The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-25
GREAT RACING.
Three Exciting Races Yesterday.
Jockey Barnes Wins Two Out of
Three Mounts.
Strideaway Again Proves Himself
Worthy Son of a Good Sire.
Red Leafs Rotten Performance In
the Heat Race.
Splendid Days Sport Winds Up In
the Best Finish for the Week
"A Great Gard for
Today.
Red Leafs Rotten Performance In
the Heat Race.

lowering clouds, yesterday morning,
looked ominous, but by noon Old Sol
broke through the bunch and passed un-
der the wire hands down by million
lengths; that is to say that at noon the
sun came out and by 2 o'clock there wasn't
--n-speck on the sky.
The attendance, all things considered,
was remarkable, the gate receipts showing
an increase Of 700 on the day before. The
grand stand was packed and the betting
pavilion was so thickly populated that
one had TO fight ones way through 10 the
books. The sport was brilliant There
were three exciting finishes Of the order
that men love toremember. Mute, Spokane
and Ben Harrison made 1t so interesting
for the winners that those who had pool
tickets on the latter held their breath un-
ill the string was passed. Barnes again
demonstrated his superiority rs a jockey
by winning two out OF three mounts. one
Of which he had no business to win.
0'IIara rode Entry so badly in the third
race that he ought to take down his sign
as jockey and hire himself out as n sign
for cigar stand. A wooden man could not
have ridden worse than he did. On Mon
day. April %, Ben Harrison ran Keevena
out 10 head in l:45. Yesterday he was
beaten in LAS. The track, II is true, was
heavy and slow, but II wasn't three
seconds slow by n large majority. Mr..
O'Ilara may have dissatisfaction Of know.
ing that the hackers OF Ben Harrison at-
tribute their losses to his miserable rid
ing.
The heat race also had lis unsavory ica-
lures. A blind boy might have seen that
Red Leaf was not out for the stuff. His
jockey didn't half try 10 win, and barely
saved his distance in the first heat On
Tuesday, with 100 pounds up. Red Leaf
ran a splendid race. and would have fin
ished second to Hamlet had he not been
pocketcd at the sixteenth pole. Yester-
day, with nine pounds less, he allowed
White Nose and Mute 10 beat him in the
= hollowcst kind Of style. The judges had
better keep their eye on Red Leaf and his
jock.
The Peabody Hotel handicap was the
best race Of the meeting. and every horse
in Il seemed to have n chance 10 win.
slrideaway and Hypocrite for awhile di-
vided the betting honors, but the latter
was never dangerous. Spokane, tho Derby
candidate, proved himself a race horse, but
not good enough TO beat strideaway, who
is fit to race for mans life, and can beat
anything on the track at the weight he
carried yesterday.
The two year old race was knock down
to the tnlent. There was nothing in It,
they said, but Gwendolne, Bliss aud
Morse, and the money went In on the
former In chunks. The uncertainy OF two
year old racing was again demonstrated by
the easy victory Of rank outsider who
went begginga at 10 and 20 TO |.
FIRST RACE.
First Heat-Jake Thomas, the Texas
horse, jumped out In the lead, but soon
gave way 10 White Nose aud Mute and
iell back 10 Join company with Red Lcai,
who was ridden as Il he intended 90 see
how far back he could finish without be-
Ing dstanccd. Rounding the turn Mute
forged ahead and led into the stretch,
where a fighting finish between him and
White Nose resulted In favor OF the latter
by a scant half length, led Leaf four
lengths In the rear, Jake Thomas dis
tancod. Time lis
Second Heat-Whito Nose led from
start 10 finish and won hands down from
= Mute second, three lengths TO the good Of
Red Leaf third. Time-ll7l
SECOND RACE.
Morse aud Gwendoline got little the
bcst Of the scnd-on the Others punched,
except Emma q away back In the soup.
There was no perccptible change until
they were well siraightened out In the
stretch, when L II and Myrtle Joined
tho leaders. Gwendoline quit before
reaching the eighth pole, and l. II and
Myrtle drew away from the others and
raced 10 the wire Tho former finished
first by length. Bliss third, a length be-
hind Myrtle J. Time-l;O6.
THIRD nAcE.
This was the event OF the day. sheri.
dan got them off quicklyan we'll ilbunched
Strdeaway half length In front OF the
others. Passing the grand stand Endurc
led, Comedy second, Spokane third, all 9
half length apart the others close up.
bounding the firt and second turn I'm
durer still led, Comedy second aud Stride
away third. With Hypochte well up ant
running under the strongest kind OF n pull
no strong. In fact, that his jockey
position was almost horizontal. Entering
the upper turn slrideaway challenged I'm
durer and passed him, Spokane moyinl
up gamcly and gaining inch by inch OF
the son OF Enquirer. In the stretch Spo
kane passed Endurcr and made play TO
strideaway, but tho latter passed undo
the wire first, Up big galop, by q length
Spokane second, three lengths Ia front O
liypocrite, third. Timo-L57l.
FOURTH RACE
Los Webster had shade the best Of III
start. but soon yielded 10 Ben Harriso
AMI led by two lengths iot q half mile
Rounding the.uppcr turn, Barnes move
up on Euiry, running strong, but with ad
mirablo Judgment saved bis horse for III
firal effort and waited 10 make his run an
Ill we'll into the stretch. Hall way 10 th
club house he began riding Entry, an
los Webster also responded gamely
Mageo's call. Neck and neck they race