New-York tribune., 1900-05-24
THE RACETRACK.
ODD INCIDENTS AT THE WESTCHESTER
COURSE-swEET LAvENDER'S
SUCCESS


SUCCESS
At Morris Park yesterday the air was warm
es in July. but the heat tormenting and
no sunstrokes were reported. The attendance was
profuse, and the turf boom is still bulky and i'm
posing The track in admirable condition In
the Gaiety Stakes. for two-year-old fes, at a
half-mile. of those peculiar keamily affairs"
which have been talked about much on the turf
provoked a buzz of comment whial did not die
away promptly.
wyndham Walden has been the trainer Of the
Morris scarlet stable for many seasons. He has a
stable of his own also and his horses carry
the colors of r. w Walden & Sons. Moreover, ne
has son-in-law named Frederick I1ttlefeld In
the Gaiety Stakes two illies. Anecdote and Edu-
cate owned by +. ". Walden & Sons, were ridden
by Shaw and Mitchell. two Jockeys whose spinal
vertebra have been badly jolted several occa-
sions. Add. a hlly owned by A. II. and D. H.
Morris. started in the Gaety and ridden by the
smiling complaisant and complacent Builman
Sweet Lavender went TO the post in the name
and coors Of c. Littleheid, jr., and was ridden by
his brother Frederick Littlefied. son-in-law Of
Wyndham Walden.
1t was sweetly pastoral scene Out of a field of
starters in the Gaiety four seemed to be
linked together with loving ties OF family
affection. fidelity and devotion The merry. merry
public backed the r. W. Walden & Sons pair, An
ecdote and Educate. 50 freely that the pair always
held the place of favoritism Meanwhile many stock
holders in the Ice Trust and other Tammany lead
backed Sweet Lavender with a dauntless hero
ism and unlimited highly characteristic
OF the Ice Trust and of Tammany. On public
form Anecdote and Educate fully deserved TO be
She choice of the public in the speculation. 1t is
true that Anecdote carried 122 pounds and Edu-
carried H. while the other lies In the Gaiety
carried only liz. but everybody outside of jul
yenile asylum for the enlightenment of benumbed
mentality knew long ago that a difference OF seven
lounds. or even of ten pounds amounts to little
when two-year-olds sliding only a half-mile
down the .giddy precipice of the Eclipse course.
Some delay occurred at the post, and the starter
MOI a singular coincidence that Shaw on Anecdote.
Mitchell on Educate and pullman on Add. did not
front? When the signal came the ten fillies moved
ell on Educate and Bullman on Add being espe-
cially sluggish. Sweet Lavender had plenty OF
fast time No one was wicked enough TO to suggest
the Democratic Club winied with joy. Spencer
rode Mary Mccoy f an outsider in the , betting With
Spencer is Jehu of a jockey; with oceans OF
10 defeat favorite with that outsider for first.
second or third place, When he is on a favorie-
PETER was third and Tower Of Candles was fourth
S Ms IT that and and
nnphant? Not at all Never forget the tender ties
FANNY are no 1 Intensely popular R
Americans, They would excite the widest en-
ipelago on the other side of the globe Why not
iiedeld-Morris track in the philippines? The re-
sponses would be instantaneous and enormous
,he Order of Nervous Friars Afraid Of Lawn
vved among the Taeals and Tagaogs and would
flourish extensively while family affairs in races
Governor Griggs and other sturdy hurdlers were
gn from the first race Only fve went over
Wilson'S Filon dor. was therefore not gravely
In the second the favorte Gold Lace. deftly
Queen Eouae %as Eeeohd N.Y.
Gebhards coors are too rarely seen on the turf in
other runners of distinction Nj Gebhard's coiors
were borne by strong stable ..,-,
one aW ssi s Ike h Tns on IN
iyn pinnger SO frequently eRfbted ahg patepna
solictude for Maher's welfare He handled scurry
Johnson's hly ondurdis got the prize and her sue
liked and esteemed. and because his horses have
seldom been in front in recent seasons. When
winners old Monmouth MT Johnson was ssis
associated with Edward Kelly in the Madison own
in his own right has been enthralled by the witch
Witch he femey ond M Johnson 5he 5ar bo%
ever reiains his youthful ardor for thoroughbred
Stable at ono period; but now Uses his own name
81 have round dozen horses in training and not
hfms and 1t is to be hoped they will do wei for
Vulcain. the odds on fa.-'ite in the Van Cort-
he sweryed against Al Gold in the last hundred
pun up B,t his s mount oGGnnoE made c9mpani
o%s pi ali Cold ays ngt he % senS " t L. Oliver gho
cago in the. hope. OF winning the American DERBY
gune. No race which All Gold has ever run i,Isti-
nes any reasonable suspicion that he can get a
place in the American Derby.
James McI4aughlins First Whip is a useful colt
running him too often against older horses He
outran the favoTite Precursor in the last race
The successful riders were Raymond. Builman.
McCue Littefeld. Turner and Maher
The summaries follow:
FIRST RACE-Hurde handicap; 5000 added One and
three-euarters miles. hurdles
ST Betting s.
Rsyon doT-Fides, yrs I4a n. .,
L. V. Bells b. Dr.. Eichbers. 4. les 0'
H s. 1eroys ch. C. shlnsne = Is2 ss3SR, .FSF, ,5S ID
Hardy Pardee 4 iso -. 6owen.,o 20 Il
Tane-B:ii&.
Won very easily by six lengths: three between
second
SECOND RAcE-For maidens: $3.50 added; special
weights Eclipse Course.
=. NJ. Tayior's T. Cioa Lace t,,, or
rnonde-Libbertihibbet yrs. 1o5 n
y Geehard's eh = oneen Louise. fo5.,
l. V Bells b. g. Iamelight l. Io7 7...-
r,.sonc,ns. q. ,Os..,.. GltaH,y, GG15sa9sy, 3 =, -
George IH Bar IO7 'car- los, .0doTsanJo ID a
1os,nl s, iSi t,o James 6o-1 POI
ssnitaTy. Io7 Ccar Turner 81 81
'ess June H. D. ''' ine-i atl 'M'cne'o i5-I 81
Won RIDDEN ou y thr.e lengths: lengths between
second and hire.
THIRD RAcE-For tro-year-oid.: $3.50 added. sailing
Five furlongs, Eclipse Course.
c.. +. Johnsons b ondurdi. by Kings.
son-sksd. Io2 rb..........,. .. .(Mccue) % : +.
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