St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-02
TOM HOODS FAST TIME.
He Runs Three-Fourths of Mile
in the Remarkable Time OF
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He Runs ThPee-FOurthS of a Mile
in the Remarkable Time Of
1:13 1-2.
CHICAGO, July 1.-The races at Wash
ington park to-day were we'll attended,
about 5000 spectators being present.
The weather was very hot and the track
deep with dust. Nothing of especial
moment marked any of the races eX-
cept the last, in which Tom Hood did
six furl0ngs in sensational time. de-
feating a big field of fast sprinters.
Details:
First race, purse 5000, for maiden three
year-oldS, one mile-Starters: Kate Malone,
l07 Barnes; Etruria 10Y, Finnegan; Plum
der, ia, Richardson; Swamp Fox. 112; Cas-
sella, 112; Devonic. 10Y; Bond Maid, 10Y.
Betting to l, Swamp Fox; to l, Kate Ma
lone: 5 to l, Bond Maid: to 1 Devonic; z
10 l, Plumber; 8 to l, Etruria; 10 to 1, Cas-
sella To good start Plumber was first off
and led to the stretch, where Kate Malone
came away and won easily by three lengths,
with Etruria second and Plumber third.
Time, ! :43.
second race, purse 5000, maiden two
year-olds, fve-eighths of a mile-Starters: Bill
Letcher III, Elkie; Harvester. Ill, Barnes;
Gunwad, Ill. Allen: Little Rabbit, los;
Peerless, 1o9; Edith Gray, 10S; Expense.
Ill; Isaac Lewis, los; King Fortune, III;
MIRO, Ill JSSSlcd. 1USs Gdlut6, 1uO, silver
Lake. los. Betting: 3 to / Bill Letcher 4 to
Isaac Lewis, to Little Rabbit, Harvester,
Kiro, Jessica; 10 to 50 to ! the others.
Edith Gray led to within a sixteenth of the
finish, where Bill Letcher and Harvester came
away and ran a close race home, Bill Leteher
winning by a head; Gunwad was thi I'd
Time, l :02s4.
Third race, extra, same conditions as the
second, tve-eighths of mile-Starters: Alb
ilene, Ill, Taral; Lottie S, l0s, Steppe; III
&c Tnn
phore 10S; Aunt Kate, los; Prodigal Son,
i'll. Mayor Nolan, III; Mary Maloy, 1os;
Silver King, Ill; Evalina, los, Dilemma:
Betting: to 1 against Prodigal Son and
lene, 10 to 80 to 1 the Others. Abilene led
all through and won handIly by three
lengths. with Lottie S second and Tioga
third. Time, :02a4.
Fourth race, handicap sweepstakes, SIS
each with 500 added. one and one-eighth
miles-Starters: Bonita, los. St0yal; Clifford,
100, Francis; Bonnie King, 95, Finnegan;
Glendela, 100; oarsman, los; Dad, 100; Big
Three, 100; Landlady, 10l. Betting 6 to 5
Landlady; Is to 1 Clifford; 10 to 80 to 1 the
others. Clifford led for mile with Dad sec
ond. In the stretch Bonita overhauied them,
and at the end of d hard race won from Gil
ford by length, Bonnie King third Time
] :55.
Fifth race, selling, one mile-Starters:
Ernest Race, IO6. OYerton; Brewster, 90.
Francis; Electricity, 80, A. Covington;
Story Teller, o. Lizzie s, los; Chestnut
Bell, SO; FosteraI, 1US; Thankful, 90. Bet
ting: 8 10 3 against Chestnut Bell; to !,
Lizzie b; D to l. Brewster aid Ernest Race;
to l. Story Teller; 10 to /, the Others
Electricity and Brewster alternately led un-
Ill the stretch was reached, where Overton
brought Ernest Race up, and in a driving
finish beat Brewster out by neck. Electricity
third. Time, :42A.
Sixth race, extra, selling. one mile-Start-
ers: Glookner, LOG, Elkie; jake Toms, 100,
Finnegan; st. Nick, lis, Stoyal; Simarth,
l0l; Kedar Khan, los; Big Brown jug. 10:
Litbert, 112. Betting WAS D to 2 against
Glockner, 4 to l Litbert and St Nick, Is To l
Big Brown jug. Is to 20 to l the others.
jake Toms led to the three-quarters, with
Glockner running second. Soon after pass
ing this point Glockner took the lead and