The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-07-01
SALVATOR Is KING.
He Defeats Tenny by a Head and
Breaks the RecOrd-Time
2:O5.

New Yory, June 26.-Sslvator beat
Tenny yesterday afternoon BY a head in
EOS, breaking the record, which was 2:062
made by Kingston In the Brooklyn Handi-
cap last season.
In the turn at the stretch Salvador vas
three lengths ahead.
The track was in perfect condition and
Tenny and Salvador were trained to the
finest point. Both horses carried even
weight, 122, with Garrison on Tenny and
Murphy Salvatore mount. The race TO
the back stretch was pretty onel
BOTH HORSES TRAVEL GRANDLY,
Ga and On the racers swept. Neither
showed any signs of weakness and the en-
thusissm of the spectators was aroused to a
boiling o, er point. The spectators. men
and women mounted chairs and ratings to
far turn Murphy let out a link on Salvador
and the gallant chestnut opened up a gap
and his parlisans shouted that all was over
but Garrison began to ride hard.
"Look at Salvador 20 away" shouted the
delighted hackers of Haggin's horse. Gar.
rison rsdoubled his e1ertions, but as they
lengths the best of it.
Saltwater wins in walk" was the cry
but is was trife too soon, for under the
"Snappers', vigorous riding Tenny
commenced 10 gain az they swung into
the stretch. Crash went the whip on Ten
Dy'sside and he went forward like shot out
of gun. Murphy saw the move and drew
his whip in readiness but did not u.e il.
"Sae him come, see him come" shouted
the crowd as Tenny came up the center of
the track.
Soon the sounds of the flying hoof beats
could be heard by the thousands in the
grand stand by the finish. Mems faces
were blanched white and were hard with
sympathy or money interest, while women
sobbed Historically, and laughed and
shouted. Then came time when people
held their breath, when they lived only in
the eye and the ear, when the lungs were
strained and still, and when the heart
ceased Its pulsing and hammered the brain |
with quick. hard blood beats. The patter |
of hoof beats growing louder, finally |
helped to loosen the tension. It was an |
audible evidence of the great race, and the |
hush that hung on the silent struggle and
the far turns was broken as the splendid |
animals came nearer nome.
TENNY AND RECORDS BEATEN,
Garrison, the white jockey, was riding
like devil, and soon the multitudes could
see him plunging the wicked spurs into
the hesvin- tanks of the willing brute he
strobe. With a bound the game colt
started forward, and as he did not collar
the leader fast enough Garrison went to
the whip.
Up to this time Murphy had been sitting
like statute, but as Tenny began to gain
slowly On the chestnut Murphy began to
ride. At the last furlong pole Salvador
was two lengths in front, while Garrison
was riding like crazy man. He dug his
spurs deeper into Tenny's sides and the
swish of his raw hide on Tenny's tanks
could almost be heard above the frsnctic
yells of the crowd.
Inch by inch Tenny gained on Salvador.
Murphy redoubled bis exertion on the
latter and rode for all he knew how, but
ride hard as he might TenHy still gained
and great shout went up, "Tenny wins"
Garrison was riding on one of the grand
est finishes eyer seen on race track. He
fairly seemed fit to lift his mount to the
wire. Twenty thousand people were yell
ing like mad men as the horses swept
under the wire. II
Dead heat, dead heat" was the shout
hat vent up as the horses heads went by
he finish together. Salvador had won,
however, by the shortest of short heads and
had the race been twenty yards further
5arrison's magnificent riding would proba-
bly, have landed Tenny winner.
A wild shout went up as the time was
put up. The record was broken all to
smash. The record of 2:O62 was beaten
,ne and one-half seconds and the judges
1oisted 2:05 as the time.