Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-11-23

and 1854, Mariner having - the
first in S.13. Two weeks later 6ston
won at four mile heats at Cam@ J. N.
J. In October he won similar ee It
Baltimore, after which he wss " up
for eleven months and finished = turf
career at Petersburg. Va. in Sem
Der, 1S43, with . race Of threonile
heats.
1S45-rAsHIoN vs.. PsYToAn4
Among the old-hme sportsmenf DOW
living the memory Of Fashion 81 her
wonderful career is as green q sEHe.
grass. True, that at last. Ike the aged
Boston, she went down before young
competitor, but not until nearly the last
Jump did she relax her efforts to retain
the laurel of success for her Northern
| home. Her career after her match with
Boston it would take columns to fully
describe. Tosummarize them: In the
fall following her match she ran and
won three races OF four-mile heats. In
May, 1913, she began by winning
race of three-mile heats al Treaton, n.
j., and followed it by winning six races
at four-mile heats before snow. In
1914 she began with race of four mile
heats at Baltimore, and during that year
won two other races at the same dis
lance. and three Of three-mile heats.
During the winter that followed she
was matched against the then great
Southern mare Peytona for a race of
! l.. TO- S,Ia 10
take place over Union Course Nav Is,
1915. Peytona the winner Of the Pey-
ton Stake at Nashville in 1913, noticed
in connection with Black Maria, had
during the year 1874 remained unbeat-
en-, and was deemed good enough to re-
gain the Southern laurels lost by Bos-
ton. She had won at four-mile heats
at New Orleans in 7.45 and 7.4S; at
three-mile heats at Mobile in $50 and
SIS. and similar race at New Orleans
in $50 and 5.5il, finishing her years
work bv second race of four-mile
heats in 500, 500, the track being hea
w for all the races except the first one.
Thus. with the exception of running al
Nashville, Peytona had only travelled
between New Orleans and Mobile, but
with the terms Of the match between
her and Fashion satisfactorily arranged,
she came North in April, and on the
last Tuesday in the month took up quar-
tiers al Robert l.. Stephen sprivate tram
ng stables and track on Long Island
After P-ytona's ARRIVAL the betting got
To be very heavy, and on the morning
of the race 10 to I was offered and ia
ken on Fashion. The dav IVES all that
could be desired for the race, Sed the
attendance was something enolEsous,
the Tribune the next morning saying
that 80 900 persons crossed the South
Ferry and 5000 the Fulton Ferry.
that the long Island Railroad carried
3u,;!uo passengers, and the race was
witnessed by 10000 persons. The
stands were all crow ded to the utmost
extent: the track was 20 much incum-
bercd that a strong police force could
scarcely keep it free for the horses, and
the field was full OF carriages and ON
ni5u,cs filed Will passengers. -
In tact, owing TO the difficulty of clear
in- the course II was not until $50 p.
NJ. that the horses were brought on the
track. Fashion was the first 10 show
mounted by young Lairi, wearing pur-
pie ELK jacket and green velvet cap,
but she was so much excited by the
crowd and noise that, according TO the
Spirit Of the Times, "she trembled like
an aspen from head to foot" Peytona
was ust the reverse: she had most de.
tcrmined look. and was not bit fright.
ened by the tremendous uproar. She
was ridden by Barney" Palmer, in 4
blue velvet jacket and green cap. Fash.
ion was trained by her old trainer, Laird
and in the opinion Of many of the critic:
was too low in flesh, and naturally toe
, weak tor such race. Pey,ona wa.
trained by Isaac Van Leer, who hae
trained in his dav both tor John c. Ste
!. vens and Walter Livingston, of New
; York. She was as fine as she could be
. and fit. as the saving is. ito run for
mans life. The course being clea
and the jud yes in the stand, the TIVE
: mares came tor the word, with Peyto
, ma, carrying rs pounds, on the inside
; and Fashion, at 1913 pounds, outside
: They were sent away on even terms
| Laird pulling Fashion on the turns an,
: forcing the pace in the straight. A
t they reached the stand Peytona shove t
= ahead in front, the mile being run in 81
I They ran the second mile Tapped. Will
I Peytona still in front in l.53, nor dit
2 they separate during the third mile, a
2 the end OF which the pace Stacked u
! somewhat the mile being run in Isl
' Fashion was driven quite hard in tn
2 last hali-miIe Laird using his whip free
j ~, whichkept the mare we'll up with Pey
: tona. In running the fourth mile boil
e caught the spurs, and as they ran 10 III
o halt-mi!e pole Peytona for the first tim
p showed clear. Laird then took a pul
e on Fashion, and, when we'll into tn
/. stretch, again moved up on Peytona.-
e The struggle was short, for the younge
n and stronger mare retained her lead
e winning the heat BY Il length in 1891
/. the last mile having been run in l.55;
e Both are said TO have cooled out vel
d and the betting continued heavy.
< had been generally expected that Pey
e tona would win the first heat and IN
n Fashiontes refused TO hedge. To a
Is even start they were sent away for III
st second heat. when Barney at once pulle
d Pevtona on the outside and above
ST Fashion TO take the inside, claiming tht
= his mare did not like 10 run in the san
e, As they ran down the backs'retch Fa.l
h. ion lead by head. which was increase
r 10 halt length as they finished Il
n mile. run in I.5s. The homestrets