New-York tribune., 1903-07-13
THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
THE BRIGHTON RACES.
Playing Jockeys-B Baseball Disputes
Horse Shoes.

Horse Shoes.
Owners have subscribed to the various stakes to
be decided within the next six days in sutnclenI
number to insure a week of excellent racing at the
Brighton Beach track. There are seven fixtures
in all, and they viii afford to every branch OF the
equine family-from the youngsters to the lePpeIS
"A chance to distinguish themselves. one OF the
richest stakes of the week is the Venus win
a guaranteed gross value Of S5.oCo, TO be run
on Saturday. Two -year-old FLIES only are
eligible and the list includes that rare dauSh-
of Hamburg. Hamburg Belle, who in her prief
career has brought full share Of glory TO Syohey
Pagets colors If she starts, it Will he her hTsl
appearance under silk since she won the criterion
Stakes from Dimple. and because Of that victory I2
most formidable opponents appear TO be Aqgust gust
Belmonts MaFJorani am ri, hTISs ms obasi Who has
frequently shown her claim 10 coGtaSe 4 ~ 1t Pos
session on whom mere mas mas P GTrias Wnore's White
Plume. ON form Hamburg Belle holds these mines
This afternoon the DistaT another prize for the he
decided Seventy-fve fllies were eligible aLu it '
The fact that the name of August Bemont's Bel
MAIN n IN ~ the list nav have had something to do
with the wthdra wal of many of the others mere ,
this Octagon fly is the equal of Hamburg be Sees e.
6 she has yet TO 70 h4T bT to % show her heels
majority the twO-yeaT-olds Of her sex some 81
and Zach % with d S P9gRnaf R1Resa Hq aHd id
Leib. each with l05 pounds, the same lmpoSl sic
herself will take ~ ,,.,..,
for , at SIX tb e Of any great
turf idol but a number of capable sprlntefS are
likely TO make things interesting The Atan1c a5I
ters of a mile will be decided Wednesday, and
the Test Handicap for the older DIVISION al SIX X
the Curragh Stakes over. the short course to be
Gaos GHn Sn sfaf f R at and one
eighth miles also vii he rn o on on b 3SI 81 "a
goes to the winner.
The tendency Of a large number of so-called pa
irons Of racing to play jockeys rather than horses
was never more in evidence than at the present
time Whatever animal George Odom rides is
bound TO have folowng-and not altogether
feminine one either-simply because this boy has
the leg up. And within the last two weeks 1t
must be conceded the Odomites have had the best
Of the arguments with the layers. The young
man from Georgia certainly has been in rare good
form. and when Odom is at his best 1t takes
smart bow on a smart horse to homo In front
of him When form player and Jockey PLAYER
deTstandings Two of them man and woman
sat side by side when the horses Went TO the post
for the nth race on Saturday. Odom had the
mount Young Henry, the favorite The man
was playing Young Henry-the woman was play
'''s He looks ft" said the man
Yes obviously acquiesced his companion out
The man looked at her and then began to edge
away: He may be peaked ne conceded but put III
any pony you ever saw
That the inclination to follow successful rider
is not confined the grandstand, but spreads to
owners and trainers has been illustrated sufficient
" in the last few days by the Colored boy Hicks
For months-ever since the racing season began, in
fact-ths boy has been subjected 10 more unpeas-
ant criticism than all the others combined. His
mounts were confined almost exclusively to those
provided by his employer, and as Perry BelmOnt's
stable is not extensive Hicks the ground
most of the time. One day John q. Madden put
him up on one OF his youngsters, and the coIored
boy brought him home in front of his company.
A few days later Mr.. Madden gave him another
colt and he repeated his first success. Since then
eVerv day and frequently has had three or four
mounts in one day. Even in horse racing nothing
succeeds like success
It is not likely that any Of the vexed questions
as to the relative merits Of certain equine stars
will be UP for settlement before the thoroughbreds
move on 10 Saratoga The Irish Lad and Afri-
cander schools therefore will have 10 take it out
In quarrelling for the time being. and If Of
the disputes do not lead eventually to autopsies
all hands may be considered lucky. Since Water
boy won the Brighton Handicap in record time
after beating Irish Lad only half length in the
Renewal, he also has become very much live
when Irish Lad and Waterboy and Africander meet
at even weights under the scale?" Should these
three meet under these conditions there will be a
horse race worth coming all the way from Omaha
TO
Sir Thomas IIpton's challenger Shamrock III is
again afoat with brand of white
enamel from her keel the waterline. CAPTAIN
Bob Wringe hopes this will make her travel at
least a minute faster thirty mile course
than she did last week. The yacht is to go out
this morning with her running mate Shamrock /
70 begin the Of trials before the crucial
test of her speed-the for the Americas Cup.
Thus far the chaIengers trials have been far from
satisfactory on account Of the lack of wind off
Sandy Hook The yacht began racing on June o.
and in the eleven days following the weather con-
dtions were such that she able to finish only
four races and while the results were satisfactory
in some respects, the yacht has never had a race
in breeze Of sufficient strength to bring out her
hest speed The fact that her designer has had a
mast nut in that is three and onehaf feet longer
than the one she has been using would lead to
believe that after seeing the Reliance sail New
port he has made up his mind to give the yacht
more SAIL and make her carry it by giving her ad-
ditionaI ballast Mr. Fife has about thirty working
days left In which to tune up Shamrock III and no
doubt he will use them TO the best advantage If he
is lucky enough TO find breezes of reasonable
strength in those tickle racing waters off Sandy
Hook
No time is being lost by those IN charge of the
Yacht that barring accidents is TO be select
ed to defend the Cur-the peerless Reliance-whose
performances to date have more than fulfilled the
predictions made by her designer early in the
son She has completely capsized the opinions Of
the sceptics who shouting for a strong breeze
and a heavy sea- which they declared were 20
hiring her downfall. Those four days Of racing in
strong breezes and steep off Newport have
esta blshed beyond question that the Reliance may
be relied on in that sort OF weather TO sail very
asst and 10 carry her sail, for through all the
aha was ne