
have been mild sun. and all the elements agree
ing 10 tempt into the wide open men, women and
children in search Of pleasure. The ConeE isiA'io
Jockey Club 5aas been so jealous 10 please owners
trainers and stockholders that IT has been hoiohs
races six DAYS f. the week, a policy prompted DH
shirt % devotion 10 the profits Of stables and OF
owners Of shares When racing goes on every
day except Sunday. how fascinating Is the OUTLOOK
for the men who handle horses and The men WHO
b-ndle books, Every day running TO an I'M
moderate extent taxes the masses VINO pu.-
fress the teuplc OF sport. and may "oIh
damage TO tae turf in the long run. Dut II
affords to the possessors ana managers %
stables broad avenues TO wealth Inc p"D.'o
NAV be anxious ahile the betting ring buys bonus
Blows may be dealt at the vital parts OF rAeins
through the variations OF form which eNerEuaH
contests must promote. 1t is plain that owners ana
trainers are ungratefui in failing TO respond Hee'v
10 the liberal action Of the CoHey Islahd JOCKEY
cnSb In too many instances they SPOIL progra MINES
nv keeuing their horses IA the stables. In such a
June as this with nearly two thousand horses IN
training on Long Island owners ana tram
ers have beer so sluggish and ungenerous as TO oe
cline TO start colts ana FLIES which they ought 10
s4ar+ The result is that the Sheepshead pro-
grammes have been iIl-balanced and weak on sew
eral days Of this meeting.
SATURDAY. afternoon of exceptional charm
brought 10 the Sheepshead course pleasant com
attendance would have been much larger had the
owners and trainers been more generous in their
entries and had the poolrooms been closed Mr.
Croker. NETWORKS majestic. stately ana imperlouS
ruler, is ROW here. having come back from Eng
land his fsvorite abiding place. and the country
IN which he prefers spend in recreation the
money which he exacts from his loyal subjects IN
Manhattan. The Croker excheQuer may be low
and he may 7asre 10 levy new tax upon his
realm in order that he may resume with suitable
splendor his career upon the British turf. our
racing associations might invest some OF their
profits sagaciously II they hand over hundred
Thousand dollars or 10 Mr.. Croker On condition
that he issue decree closing the poolroonls II
Is evident 70 every person familiar with the matter
that the poolroo1ns absorb great dea! of money
which would otherwise swell the receipts of the
racetracks. A gift Of 100000 TO Mr. Croker would
probably the closing Of the poolrooms and
might prove to he a profitable investment for the
tracks As TO the morality OF such transaction
what is to be said with regard TO the morality Of
assessing the bookmakers for their gambling privi-
ieges ia clear violation OF the law?
What is the present attitude toward the pool
rooms of the who control racing? While the
ruler OF New-York has been in England enjoying
himself, the political corpses Of Mayor Van Wyck.
ex-Judge Van Wyck. John T. Carroll. Dock Commits
s.oners Cram and Murphy and several other Demo
cratic pro-consuis have been put on ice and are
awaiting burial Mr. Croker IS expected TO
take the part of the first grave digger. and as he
fondles the empty skull of John F. Carroll he
the pate Of politician a fellow OF infinite
sest''
But when Mr.. Croker has fIled his political
graveyard, might he not listen % the poolroom
suggestion?
The substantial gathering Of spectators at Sleeps
head was Pleased with the first race. in which the
fayorite Harlem Lane. neatly ridder by OConnor,
got the prize. Harlem Lane is :ny mouse Of
hlly She is small that she cannot carry stake
weight, ana she is not likely TO he Il slayer. But
the distance al-a weight IN thar hrst AFFAIR suited
Ondurdts was the second choice and she secured
second place. 50 thc diversion o. the day began
second best was second.
Alas! how mourntpl was the change in the seq
ond act -. MhstueN'S MOu1anic. ridden bE
doom. and }, Boden's ordeal, ridden 10y Spencer
was worse than the riding Of John Gilpin de
seri6ed by the poet Cwper G.s;eai was s nnpiaSed
Ponder upon Montanies exploits IN 1883! That
morse last season WAS stake winner and did
Sifb 9.aiyl,, ms S5n,lti ~ 80 Oh" ~
was a year ago Cdorn. the jockey. Tode wei a
lockeyship has been ptifui he Is an honest boy,
give aim mounts until H. RECEIVERS from his weak
less and timidity Mr. whitney and Mi Madden
hurt their o~n interests iy tLe'r persistence in
throwing away races oy putting this weak and
nmid boy OF ther horse Let them pas hin his
If Nr Whit9sy viz pay otoia $1,000 q year for life
not fair 70 the I.Hf ana not fair 10 The pe6n1 who
support the turf persist in putting Odom
on horses. while he is SO weak and tlmid that he
With a competent jockey Montanc would have
vi ns o 10y 3n sure 6 aar i5I IN thaj second aer
miserably ridden from end end and finally
SANE home third behind Mari0ert and His Royal
Maher rode Maribert well. There was plenty of
10 ! aud 10 and even to l against AariLert.
That explains why Maher rode him well. If Mari
bert had been great public favorite at a short
would probably have ridden him as ne rode Ethel
bert in the Suburban. and Marlbert would not
have been first OdOHl's riding OF Montanic was
al right as 10 honesty, buI il was wretched 10
In the Surf Stakes Water color Was the favOrite
but oatlander. Contend and Smile had many sup
pOrters. A crazy tip on AtmOre spread all over
the grounds Water Color recovered the speed which
he unaccounta5ly mislaid when he was last seen in
pHDlc ana he TOOK hTst honCrs handsomely Smile
Was second and Outiander third. Spencer's riding
and all the conditions please Spencer he can ride
fairly IN races Of six fnrloEgs more but he il
deadly slow at the post in short races. and, more
we're never neTmfted 70 ride in an, confess af f
cleaner than il is. he hopeless failure short
start than he is usually. Atmore, the great tip,
ought 10 be made census enumerator unless he
can move more rapidly than he moved in the Surf
Stakes lie was almost as slow the Thirty
foHrth-st ferry. the paragon Of slowness.
The championship Of the two-year-olds is stll un-
Charles Head Smith OF Chicago few weeks
ago deiiec the world 10 produce the equal OF mis-
IN Chicago, in the American Derby. Lieutenant
Gibson was third 10 Sidney Lucas and James, The
wlld western whOoD OF Charles Head Smith for
year-od colts In The East o can fT sdne aic
ana James al any time and az any 6istance anS
therefore can defeat Lieutenant Gibson. the prop
eTty OF Charles Head Smith. the wild Western
In The sheePshead Bay Handicap at mile. the
fourth contest, Jean Beraud, ridden by Turner
was the fayorfte, but he found his weight of l3i
pounds too bulky. and failed to obtai q place
lfIp. carrying lS8 pounds and ridden by Taber.
most ereditably with SO severe an impost. and
eapPer had allotted the feather weight Of ninety
went out in the lead with shaw in the saddle and
entered the nal furone endora8 h Sy had
hat il