New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-13
THE PASSING OF TENNI.
SALVADOR THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPION
THE ADMIRERS OF TENNY UTTERLY CAST DOWN
-sTRATHMEArH's SUCCESS.

and forever. Although previous to yesterday Kenny
had met Salvador three times at various distances au
In various conditions and Salvador had always Oeatch
Mr. Pusifcrs colt, nevertheless a strange deIuS'oh
prevailed among thousands Of turf lovers In oil parts
Of the country 10 the effect that salvators successes
had been due to Mr.. Haggin's good luck tat lc""9
defeats had been caused by an unprecedented series
Of misllaps and msfortuneS. ana tha' lehnY was ~
truth q better racehOrse than salvador. Inc must
infatuated Of Tcnny's admirers can say 10 Ihoc
after Yesterdays race. Salvador and Tcnny WeIe
the only starters for the Champion Stakes al mic
and half and they carried the same "elEh''
12o pounds each Mr.. Pulsifer and his trainer
declared that Tenny in his best con
ditjon and backed him freely, Garrison
said before the start made that Tenny was sure
winner Every admirer of Tenny by his confident
predictions the result Of this meeting with Salvador
completely estopped himself from claiming at any Tine
in the future that Tcnny is anything Ike ha'ch l"i
the King of the Turf There was no lying back on
Tennvs part this time no waiting lie went out
with Salvador from the fall of the flag, ran with hi
stride for stride, for mile and quarter but uur-
ing all this time Murphy was leaning BACK III the
saddle on Salvador keeping the King OF the lurl u'ueI
gentle pull. They came into the homeste~h hca"
and head Tenny had the rail from the start lie
had every advantage Of position. lie was iddch Is
we'll as salvador was ridden. There can be no cX-
cuse or apology of any kind for him. In the homcsue'c
Garrison began riding. Murphy remained unruheu anu
unmoved up to the final furong' linen nc odIe" vi
salvador, and the champion shOt ava! uOhi 4N""'
with such a rush as make Tcnny look Ike common
calling nlotor There was no contest. Tcnny could
not kecp-pace with him for single stride aftcr
that and Salvador fairly cantercd in a0Cut tlrco
lengths in advance of Tenny. salvador would nave
beaten Tenny Just easily in the match al seepSheou
Bay II the same policy had been pursued with hlui'
Admiral Rous's dcium is sound for all time Inc
horse that makes the pace in front is Handicapped
seven pounds No sensible turfman ever disputed
this dogma 1t handicap OF seven
pounds at least whom Murphy sent saNa'"r
to the front at such pace Ill u"
match at Shecphcad Bay. and forced him along al so
furious speed that the colt had not much in reserve
10 finish with, ard Tenny almost caught him in the
last furlong But when two horses run side By side
for a mile and three frlonSS out Of a mile and han
and one of these horses fairly locS the other in the
final frlong of such race. no question can ever c
raised thereafter concerning the relative merits OF these
two animals
II may be possible still that at some time in the
future Tenny may catch Salvador of FORM sick OF
in lad condition. and may defeat him That would
make no difference. The turf verdict Is now made up
savdor is probably the best horse just now in train
ing in the world Beyond any question he Is the best
horse in training in America ard the person who
ventures TO quti this will simply make it clear that
his brain tissue is dcerioratnG. Garrison, who be-
fore the race that Tcnny could defeat sal
vaOr. c0GN Cicr nothing in cNtcnuaton or defence
Of Tcnny after that. \ wekGown owner asked him Il
Tcnny sulAed in the race. Garrison replied: 40.
lie did not salk lie well as he COAL. bat
SalyaoT boa: him al any time from the distance Oh
toad's jump to the Rocky Mountains That is
perfectly az perfectly clear. salvador can de
feat Tcnny at ten yards. fifty yards farloag half
mile. mile, or a hundred miles The only singular
thing about til, is that Tcnny has had 50 many stub
born defenders. many obstinate worsh.ppcrs In the
face of al his defeats. and that many people have
been anxious all the time to crtc.se SaNator. to de
preciate hs merits, and TO deny his position at the
head Of the American turf.
The fractional time Of this race was as follow,
Flr.t quarter 20 Ia seconds half mile, so ii seconds
thrce-quait,Ys, 1:17 mile :43; mile and quarter.
00; nlc and three furlongs, 30 "a mile and a
half, . 30 L..
no more gracious and delightful day for racing ha,
been known this year. The air cool and light
breeze blowing. The sky Gcched with heecy
clouds. The was not too hot. All nature was
in its best mood. There were accidents
delays or embarrassmcnts in the transpor
tation. 4 great crowd went down In fact
the attendance larger than on any day at
Monmouth this year except the opening day the Fourth
OF July. Dust freely from The surface Of the
tracks bit beneath the courses were dead sticky and
heavy. But this condition Of the going was rather In
Tcnny's favor than against him. he has always been
mud horse, one completely az home in heavy going
The time Of the Champion Stakes, 235 H. was ex
tremcly good for such track and that Of none Of the
other compared favOrably with it.
The Junior Champion far from being so salts
factory and decisive as the Champion II settled
nothing. 1t did not determine the question as TO the
best twoycarold Of 1890, bat left il in more doubt
than ever before There were withdrawals, and nine
teen horses ran The start good. and attained
with no wearing delay Ambulance was the favOritc
throughout the betting, closely pressed by Potomac az
second choice. stratlmcath tcady third choice
IN all the books while against sallle McCleland as
much as % TO could be got at ore time. Against
,ot4fr nd ~
was fOurth choice in the speculation, coming next TO
strathmcath
The bookmalers laid their odds with unbomded con
fdcnce against MIR Whers's pair Of Uncas colts SOr
cercr and surplus. They knew perfectly well that II
made no difference how fast or how good the colts
we're. They knew that with such rider a. Reagan on
sorcercr and such rider Stoval on surplus neither
Of tie BroOhdalc PAIR could possibly have chance In
a field Of nineteen yearOlds, with such riders az
Hamilton Murphy Garrison and TaJ lor b ride against
such jockeys Reagan and stOval JOhn A. MOTIFS
with his son and partner A. II. Norris was present
and both Of uoul, together with their trainer expected
TO see Ambulance win. she had beaten Russell easily
in their trial for the Junior Champion and had show"
fast time Eut the condition Of the track spoiled Nm
lu}aneo,s chances During the first half mile
the race was chiefly between Potomac and Ahbu
lance Hamilton seemed to have made UP MS mi'o
that the Only animal in the race that nc hau u p9'
was Ambulance and he rode Potomac with that end
IN view In fact he was 50 anxious 70 overcome
Ambulance that he took too much out Of Potomac
before the race twothlrds over. At the he
ginning Of the last furlong it seemed probable that
Potomac would win. But now Anderson brought ny
salle McCleand, while strathmcath, ridden by Mur
uhy was rapidly gaining. Hamilton rode with great
vjgor and force on a firing colt. lie did all that
could be done with Potomac after lie had fallen int
the mistake Of making his run too soon. But boti
Strathmeath and Salle McCleland had a little In re
serve for the finish just enough to defeat Potomac
the SPECTATORS thought that Salle McCleland haf
won by a short head, with Potomac second a shor
head before Strathmoath. But the deceptive angl
misled them The judges decided that st0thmeatl
had won the Junior Champion, by short head. VIII
Sale McCielland second, short head before Potomac
Ambulance was q poor fourth. Rcy del Iey, win
displayed great speed in the first half mile, and wa
well up with Potomac and Ambulance. did no