New-York tribune., 1900-05-08
THE RACETRACK.
SPENCER WAITED WITH WAIT NOT.
MANY ODD INCIDENTS AT MORRIS PARK.

MANY ODD INCIDENTS AT MORRIS PARK.
For racing the weather could not have been
finer than il was yesterday, and the programme
was fairly attractive. Nevertheless. the attendance
st Morris Park not excessive. The chief rea-
son for the moderation in the public outgo from
the borough of Manhattan TO the Westchester VAL
ley of chances. may have been the general Wrath
over the dolorous railroad service to and from the
track on Saturday. Elevated trains on the opening
day were rapid the tape-bound machinery in
Chancery and the British departments when Tite
Barnacie and Miss Flite walked the stage in the
pages OF Dickens. How many generations have
been buried since the elevated railroad manage
sneat promised improvements and since the New
Haven petrifaction became hopeessly ncased and
5ncrusted? A journey from the City Hall to Morris
Park is almost tedious an enterprise the
lghtenment of the Dowager Empress Of China
Rapid transit from Park Row Westchester may
come in the next century, when the human race
oead then. and Wait Not may totfer home first
IN an Important % race on , an imPorLana tracR ,.
IN the nth race but that Spencer rode him. Wait
man of the century. He has bought many things
like 70 bay Approval? Mr., whitney is the most
He paid Mr. Madden for Plaudit or three times
1he genuine value Of the colt. He purchased Admira
o mo om m adden eF at e or da
times the amount which any one else would have
prosrasTinating G1eatuTe continuation dealt
sisgseTing n blow 10 James r. Keene in Wall
Street when Mr. Keene was caught on the short
low up that blow by hurting Mr.. Keene on the
5er6rd Of Mr. Keene iocSey spenceT Mr. keene
himself has never resorted TO any turf trlckery
has been msled into employing bear jockey whose
Iecord is not clean and clear and 1t IS SAD sad
70 permit such jockey 10 carry his colors.
arranged between David Gideons Competitor and
~. c Whitneys The Rhymer; Competit9r was
Saturday, but had no more speed & than reversible
rd tnr,e e mT and Go couraseonsy for the
second race yesterday, because IT was rumored haI
he had run some amazing trials. In the actual
contest The Rhymer had the speed of an abortive
In the Tst race the little apprentice stable boy
10angman on Dread outrode Bullman on Oliver
Ms m nd % took bs % make fool n Taf o he ba 70
man at The finish With rider mot a. BHTa Jii 3at
j E. seagram's colt Far Rockaway, ridden by
Jenkins was much superior 10 the other starters
in the second race. and his success was oroa6ly e
Iiiiionsire and Bounteous both outsiders in the
betting ran second and third in in ths FEB big he6 nd
colder age b9th LET at he he post FS;4d race
ridden miseraby by Clawson and was far behind
The first three at the end Some day Clawson may
lew Magnificent was in dne condition, and was
plainly The best Of the lot that SraoTe wea re eeP
who had the mount rode him well. Asquith, ridden
SIDE price bat exhibited striking speed. and got
second place. .
Hesper the odds-on favorite in the fourth affair,
was ridden admirably by OConnor, and had no diff
fcultY in getting first money. He was entered 10
he sold for $500 Buffoon was second choice IN the
betting ard ran second Buffoon is owned by @.
a. Muller A wealthy Philadelphian Some one
representing Mr. Muller ran up Hesper 10 $l'ec''
and he bid in for sos
The starter fined Turner S25 in the second race
and SIS again in the fourth Turner will not grow
rich quickly at that rate. Hamilton and Mitchell
were fined S25 each in the third race.
Equality the dam Of Democrat, the American
fe,ding that won the Middle Park Plate IN England
last wear and is well backed for the EPSON Derby.
died at Pierre Lorillard's Rancocas farm, in New
Jersey. yesterday
The summaries follow:
First RACE-seling: $3.50 added: special weights
Eclipse Course. ~
P-
Perry Balrnonts br. Z Dread. by Order