The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-30
GOSSIP OF TIE RUNNERS.
TIE PAST WEEK a REMARKABLE ONE
IN THE HISTORY or THE TURF.


Tho Realization Stakes - Entries.
Tho pnst week will live long in tho memory
OF racing men and will be one OF the brightest
pnCes in turf history, "a new records have
| been established Mt ono mile and a quarter,
ono milo and n half ono milo and furlong,
and one milo.
Many persons thought Trainer Donovan was
boasting whom he announced that Salvador
would have to run tho mile and quarter In
2:O5 to beat Tommy when those two great colts
met in tho match for slOOO0 Mt Sheepshead
Bay on Wednesday last, but Tenny's owner
and trainor know to n dot what their cham
pion WINS capable OF doing, and II he was
beaten on his merits they ware willing to abide
by II. How Salvador beat Tommy n very short
head Is now an old story. but Tenny's
electrical burst OF speed through the
stretch after sulking on tho upper
turn has gained for him countless
admirers who claim that no Gun defeat Mr..
Higgins magnificent chestnut This week
will tell tho tnle, and then everybody should be
satisfied. The colts nre both engaged In the
Ocean Stnkes one mile and a furlonR, at Mon
mouth Park. on July 4, the day the most ex-
tensve race course In the world will be thrown
open to the public for the first time. Trainer
Matt Byrne said one day Inst week that he
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which Tenny appeared. and Dave Pulsifer ia
too came man. too thorough sportsman. to
show the white feather. Therefore the racing
public may look forward to q great treat on
Friday next at Monmouth Park. The Cham
MON Stnkes at milo and n half. Is another
event in which those gladlaturS Will come to-
That Tho match rnce and tho terrific punish
ment inflicted by Garrison had no evil effects
on Tommy is n source OF con graduation. the colt
Saturday close to record time, and with such
consummate case that there is no doubt he
could have beaten h ENHANCES nm d;T5' nau mpg
him extent himself. Firenzi's mile and a half
in 2:33 in tho C1p. and her victory on Saturday
truly great mare sho is-undOuhtedly much
superior 10 Miss Woodford or any Of the other
mares that have been crowned queens OF the
4 glance ut the record Of GlenelG's best
daughter from the beg inning OF her turf ca:
reer shows that she has met and defeated
every horse OF high class. on the turf over n
distance OF ground, and always with good
weight up Alter four years OF hard campaign
ing she Is better to-day than ever before, and
1t Is an open question whether she Is not the
superior of her stable comnani3n. the kingly
ner in which she reecd OIL the quarters in tho
Conev Island Cup and ran away from Cassius
deceived those who saw the race, and when the
time was hung out and it was discovered that
Luke Blackhurn's record. which she, herself
had ogMaiIcd on , .naE on ih AK i~9
from TIE fIard at Monmouth. that good horse
break ng down in the race ID turfmen declared
that they had never seen her equal at n mile
and a half II was stated in some quarters
last week that Fircn2i wi fe sent to Kentucky
TO he bred M the c9S 1S" OF rS[ ur career Whca
Mr. Haggin reconsders his determination to
quit the turf and c0ntlne MS Thoroughbred IN
on his immense ranch in California; Salvador
is TO 90 into tho stud at Rancho Del Paso. and
surely Firenzi would make II good mare Tor
him, II a colt by salvador out OF Firenzi could
not rnco. and bring II record ilgnro at auction
as II yeariing there would DO nothing In breed
Tho California bred and owned colt Racine.
who ran mile ut Washington Park. Chicago.
record OF 3ai.. which stood for thirteen years.
is said by competent Judges To be one OF tho
highest class s9S seen in yesTs he is by
afte7Nsya sald to Capt ann Frapk!n Of
CiJ tGoISania d. although he scarcely had q leg
E El,t he b pr9Ssh him
Eaci ne is the Oldest Of his get and his dam.
imported FAIRY Rose al;o the dam Of /. }.
fy tU very FARM he Mb sas' g tRsa
fonlrd. was one. OF the, few mares bred
TO bishop in california. Racine was ,cllpk-
OF ihe Palo Alto Farm taking him through tho
California circuit and winning stake after
T"k h SnnS BY he Wild @Td E static Sat Of @
ported Flirt, dam OF Gorge, swept everything
before them, on tn" slope, Both are extensive
spring it was announced that senator Hearst
had secured their running qualities Tho deal
wrong. Racine was sent over the J. oc lies. The
first time he started Mt ChicaE h trainer
thought he could Twin, but only being oTthetrain
n few davs, said that he was in notl in : like his
best form. Nevertheless. the colt W, u. cunning
til" milo in IA. and be, was then AMI there
started in n milo dash. carrying H., pounds.
and ran the mile in l:3",2. This Is r. more
crclitablo than Ton Broeck's l :3g',. v hi n WAS
made over, a specially prepared trncn with
horses mt different POINTS oh"lD h i'm carry his
speed, and, in addition. Ten Brock, then five
more than the thre"-vear-oh carried in an ac-
tnnl race against ether horses. This record Of
0ftho turf There have been at difTeren, periods
since i was mad" number Of horses cnpabl" Of
cGuGing or SURPRISING II. but, unfortunately
II. under the impression that should their
charges succeed they would be weighted ont
Of ghi in hanhi"apS for vermorc. KGcnos
Appearance ~ Monmouth Park win bo eagerly
awaited. Ihoro must te something in the
Pan Alto farms vc,v atm". here when such
EaitS ms Suuol and liacino can 10 bred ~ tho
same establishment. Kentucky lost many Of
her trotting laurols To- taiifornia years ago.
and it now looks as though tho thnrouehlrni
of the Pacific slope in the near future would
be the o1ual Il not tho superior those reared
in tho blue grass country. Emperor Of Norfolk
and incinc arc two worry fnir samples Of what
no slopC can produce in tho way OF fast
Tho Washington PARK course must he light
ming Mt present, rs IeutGn., n son ri Ten
BrOeck and q performer vol known through
out tho West. beat Los Angeles n head In n
mile and n furlOng dash IN j2' on SATURDAY.
II this time is correct. Terra Cotta's record OF
:53 is no longer at tho top OF the heap yet
Terra Cotta's ,n"r'ormanc" was undoubtedly
Angeles must havo improved several hundred
por cent. since leaving W"Rtchester. for she
was hoRten OF evorv time She faced tho flag in
this vicinity this ycar.
The programme Tor tho concluding davs Mt
Sheepshead Bay is all that tho racing public
can desire. To-dav's stake feature il tho This
tle Stakes for three year olds, and tomorrow
the Grnss Selling Stakes for three-y year. Odds |
and upward will claim the attention OF horse
mon. Wednesday will find q fitting close in
the Realization Stakes for three-year-ods at |
ncr about $4,000, and the Strrup Cup for |
three year-olds and upward at one mile and q |
half.
Tho Realization Is by odds tho richest three
yoar.old event Of the yoiir, but the raco this |
year will hardly be equal to tho great struggle |
between salvador and Tommy. there being no
candidate OF superlGtvo merit engaged. Bur |
liugton. Judge Morrow. and other good throe- |
year-Olds are absenteos. Ar present 1t looks |
NJ though LISimony ST Carlo Her lIiChno-s. |
Granite King Thomas. Pulisnde and banquet |
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