Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-25
The Great Unbeaten California
Colt, Ell Rio Rey, Wins.
Fully Twenty-Five Thousand People
Yell Themselves HOarSe as the
Beautiful Horse Comes In.
The Race for the Pennant in the League and
Association Base Ball Games at White
Heat-Other Events.
A Great Race.

great eclipse stakes handicap sweepstakes
of $3.50 each, with $40. 600 added, of
which $1,000 went to second and $1,000 to
the third horse, for two-year- olds, and
worth to the winner S28 ,2G5, was won
this afternoon by FL Rio Rey, the un-
beaten pride of California, E6erlee was
second and Banquet third. Time was
1:I4.
TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND
enthusiastic persons saw the race. The
day and track were perfect. The crowd
was q typical New York holiday one
and number of representatives from
every prominent point in the country
and all were earnest in their praise of
the race-course and its peerless accom-
modations. The event of the day was
set for $3.50 clock. All were soon
ready but Cameo, who was slow to
return but Henderson turned in front.
DOWN WENT THE FLAG
to the best start ever seen on race
track Of course there was a leader and
Livonia had that honor. She was fol-
lowed by Cayuga, Devotee. FL Rio Rey
and Torso with Cameo and June Day
bringing up the rear. 1t is safe to say
there was not two lengths between the
nose of the first and the tail of the last
one. As they swung into the straight
stretch, Fl Rio Rey was in the lead with
Cayuga, Devotee and LivOnia next. On
they came seemingly slowly, for their
speed cannot be judged from the stand as
they are constantly approaching. As
they raised out of the dip Winchel
SHOOK HIS WHIP
at the California crack. He instantly
shot out q couple of lengths further ahead
and then he was steadied.
''Great heavens said a well-knowU
turfman; "there is only one in it, Ell Rio
Rev walks home.
1t was a fact. He had the field at his
mercy and merely played with it. By
comparison they hardly appeared to be
moving as he, though only walking in,
was able to keep lengths ahead of his
nearest pursuers with the greatest of ease.
1t was all over but the shouting, ana
long before the last furlong was reached
expressions of admiration for the great
coltwere made all over the stand and
Iaw1
OI they came
WHIPPING AND Squirting
but his sides and TANKS were untouched.
AS stately as a noble ship sailing into
harbor he went by the judges stand the
easiest of easy winners by four lengths,
and he might have made it a dozen.
Eberlee was second two lengths before
Banquet, third Livonia, Cayuga, June
Day, Devotee, Onaway, Cameo, Torso,
Jersey Pat, Drizzle, Padisha, Chesa-
peake and Favorite followed as named.
THE WINNER
of the great eclipse, FL Rio Rey, is owned
bv Theodore Winters. He is a hand
some chestnut colt, shapely in appear
auce and with thorough build of fine
race horse His dam was Marion and his
sire Norfolk.
THE RACES.
First race-Five- eighths of a mile.
Catalpa won in l:01; Brittanic, second;
Radiant, third.
Second race-One and three siXteenths
miles. Sorrento won i'll 2:05; Castaway
Il, second; Sunlight, third.
Third race-Great eclipse stakes for
two-year-o Odds. Ell Rio Reg won. :
Fourth race-New York jockey club
handicap sweepstakes, for all ages, of
500 each: A. F. with $4,000 added, of
which $1,000 to second and $500 to third.
One and one-fomth miles.
This was really the race of the day,
though its monetary value was not as
great as that of the eclipse.
BY the time the first furlOng post was
reached Firenzi was a length and half
before Persimmons, Torchlight, Race
land, Badge and Hanover. who were but
heads apart. As they began to climb the
hill on the back stretch TOrchlight
showed in front, with Hanover,
Firenzi, Badge and J a B next. They
ran in this order until they rounded into
the home stretch FirenZi was first to
make her appearance. 1t was followed
Immediately by Hanover, Raceland and
ABB. Hanover tired half way down,
and then the contest was between FirenZi
and Raceland There was a fight which
will long be remembered with pleasure
by those who saw it Side by side they
came, and the result was not only con-
test of speed and endurance between the
horses, but a duel of skill between their
Jockeys Raceland won in the last jump
by Il neck. Firenzi finished two lengths
before Hanover, third. Time, 2:09$4
| J A b, Cassius, Eleve Dunboyne, Orr
famine, Badge, Torchlight, Kaloolah S
and Bella B followed close up.
Fifth race-Five-eighths of mile.
Amazon won in 1902; Knicknack, sec
ond; Golden Horn, third.
Sixth race-MiIe and one-sixteenth =.
Syntax won in :5l =; Tattler, second !;
| Lehretia, third.