New-York tribune., 1890-05-31
TENNY AND RUSSELL.
AMERICAN RACERS OF GREAT SPEED.

,irbes, limit known in quarter OF a century OF moro
on an Eastern track was fully just TIED Inc hnee
Grand stand the deep, broad lawn, the spacious
ddock the fareXtcnding free field, ana all the
,nepse spaces of the park were alive and aStlr ana
r,,ted with people. From an early hohr III the
,,.noon streams of humanity began to pour to west
n..ter from New York. BROOKLYN, Jersey City, and
, yor,b East south and West. Estimates of
- cary widely as 10 the figures of attendance.
,,tv Questioned for moment that II was the largest
rjtude gathered to enjoy racing in the records OF
.hot snort in the United states. But how many were
49, The highest estimates touched 10000.
e.. .v+remelv conservative and over cautious people
-, there were not more than $4,000 within the
s,ns NJ Morris Park. But such mathemSt tiCanS forgot
.Ss nronortions of the free field and were widely
-. in their reckoning. II is probable that
, % 600 saw the races Of the afternoon. and
80 show they made. No finer day in May could
:, etod and matrons and maids alike were attired
,n charming spring raiment. The coaches Of the
coaching Club in their cnclosur" added pretty
,o~ohss Of gay color to the scene All the columns
d rlsrs of the turf. and all the statues and stat
..s likewise were to be observed in the various
80 n, the park II is hardly necessary 10 co over
- list II would be extremely long one. and II
/. 4. mentioned that every man who has attained
,nv reputation or prominence on the American turf
IN the East during the last quarter of century and
bo had not vet gone to join his fathers or was not
lvin
c,ub Handicap won by Mr. Pulsifer's excellent
rao.borse Tennv 1t may he sufficient 70 IN
dico,e the nature and proportions of the
scu,hIacr some thousands of people were driven ont
10 the track and few hundred went out on horse
back All forms of ~sltteinc and gorgeous.
sober and sedae, lary and trivial we've pressed into
Use for the trip TO the course. But the great ma
,orty of the masses went 10y rail. h these con
siderable number the route ty the Grand Central
and kan tn MOrriS
nom the Forham station in carriages. But the surg
Inc swell of humanity. men. women and children,
bent on sport was chiefly after all, at the Port Morris
station Of the Ncw-York w-liaven and Hartford
Eailroad The company rams trains very frequently
No complaint could be made on that score. From
1c O'Clock till so the tracks between tie Har-
lem River and Westchester were full Of trains
nsssinc 10 and fro and the trains made up and
dispatched promptly. Moreover, they began TO re
tnrD from WestChestcr between 1 and > O'Clock, ana
brought Tack than onehalf the crowd before the
dead heat in the last race had been run OIL Every
body who looked forward with dread to an ntolerab!e
lam after the last came back 10 town without
waiting for the decision of the final contest 50 that
although the number Of persons transported exceeded
the highest total ever taken by American railroad
10 and from racecourse nevertheless there was much
less discomfort and delay in the return 10 town tDah
had been feared. But the company deserves censure
for not providing for the tremendous crush al the
Harlem River station. between l and O'Clock IN
the way Of furnishing sufficient number of ticket
offices There should have been four times aS many
ticket Offices as there were, and there should
have been compeent force Of ticket sellers. Several
OF the persons who attempted to sell tickets were eX
trenely slow in all their movements, were buneiers III
making change and enraged the already lr1atcd army
Of pnshinr iostling squeezing people beyond endur
nnce bv their mistakes and their hardness II wa
easy to foresee this of things and to prevent any
trouble or ANNOYANCE The company knew perfectly
well that il would 10 carry many NOR people than
/, ever carried within the same length Of time
before II should have made arrangements
that would have left no room for complaint Last
year the fare for the round trip was so cents. Inc
ouestion has been brought before the courts as 10
whether this fare could legally he charged the claim
having been made that the company could
not legally exact more than 36 cents. IL was
at frs, announced that so cents would be
charged az in 1859, but the company aibwafu
thought better Of this and round trip tckeS we're SOLD az
"a cents each This not excessive charge, ann
hence thing Which surfeo up piVoer 0oH'Pi"n9
last wear remcdied
Everyone who went 70 the course was well repa'"'
in spite OF any unpleasant experiences from over
crowdng in the trains or elsewhere for the running
OF Tenny in the New York Jockey Club Handicap ana
of Russell in the Gaard Stakes so brilliant and
30 noteworthy that it could not fail 70 call ont
genuine admiration. These are both colts Of rare
merit and of startling speed Terny ran az II Ne
were several pounds better than at his very best
last year and his performance was one winch
must be put AT lofty pitch among The
fcats of the American turf. He TOOK up
1913 pounds lie wore down strong handicap
field and won al tile end with ease in the superb
time Of :O7 IA The weight earned, the tlnle Hdu"'
the quality Of the field and the completeness OF the
victory made the whole race memorable Mr. Pusl-
fer won large sum of money by Tenny's success
For weeks he felt certain that the pet and prde
OF hi stable the idol Of his hopes would capture ths
handicap and he had backed him, not only IN the
betting ring al the course, but in St Lous ana III
other cities in some getting as good odds as
2 N l Tenny was a strong faHorite throughout the
betting although Tea Tray and Badge were heavily
backed and not little money was put on LaVlIla
Belle and Tristan. As ii was Tennys hrst race thi.
wear some OF his strongest admirers fct oouD'i oi
his ability 10 beat such field, carrying 80 hcd'S
weight. They thought that after a race or
two he vonld be fully the Tcnny OF 1859,
and one Of the best rcehOrscs in America But they
feared he not yet quite ready Tor TeIiehoonA
contest, They were wholly mistaken. "onlp' Doho
van Mr. Pul-ifer's trainer, sent Tcnny I" the posi- i'll
golden condition. The horse could not nave beeh
better He never was 50 good in his life, in fact
He was a model OF what trainer can 90 Wl'h race
horse and reflected the greatest credit on Donovan
skill and ability a word Of praise also j. que l"
Garrison for his admirable riding Of 1cnhy. Al
judgment and mastery Of the horse, IN resolution anu
force his jockey left nothing 10 be desired al
the Brighton Beach element thought that Ie"
Tray, with only 11G pounds, and with hamii'""
Hiding, would be invincibe In this handicap DIV "ien
Tea Tray attempted 10 move up in the last Iur'"t
Tenny went away from him 80 swiftly that lea Tray
fell back into oblivion almost in instant lrs'ah'
Lavina Belle and Cynosure ran well for mile anu
hrlong, but o these could nearly keep pace "'
Tenny when the critical part Of the race came Badge
found the distance far and the pace IN thc hrs'
mile too hot for HIM. He was never dangerous. Los
Angeles Is still far below her best FORM and she came
In last Tristan with his light weight Of lO' pouhds'
rsn well and got second place.
list Of nineteen probable starters for the Galard
Stakes, for twoyear Olds. appeared the programme,
but the pOwess Of the famous yOungstcr hu'9cH
scared out most Of tiem and only eight went TO tic
post Russell was all overwhelming favontc al = 10
on and he Won IN" all tIc way vi ut any tr-ihs
running ae II he we're al least twenty pounds ana Sr
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