Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-06
Edwin Forrest and Great Eastern

Edwin Forrest and Great Eastern.
or the track sports the trial contest between
Great Eastern, the largest turf horse in the
world, to saddle, and Edwin Forrest, the won
der of 1878 to harness, excited the greatest ex-
pectation. Men who had rather lose dollar
wagering. their dollars that the
Unfortunately for these expections the prom
Use 20 MIR. Green was not fulfed. In the first
place both Dan Mace and Budd Doble disap-
pointed Mr.; Charles s. Green, manager of both
by not being present to ride
Great Eastern when the critical moment
arrived. In this emergency an experienced
rider was put up. In the first trial Mr.. Green,
who was driving Forrest, sent him to the quar-
ter in 1885,, and the half promising very fast
heat, and such would have been the result I'M
doubtedly had it not been for the enthusiasm
of the immense audience, who, thinking the
horse was trotting to wipe out the record, broke
into tumultuous cheering and clapping of
hands az the horse neared the dis
tance, causing him to leave his feet. The skip
was fatal, as the distance being short, the horse
had to be brought almost to stand still, be-
fore striking his gait, SO that the timers marked
219133 for the mile.
As this was half second better than the
first heat of Rarus the day previous, no real
| disappointment was felt
On the second heat the horse acted badly,
breaking on the turn, SO that the first
this time, however, the horse
had settled to his work, and trotted the second
quarter in much better time again raising the
expectation of the crowd But to add to the
disappointments of the day, just at this time
he threw shoe, and 2:19 was required to make
the mile.
Called for the third mile. the horses re-
sponded. but Mr.. Green stating that Forrest
had cut his quarter severely in throwing his
shoe, he was allowed to withdraw
him, and thus ended in serious
disappointment what promised to be the trot
an experienced rider, did not show any of the
! wonderful speed for which he is noted, except
by brief spurts.
$50 GLASS;
| This had three starters, Mambrino Prince,
| g. A. Wheeler and Maggie G. The latter was
distanced in the first heat, Prince taking the
heat in 23911, when the owner protested against
| Prince, claiming he had a record made at
Waukegan, ILL.,, last year of 2:47. Mr.. Frank
Holt, driving Prince, swore to his eigi-
biity, and he was allowed to go, and won the
two other heats with commanding ease in 2:44
and 2:4lM. Wheeler taking second money.
/ RUNNING-MILE DASH.
I The next event was running race. mile dash
| BY misunderstanding the race was run with
only Nell and Katie and starters, the former
winning easily, and leaving D'Artagnan, Lucy
Lee and Gabriel standing in the field. The
facts being stated the judges ordered the race tt
be run again. In this contest D'Artagnan tool
up the running from the start, and won will
ease in l:5O, Gabriel second, Lucy Lee third
Nell fourth.
| The HIrdle Race.
The race postponed from yesterday was 8
fair success, and had the track been in good
condition would have been much more SO, bu
| owing to the dust the rear horses could no
possibly see the hurdles, and therefore would
not jump. Some little unpleasantness arose
from colored jockey wishing to ride agains
the English amateurs, but the judges yer.
4 wisely ruled him out. The first heat was al
easy victory for Mr.. Lyons Eclipse the secone
was won by a head by Mr.. Sharpe's Frank
| Eclipse heing second. But the third heat wa
again won by Mr.. Lyon, his horse staying bet
ter than the gray. Both of these horses nego
tiated the hurdles in very easy style, and all o
the others would undoubtedly have been wit
them but for the dust.