New-York tribune., 1900-05-09
THE RACETRACK.
VOTER FIRST IN THE TOBOGGAN-THE
PUBLIC'S FANCY SLID DOWN HILL
AT MORRIS PARK.

terday a prosperous and contented company VI
several thousand and women, boys and girls
This gathering large enough and liberal enough
to inspire mirth in the minds of the promoters or
thoroughbred skirmIshes and the ready reckohefS
of track dividends. Before the first joyous passage
at arms in the gentle pastme was begun the pooh-
makers twttered gaily as the innocent ana
irresponsible little birds which were chirping hghty
In the trees But after Vulcain and Voter, first
choices in the betting. had done all that could De
from them the layers OF odds were lament
ing like widowed hens. 1t was an occasion OH
which the members of the Metropolitan Turf Asso-
ciation wept sorely and tore their scanty locks
while their adversaries smote them without pity.
The only surprising incident IN the first encounter
was the backward action of w. c. Whitney's Mon
tanic a gelding reasonably fleet last year put
painfully tardy at this meeting odom rode Sioii-
tanic Odom is honest and respectable, but his
capacitv as a Jockey has suffered total eclipse.
His corona may emerge TO view later, put just
now his orbit is wavering.
Kriss Kringle was not fond of padding in the
muddy pools of Aqueduct. and he swan slowly at
that Shiny track. Among the Westchester nils
and dales Kriss is more at home. and ne rampieo
amia bly, into first place in the second exhibit.
Only few horses are carrying August Belmonts
coors this season. One of these is Kilogram, the
winner of the Larchmont. 1ldrim, the hrst cholce'
at odds on, did not like the price, and Windmere.
the second choice was not cherry ripe. He car
ried too much flesh. Therefore hllogram was
weighed and found wanting.
Voters victory in the Toboggan Handicap was a
vindicaton of public FORM and satisfied the rational
wayfarers who travelled to the Happy Valley and
Delectable Mountains of Morrisvie. otherwise
known as Morris Park. The starter kept the
horses at the post for consider>ie space, put
the feetest sprnter of the group, bearH the high
est weight, slid down that steep slope lfhs mem
ber of the Alpine Club who has lost his meA~
and slips gliddering upon the awful descent OF 4,
Matterhorn with the swiftness of a glancing sun
beam. Pierre Lorillard's Marbe-t was second and
Wyndham Walden's Contestor was third. Mes
nerist, so celebrated among the two-year-olds OF
1899 ran like a clog dancer in double irons.
Julius Bauer needs more time TO get several OF
the horses In the powerful Featherstone stable into
hard sound trim for their fighting form. Mesmer-
ist looked and moved If he required more lining
down and honing down. This was true also OF
Windmere in the L&rchmont. John J. Hyland had
worked Kilogram for the Larchmont arduously
and assiduously that this son of Rayon dor was
W a bg by sS and deserved his
laurels Ildrm was the odds-on fayorite; Shem
was wet, -'Japhe, did you ever notice that Gene
Leigh has bad luck with odds-on favorites p.
of Oriental repartee watch the quotations in the
a9 nd Se dove e% out to
for the olive branch ,-,..
last race and was evidently dreaming that Box
was an Irsh taupng car and & he was 1 the e iiaryey
stamped deeply upon his Hibernian headpiece.
and antique Gaelic manner than that Of little
OConnor. the descendant of the early kings Of
What horse will outrun Ethelbert in the Brooklyn
Handicap barring accident or Illness? In the final
all competitors further her and further Ethelbert is
five fHrongs m in eanter last july No Weight pen
alties exist in the Brooklyn Handicap conditions
Why should he not conquer the Suburban also?
Possibly John E. Madden has some horse in reserve
may then deprive Perry Belmont of the Brooklyn
and Suburban with Madden'S Unknown. Wait and
500 Wai
.'Pittsburg Phil concluded not to accept the
friendly advice of The Tribune and did not ship
Lotharfo to South Africa be sashed into outlets
for the relief of starving garrisons. Lothario read
the article in The Tribune. and resolved that he
would live and die true American. He might
have been Prooshan. a German a Rooshan. or
Italian But he patriotic enough to cling
oats S He woke up from his cataeptic coma and
roamed home first in the last scene of the after
his trainer and his rider. Shaw. whose jockeyship
resembles that of a tempest tossed, worn and ex-
hausted mustard plaster. in some mysterious way
stuck to Lotharios Lot m saddle & and Lotharo Ca carried @
with stupened look He is still wondering what
O'Connor was trying TO do with him.
The summaries follow:
FIRST RACE-se0o added: penalties allowances Six
furlorgs. Withers Mile Betting.
St Pr
59ss@s hssRa sa r T0lis? is by
C. H. whitney's br c. Specific. ;, los;
James Galway's ch. @. BombsheIi, 3. ioe
Einer s. tig achards} 4o-i 1o-i
N0n'4'ie' o. ''' Time 14&. ''oo'"'o out
Start good very easily by length; three
lengths between second and third.
SECOND RACE-selng; $3.50 added. withers Mile.
cgt spraFtmsr,ns bttaufs Fs Kri's iis SFSse by
J. Mc1Aushlin's c. First whip :; l5s' 1os,:'
Hayman & Franks ch. h. Dan Rice, s.
Perfume, .cBgman5S Il
knight Of the Garter g. odom ii 81
: Time 4o34
Start good driving by length: lengths be-
tween second and third.
THIRD RACE-LARCHMONT STAKES: for maiden
threeyearolds time OF entry: added. special
weights Seven furlongs. Withers Mile
august RaStn ss%oHs sTsdv b K,broH HogTam Ta u by
H Eugene I,eigh's blk c. Idrirn. lib.
J..R F. P. Keenes br. g. Petruchio.
wiadme5e. IS joCSSon6or} !
Premas9fe lis is %MtcaeB {nsSn} Isl Isl FL 81
cssnsiasia cs GasRDsIa'n Iis qsf as -
hF'sFAos 10 '-' Time :27l '>ee'0 0 oo-i 90
good. Won easily by a length and a half two
lengths between second third
FOURTH RAcE-ToBoGGAN HANDICAP: 81. 600 added
Eclipse
James r. Keene's ch h. Voter. by Frars
Balsam-Mavourneen, yrs, l2s rb..-.
P Iorillard's b. C Maribert g. 10
r. W Walden Sons b. c. contestor' ioa 81
tcar lo1l mitchell l2-1 al
M6d4ae s5srn 3 l tcar los samaa, f5fnaias' 1S a.
fsneeFs see af i.ihston = ids s. CHEEKY ss2g} 81
His Royal Hishness g. io6.....: 1odom} % 81
Mesmeris s. Troaii@ o0nnor) u e-0
Start fair easily by lengths; a head between
second and third
FIFTH RACE-For two-year-olds: $500 added: specaI
weights. -Four and half furiongs Eclipse