New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-07
TOURNAMENT AND EURUS.
A VICTORY WON BY A HANDS BREADTH
SENATOR HEARST GETS THE oMNIUM HAND1

srNAroR HEARST GETS THE oMNIUM HANDI'
CAP BY THE NARROwEST OF MARGINS.
The dir was like . superheated fog bank yesterdaS'
fun Of discomfort and Of suffering to oreatne OF
to move In. II was one Of the worst OF eepo'"oer
days, and September in this climate. when II WORKS
out vest temper, is always to be resarueo WIN
horror Rain enough fell to mako the sheepshoau
Bay course sloppy although 1t was not deep IN muo
and not very SLOW But the condition OF tho course
and various reasons caused many wlthdra"a". ~"
attendance was large for so unamiaole On ai'ernoo
Five out OF favorites werc successful ano inc "
vestors on first choices endured the pains ana toren'
Of the weather with satisfaction and oven WIN enoer
h,lness while they counted their thick rolls OF
khills Many OF the bookmakers, however
aereed that II was ono Of the most uncomIor'soio
ana disgusting days Of their lives IN every way
In the first race ont OF an announced held OF prom
able starters Of sixteen. only hve e"me ior'"' "
The weight conditions let Raeeand In at lo2 poun"s'
rivalry was frightened on. and only Al Farrow.
rsnedicttne, Little Minnie and Urbsnna ran against
him. Most Of the betting was win Haceieno ou':
although . few daring makers OF DOCKS venua'e"
to Offer 1 to Z and 1 TO against MIN. WIN "aoe
land out. Al Farrow was strong .aSor''e ~ ~.
on, Raceland was ridden by Taylor. ana u
Hamilton had ridden the horse with the same
skill and Judgment Thursday. Raceianu
vould have defeated Tristan then as easily As
no eantcred away from tho field yesterday. of course
horse Of his class with SO light weight ana against
such field was not obliged to excite himself at all
10 the surprise Of nearly all the spectators however
Al Farrow proved unable to give thirteen pounds 70
Beaedictine and Benedictne got second place. ~hio
Al Farrow was q poor third. Long odds were given
against Denedictine. both straight and place.
The first part Of the Friendly Stakes for twoyearold
was won in commanding style at washington farh'
CAicaso, BY Rinfax who in the second part yes
although
favorte In tho t betting, reports wore riie tha' no
tSS fsr below his best FORM His trip East was foiowed
by en- illness from tho effects OF which ne nus prooso!
not yet entirely recovered While Riniax anu MS
stable companion Homer were not named as proOsoie
starters In the LIST sent to the Newiork papers on
Friday evening" both went to the post Key gel
Rev Espcranza Saliie McCleland La Tosca, Sur
plus Sorcerer and some others Of less consequence
wore withdrawn, leaving a field OF fifteen TO stafp'
Here Loriards Kildeer had many strong supporters.
Including MIR. Loatllard himself and the weight OF
money on her put her at as short price IN
the betting az .ny other entry while the odds against
Rnfax heightened steadily The John A. Morris pair.
westchester and Key West were In lively demand III
the betting market as was Gascon, VINO won '"o
Sapphire stakes easily on Wednesday ana WHO re'
peated his success inst as easily in the Frendiv staRes
He is good colt. Of Falscto and Mollie WOOD.
Kiheer got OF badly and was interfered with. Key
West vas second Gascon and Westchestcr was tird
Key West y a full brother to Frcn1i. while West
chester Is half brother Of fremont. Famous names
these While Key West and Westchester run fairly ana
show promise 1t is likely that either will ever emu
late tho fame Of his ill>irous kim Flat6us the three
yearod brother OF Ffrcnz who Is in the Dwycr stable
has never decent race. and II one ma! jug"
from present appearances he never WILL Estimating
the merits Of racchor>cs knShip Is doubtful ana
delicate matter The Dryers last year bought lberny
AZ the great sales OF ycarngS. They had at least
thirty two.y ODDS ready for training last spring
Not one of these has hns far proved himself OF any
account although the long list contains the names OF
mary relatives Of famous ratcrs. No American stable
ever lad 20 much i'll lack with biz troop Of twoyrr
Odds as the Dwycr, have had this wear. 1t was
the unluckics lot Of young icrS ever gathered under
oyc ownership in the United states. John \. Morn.
Ia. regiment Of youngsters also. but rcalv all OF
his have races. aid some OF them rank among
the best animals OF their on this side OF the ocean,
} Both Riniax and Homer as II their preparation
tho Friendly stakes had been necessarily hurried
"a as II they were unable to do themselves justice
Monterey Florimor. san Juan and Fireworks all nan
kone friends but OF them ran well. Fitzpatrick
was on Rinfax and Narvaex on Homer
The Concy Island Jockey Club Is perpctraing daily
joke ,lbn this Mexican boy Narvaez who is favoritc
jockey with California owners. although most OF
tho Eastern do not look upon him as the
3bcssor of rare skin. The Jockey board always has
bi$5name spelled Novice. This Is All apt spcnsnr
m he opinion Of many racing men. but the boy MN
sel spells his Narvaez and any such variations
uaed on the Monmouth Park Jockey board. ore
no; authorized by the bearer OF the name
IL is little odd that VIC ave rioihe
now In the East full boodcd Mexican boy and
fullblocccd Indian w. lIll. the rider OF Al Farrow'
II all Indian lad who Is sAd 10 have come from one
Of the Texas tribes.
50 moor lot was t. run for the September stakes,
for three year old, a. mic ami three quarters that
Green -. Morris decided to start Judge Morrow. at
100 pounds. Only Can Can, LonGfoN ana CLIO ran
against the Judge. and miserable three they were
can Can carried l0 pounds, LOncfod 1OG and Clio 10
Strangely c,oush the Jockeys on tho light weights kept
a double pull on their hoi>"e up to the hOmestretCh
thus preventing the heavy weight telling on Judsc
Morrow by last pace. and making 1t certain mat lie
would have the easiest VI victories. SO II proved
Even under the strongest Of pulls. Clio and Loneford
died away before they had travelled mile ana man,
leaving only Can Can aud Judge Morrow In the race
judge Morrow cond have run away from Can Can at
any time, but Taral. who rode linn with patience
and judgment. favored the spectators with little
show Of contest and permitted Judge Morrow 10 WIZ
by . length only
rircnzi Bnddhist Eric and some other horses oi
less merit were taken out OF tho Omnum Handicap
at mile and a furlong. At the opening OF TIC
betting Tournament the favoritc at ODDS on Bu'
q strong combination Of betting men put 50 murf
money on Eurus that when the horses went TO the
most IL was 9 To each against Tournament ana
Eurus. Hayward went out with Tournament. as nc
did In tho Twin City Handicap when Tournament
heat the whole field easily except Fircnzi. who beat
him very easily But he did not make the pace Sc
fast as he did In the Twin City or In the Realization
Hamilton on EurIs chased him hOtly. never allowing
him TO get long head. As they came into th(
homestretch Tournament was only a half length b.:
fore Eur,ls but Us they approached the f'rong pos
Eurus gained and stuck his head In front Jus
then he swerved into Tournament fouling him sc
badly that IL Eurus had como first 1t would have
been necessary TO take the race from him. Euru'
vas always notorious swervcr. In the last
furlong both Hayward and Hamilton used whip ant
spur and rods with all their powers
10 the general surprise Tournament hunt
On stubbornly made a courageous finish and
crossed tho line . few inches before Eurs. Nearly al
tho SPECTATORS In tile grand stand believed that Tourna
- mont had won, but TO spectators In the clubhouse
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