New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-15
RUSSELL SHORT OF WORK.
DEFEATED BY SALLIE MCCLELLAND.
JOHN A. MORRIS FAILS TO WIN THE GREAT

supreme Of the John 4. Mori, two.ych-od' III
almost all The stake, Tor Youngsters. the decisive
sEpe. ority Of Burlington 10 all tine horse, OF hl'
age That had ran this year, the high form d'plaNeu
~ Tenny. which made him the popular preference
Tor the suburban. and the unfortunate frequency of
selling races IN the daily programmes. II Mt
Norri, desires to make hi, ,tup'ndous race
track an honor 10 the American turf and Al IN
stituton which Will be conservative and fruitful OF
commendablc results in cNaitInr It's highest
jects AMI it, best Interests, he should
without delay got some one Who prepare
4 varied diversified and attractive programme
without examining il fun Of selling Affairs. the most
ic,pioabe feature, of urf contests that the racing
world affords selling races ought to be suppress ed
altogether They encourage and stimulate fraud. and
there nothing to be said in defence Of them. Any
way If high class track consents to >toop please
# the W. e. DAILY class IT ought at least not
10 jam programme, full of these miserable selling
farccS. which appeal 10 the worst passions. and in
cyitaby followed by the most delctcrOus effects
upon thoroughbred racing The sensational and start
ing incident Of Yesterdays sport the defeat #
gus,cn by saIc McClcand in the Great Eclipse
stake, for two yearOld>. worth ST. 3-j the winner
This was the most popular defeat of favmite
that has been seen any American racecourSc thi,
year. owners. trainers and the general public alike
rejoced in it, because the grasping policy which has
hecn pursued IN the Morris stable Of running three
horses in the great two yearold stakes and attempt
Ing capture, not only first money. but second ann
third money. never earn the approval of any
person who wishes to racing carried on with lofty
aims and in creditabe When one owner
has in his stable dazzling galaxy OF two-ycar-
old stars he ought not to try TO crush ont woytarod
racing altogether by bringing three of them ont IN
every important stake in which they are entered.
This discOumgeS other owners. takes away pubic
interest lessons the attractions of racing. and generally
has bad effect Mr.. Morris has invested something
Ike u in M.rriS Park In order
fair eidTr on this extensive investment. he must
make the park a popular possible. What are
second and third money great stakes TO man whose
profits In the Louisiana Lottery last ran up in the
millions What second and third money In stakes
to a man who established and opened the costlio7
aid most tremendous racecour-c on this side Of tho
Atlantic wholly out Of his own pocket But no
owner however rich he may be. however dominant
n may be on the turf however full his stable may
be- Of the best twoyearold stock IN
the Western Hemisphere. can afford 70
impair the popular concern and attention paid 10
two year old racing hy attempting 10 carry OF first
second and third money On every one Of the chief
competitions for y0gug horses. TIL, j. a topic ON
which Mr. Norris viii do well 10 indulge in a erca,
deal Of thinking This j, case where the old
proverb Of "A bird in the hand is worth two n The
bush does not apply. The future Of Morris Park
Is of infinitely more importance o. il owner than
the second and third money in twoyeai-oh STAKES
possibly be.
After tie heavy rains Of Thursday and Friday
neht. Of course the track was deep IN mud. with
little pools Of water lying on the surface.
Ambulance was withdrawn from the great Eclipse
stakes Int Dr. Hasbrouck was started in her
place. There were just half dozen starters out
Of the 223 entries. Byron McClcland did not con
cude 10 run hi, hly >allie McClelland until yeser-
Gav morning as he hardly deemed 1t possible that
she could outrun such horses a. Russell. Ambulance
and Reckon. But when he discovered that Ambu-
hat al g
A. Norris stable-was not to run. he concluded
10 try for second or third money, at least
This decision worth more than $4,000 to him,
lucky change Of heart indeed Garrison rode
Russell. and official declaration Was posted
on the blackboard that the Morris stable de
clared 70 win with his colt Littlehed was
on Reckon. while DR.. Hasbrouck. the third Of the
John A. Morris trio. was ridden by Covington. "f
course Russell, after his notable this year, was
A sky -scraping fayorite al . and 10 on. Al one
time - 10 l against sallc MoClelland could be Oh
tanned in the ring. and after the horses went u the
po,t il was easy 10 get 10 10 l in a dozen places,
Anderson who has been singularly unsuccessful at
this meeting, had the mount on sallc. The two Ic
naming starters were John Hunters Hoodlun, ridden
by Bergen. and William J.. scott BolcIO. With Lewis
Up. Russell got OFF in front. GarriSon's own state
ment Of the race is in substance like tins lie SAYS
that he took the lead at the fall Of the flag. set his
owr pace and expected 10 Win IL caner. Tut As
he turned into the main track, after rounding the
bend from which the start on the Tob)gsan slide
i made 10 his a1razement Russell, although well
il front. swervcd badly with hin. He
straightened hin and down the
corpse in good position. supposinG that be lad a
practical walkover. When Russell lad run three fur
lOngs-the distance Of the race Was six he was
astounded to find that Anderson's mount wa, at Rus
Sells flank. lie had not noticed tie entries, and
sallie McCelland was not on the list Of probable
starters Oh the programme, lie did not know that
she was in the He turned 10 Anderson and
asked him what he riding. Anderson
grinned at him and replied that he on
Byron NcClelland's FLY and going 10
beat him. Garrison laughed at this but he
in laughing mood, for sale McClclland
gained on Russell inch by inch Garrison riding
Russell under easy pull at the end Of the first
and supposed that he could shake of sallc
MoClcaud without the slightest difficulty. But
70 his bewilderment and grief, sae McClclland hung
or. lie shook up Russell >allie McClcIand was
SIN by his side. He began ride in earnest. sallc
McClelland did not fall back inch. She even
drew Then he woke up 10 the fact that this
was desperate crisis. With all hi, skill and all his
force he tried 10 drive the isvoitc home. But work
a. he might, struggle he could, ride 10 his utmost
Sallie McClelland ran mere eHIy and more swiftly
than Russell The Supplying thing about the race
was not that sale Met LELAND beat Russell but that
she beat him with hypnotic ease. Every stride she
made little swificr than Eus'cils. and Ander-
son was never nervous. although he was riding with
energy. sallie McCleand Won by a neck, Russell
second while Reckon Wa, half dozen lengths behind
Russell. Hasbrouck fourth and poor Iloodlum and
Docro fairly beaten of. Then the applause and
laughter and shouting went up. After all. the two
yoar-od stakes might not all prove walk overs for
the john A. Morri,s colt II is hard TO remember
when the complete and disastrous overthrow Of an
overwhelming ftvortc has been greeted with such
demonstrations Of satisfaction and Saycty a. was
the with the passing OF Russell Garrison
attributes the defeat Russell 10 shortn"sS OF work
Many spectators thought that the colt sukcd badly
10 Is certain from GarrisOn's statement that ne
swerved badly In the race We all burst into rapures
TO early a1out this fellow. admit my
error. other turf writers must admit