, 1889-09-21
CHERRY AND CANARY.
Another Grand Victory for the Great
Limerick.
PIucky Little Wyoming Next to Her
Stable Mate.
Distance to Great and Pace Too
Warm for Deronda.
Duffey Handled the Fayorite Mag
nificently.
vanderpool and Pedro Did Some
Fine Riding.
Limerick the Victor.

Lucy v Wv II cup hOioCot "a
zed through the grand stand as the tri-
angle sounded after the second heat OF
the fiee-for-a all trot. Everyone glanced
toward the stables and through a cloud of
dust which disappeared in a few minutes
could discern only some closely blanketed
racers slowly approaching with the usual
crew in attendance. The warning was
passed around and there was a rush to
the stand and to the fences. The exhibit
ton halls and faker booths we're quickly
emptied, for every race .goer was deter
mined to miss no portion of the great
contest and with zeal worthy the cause
there was a rush for desirable positions.
They're on the track right now" ex-
citedly shouted the pool sellers in the
quarter stretch. -Deronda and the
field" cried the man who m%anipulates
the Paris Mutual boxes. Here's 500
even that Deronda wins the race" echoed
the auction pool seller. The money
flowed into the boxes and every other
man you met was n stakeholder or had
money to lay on the great event.
The admirers of Deronda were
staunch and tenacious and had money.
Wyoming. Limerick and F%earnaught had
friends. but seven of every ten betting
men were for Deronda to the last ditch.
1t was favorite and field pretty nearly all
the time and often the odds were ON the
former. Never did a horse carry SO
much money on a track in this territory.
Three pools of a thousand dollars each
created a little sensation for a moment,
but the sale was soon lively as ever.
The quarter stretch interest. which was
mercenary in many instances, was the
genuine horse race excitement in the grand
stand where color badges occurred fire.
quently and where ladies and gentlemen
neryously discussed the probable outcome
of the turf event of the year and where
bets not always modest were made. The
contagion spend to the carriages along the
line. when one quickly came to the con-
clusion hat everyone wapers something
feeling that every loyal citizen should be
come thoroughly interested in the contest,
The saddling paddock this wear is di-
rectIv onnosite the grand stand where a
tent had been placed for a dressing room.
The horses were walked about the neigh.
borhood of the chapel reserved for the
Judges by trainers and stable BOYS and
in the big ampitheater the man who could
Il
sidered a horse oracle and often bounced
upon for a tip"
People commenced raising from their
seats when Geo. Vanderpool, in the Post
Percheron colors of cherry and canary.
was a~pplauded when he came upon the
track with Limerick, winner of the club
cup. He sent the LUCKY bay a slow
quarter and a squirt home for a warmer,
and returned to the paddock. Pedro. the
head Jockey for Stokes & Whitehouse,
came out aboard Wyoming, gave her a
little running and returned. Bob Free
man did the same with Trouble, while
Deronda, with only a hood and shoulder
covering, was cheered to the echo when
he struck that reaching gallon with a sta
Bile boy up.
Last call was ded on the triangle
and even the quarter stretch people reluc-
family lett the pool room, but once facing
the track hurried fos a place. Everyone
in the grand stand was talking ard for
that matter few people could keep silence.
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