St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-21
His Filly Geraldine Smashes
the Five-Furlong Record
at Westehester.
The Track Is the Finest and
Fastest in the
World.
AlleFton, Stable Mate Of Ak
tell, Astonishes the Ma
tiVes at Chicago.
Budd Doble's VepitaS Turns q
Complete Somersault at
Poughkeepsie.

New YORK, Aug. 90 Morris Park, -
as II will be commonly called. in con-
tradiStinction TO Jerome and Monmouth
Park race tracks, was regularly opened
as race course to-day. 1t is the
property of John Morris, who has asso-
eiated with him in its management the
New York Jockey club. The grounds
and track are located in Westchester
county. On the Harlem branch OF the
New York. New Haven q Hartford
railroad. and are partly within the city
limits. The new course has the finest
buildings and arrangements of any
in the world. An idea of its con-
pleteneSs may be gained from the fact
that its sub-drainage cost quarter Of a
million dollars, Its grand stand is the
largest and most complete of any in the
world, and all its appurtenances are in
the highest degree the best results of
modern Improvement. The track has
both elliptical and straight away tracks,
and II is believed that they will be,
when properly settled and conditioned,
the fastest in America. The inaugural
meeting began under very favorable
auspices. 1t is. without doubt, the finest
race course in the world. the famous
Pennington course at Melbourne, until
now being held 10 be the finest. 1t
is the
MAMMOTH TRACK OF THE WORLD.
ana all Of its appointments are on
magnificent scale. When one 10 oks
from the rear of the judges box AT the
receptacle for the public he appreciates
fully that its designation ''the grand
stand" is most appropriate. 1t is a
grand stand in every way that it is con-
cfC l1t IN of #
hillside. The floor of the betting room
is fully twelve feet above the race
track. and this affords everybody who
wishes TO use 1t a natural slope from
which every portion Of the track is
visible. When its infields shall have
been made beautiful with flow
ers and plants il will be
the most beautiful course known.
Said one horseman: Here. at last. is
the place where the public and horse
men have a show. Heretofore the asso-
Citations have taken nearly everything
This marks a new era IN racing. Here
horsemen have first, second ana third
money in every race. 1t will not be
long before every bookmaker shall lay
one, two, three ODDS as we'll The first
bet recorded on the track was made by
Bookmaker Heineman. who laid IS to s.
against Britannia with neighboring
bookmakers. He took 500 of this money
al the above odds.
The grand stand futtered from its
jack-staff a novelty in the shape of flags
repr resenting the
CoLORS OF EVERY STABLE
represented at the track The first
horse to appear with jockey in colors
was Britannia. Eolo'S was the first
number hoisted On the telegraph board,
and Hayward. the name of the rider.
was the first hoisted on the jockey
board. The attendance was tremendous.
The grand stand has 1900 chairs. and
fhree-fourths of them were occupied
when the bell tapped for the first race.
and there were fully as many more peo-
pie downstairs in the betting ring and
on the lawn. One of the features of the
afternoon was the presentation to J. A.
Morris, by some New Orleans friends
who came here for the purpose, of
beautiful whip.
First race, fYe-eighths of mile-Starfers:
Tom Hood Gladstane Volunteer Il Britain
nc. Clontarf, Gernldine- Geraldine won in
leo which beats the record by Sam Harper
| at Jerome Park q quarter Of a second. and
| equals that OF Kitty Pease. The latter record
however, has never been considered auIhen-
tie: Volunteer second, Gladstone third
Second race. one mile-Starters: Sluggard
Rhono. Tavistan. Brandolette, Glory Miss
Cody, Holiday. Rimini Coots Tavistan
won in l ;43, Miss Cody second Macauley
third.
Third race, three-fourths of mile-start-
ers- Druidess. Heather. France Fan Fan
colt Ralph Bayard. Tom Finley, Magnate
Ruperta, June Day. Ruperta won IN l:l4;
Maguate second, Ralph Bayard third.
Fourth race. Ilile and three sixteenths-
Starters: Raceland. Hanover. Taragon. Seno-
rita Senorita won in 2:03; Hanover sec
ond. Taragon third
Fifth race. fTe-eightts Of 8 mile-Starters:
Chesapeake Windsor, SpRniaTd. AbRca. Elize
FaFor1te. FrontenRe. DR.. Helmuth Bob
Picketts Polemus. Tournament Tacitus
Phnebe, Maxim Colt Cecilia Lady Agnes
formerly Cara Mia. Frontenae won in
l:o14; chesapeake second, Phoebe third.
Sixth race. mile ana one e-hXfeen1h-Start-
ers: kaleidoscope. BRnburg- Judge Morrow
Syracuse. Elk, Rlgin Tattler Spectator
Tattler won in 1:59A Judge Morrow sec
md Elgin third.