New-York tribune., 1905-06-26
DUBIOUS TRACK OUTLOOK
Many Eapected Champions Fail
Whitney Stables III Luck

As the season advances. the hope cone.,v.s
months ago, when oaklawn first introducss
that this to be a memorable season for htvh
class two-year-olds. is rapidly waning. and unI.s,
some OF the big stables still have soTneshinr IN
reserve for the valuable stakes to be run later on n
looks though the lot will be below the averav.
quality. II may be that Oaklawn. after all VIII
deveiop-by a process Of elimlnation-into ths
champion his owner fondly believes him to be nor
With Hearts Desire. concededly the hliy on which
Mr.. Whitneys hopes were placed probably bo,s
Iessly cut down, and with Burgomaster's evfd.n.
inability to take weight and win with IT, It BE-
gins to look though the fashily marked IN.
fashionabIy bred oaklawn might more than hold
his own in the most formidable company the seasou
is capable Of producing.
The accident which befeu Hearts Desire was ths
most serious blow the Whitney stable has su,.
tanned In a long time. This full sister to Art,uI
winner Of last years Futurity was looked upon "a
follow In the distinguished footsteps Of the Older
daughter Of Hamburg. and was receiving the most
careful preparations John Rogers Is capable OF xiv.
ing her for her later engagements. which included
the Saratoga Special the Futurity the Fiatbuss
and other important stakes
There may still be chance that she will recov,,
sufficiently from her accident to fulfil her later Ar
gagements. but those who her return on thres
legs to the paddock after the race on SATURDAY.
have small hope Of II. The tendon Of her OF hind
leg seriously cut and bruised. and injuries q.
this sort are always difficult 10 mend II was said
at sheepshead yesterday that IL she ever got to
acle.
Next to the disaster which befeT this IIsrnhu-,
FLY. the inability of Burgomaster TO take I'D staks
weight and carry It to victory was the most sewers
disappointment Mr.. whitney suffered on Saturday
After his victory Bohemian soon after tina
latter had rich stake. the stable had reason
to believe he going to make good his morning
promises and his afternoon successes. but in ths
place in the running Of the Great Trial he ceraio
ly suffered no worse than the others and finished
far back In the ruck
What has been said OF the youngsters seems Just
at this time to be equally true Of the older division
LAS compared with the stake horses Of other
years" turf pessimist declared yesterday
there is not good horse in training this year
unless IT be Sysonoy. All the stars Of last
have gone wrong gone back and far as
I can all we've got left is Jimmie Rowe's colt
defeated any real topnotchers and III be salts
fed that they're world beaters until see them DO
( it, These remarks may be exaggeration, but
the fact remains that there is unusual and al
most unaccountable dearth Of good horses thres
near race
The defeat of Beldame by Agile Saturday
would to make sysonby, according to ths
"dopesters" the best of the lot on his victory
Agile in the Tidal Sysonby, the turf touts
fond of saying lis one runnin' fool and had the
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that tremendous stride of his in action he probably
would have taken Beldame into camp almost as
easily he took Agile the Saturday before. That
is the opinion. at any rate of q majority Of the
trainers and turfmen who saw the renewals Of both
the Tidal and the Advance. Whatever success ne
may have In his later engagements Sysonby so FAR
this year has knocked into cooked hat the theory
that the sons of Melton do not develop into good
| three-year- -ods
OF the others. however. possibly the least said
more than offset by his defeat in the Suburban
and the theory that he will surrender uncondition
ally IL anything gets TO him seems TO need no
further proof.
E;eldames defeat and the causes which led to It
occupied the turf gossips and theorists most of
Sunday. The majority. being stanch followers Of
the great mare had to blame her defeat to some
one other than herself. and they selected O'Neil
and his method of handling her being the most
plausible With a colt behind him with the
reputation Agile has a strong nisher, he should
have put enough ground between Beldame and her
opponent in the run through the backstretch to
make Il impossible for the colt 70 catch her. In
stead of doing that. he did the only sure thing
that could have beaten his mount-waited out in
/ front under a choking pull for horse with little
early speed and lots Of II IN the stretch TO catch
him. And that. these critics say, is precisely what
/ he did and what resulted in her downfall Others
contend that had her jockey taken her far ous in
! front and given her her way she would have raced
her head OF anyway. Whatever the causes may
be- it is highly proba ble that Mr.. Belmont will re-
duce the number of races he had planned for her. if
he does retire her Immediately.
! To members of the Jockey Club and sharehoid
| ers in the stock of various racing associations
/ the result of the Advance was a source Of worry
II not actual alarm. II was made the medium OF
many sensational plunges. which were sensatonally
recorded IN the press. and nothing disgruntles the
men financially interested in racing In the East
more than to learn-quite Unexpectedly. OF course
/ that some or group OF men have had Ine
/ hibitine gambling of any sort which are posted
conspicuousy all over the various Enclosures
On second thought. there is. perhaps. one thing
which distresses and pains them more. and that Is
/ that these violations should be printed IN such
entertaining and breezy fashion in the morning
! press 1t is not to be wondered at in the least
After investing vast sums for the sole purpose OF
! improving the breed of horses ii would pain any
phlanthropic group of to learn that the plants
they had built at such enormous cost were Dehs
| used as places where men actually bet real money
1 on horses which being raced merely 10 I'M
prove their digestons their morals or their poster
ity This at any rate, seems the only view 'Lia'
an outsider can take after reading OF the SHY
warfare being waged between track owners anu
| the bookmakers' association The Coney lsiaHu
| Jockey Club does not know OF the existence VI
the betting ring Ask one OF its members ana nc
| will turn upon you hurt and naughty glance.
| We've washed our hands of the entire business
/ he will tell you sternly; I'VE know nothihs A4-
let one s2 stool be displaced in the oetuns rms
let the Metropolitan Turf Association fail 70 nuSe
! a certain number OF bookmakers to do business o.
these 50 stools and these men see TO II Una, ae
discrepancy is righted without moInenJ oetr NV
IL the future of racing depends upon ths 81 s,Ni /,
-subterfuge and childish farce IL needS iuSt 70 -
! a precarious way.
With the Commonu ealth Handicap. at a mile ana
a quarter; the Spring. for twO-year-olds on the ias
six furlongs OF the Futurity Course to be run h'A
saturday; the Pansy. selling. for two-year-oos. .
six furIongs the turf. TO be run on FRIDAY. - -
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