The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07
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IN M" early daysof racing most. tho'igh
not all races, wsre run IN heats q UoukI
he difficult 10 -ay What ~a- th. original
reason 81 h-at Tscs~ Whatever II may
haV" been. they held a strong position in
pubhc favor for a long time and IL was not
Jll the middle Of tho ninste-nth century.
-av- Baiip'. NaVastas was veil pa-t that
hey dropped out Of race programmes
altogether
The first rae. mrnt ,On-d IA tho oSic,al
calendar took place in S.pt.mb.r i7us at
York II vas for gold cup of the value
% Ejp and Mas in four mile heats There
yer" four runners and the irst heat was
won hv Mart. ~ith Stout second In tn.
second heat the result vas the sam.
One would naturally think that Mr.
Me'calt had won the cup and ~ n" had
bat he COuld not get IL unless ~ ran in the
third hssl' and saved his distance. such
beng IN. rule then m force ~ Var
vas started again in a third heat m which
hs took matters leisiir-ly. a. was hut
na-ural and saved hu- distance finishing
third
There were three davs racing At ,ha,
York meeting with one race on each day
and each race run IN four mile heats On
the third day there was a pretty lively
scene \ 40 plate fancy having TO
gallop twelve miles for GIO- brought four
horses Ia the post, and the first heat was
Won bv Button
In the second heat Milkmaid. Who had
finished third IA the previous heat. WAS
the winner. Button finishing third. Brisk
hay ing been secnnd on both occasions
~ Button. MIlkmaid and Brisk went
Ia the post for TIA" third and deciding heat
Then came n dead heat b~tween Button
aud MllkmaId. the tryers there was not
"A sunS!" nudge I'LL long after the days Of
good Queen Anne. and thres gentlemen,
known a. tryers. did the Judging could
not separate them.
However. the Jockeys OF Milkmaid and
Button had been guilty Of foul riding dur
IN horseback. and the tryerz were rather
IN difficulty. They got out Of il by
awarding tn" raCs not the heat, bur the
rae" TO BRISK. who had not won a heat
1t all. which says the writer. strikes I
'ne ~ being about a. curious q decision !
~ rae" officials ever came to
The NV IN th- race does not stand alone
IN the early records of racing, and fights
between jockeys were by no means I'M
common in the good old days Five
hattie royal between two jookeys In I
Her MaJeSty's Queen Anne ~ Cup Of loo
Luineas there was very Close struggle
Duchess won the first heat foxhunter
being -"cOnd In the second heat theae
positions were reversed Then came n
very severe rac. for the third heat Both
Jockeys "ndeavored to take unfair adj .
Eint1ge and apparently they both sue
coded Then a. the Jockeys returned |
- scal" tho two Jockeys had a good setto /
" ith their whips
The tryers gave the heat 10 Foxhun-
tor and this Of course carried the race;
bat they thought as there had been such
foul riding the heat should he run over
again by Duchess and Foxhuntsr This
v aS done and duchess won by q very
harrow margin Mr. Childers and Mr.
Person both claimed the cup and there
v as law suit over II In the meantime
the cup was invested in trust with the
Lord Mayor Of York
In" decision OF the Court was that all
The horses not distanced had an equal
night IA the cup This let in Mr. Moore
and Mr. Young. who certainly came a
uug wav IN" best OUT Of the Law nIit
] he four gentlemen parted with their
shares for - lciineas each 20 the Duke
i Rutland. the Earl Of Carlisle and Sir
" llliam Dovther. the latter gentleman
akIng two shares. and II was agreed that
IN" cup should be run for again in five
years time and on July ~. NE. IL was
won by tn" Earl Of Carlisle's Buckhuntsr