New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-22
CHECKMATE WINS THE CUP.
A MEMORABLE DAY AT SARATOGA.

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FLYING START--A DAY OF SURPRISES.
TFROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TRIBUNE.l
| SARATOGA, July 21.-This was Cup day,
and the grand stand was graced with the presence
| OF the farest visitors to the Springs, who came
| out in great numbers and in their prettiest APP
parcl to do honor to the great The attendance
OF all classes interested In racing very large and
the interest never tagged from the minute when
group gathered in the chute for the threequar
tiers of mile until after the hurdle had been
1t was popular disappointment that Parole with
drawn from the Cup contest for a wider interest felt
In the old favOrite than in any other animal
the turf. Probably it fortunate for Parole,
however, that he did not appear for Checkmate
such racehorse to-day that Parole would hardly have
had chance with him. He ran much better race, con
sdering the weights and the he finished than
more ran for the COney Island Cup and it Is really
question If to-day at least Checkmate is not the finest
horse in the United States At Coney Island Moni
tor was cOneeding Glenmore 7 pounds and yet
Genmore gave him nothing like such a
beating then Checkmate inflicted to-day.
The victory was not generally welcomed Only
the negro stabe-boys and few persistent followers
ChecKInate were very happy IL. Checkmate has
been such uncertain horse and his alternate sue
cesscs and losses have been pulling. any
miration once felt for him has evapOraed OF
Warfeld won the selling race. He takes many every
season that 1t becomes mOnOonOus. Post Guard old
General Phillips is called proved to be far better
hurde-racer than steepechaser, and easily came in
first in the hurdle race
FIRST neutrality-suspicious. OF mile for purse OF 1850
$50 to the second; weight allowances Starters-Cla-
baughs colt Oden "a years. Ils pounds, p Iorilard's
hlly PappOose a, 49, spellmans gelding Victim Is,
I'D, Jerones horse One Dime (5 1901, Youngs geldng
Boouack g, 1860, Irving's horse Fireman Is. 1l5),
Burchs gelding Linchpn g. 1922 and Foxs FLY Maggie
Aver g, 9D The betting very variable, Victim
selling the favorte yesterday and Oden being first
this morning until few minutes before the
race, when Pappoose led in the pools Pools
Oden. 1920, 800 $50 Pappoose. 800, $40 $780,
IN Dime Ran
$35, $50 $35 Fireman, 500 1886, $25; Linchpn. $50
$l5, S25; Maggie Aver. 49, $l5, S25 In the books3
to against Pappoose, to against Victim. Gig to l
against Oden. to / against One Dime. to against
BooUack, II to against Fireman, Is to / against
Lnchpin and 20 to against Maggie Aver. The jockeys
behaved badly and F. Mclaughlin was suspended for
two days und Hughes Stoval IIoowa for one day
Finally, after many breakaways Mr. johnson
away to the very worst start ne made.
one Dime at least twenty lengths advance OF the
last two, Oden and Pappoose this unhappy pair being
practically left at the post one Dime away quick
ly and lost his advantage one OF the rest
could make the big difference the outset He won
by three lengths in ll5a. Maggie Aver second two
lengths before Victim, third, he neck In advance
Boouack, fourth. lAnchpin NTH, only neck behind
Booack, Fireman sixth, Odcn. far behind seventh and
Pappoose pulled up behind him. The disracefu start
prevented either Pappoose from ever being In
the race. Hughes kept one Dime at work finishing
the race, and sent him around to the hafmile post
rafting pace trial for the Cash Handicap. lls
miles, saturday, in which he Is carry pounds
ine start OF coursr caused great dissatisfaction Mu
Second racesaratoga Cup. 81 900 added to a sweep
o receSe aGa h G %5 al TIE second
twenty -FOUR nominations and four starters. The four
pounds by Gicnelg out Of MIN ridden by Cos ei
McCullongh's horse George Mccullough 8, l22). by
Wlllams's gelding Chcckmae %. l2o1. by Glen Atho
irish King g. 22j by 2onsfcIlow out of Little Fanny
ridden by iIGshcs; Pools Monitor $3.50, $500. $500
sos, 500; Irish King. $50 $50. s25 new policy
kept last place up to the nai bali mile
and tGcn depended on fast run in that part Of the
length in advance George Mcongb Jr led sTrs Ivan 70.
a ee Wa U wbS npg I ba %", ' IN ms cd Te The
rne onGr ow wp at mo- r were a9e to make
fons MoHto Too S was o %t of 's and es n
had the TO himself Passing stand the irs time
length, George Mccullough second, two lengths before
quarter Checkmate took second place, two lengths be-
hind Monitor Aong the backstretch in the irst mile
but CheckIn~tc steadily reduced This in next half
mile and on passng the stand the second time after
than Cnccknae. he icngths before McCullonsh.
the nacEsIretcn in the last mile Gheckmate up u
tested Monitor felt spe Of wmnir rhen Nrpny having
have lttle relief falling back half length Rounding
quarer-post reached his head was before Mon
ali ove% with M"S,or 'cfIn snS~ns
scli sneak, aa he has often done In emergency,
when nr started in the e1calcnt p tine on o gSn l as
lengths before Monitor, he forty lengths OF Irish
King, Mccullough last and pulled up.
horses that ran Like the little girl celebrated in
nursery rhyme when he Is good he is very, good.
in fine form he is At to with the fastest American
such flyers Thora Parole, ripple aud Cncknore and
little and he h. sd in rr mMn NE" races ug Is
that condition almost any old tub leave him behind
| Glenrnore At his worst and he is very often