The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-13
THE TURF.
Racing at Kansas City Begins.
Nearly All the Favorites Win Their
Events Nicely.
Egmont Takes the First Race With
out Any Trouble.
The Chicago Stables Como In In
One-Two Order.
Persimmons Beats the Big Favorito,
Little Minch, in Great Race
Races at jerome Park
Pooling for Today.

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, June 10. - The
opening day of the racing season at Waldo
park drew an attendance OF over 5000.
The weather was fine and the track fast.
The Derby was Won by Macbeth, the ia
vorite, followed by his stable mate,
Wheeler +.
First Neutrality-suspicious. OF q mile.
Starters; Egmont, 100; Barristcr, lO2,
Armstrong; Tom Berlin, III, Seaman;
Wyandottc Chief, 7. Fcnny; Blonda, 07,
belong; Belle Boyd, ll0, Robinson; Carrie
b, l07, Williams; Carey, IFS, g. Fcnny;
Dell Beach, 40, Brown; Kotty Pcasc, ITO,
Mattox; Lady Duffy, 40, Mulock; Minnie
q, ITO, West; Unite, l0s, Vincent; Vol
cano, 40, Sloan; Willie C,ll2, Bell; Esther
q, 81, Swan. Egmont was n strong favor
ito at . TO | against the field in
the pools and l TO 3 in the books.
The odds on the other horses ranged
from 3 TO | 10 90 TO |. The number in the
field caused very long struggle at the
post and there were dozen false starts,
consuming half an hour before Starter
Merrill dropped the flag with Tom Berlin
in the lead, Honda second Egmont third.
Tom Berlin still led Mt the half, Egmont
second. Coming into the stretch, Egmont
led, Tom Berlin second everybody getting
the whip except Egmont, who came In
easily, Taral keeping him well in hand.
liarrstcr responded best under Arm.
sirong's whip and WIS hard after Egmont,
who won by half length. liarrister see
ond, Tom Berlin third, Carey fourth.
Timc-l:0ji.
Second Race -Ccntropolis hotel race:
one mile; selling Starters Bonnie King,
| 10 Dclana; Berlin, los, hral; John Daley,
/ ll2, &. Fcnny; Vivian, ~, Warwick; Ep-
som, no weight. Deans. Pools: Berlin
S25, Bonnie King Sl7, field SIS They got
away at the first attempt, Bonnie King
| jumping into the lead. Epson then
came 10 the front, and made his bid for
the race. lie led at the half Bonnie
King second. Into the stretch Vivian
lcd. everybody getting the whip. Bonnie
winning by length with hands down
Berlin, who oalao up well, finished second
under the whip; John Daley third. Tim,
| -l:i5.
Third Race Five furlongs. for maiden
two year olds. Starters Thankful. 100.
Taral. Annie May, 100, Armstrong, Lillian,
100, Wilson; Extra, lUD, Warwick; llccly
John, ll2. Howard: Middle March, 100,
Allen; Olive n. 100, Francis. Betting
Middle March. to 1; Thankful. 10 4;
! Annie Nav aud Lillian, : to I; llccly John
aud Olive II. 10 tol; Extra, . to I. Tho
youngsters got away In bunch Middle
March having the lead by head The
| Jockeys used the whip from the start, and
the horses kept well together. running a.
smoothly ~ poem. llccly John spurlcd
at the quarter and got the lead, Extra
second, Middle March third. Into the
stretch Extra lead. everybody punched ia
q cloud oi dust and catching whip and
spur at every Jump. Middle March got
the lead at the seycn-cighth post and fin
ishcd y winner by length, Thankful sec
ond, llecly John third. Time -l.O7l.
Fourth Race-1he Kansas City Derby;
mile and hall. The starters were: Mac.
beth, l09, Taral Gnlliict, l2b, Armstrong,
Wheeler 4, llS, Cochran; Autocnt. ll3.
Curtis Alexandria. los Mccarthy. Fred
II, lls, &. fcnny. los Angeles and Aristi
we're Withdrawn nj the last moment Tho
betting before the start changed In favor
of the great Kentucky Derby winner, Mac.
beth. the Chicago stable selling Ia .,
while all the booksellers Offered even
money that Wheeler I would not get q
place Tho idea was that the stable had
determined to let Wheeler 4 sct the paco
and play Macbeth ns the winner. Tho
Melbourne stable sold nt to =. Auiocut 4
10 ! aud Fred u 100 10 l. The Chicago
horses were greeted with great
cheer ~ they came from TIE paddock
aud passed under the silkcn purse hanging
/ Al. a. III.
also given a warm reception The horses
got off together, the Melbourne stable
Galliict aud Alexandra being nose and
nose a head Ia advance. Alexandra gave
place to Galliict, who lcd In the flint quar-.
tea, Autocrat second. Tho horses camo
into the stretch all moving well, but at a
rather slow place, with Frcd u setting the
gait and two lengths Ia the lead II was
not his race, aud ho lost before the stand
was reached, Alexandria taking the lead
under the wire, with Fred II second.
Wheeler 7 third, and the rest punched.
Alexandria held her lead 90 tho mile,
with Auocrat running second. Here
the bunch caught her, and they came
into the homo stretch flying, with
Autocmt first, Wheeler 4 second, Gaiiiicl
third. The two Chicago horses caught the
whip together and came away from the
field, Wheeler 4 sure winner II ho
wanted. Cochran's whip flew round and
round In the mir, never touching the horse,
and Macbeth passed under tho siikcn
purse winner by a length, Wheeler 4
second, Alexandria third, Gnlliict fourth,
Fred Is 9th, Aulocmt sixth. Time-2 3si.
Fifth Race Seven iurlongs Starters.
Persimmons. lO7, Vincent. Little Minch,
100, Taral, Clara Moore, l02, Athoguc;
Hamlet, l07, Crump. Betting Little
Minch, 10 o, Porimmons, 2to I, and
the others 10 10 /. There was some delay
nj the post, but when they got away Little
Minch had the lead, pcmimmons second
Clara Moore third. They caught n good
pace and ran well together, the ordel
being unchanged at the quarter. Al th,
half little Minch still led, Clara Moor,
second, Pcrsimmons third. Pcrsimmoni
here camo up with spur, and cntorct
the stretch nose and nose with LITTLE
Minch. The race down the stretch wa
the protticst racing Of the day. Th'
/ horses were getting whip, spurs and erie
from the stand, and although both worke,
hard, neither could get nm inch ahead, IN
noses popping back and forth with th
horresf etcpa Under the wire they wen
| tha aafne Wav and thoro aroso A great crl