New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
81 THE RACETRACk.
p, RIDICULOUS STEEPLECHASE RUN At
GRAEESEND.
,1->- START AND FIVE FINISH-O'CONNOR'S
RIDE BEATS FIRE EATER-LADf
AIBERCRAFr \ '-NIUDDER.'

pr,bsbIv the most laughable imitation of a
.ssnlecIlase ever run IN this country was run at
--aser5 yesterday i was = selling race, ana
here Dere ten starters. OF these six fell or refused
~ threw their riders, although one OF the latter
,e-,o71ured his steed and finished. 50 that 10 per
cent Of the starters passed the judges at the end Al
enc time the infed seemed 10 be full Of riderless
,orsae rushing hIindly about looking for hole IN
,he fence. while nobody knew which would so DOWN
next The whole affair was a hurlesque on 1le Sport
If steerlechasng-a burlesque OF the SORT mat hds
been getting more and more common this year. II
Ibis kind Of thing goes On much longer u VIII oe
SIC rar-r,,ls- business Of the National Hunt ana
Steeplechase Association to take stern steps I"
rescue the sport which Is carried on under their
s,lsnices from utter rdiCue and Tuin in TINS co1n
1rv.
There * no doubt that the low fences allowed at
f7rsvesend are one cause Of the had and careless
cumming that has become common The jumps
are so low that riders seem 70 think horses can
ste over them but they do not give as hutoes TO-
and the jumpers come to grief
Three horses went down at the very hrst JUMP
YESTERDAY Eophone the favorite. falling nrst ana
bringing Decameron and Sam DeTere with MN.
Decameron fell upon Houlihan, but the soft turf
saved the rider from injury though he had 10 nave
belp before he could e2tricate himself from unoer
the horse After that Ferocious fell al the Liver
pool and CoIey carried Glenvarloch out al one or
the iurnvs As q result Of all this hipPodrorne. the
I1 sgvI ESs WE BENG beaten half length in drive
Cock Robin and Coey numbered in after awhile, ana
IN the course Of time the loose horses were az
rounded up, and the disnounted jockeys carried
fl in the starters wagon That nobooy was serious
management. The sort OF racing that was fur
sort 10 make steeplechas sing byword,
O'Connor's blunders still continue Yesterday he
nhs coll @a 3<, s1 5s e Won YESTERDAY with fairly
good ride. He had good lead as far as the
near turn when O'Connor took him halt way out
to the outer rail and let Incubator and touto3rere
up on the inside This mistake cost the Belmont
colt the race, as he was beaten only TWO heads ny
PoutOnuere and z head 10y incubator
Lady Albercraft again emphasized the 1oo.sh-
for her. She won the Algeria stakes by a length
from Durazzo. breaking with " h coIdon ana
thoroughly that only one. Of them finished in the
money, Lady AIbercraft is Increasing the reputa-
ton Of her sire for getting mud runners
Of cTs Consequently it made no difference him
mar he was left at the post when the barrier
sprung He ran. for a change without bilnk 85S
fern sent him after the field so rapidly that at the
near turn he had run over te-s men an br saET The T
soon cJIrled up. and Whisky King went lesurely
rom Sn 70 Ben en- Howard Who closed strongly.
They scratch Col Eil every gay p I;TS4 a5
gentle Journey Of It in the al-age handicap Merito
Reang the HG }eocevabiv bad race for which It
IS difficult TO find excuse
THE SUMMARIES
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