The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-07-20

SERVICE helOTIU, ny uall TOlly' NJ
cord, scratched race in 1884, over
same track, by fouling of Com
peti,or ST. John on Competitor
Blaine. Running mate Old Ro- !
man formally Thurmsn) out of
Copper Head, by Rebel Brigader;
dam Sectional, out of Solid South,
he inbred from Kuklux and Bull
dozer. Driver, Jawny Bool; colors,
English Jack and big bandana,
twisted.
Republicans name American thor
oughbred Ben Harrison, by Revolu-
tonary Sire, out of Original Yam
kee dam Splendid out of Prosperity;
Prosperity out of Protection, he
inbred from Industry and Bread
winner. Record never lost a heat.
Running mate Levi Morton, by
Patriot, out of True Blue; dam
Charitable, out Of Generosity ;driver
Jimmy 6. Blaine with his clubs);
colors American flag ahoat.
The great race of Nov. G, which
was advertised in these columns
yesterday, has not exactly come off
vet, but the result is so certain that
the Appeal feels perfectly justified
in reporting the affair in advance,
4 that the people who are anxious to
know the result may he put out of
suspense. The arrangement for
race between the leading horses has
been pending for long time. Some
parties who were anxious to back
Grover Cleveland met at st. Louis
and these made the necessary ar
rangements. Shortly afterward a
crowd met at Chicago, and af.er
spending several days in inspecting
the merits of the horses, finally
selected General Harrison as the
animal best adapted for so import
ant a race as that set for Nov. 6,
1888. Harrison was well-known
Indiana horse who had before
proven his speed and bottom. He
came from the hardest kind of Re-
evolutionary stock, and his pedigree
and blood were of the finest quality.
Cleveland's condition. The APP
peal reporter visited Cleveland at
the White House stables q few days
before the race. He was in bad
form, too fat for staying race, and
his head seemed swelled as if he had
hard batting it against the side of
his stall. The jockey Dan Lamont
was not pleased with the horse and
said be was working hard to get the
big hay-belly off him before the
race. The horse had evidently been
over fed and his flesh hung all over
him. Dan Lamont said he was trying
hard to ''reduce the surplus" but
making very little Roadway. Several
members of the Golden Club were
there dosing him with Free Trade
boluses which the horse swallowed
with avidity, but the effect was not
good.
THE RACE.
The day was delightful and the
course was packed with people
early in the morning. The stand
was packed with several million
people. When Dan Lamont moved
his big, fat, thick-necked stallion
down the track, howl of laughter
rose from the crowd. They had
, heard reports of his condition but
never before realized just how sick
he looked. The boys on the fence
began to shout: "Wipe out his
mouth, DAN" "Take him TO the
e soap fat works." etc., ETC., until the
| judges had to call the unruly ur.
! chins to order.
Just then Ben. Harrison came
laundering down the track under a
strong pull. James G. Blaine, his
3 jockey, was riding, and as he pass
: ed the grand stand about fifty mil
lion people, more or less, got VI
and howled with delight.
Dan Lamont looked like mon
key on Cleveland. At the tap O
e the bell they got off well together
e Harrison's jockey sent him TO th'
: front at the turn and took the insid
of the track like a flash.
g Cleveland flies the track. -Th
u capture OF the pole seemed TO discon
e cert the big horse, for he swerve,
to the right, and seeing the Colder
Club stand, bolted into it. Dal
was too weak TO hold him IN, ant
; with one leap he went right into tn
; Golden crowd, tramping on ever,
d body and everything. He steppe,
g on the Queens toes, kicked Harr
II George on the stomach, walked a
y over Carlyle, dnd tramped poo
~ old woman named Thurman almos
l. to pieces. Before he could be sc
'e cured he kicked the whole plac
down. He is said to have bee
Re permanently foundered, and wi
y never run another race.
NJ Meanwhile, Harrison swept roun
:. the course at speed which aston
5, ished everyone, and came unde
l. the wire at an easy canter, maxim
a a record never before equaled o
a the National track. When Harrso
II was led back to his stables at Ind
annapolis, his jockey said he ha
q never turned hair, and was goo
| for another heat in The fall of 1895