Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-24
THE SPEED RING.
The American stnkes.

New YoRK, May 22-Tho greatest none
tary prize of the spring racing season, the
great American stakes worth s20,O 900 to the
winner. was decided at Gravesend this after
noon, and st. Carlo, the crack two-year-old
owned by Banker August Belmont, was the
victor. The weather was pleasant, and the
track in very fair condition. Summary:
One and one-sixteenth miles-Brother Ban
won in 40, The Bourbon second, Bohemian
third
The great American sweepstakes for two
yearods foals of 1880, five furlongs. The
fourteen contestants presented a beautiful
sight as they were ranged before the starter
on the back stretch. After dozen ATTEMPTS
they were finally gotten off, with La ta-
vorlta (colt) ahead Of the lot, Torso was
next, Chaos third and st. Carlo fourth
Torso was the first past the half mile post, a
half length before Chaos, who was full
length in front of Belmont, who had Ecola
(colD and Houston at his saddle girth. AT
the last furlong post it was seen that the
great prize lay at the mercy OF
Ballarat, st. Carlo or Torso.
Another sixteenth of the distance was
passed, and great shout went up as it was
seen that st. Carlo was a sure winner An
other shout hailed his victory as no dashed
by the imaginary line, a winner by nearly
three lengths, in 1:0?19, Ballarat second,
Torso third. The fractional time was: First
quarter in 25, three eeighths in 81, and the
half mile in so. The remaining horses came
IN in the following order: Drizze, Chaos,
Devotee, Houston Kelp, Homeopathy, Mu-
cilage, st. James, Ecola, Elkton and La Fa-
vorita.
One and one quarter miles-Diablo won in
2:OSl4, Hanover second, EllSwood third.
l'ive.eighths of mile-Onward won in
1:O5, Millerton second, Urbana third.
Latonia Races.
CINCINNATI, May 23.-At Lantonia to- day
the weather was rainy, the attendance large,
and the track slow Summary:
Maiden three-ycar-olds and upwards. seven
eighths of a mile-McDowell won, Hazem
second, Maylaps third. Time-l:3l.
Maiden three-year-olds and upwards,
seven-eighths of a mile-Bannerette won,
Gardner second, Kate Malone third. Time
:30Si.
Two-y -year-olds, tive-eighths of mile-Teddy
Venture won, Portlaw second, Romaine
third. Time :O44.
sixteenth miles-Landlady won, Longbov
second, Cassius third. Time-1 :51.
Three-year-olds, one mile-Bravo won,
Longfsh second, Josie M third. Time
1:454.
Three-year-olds and upwards, seven
eighths of mile-May o won, Iago second,
Chilhowie third. Time-l:31H.
Reducing the Ball Park.
The base ball park, which is already too
SuIali W aCCOilinoudte tue CdTTtaBe autenus
ance, Is to be still further reduced in size.
Mr.. G. S. Parrotte, who owns strip on the
northwest corner of the park, ,kseventy-fve
feet wide by 141 feet in length, has decided
to commence work at once upon the erection
of two 81, 500 residences upon his property.
This very materially reduces the outfield of
the park, and will make it necessary for the
association to either seek larger grounds or
keep carriages out of the park altogether.
Will He Do 1t?
There are prospects for large crowd at
the Council Bluffs races next Saturday after
noon, on which occasion the main attraction
will be the attempt by Nat Browns great
PAGER, Bet, to beat his record for O purse
of $500. The handsome horse is in excellent
condition, and his driver, Tobe Broderick, is
of the opinion that he can knock second or
two out Of his already wonderful record.
There will be large attendance from Omaha
to witness the event.