New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-17
4 SAD DAY FOR FAvoRITEs-
v,nsrrs,,r surrpsUEAp BAY.

- 49,
rYpsETs AT sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
xpus,Axr PERFORMANCE or PIERRE LoSiI'NA 'a.'
co,r oyRAIp-A FAST HAT RAcE-fho"N'
savnAIp oLyNMoRg AND HIGHLAND FLs" IN"
WINNERS. Az =,
After the immense attendance anu VIC
tense excitement OF the races OF the oohss
49,, e. ,,u,d bs, present yesterday, and the sport
-es,,d ~. tare But on the contrary the spec'a'o's
go many ana enthusiastic, and the sport was 80.
,~,t remarkable time was made, ana j. "ao e
min that the sheepshead Bav track Is the fastest ~ WIG
country, or very nearly So The nrst TWO n'' ' aJ
~. rat. race won by Dan sparling and
Gicumore the best on foooa =,
IN. ~re,vhts So was Geralda run VI
eve furlongs with 10 pounds up In l;ozs ''o ~
record The Coney Island Jockey Cino mas '"a 49,
way of SURPRISING oil previous sehevepien'" ~
,sv NJ upsets Cheekmate was thought 70 nave ior"
90, - -" ~. a, race, and the money was heaped on
10 rhar,s. Reeds fast Oily Thorn showed Cbeckina1e
,r.ttv pair OF heels and the faces OF the oe,hg en
lensthsued Not only was Thora Id uon' Oh 'ue s'''
f-he.kmae but also Victim and the despiSed Cha'ie!
Ross For the Foam Stakes Onondaga carried INC p"s
of tn. money but Pierre Lorillards splendid cot
80 a,,.r n brilliant contest with that graceful beauty
w.m.nto and Onnpdaga came In fourth. The races VI
The hackers Of favorites fell little more ou' ~
uncomfortable on the grounds at tbat mo'"."' ~
the DIVER Brothers, who nave maVcho" o"''
Sava for s. 900 sainst colt said to be superior wen "
Gerald The speculators tried to recover their Losses oy
,,ur sius on Fcrida the mile heats was tnousna
ssr,aluty that g. L. LOrards lucky stable would WIN
ma out 81 three races aud Ferida wss looked on as
a,uost without an equal in heat races But feroa uu
not get heat favorite won the last race out rs '"'
was steeplochase few losses were made UP on tna''
The erst race startled the experts. There were nine
starters hut old Checknate so much taVofe 1oa
An the Last two pools he brought $40 ana Sioo W AZ
,hs res, ma tho Ald for 500 The earlier betting was
aa follows: Fur wiilau,s's geldng Cbeekmate oaeeu'
~ lbsl 5000 L. Lorillards colt Greenland o. iVO'
500; Dw yer Brothers Ally Bliss g. lO2)' $780, heeo
Glly Thor g. lO $50; and thu rest Ia the Held Tor Soo
--Jerone's lilly Blue Lodge "a, ll3l' spuunahs eeiuns
victim Is. IN, p. Lorisrd's Ally wyanoke q,
IN. Johnson's horse Charley Ross taged, 100
and Burnham's nlly By-the-way %, lVzl'
he race was threequarcrs Of mile for all ages Tor
purse Of $500. The start was good Victih leu UP "
the when Blue Lodge got 10 the 'front.' ior
moment, bat way Thora outran the res. IN
the last furlong aud by length In the last ue oi
lfe: Victim secoud half n length before Charley Ross,
CbeckInate O neck behind him. Blue Lodge hfth' Bias
sixth wyanoke seventh Greenland eighth and By-'he-
Way last The ancient Checnate seems TO have lost hls
speed He has run badly all Ibis year. Mutual pool
riekes maid ga 95. Thora only ran once peIore thls
season IN the Rancocas Handicap at Baltimore and then
made poor display Last year she was one OF the best
thirteen youngsters show their PAGES in the second
nye i nnS OK ps ' WITH 81 ooe added the
receive SIoO. Thsy Dryer Brothers' colt On9n-
daga aud hy Francesca r. Lor,lsrads co" snd Isr
and nily Memcnto. Jeromcs hillies wiidhre
ana La Belle ~. witherss stonehengeJuhetta coit'
Pelnonts colt Bandit and FLY olivia Bowies hly re
gala and snedekers gcding ior kshire Ibe peiting
a. L. Lorillards entries, $40 ON wtherss colt $40 on
Belnonts entries, and $50 on the rest ID the
field la the books the betting was oiny even
against Onondaga, to against "erald
ana long 1a Memepto Francesca and Vanguard
formed the front rak and at the mile post
lad by half length. Gerald having now taken seconn
place These fast as 10 leave the rest
got 10 Memenos head after running two furiongs ana
the two rushed neck and neck To the Po
two lengths before the rest Tey fought every LOOT
the straight Costello Memen;o riding his hardest anu
kis utmost IL was splendid struggle and Barbee also
had the whip just at the END IN Tue ,ast ~"
strides Gerald drew away and won by nall enRln
Memento second. one length before Olivia she
colt nth. Vanguard sixth, the rest strsggnnS
in II was great performance Tor Gersiu,
the best on record at the weights. Memento
again proved herself high class Oily. Onondaga sur
now over their match OF Onondaga with Pierre Lori
lard'e Sachem to be June % for 5000 side VI
csyrse sacher better In Mr. LoriliArds opinion IMAM
Gerald or he would have matched the latter syns Tue
II ia possible however that Mr.. Lorard is mistaken
Private trials often deceive owners sschein u r,
better than Gerald he must be great raeonorse oI
Gerald OF the handsonest and stOust youesVee
seen in a long time. . .,,-. ~ ,n.
heats with special weights for purse OF 500 me si
sarers were O. L. Lonilards mare Ferida o. lO3l Cta
bsehs colt Oder a. 1881 Keencs horse Dan spariing
u.s. II4), jennings horse Genmore ~, il3l. bowie
marc Oriole faye, 1901 and HazaruShorts morse Ou
A. AT three specimen pOOles