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Ia length. behind Monitor. with Fal-

being fourth, 1i0 lengths behind Monitor. with Fa-
setto by his side.
perorlty OF spendhrft aud Fslsetto 20 the rest was
displayed Harold had done his best and Wea[ed of ms
MIA going to the front the curve In the nth
quarter rounded Falsetto was rushing up as9 am
thes. TWAIN scattered their weaker rivals Ike chan IN
the quarter OF the last MILE five quarters havng
been run 10 2;l3A the race was reduced 70 na,eh
aud tnere was no Possibility OF tneir haPf
was run in 2:39l9 spendthrit now leading
by length and a hall. The shouting anu applause
ay,or fhe snectaf were incessant M such excite
ment over q race has been IN the East for years
Fa .etto was be steadily tut very slowly tatlh
M the pace that separated him from spcndthrift. and
me baer of the favor.te yelled themselves h0arse.
that notnt having been 3O7-spendthrift stl held the
frst piace. he was working hard however
while FasertO was gaming. The time spent IN
mining the next furlong was n time OF in
fepse anxiety and suspense The victory was
still uncertain The lOokers-On caught their bIeath
a. Falsefto WIS seen 10 be Spendthrhs head. For
few rods they were rven then FalsettO drew ahead men
by inch and Hayward was forced 10 use whip anu -Pur
on speudthrft Keene's wed, but Fasetto ran
beter and Murphy was obliged o. lash or spur hiin
Amid whirlwind OF shouting aud noises OF al Ahls
hats thrown the air. men hugging each other IN mao
excitement Falsatto crossed the line indspuaby the
greatest race-horse OF his age m the United Staes
spendthriit leng. d and half benind. ,-.,.,
ians aud the Soutnerners generally. Ibere was muSn
shaking OF hands aud CONCENTRATION rusn wa 'h "
To the fence 70 the bOres come back 10 weigh mr.
Keeue stepped down from the timers stand ~ Whlch
ne had watched tue race he Dad smile on ms Iace
but il NAV well questioned II ne was as cOmpaceut as
he ted To seem ne have Thought with SORROW OF
the time hen FalsettO vas fired % him for $1,000
II he had bought HIM he would nave had the TWO nnes
colts in America M his stable.
the two miles were run IN 335l4-remarkahly good
time for the weights carried No one paid mueh atteh-
zion 20 any tcttO and opeudi hfIt at INC
finish. Jericho was third, but he was twenty leneth5
behind SpendJhrft; Harold was a long way Dellnu
Jericho. and Monitor dragged himself In last. Ihe
three had no business with two such colts as
those hat came IN first aud second Mutual poor
tickets FalsettO were worth q 30 eacn'
THE OTHER RACES.
"a. - .o,s, of the Kenppr
reaction No one cared very much FOR the other races
WllamS's four-Yearold geding Checkmate the favor
ite won the third IN the fast time Of 211 carry
ing rs pounds. Barnes and Vests colt Gabriel @
years IC3 pounds good race. leading up 10 the
last furloug He came in two lengths behind Check
mate and Ackerman's horse surge 6 years 124 pOuud
was many lengths behind Gabriel and speliman's horse
Patrol q ycars lis pOundsl last. The distance was
u miles, and the prize purse OF 300 Mutual pOoi
tickets paid 50 30.
The last was selling OF one mile for purse or
5000 The starters Dryer BrOt hers gedin-
Charlie GOrham Is years. 1O3 pound-l. Ackernan 2
geldlng Edwin A. % years, log Douudsl, PurYearS
grIdiug Jackscrcw a years. % pounds, NctUrWackF
horse Terror a years, 100 pounds, and HarbecA r
mare Simeon o. years, lOl pUunds). Charlie rham,
the svurte lea up 20 the last furOng, when SIMEON
passed him and by length In l:i4l9. Gorham
second Edwin a. tnlrd, Terror fourth, ana JacGscreW
last. Mutual pool tIckets paid SO 90.
There viii be four extra races Tomorrow