St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-17
Col. Chinn and Ban Fox.

At the Monmouth park races last week
Ban Fox, belonging to Col. Jack Chinn, won
great race, and this is what is said by the
Spirits correspondent in regard to the man
ner in which Col. Chinn received the win
ner:
The cheering that greeted Ban Fox was
tremendous, and of the thoroughly Western
order. Screams, yellS, rOars greeted the
Western colt as he came back to the, pad
dock, where ii was again taken up, and for
a while pandemOnium reigned. Col. Jack
Chinn. his owner, met him, hat in hand,
and shouted until he was hOarSe. Ban Fox
showed marks of punishment, but was not
particularly distressed. Hayward rode the
race like a captain. At a half mile from
home Ban Fox was so far behind as to have
discouraged most jockeys, but Hayward
had made the colts acquaintance in the Sar-
atOga stakes, and knew that he could be
depended upon, and by the most determined
effort he won the race. In our judgment,
the best colt won, and stamped Ban Fox one
of the best twO-year-OldS of the day, as his
exhibition of speed and gameneSS was one
such as is seldom seen.
The victory of Ban Fox pretty effectually
establishes the claim TO supremacy on the
part of the son of King Ban. / doubt if
/ his equal has been seen in the last half
dozen years. And, unlike a number. he
/ has been acOnSiStent performer throughout.
Since the day he defeated Bankrupt at st.
| Louis, although OH drive from first to
last, he has kept up the same clip, not low
eTing his cOlorS to any, and displaying such
gameneSs and lasting qualities as IS not
often witnessed. l understand he will not
face the flag again before the fall, and will
be let up in his work for month or so,
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home.
Another correspondent of the same paper
saws: But Ban Fox's victory was quite out
of the common. He is poor starter, much
as Spinaway was, and although he got off
well enough, he was slow, and, before the
lot had gone quarter, he, CyclOpS and
Quito were positively last. Indeed, it was
not until the lot came into the stretch that
| Ban Fox came out. The scene at the finish
was positively thrilling. PreciOsa, Biggonet,
Electric and Bluewing were having it hot
and heavy next the rails, while away on
the outside Ban Fox and CyclOpS were
| fighting a desperate battle under the whip.
The pair chung together all the way through
the stretch, when. under Haywards des-
perate riding, Ban Fox came out and won
magnificent race There is no doubt but that
the others came back to him, but Ban Fox
never let up and continued his rate to the
end. Maynard's riding of BiggOnet was
very bad. but for which it is possible the
| flly might have landed the race; but, take it
all in all, we have the idea that the best
horse won.
The scene that ensued when Ban FOX's
number was hoisted beggars description.
The Eastern men usually cheer over vic
tory, but the Western men seldom cheer.
They simply yell. PandemOnium seemed
! let loose. Screams, yells, hOwlS and war
whoOps rent the air, which was black with
up-thrown hats. Jack Chinn, the owner
of Ban Fox. ran out into the stretch waving
! his hat in hand, and shouting in tones that
would have driven Sitting Bull green with
envy When the colt arrived at the pad
dock Chinn grabbed him and car
reSSed him tenderly, while the men
from the West made the rafters of the
stand vibrate with their warwhoops- Jack
Chinn was in characteristic mood as he
/ followed his pet to the sheds.
''W-h-e-wr' he calculated. tanning him
self with his hat. President Cleveland's
big man, but his whole suit of clothes
would not make vest for me to-day"
Didn't you give it up when you saw
him so far behind on the turn?"
Give it up? Not much. You folks
don't know that colt. They said he was
quittin'. Oh, yes; he quit didn't he"
But it was said he was sore before the
race"
''Oh. that's all right, honey. He was
buek-shinned before he started in race
last spring. 1t was the worst case you
ever saw. 1t bothers him a little at first,