Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
GREAT OPENING DAY,
Good Races at Coney Island and Big Money
Won.

Won.
rsrEcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1sPArcH.I
NEW YORK, May l5-The Coney Island
Jockey Club spring meeting opened to-day, the
attendance being larger than on any former
opening day. The usual opening dash of five
furlongs was won by Dwyer's Pontiac, at odds
as high as 40 to l. The Dwyer brothers backed
Brittanic for large amount of money, the
odds being driven down 9 to 5 by the public
and the talent generally. Pontiac won easily.
Brittanic at the head of the stretch, made an
effort to 90 to the froRt, but was seized with a
spell of bleeding at the nose, and shut up like
a jack-knife.
The double event was won by Colonel Scottis
Torso in hollow style. Some people are begin
ming to wonder if the millionaire horse owners
have a mortgage on the rich 2-year-old stakes.
First it is ex-Congressman Scott. then Banker
Belmont or Millionaire Morris whose colors
dash by the WIRE First they seem to take turn
about in winning all the rich stakes.
Mr.. Dave Pulsifer, with whom Charles
Black, of Pittsburg, is associated in the book
making business,
WON $40, 900
on his horse Tenny to-day. Mr. Pulsifer backed
his horse in the winter books at odds of so to l,
and closed all the books at that price. He went
to the post to-day at to 5, and won easily Mr.
Black held him out in the book and won pretty
heavily.
Jockey Taylor rode in five races to-day and
was first in three and second in the other two.
His followers realized quite a sum on his
mounts. One young man went to the track
with SIS and placed SIS on Pontiac at odds of 40
to !. He backed Taylor's mounts clear through,
both straight and place, and landed in the city
tonight happy man and S., 200 strong.
TENNY IN GREAT LUCK.
Tenny is engaged in the Realization stakes to
be run July 9. and everybody wants to know
how they are going to beat him. His weigh, ;s
only l07 pounds. The stake is worth S4,Sz0 and
the one he won to-day was worth nearly SIN oOO
He was purchased when a yearInG of Mr..
Cheppie, Mr.. Pulsifer's forp,.er mariner. for
$40 Dwyer Bros. won tr..ree. were second
twice out Of hVe starts. 1t looked like old
LINES I,neS 70 see tle pWy2r colors in front in nearly
every race. CaptalH Sam Browns COrtez ran a
good second TO Inspector B in the sixth race.
II. II was tnoS u that the post odds on Race.
n,iar tSnu ~ ~ we burban on Tuesday will not be
Do 9Iet 70 o NTH Badge a hot second choice.
L., 9Ss1 sLs m the best Of condition, and if the
western horse beats Raceland he will have to
break the record None of the others engaged
are considered to be in the race, but horse
race is mighty onsartin." JUNE.
HOW THEY FINISHED.
First race, ive-eighths of a mile-Starters:
Reveller, Brittanic. Pontiac Seadrift, Goldfish,
Jay 4 Dee, Long Jack, Tipstaf, Violante Tor
mentor and Reclare. Pontiac won in l:O1 2-5 Re.
clare second, Tormentor third
Second race, the double event, five and one-halt
furlOngs-Starters; Timothy, Onway, Mucilage,
Torso, Delsyrian, Tournament, King Hazen,
Jersey Pat and Flatbush. Torso won in l:09, Flat.
bush second. Onway third.
Third race one and one-eighth mnes-Starters
Hanover, Joe Lee, Barrister and Ben Harrison.
Hanover won in l:5S Joe Lee second, Ben Har-
rison third.
Fourth race mile and a Quarter-Starters:
Zephyrus, The Forum Tenny, Sam Wood, Lone
Island and My Fellow. Tenny won in 2:l0, Long
Island second.
fifth race. thirteen-sixteenths OF a mile
Starters: Burch, Grey Dawn, Glen Echo and
Long Street. Long Street won in 2:O3 Burch sec.
ond, Grey Dawn third.
Sixth race, ,thirteen-siXteenths of mile-Starters
Inspector b, Ekwood Turus, Panama, Wary,
1nverwick, lie Logos Cortez, Boccaccio, Soul
Mash and Passport. Inspector B won in 2:03 2-5,
CorteZ second Eurus third.