New-York tribune., 1905-04-17
TRACK SIDE GOSSIP.
Ormonde's Right Savage = Good
.Jockeu Material This Year.

won the Carter Handicap on saturu1y .. -, tsiD.
wore a muzzle because JACK y-.r ,,,,r. .o r,,r
the horses OF sydney Paget was uh"IIlHs - ,.o
tto -tst, 80 having the colt try to savage some
horse AT the post. OrmOndes Hisht' never 49,. -.
tempered animal suddenly turned s@Vaes ,, o"o -
last fall and tried 70 chew up one u i'' ,
cor,rantons in a horsecar on the Long iSial'N
IS,td 17,a colt with several others from the
Paret stable was being shipped from the Jallalc~
racetrack 20 it's home quarters at SH79p1 =
when the fight occurred. 50 vicious ~ 80
tack on the other horse that u IeS4Hs1 ~. - =
dozen men to get them apart and take MN OUT OF
The car Sin,e that time he has given other demon
strations Of his temper. and MI IoShei' @i"@SS
one of the most thoughtful ana cohsiueia.s me"
on the turf decided it was best 10 Hu11e HiliI
at once and not wait until he was oroeEso u
- e b,, the stevards of some meeting. IL was
inst about a wear ago that William Ohvers All
Gold in attempting to savase morse at tue Po''
I'm race at Jamaica. nearly bit little OsiIVle les
off He caught the limb in his mouth and SHOOK
=. - : 4orr,er would a rat After that affair the
stewards of the Jockey Club passed a rule tina. that
owners Of bad tempered horses must hiu~17 ''eiN
Ormonde's Right comes by his viclousnesS lawIul-
" his dam Right was fsY8peTed II brute than
the last named never lived. So wholly Vicious ana
Tetirsd from active racing that for winter no
one dared enter his stall; AID ne was fed tnrough
er decided TO blind the horse. and this was 99ne zone
by burning his eyes out with led hot irons % Iai
and there threats Of having Young arrested
heroic as Il was served ~ purpose. and OnOndaga
was used in the stud for number OF years s aLseI
he rarely reforms. but remains vicious to the end
Of his days.
Although the supply OF good jockeys is never IN
excess OF the demand. there seems reason to be
Hevs that the present season will be more than
usually well OF in riding material Each spring
brings out some youngster who promises to be
a phenomenon. and although later months gener-
ally serve explode this promise the turf is al
ways richer at the end OF the season by at least
one accomplished jockey Last year 1t was Eugene
TIiIdebrand. and the year before Frank O'NeiL
This season young Baird promises to be the par
ticuIar lightweight idol Of the paddock. While he
was not successful In getting any Of his mounts
home in front on Saturday at AQueduct. he was
second twice. and his ride on Johnsons Evelyn j.
in the fifth race excellent exhibition OF his
skill and served 70 sustain the favorable impress
sion his earlier work at Bennings and New-Or-
leans made upon owners and the public In speak
ing the other day Of the development Of new
riders a veteran trainer who has seen dozens Of
Jockeys come and go gave 1t as his opinion that
there was q tremendous element Of luck IN a boys
success Trainers he asserted. like every one
else connected with the turf. are more or less
superstitious and they like to put up boys that are
winning Thus it happens that some youngsters
who have had the luck to get few good mounts
early in the season and get them home IN front
find themselves snapped up and their services N
Course they must have enough skin to make the
most q these early oPRoEtTnitss but f. az S tne same
on bad horses instead Of good ones doubt whether
ers attention although they rode one horse as
well as another"
OF the youngsters that the public has seen in an
actual horse race this year. William Shields's
sIashing big chestnut colt Oallawn stil stands at
the head OF his class. and the impression that
Shields may have really good one in this son OF
FarandoIs becomes stronger each time he appears
with colors UP. Horsemea were generally incline%
TO poke fun at his young owner when he noni-
mated him for the Saratoga Special but a majority
Of them have ceased TO see anything so reInarka-
bly, humorous about his enthusiasm now Oak-
lawn may or may not become a high class stake
I5,n colt 0qt a5 On any saturay he disposed Of some new
ones from the more pressn1S1s stSs,eS tSt - itK
him at Bennings. and ran the half mile In 0ts f l,S
ae9er Dsrt of the tourney Some critics found
fault with his high headed way OF going o9t ne
TO business He seemed more generous with his
tie inclination TO loaf
The Queens County Handicap with $500 in
added money Is the most valuable offering the
Queens County Jockey Club has in its list Of stake
races to be decided In the course OF the coming
week at Auueduct. The handicap Is at one mile,
for three-year-olds and upward. and from from this
majority Of them telong 70 the overnight handicap
d 6iVSon aRG Rrb rclqs Roseben opthodox Bill Curtis
Rapid Water, Leonidas and Sir Brillar'
To-day's attraction IS the Ozone Stakes. with
selling conditions. for two-year-olds. at half
mile The names Of fourteen youngsters appear
in the list of starters given out last Saturday
The stake will give the East It's hrst glimpse or
Leonard Joe Hayman. the two-year-old hero OF
New Orleans last winter. Some of the unknown
two-year-olds that he viii meet at the post are
Newton Bennington's Dr. Heard Sydney Paget.s
Montanus and p s. p Randolph's Just. With 109
bounds up the Hayman colt viii be asked 10 con-
cede weight to all his opponents