St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-25
A GREAT TURF Event.
French Park Wins the Two
Year-Old Race at Brook
lyn Park.
The Most Sensational Finish
in the Annals of the Amer
lean Turf.
Holiday and Oregon Tied for
Place a Short Head Behind
the Winner.
Egmont Comes in Winner of
Egmont Comes in Winner of
the Great Kentucky
Handicap.
Speeial to the Globe

cpeclal 10 the GLOBE.
NEW YORK, May 24.-Though the day
opened somewhat promising the usual
luck in the matter of bad weather at
tended the Brooklyn Jockey club, and
by the time the people had to 90 to the
races the rain came down in torrents
and continued with undated yigor for
the balance of the day. Nasty was the
word best suited to the quality of the
day. Yet so good was the track that
even the down-pour could not hurt it,
and as result must be considered very
fast. In spite Of all drawbacks, how
ever, the racing was sensational, and
the contest for the May stakes will long
be remembered as one of the most
sensational finishes for a tWo-year-old
contest III the annals of the American
turf. Five started; the crack Western
colt French Park, ridden by Fitz-
patrick; the Dwyer crack Oregon. with
Mclaughlin up; the crack Maryland tilly
Holiday, ridden by Littlefeld; Seymour
with the great Hayward mp, and Nc
Grath's Cartoon. French Park was a hot
faVorIte, and opened at 3 to 5, while 9 to
was quoted against the Dwyer colt.
Inc DWyer money and the public fol-
lowing of the Dwyer stables, however.
drove Oregon to to 5, while the closing
price against French Park was to ).
The others were not backed to any eX-
tent, as it was generally expected that
the race would
RESULT IN A DUEL
between the two cracks. Holiday made
the running from the fall of the flag,
length of al,
Park, till nearing the turn for home,
when Oregon went up, followed by
French Park, and in the stretch the two
closed on Holiday. Then a desperate
finish ensued, all hands whipping
like demons. At the sixteenth
pole Oregon got his neck in
front, but the others were not
to be denied. In the last 100 yards Nc
Laughlin seemed to tire, and amid the
widest excitement Fitzpatrick man.
aged to lift French Park to the front
and won by short head, Holiday and
Oregon making a dead heat for the
place. The race for the st. James Hotel
stakes, the crack all ages weight-for-age
event OF the meeting, also ended in Il
sensational contest, though much of the
interest was shown by the fact that
Hanover did not start against The Bard,
his conqueror in the Brooklyn handi-
cap. In his place the Dryers started
the crack three year-old, Sir Dixon, and
he made an unexpectedly grand race
with The Bard. In fact he came mighty
near beating the older horse, and The
Bard had to be whipped and spurred
out, and after the race he was
THE MORE TIRED HORSE
OF the two. Sir Dixon was first away,
but The Bard at once took the lead and
made the running with Sir Dixon at
his saddle skirts. They ran as
named till into the stretch. when Sir
Dixon went up to The Bard's neck. At
work, and by desperate riding managed
to land The Bard first by scant length,
with Sir Dixon second, four lengths
ahead of Barbary. The pace was fast
all through, the quarter being run in
twenty-five seconds, the half in fifty
one. the three quarters in 1:1614, the
mile in 1:424, and the mile and a
quarter in 2:0S15. This performance
detractS materially from the merits of
The Bard as a crack horse, for if Sir
Dixon could punish him in this way to
win in that time, the Emperor of Nor
folk ought to hold himself quite safe in
every weight for age contest.
The opening event at mile and
'i-h'SSi'AA Noo Noi pillC IldIOllI
BY PRINCE ROYAL,
who lay well up with Chambly and
Salvini, who set the pace till into the
stretch. when he came away and won
in hand by length. For the second
race Richmond was the favorite, but
though he had Garrison up, he could
not run yard, and Belvidere, who took
the lead a half mile from home. won
easily by four lengths. Queen of Eliza
beth made most of the running, but at
theend BOrdelaine came with rush and
beat her neck for the place. The sell
ing race for tWO-year-olds was won
easily by the favorite, Gold Fish. For
the tnal event, selling race at three
quarters of q mile, Maia was the good
thlng and the favOrlte, and won cleYerly
by a head from Battery. Altogether
the day was good one for hackers, and
most of the bOOkmakerS were hard hit.
First race, for three year-olds. one and one
sixteenth miles-Starters: Prince Royal,
Refund Winona, Salvini Joe Lee. Taraeon,
Joseph Chambly, Juggler, Janet Murray,
colt. Prince Royal won by length, Salvini
Second race. handicap. one and one-six-
tenth miles-Starters: Richmond, Belvi-
deere, Mollie McCarthy's Last, Borielaize,
Queen OF Elizabeth, Raveller. Belvidere
Queen of Elizabeth third. Time, :5Ol2
Third race, May STAKES for two-year-olds,
six furlongs-Starters: Oregon, French Park
Cartoon, Seymour, Holiday. French Park
won by head after most exciting finish,
Holiday and Oregon running dead heat for
second place. Time, IL
Fourth race, St. James Hotel stakes, one
and one fourth miles-The starters were The
Bard, Banburg and Sir Dixon The Bard
won by length, Sir Dixon second. Time,
2:0Sl5.
Fifth race, for two-year-olds, six furlongs-
Gold Fish, Hot Scotch, Carrientes Sam d.
Little Barefoot Darling, Dalesman. Gold
Fish won by three lengths, Little Barefoot
second, Darling third. Time i 20.
Sixth race selling, six furIongs-Star
Bishop, Obelisk, Duplex Doodle, Mali,
Cholula, Battery Umpire. Rosalie Mali
won, Battery second, Cholula third. Time,
lis.