New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-20
FLEISCHMANN IN FRONT
BoNNIBERrs NATIONAL STALLION.

ALBERT,s MARTIAL son VICTORIOUS.
Bonuibert was the hero Of the storm Morris
Park yesterday Rain had been falling busily IN
the morning and throughout the chief part Of the
afternoon. and the track like the Bay OF Fundy
al high tide. SO deep the deluge that the
number OF spectators was not as large as the av-
erage gathering the recent missionary meetings
IN Carnegie Hall The searchers for good things at
the track were almost Jealous In their peculiar
ways as the sympathetic souls who labored for the
healing OF the heather The water supply was so
lavish and tbs course was so wet that Withdrawals
we're protuse OF the fields Of actual start
ers were not formidable in size The National
Stallion was $4,000 peach, the first Of the big
thick things Of the Earlier in this meeting
The Juvenile had fallen TO the Keene colt Tommy
Atkins He was not entered for the National
Stallion. The Juvenile is celebrated among
-be American stakes for two-year-olds. but
- vas never & $4,000 pool. The Metro
nolitan Handicap possesses distinction, but no
20 400 e set m high 70 climb for in the Metropolitan.
This National Stallion plum is worth winning,
hr- keen-eyed scrutiny OF the lasting interests OF
,ra highest turf developments would convince
every erson Of intellectual scope that il is unwise
70 stimulate the dollhouse forcing of baby colts and
ellies by setting forth So 900 guerdon for
early a month May. Two Of the bubonic
plaques OF thoroughbred undertakings in this
country are cruel practice of racing turf chill
drer before they old enough 10 cope with the
internal strain Of stake battles. and the disagree
able excess q short scrambles. The Westminster
Racing Association is in such hands that ii ought
10 set a lofty example TO other organizations.
Ponder over the Norris Park book. and you will
note that spirits and sputters and spatterdash-
scurries make up proportion Of the races.
You viii also that twoyear-olds' struggles are
TOO numerous and severe.
BONNIBERT IS a GOOD COLT
Yet, as conditions exist the tracks in this
State the flight Of Bonnbert in the dismal swamp
was popular and gratifying. He clearly and
beyond caviI the uleritorious conqUeror- He had
o advantage at the start and no advantage at any
moment except the advantage Of iEdisputable first
hood over those he met. His feat, like that OF
Ethelbert in the Metropolitan, was accomplished
by absolute. UnQuestioned worth. This is not the
day for choosing the foremost two-year-od in the
United States Many q smashing night must De
s3ayds OUT in bold reIIef But Bonniber1 son Of
that wonderful stallion Albert cut of the mare
Bonnie Ola, IS no cheap or common candlGate ter
ne crown And the colors which ne carried are NJ
comTnenoable record on the turf Ihey hast never
done anything in racing which could fairly be
praise They have : Charles kingsley type OF a
Jolly. rubicund Tom Welsh No nation turns out
squarer, fairer, rounoer trainers nan =, = ON
Of trainers. while John J. Eyland is the Prester
John Some cay, when the tlelscnrnanns ana Aus
carrying on great stables what firm will succeed
Of he sTe21 s Of Welsh and yiand FriaT
Tuck and Prester John.
HOW THE BEST COLT WON
Few important results in this seasons stakes or
IN the stakes Of any other season, have been more
acceptable than the National Stallion Of 1900, as it
was so obviously incontrovertible that first money
IL the SO 900 jack pot went to the horse rfghtfully
entitled 10 hold four aces. The head of the firm Of
c FIeischmanns Sons was recently elected Mayor
OF Cincinnati, the Queen City Of Hamilton County.
Re is a Republican, and those who know him
closely say mat ne Is d true Repubhcan or the
right sort May he keep up his stable for many a
M my -s b; ao7,s9I xian FIeTscbr1an
guide and direct his turf investments and interests
as sagaciously, wisely and acutely as ne is now
doing! William Fleischmann and Thomas Welsh
were not reserved or reticent when their many
friends asked Them before the National Stallion
be first. They emphatic in their assurances
trusted to travel in the rain and the mud They
were right and Bonuibert was right.
RELATIVE MERITS OF CERTAIN HORSES.
Turner rode Bonnibert cooIly, without Impotence
or fretfulness. From the start which prompt
and even, Turner felt impassivey confident He
did not worry with Bonnibert and he was not sud
den hasty- In the last quarter mile when he
gave Bonnibert his head. the sralwart son OF Al
bert scorned his rivals and haughtily swept them
aside.
Bellario ridden by McCue. was second to Bonni-
bert, and @. B. Morriss Golden Age. ridden by
Mitchell. was third Several turfmen at Aqueduct
thought that G B Morris had genuinely high
misleading Kentlworth waddled for the 800 900
prize but was unplaced, while mis- stable compan-
lon, Golden Age, was third
Newton Benniugton's Bellario belongs to about
the same class as Newton Bennington's Olea This
Beario is a precarfous spring sparrow. He pre-
cocious 10 train in the first part Of the year and ne
has been cherry ripe in April and May. He may
retire into oblivion, however, the prerna-
cuckoo, and later in the richest stakes az
runs AZ all John Z. Madden's Lancernan is sus-
pecrec Of completely with Kentucky politics. He
had several friends, but his speed may have been
mlslalc IN the mud Mr. Madden may sell him in
JuEe ID one Of the most famous millionaires in
all Street. but not just now.
Mr.. Featherstone's Indian Fairy a strong
oods-on favorie for the Ladies Stakes for three
ye2--old 1lles al a mile. She moved feetly and
had plenty Of speed for nix furiougs the Oneck
Stabes Oneck Queen OutsJayed her in the last
part Of the voyage and a ductile first. 4 few
critics said that Indian Fairy would ALWAYS be a
Splinter, ana not Z slayer. but her sire Iro-
cEOls. winner Of the English ST Leger, in addition
70 the English Derby. and her dam Fairy, an
amazingly rugged mare that could stay well
sprint Why, then. should Indian Fairy be a
stayer2 and both LrOquOis and Fairy won races
II the mud Wait q while, and II Indian Fairy
the season: julius Bauer has pushed the
Fearherstone horses Unduly, and every one of them
IS AAeiy 10 improve as the season goes forward
GLIMPsEs OF OWNERS AND INVESTORS.
J. " Colt makes mistakes about jumpers.
His Van Ship was exactly ready for the Interna-
uonal steeplechase Handicap at two and one-half
miles. and he gained the laureIs braveIy Mara
rode MIN il his best style. Few steepiechases are
mist Of the horses jumped neatly and there were
no shocking disasters OF except that one
horse broke a leg.
TIE fifth was cut 70 shreds bv scratches
Turner rode the favOrte, King Barleycorn doug hi
y. McCue. Brisk. messed mis- moiInr njttabIt; AZ
one time last year McCue had faint. distant CLEANS
OF grace from fairy lands fororn. Since the Jockey
Club lei him loose again 10 prey on rhe 1uHjo 40
he arsef Of p.