The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-27
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
BLINkERS on AND orr m. TEE
CASE or MONTGOMERY.
Facts CSRcernlng the Manipulation %
Thls Horse which Have Caused q STIR
New Developments IN the Three-year-
old I'rOblgui-ls DalmAtlan the Best?

mls Horse which Have Caused a stir
New Developments m the Ihree-year.
odd PrUblvu-ls DalmNtlan the Best
he wearing OF blinkers in many cases
cuts an important figure In the performances
Of thoroughbred racehOrses. Some horses
cannot beat the cheapest kind Of selling
plalers without blinkers. while they can
take the measure Of the best With them.
In manipulating horses some trainers resort
10 he on and Of method with blinkers.
Nhich In majority Of cases brings about
form rever,als not generally anticipated
BY the racing public
Take the case Of = c Hildreth's Mont
ROmsry a. an example On June ~ this
hOrs- ran In a race At a mile and a sixteenth
on the turf Ne wore blinkers. vas ridden
by shilling and though he opened a. : to .
he rcceded In the prices because shrevd
persons did not fanny him Montgomery
could NOT raise a gsllop that day and finished
eighth twenty lengths behind Blackford.
the winner
Thu next day Montgomery. carrying ten
pounds more and again ridden by shilling
vas made The hottest kind Of favorite
Ia a race ~ q mile and a furlong not on the
grass. but on the regular track. Hildreth
sent him to the post without blinkers on
that occasion. and tho PessarA horse. dis
playing his beat form, won IN a drive from
Frank Purcell and Perry johnson. the time
being I s. On June 20 Montgomery went
back to me grass course without blinkers
and AZ 10 1. ridden BY Dugaa. he ran a
hang no race. only TO finish third. a narrow
margin behind Quaniico and Rockstone.
s.Then came another shift and an upset
49, al HhaaR
end think hard On June q Mont gomery
With Iis pounds. shilling ~. with blinkers
and a fayortte. ran a. a mile and a furlong
on the grass and was disgraCefully beaten
Ne showed that he did not fancy the turf
course. and also was hampered by the hood
10 wore strange 20 say. TOO. Perry John.
son. the winner Of this race. finished ten
lengths IN front Of Montgomery Who was
fourth. although johnson carried I'VE
pounds less and Montgomery packed The
came impOst recorded In the race OF June
ss. in which on the dirt track JohRsOn
finished nearly FIVE lengths behind HI
dFsths old campaigner But on June p
nobody possessing paddock wisdom was
foolish enough 10 het on Montgomery. while
practically all the sharps took liberal odds
ngains Perry johnson
Right en- top ~ this ridicuiously poor
showing Montgomery came back the fol-
LAYING day last Friday with form
somersault that shocked the ataleut This
time HIldrefh 10, him run Nth out the
hlinkers and also started him IN a race AZ
a mile aud mrlong on the dirt course
Carrying only los pounds and ridden by
shilling. Mont gOmery. meeting such horses
al Reybourn and Norbht was not serious
considered until hts price went up 10 : 70
Then q rumor came from the paddock ihat
HlldretA and his friends we're confident Of
success. although they gave no explicit
reason shilling. Nho rode Mont gomery
never showed greater energy Ne whipped
the son Of Pessara until he vas ready 20
fall out Of the saddle and me old horse
won bv q short margin in ! 81 Is, Just ons
and thIcs.dfth Seconds slower than Charles f.
Edwards worlds record.
Then Il dawn Il on the students Of form .
that Mont gomeTy did not like hlinkers and .
vas not partial 10 the grass Bat Of course .
y vas too late In ylew 81 hose cirrum. I
stances racegOers believe that the turf 7
authorities should insist upon unform 1
equipment Of horses and that IN rass NJ a
change made with heir consent due notiUe
should b posted a. Tho track for public
ingpection- The switching u hlinkery 10 an
ed trick. ami racegOers say it should not
es tolerated on the iocal tracks
The Championship n the three-vsar-old
class Il again very much in doubt Dali
matian's victory over The Turk last Sttur-
DAY upset the calrulttions 81 many turf
sharp no had pronounced The Turk the
best three ear-old colt Immediately after
his superb yiciory IN the Iidll stakes
So many reyersI j. have occurred IN the
thTee-yea r-old stakes that the situation
just no, Is amusing. The Turk hogan this
year's - mpaign by easily deieting Duke
81 OrmO nds aud Prince lmperis In the
AIysFne Stakes a. AqnedW lie followed
burg stak-s, toe distanCe. asiu The Aryerne.
being ak furlOng- Nv defeating Prime
Imperial Ind Grasmere In the Withens a. =
mile, The nlrk showed his best form and
Memo otis first defett. W hen Priurs I'm
perial carrying three pounds less. beat him
IN Esllop In the BrOtdvt AZ ~ tkes. 80 = mile
end . sixteenth, In - 81
On that OCCa zion many believed that
BcGee's ride had something 70 do WITH The :
Hurk'g poor perform ne and thev we're
snre they we're right when, w'h Illss In
thaaad lle The Turk -hOv 81 r. vast improve
menf ni Inc Carlton sake ono mile forcing
Sweep 70 hard drive ~ beat hmm hy hrea
parts IT length in z % - Ia that race
pulmslian wss bumped a. the start and
hniHhed = poor third. whte PRIME I'm
peTial was left ~ the po-t Just sf the time
that sweep was looked upnnH- mo star colt
hoWerer. balmftmn upset form by WIN T
ming the BROOKLYN Derby The dist1u,e
we mile and quarter and 'he time vl-
70T, nalmGftan's suises. being atrrihufet
70 the great horseman-hip NJ shilling !
Prime Imperial va 'lo-e -erond and
Sweep. an overu helmnE faNOrite. was
third
There was rough riding In This event
and sweep Was cut hehtnd. Du' hr seemed ,
TO have heen purchased AZ tho route Dal-
matlan, Dugan up. va badly beaten 10
the Suft stake- a. seven fuTipnEs Uo met
W0odfOrd 'lay.s flly uo"an Round On euual
Ne ght terms. amt tho latter made q show
OF him. much ~ thar Dslmatian. turing
IN the stretch. was beaten u4t Tor Tho place
by Faunfleroy ocean Sound Indefeatsd .
tAts year. NAs therefore hailed a. fhe best
three year-old until The Turk won fhe Tidal
Stake ~ a mile and a quarter In am IS.
Incidentally making DalwafIan. Prime
npertal and Grazmere look like selling
platers
Then here vas talk NJ match between
Ocean Bound and The Turk 10 de' de the
championship but n went NJ IN thin air
when DalmafHu won tho trpey Island
Jockey tIuh Stakes on saturday and The 4
Turk vas diSgraoetully beaten ~ a mile
and half
In rho opinion ~ furfmsn A. shsepshsad
Bay Yesterday Dalma'ian h tho hest three }
year Old colt after 81 he Dan carry weight .
over any distance b. game a. ihe core and
n . real ra,echOr-e inhsrrttnR Inc qualitss
Of his r. Ethslherf. whose other son. FUZ
Herber1 - AMERICAS champion NJ ham
pions
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