St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-21
PENN P's RICH PLUM.
He Captures the Quickstep Stakes
at ashiDgton Park.

CHICAGO, July 20.-By far the most
successful and brilliant race meeting
ever held in the West came to an end
at Washington Park this afternoon.
The attendance was between $4,000 and
$4,000, the weather fine, and the track
in good condition, but not at its best.
The chief event of the day, the Quick
step stakes, was carried off by Penn P,
the two top weights in the race finish
ing first and second. The faVoriteS
were beaten in all but the fifth race.
Details:
First race, purse $500, -year-olds, three
fourtns of a mlle-Starters: Barney Stone
gr,, lo8; Monahan; Spring Dance, Io8,
115; Flambeau, los: Aunt Kate, II5.
Betting: g to against Lulu B, to ?
Barney Stone to l Spring Dance, to 1
Cecil B, 10 to l the others. Cecil and
Flambeau led to the stretch, where BlaTney
Stone passed to the front and won by an
open length, with Spring Dance second, and
Lulu B third. Time, IFS.
Second race, purse $500, penalties and al
lOwances, one mile-Starters: Bridgelight,
lip, Williams; Leila May 10Y, A. Covington
Chllhowle, SO. G. Cov1ngton; Business, 10Y;
LeiderKranz, 10Y; Dousman, 109; Repeat
100; Etruria, SO; Guy Gray, 90; Cassius, 90;
Won Tromp, 10Y. Betting 7 to 10 against
Cassius, 6 TO l Leila May and ChilhoWie
coupled, to l Dousman IL to l Bridgelight
IL to 80 TO the others. A very bad start
destroyed the chances of the favOrites. Leila
May and Bridgelight led all through, Bridge
light winning by a half length. Leila May sec
ond and Chilhowie third. Time, l :4412.
Third race was the Quickstep stakes for
two-year- Odds, $25 each, with $1,000 added,
worth $4,000 to the winner, half a mile
Starters: Penn P 123, Murphy; Avondale,
l23, l. Lewis; Sis O'Lee l08. Williams;
Sinaloa, 108, Barnes; Tacitus, ILL., Belle
Kennedy, 108; Abilene, 118; Minuet, 108;
Finella. 10S; Miss Belle, rs; Marie Foster.
I15: Miss Maud. lis; Bette H, los. Betting:
3 to L Sinaloa and Gray's pair (Tacitus and
Belle Kennedy, 4 to Marie Foster, to l
Penn P, IL to 80 to the others. The horses
were at the post over a half hour before
start that was none too good, was effected
Sinaloa, Penn P and Avondale were first IF,
and the race was between them throughout
Al the Finish Penn P won by three quarters
of a length from Avondale. while Sinaloa
and Sis O'Lee made dead heat for third
place. Time, 0:5012.
Fourth race, handicap sweepstakes, SIS
each with 5000 added, one and one-eighth
miles-Starters: Pat Donovan, 10S, Ray;
Clifford lis, Stoval; Bravo IO5 Barnes;
against Pat Donovan and Oarsman coupled,
2 to l Famine, 6 to l Oarsman, to l Gil
ford. Pat Donovan and Clifford were in
front all the way, the former winning by
half length with Clifford second and Bravo
third. Time, 1:57A.
Fifth race. purse 5000, beaten horses. one
and one-sixteenth miles-Starters Bledsoe,
80, Francis: Castaway II. mo weight giYenl,
Stevenson; Fayette l02, Stoval Pink Cot
tage, 90; Hornpipe, 104; Tenacity. 102;
SpInnetIe, SO. Betting: IL to 10 against
Castaway IL. to 2 Pink Cottage, to l
Bledsoe and Spinnette, II to l Fayette, 20
to ! Hornpipe. Spmnette led to the half,
after which Castaway ii. and Fayette drew
orb and of no nd R1nd-
soc beat CastaWay II. by head, with Fayette
third. Time, l 81 Is.
Sixth race, condition as in the fifth. mile
ana a sixteenth-Starters Girondes 80, A.
Covington; jake Toms SO, Richie; March
burn, 80, Francis: Josie NJ, 81; John Reber,
104; Clara C, co. Somerset 104 jake
Toms ana Somerset were the leaders nearly
all the way. At the finish Somerset won by
a neck, Girondes second, a nose before jake
Toms. The judges disqualified Somerset for
fouling jake Toms, and gave the race to
Girondes. with jake Toms second and
Marchburn third. Time, l 81.