New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
LAST WEEK AT BRIGHTON.
Sysonby and Agile May Meet IN
Brighton Derby.

| This IS the last week OF racing local tracks
| until the thoroughbred family and It's following
return from Saratoga and the Coney Island Jockey
| Club begins IFS autumn meeting with the renewal
OF the Futurity. The meeting at the Springs will
begin on July 81 and VIII end August "a The
| Brighton Beach Racing Association offers an ex-
| cellent programme for its last week ard between
/ now ana saturday such well known fixtures the
| Brighton Derby, the Winged Foot Handicap the
| Test Handicap. the Undergraduates. ths Era Gull
and selling stake viii be decided
| Although there are twenty-thrse three-ysar-old
/ colts still eligible for the Brighton Derby. which
/ will be run next Saturday the public would be
/ quite content n only sysonby and Agile started
/ A race between these at a mile and a half.
/ under the weights which each win carry would
/ III the inclosure By the sea TO the brfrn Only a
| few believe that sysonby has gone back but a
| vast majority believe that Captain Sam Browns
colt IS wonderfully improved and that IL he starts
/ ne viii mako the flying Sysonby he has
| never had 20 before. Reports from the Brown
camp say that the stable is eager 10 start the
OF Sir Dixon. and there Is doubt that Mr.. Ksene
viii send Sysonby to the post II he is AZ. Under
the conditions Sysonby Agile will meet on even
terms. but should the track be other than fast
the latter. Sir Dixon, will have a pronounced
advantage Some OF their opponents likely 20
be Migraine. Tradition. Oxford and Pasadena
There is no little curiosity among turf followers
20 the action the owners OF racing plants IN
New-YoriS will take at the meeting this morning.
II seems apparent that the majority OF owners
not satisfied with the present arrangement with the
betting ring and want immediate change. From
previous meetings IL seems that they Will have
some difficulty IN hitting upon a plan that will
establish the legal status OF the racetrack more
firmly than does the present one.
The nearest approach 70 sensation last week at
Brighton was the performances Of James r. Keene's
Oyama, in the Brighton Junior. and as rejecting
glory upon the stable it wholly spoiled by the
L
ran out after running through the backstretch Ike
a frightened ghost In majority OF cases young
horses run out because they find that the easiest
II not the least ignobIe fashion OF srrenderiug but
there are other causes less damaging regulations
and IL may have been one OF these that was re-
sponsbie FOR Oyemas performances
Two-year-olds frequently and perversely postpone
/ buckng shins until they find themselves in an
actual race-although they have had months 70 get
over this necessary evil in the yearling trials The
I performance Of Oyama may have resulted rom
this cause He certainly enough when he
returned to the paddock. and his legs bruised
and cut. besides. Jimmie Rowe was OF the opinion
that these bruises in addition 70 Morrtson's in
competent ride, were responsible for the young
ster's exhibition Mr.. Keepe shared his trainers
views. but made attempt 10 justify Morrison's
inability TO keep his mount straight.
oyama is Of three two-year-oId colts named
after japanese generals The other two are called
Nogt and Kurot and have yet TO be seen with the
colors up. All by Mr. Keene's Commando and
are out Of the best mares at Castleton. Oyana's
dam is Ben Ny Chree. the dam OF Cap and Bells
which the English Oaks for Mr.. Keene several
years ago. Nogt's dam is Lady Reel. which makes
him q half-brother 10 the mighty Hamburg The
! dam Of Kuroki is the well known Rodesa-
AS is so frequently the case when one Of a g-o,1p
OF Youngsters owned by one stable makes credita-
bic performance, the racing public az once asserts
that he is the poorest one OF the group and begins
predicting wonderful things the others will do when
they are sent out for the first Oyauna fs no
exception no had he shown a sensa-
tional turn OF speed than the wise turf people
began 20 rave over the two other jap colts and
70 assure friends that Oyama was only selling
platter when compared 20 them. II this should bv
some strange chance prove true and IL Is found
that Oyama did not run out because OF a desire 10
quit, then there is great likelihood that the present
crop OF two-year-Olds, which far IL must be
admitted. has proved the worst in years will in
great measure. be redeemed. Each OF these three
colts has been entered in the Saratoga Special the
richest Of all the two-year-oId stakes run at the
Saratoga meeting, and each is still in the eligible
lists for the Hopeful. the Flash. the Grand Union
Hotel and the United States Hotel stakes
Mr.. Keeues disappointment was probably less
severe than was that OF the Whitney Stable over
the defeat OF Pegasus in the same stake. The son
OF Hamburg had worked fast over the Saratoga
track that Mr.. Rogers felt wholly warranted in
shipping him back 10 New-York TO run in the
Brighton Junior, and down himself with the
colt Hidebrand, who had the mount could not
ger him going until II too late but when once
Pegasus struck his stride he like a whirIwind
The fight between Ray and ROdrock on SATURDAY.
unwarranted II from the point OF view OF
the stewards. must have made the large number OF
regulars who insist that all jumping races are
"hxed' falter in faith. The fight caused
wholly by the eagerness Of each jockey 10 get his
mount home in front. and each willing 10 take
all kinds OF chances. legitimate otherwise 10 {
accomplish his purpose II will be recalled that /
half OF the squabbIes in the riding fraternity are
between steepechase jockeys and that half OF them
are not on speaking terms with the other half /
agents and diplomats
As nearly all the important steeplechase stables /
shipped 10 Saratoga Saturday yesterday the .
suspension OF Ray and ROdrOck will such /
a hardship 10 the cross-country game as at first i
seemed would be the 1t is not believed that
the stewards OF the Jockey Club TO whom the case
was referred. will mete out any punishment more
severe than they have already received.
The case OF O'Brien. who was thrown earlier I'm
the week and was sent a nearby hospital suf-
fering from concusson of the brain. is merely
another proof OF the theory that steepIechass
Jockeys have the conventional cat beaten disgrace
fully IN the number OF lives the latter is supposed
possess At the time OF O'Brens fall IL was said
he would be lucky II he lived overnight. but this
statement modified when the prophets realized
how preposterous II was. and II said that he
could not possibly ride again this season. On Sat
urday-three days after his supposed fatal acci-