The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-29

riders appear like part Of the animals, 80
perfectly they are fixed in their seats.
Garrison IN Tenny appears 20 be conf
lent of winning. for he mods and smiles
in a satisfied way Mt some of his admirers
who chaif him.
Murphy, like the sphynx he is, looks
neither 10 the left or right ms he Rallops
past the stand, but he wore a do or die''
expression on his face. He smiles grimly
as some one shouts: mo grand stand fin
ish, Isaac. The Snapper's n hard one
when il comes to q fight"
Now the racers are at the post.
There Is n sudden fash of color, and
a strip of red flashes perpendicularly
through the dusty air.
They're of comes in a chorus from
thousands OF throats, and then a deep ST.
lence ensues as the noted racers sweep by
the grand stand with Tenny ON the in
side.
The dusty track seems to fairly fly from
under the horses, so terrific IL the speed.
Salvador il in front and Murphy is just
at the h~indquarter of the Suburban win
ner, and watches his dusky rival with an
anxious eye. Around the first turn they
sweep in "a cloud OF dust. and the same
positions are kept. Murphy is seen 10
urge Salvador as they enter the back
stretch, and, like a flash, the long rangy
chestnut opens the least bit OF daylight
between him and his sway-backed pur-
suer.
Look at Salvador leave him." shouts a
hundred enthusiastic Salvador partisans.
mot much," answered Tenny's admir-
ers, as Garrison let's out a link and re-
sumes his old position at Salvatore sad
die girth. The pace IL getting hotter.
Faster and faster the swift racers travel,
but the turn is reached with the pair still
running SO steady that a blanket would
have covered them. Now the battle royal
is begun. The stable boys lying In the
fence on the turn can see the crack jock
eys take a flrmer wrap of the reins. A
grim look OF determination settles on both
their faces and they get their whips firmly
in their hands.
COn and ON they swept. Neither shows
any signs OF weakening yet, and the en-
thusiasm OF the spectator is aroused to "A
boiling over point. The spectators, men
and women noun chairs n railings 10
get a better view of the grand struggle.
On the first turn Murphy lets out n link
on Salvador, and the gallant chestnut
opens up a gap, but Garrison begins to
ride hard.
Look at Salvador go away shouted
the delighted hackers of Haggin's horse.
Garrison redoubled his exer,ions, but as
they sweep into the stretch, Salvador has
three pounds the best of il.
"Salvator wins i'm "a walk" was the cry,
but il was a trifie too soon, for under the
Snapper's vigorous riding, Tenny CON-
enced To gain as they swung into the
stretch. Crash, came the catgut on Ten
ny's side. and he went forward like "A shot
out of a gun. Murphy saw the move aud
drew his whip in readiness, but did not
use il.
"Sce them come. see him come"
shouted the crowd. As Tenny came up
the center of the track, the soft sounds Of
the flying hoof-beats could he heard by
thousands in the grand stand by the FIN
ish. Mems faces were blanched white
and hard with sympathy or money inter
est, women sobbed Historically, and
laughed and shouted. Then came n time
when people hold their breath, when they
live only in the eye and the ear, WHEN
the lungs are strained aud still and
the brain, with quick hard blood beats.
That patter of hoof beats growing louder
finally helps To loosen the tension. II is
an audible evidence of the great race, and
the hush that hung on the silent strlg-
glers and the far turns is broken as ihe
splendid animals come booming home
Garrison, the white jockey, is riding
like fury, n the multitudes see lin
plunging the wicked spurs into the heiv-
Hanks OF the willing brute he strides.
With a bound the game colt starts for
ward, and as he docs not collar the leader
Itst trough. harrison goes 10 the WHIP.
Up TO this time Murphy had been sitting
like "A statue, but as Tenny began to gain
slowly on the chestnut Murphy began to
ride. At the last furlong Salvator was
two lengths in front. Garrison was rid
ing like "a crazy man He dug his spurs
deeper in Tenny's sides, and the swish
of his rawhide on Tenny's TANKS could
almost he heard above the frantic yells of
h crowd. Incl by nch Tenny gained on
Salvador. Murphy has rcdoubled his exer-
ton on the latter and is riding for all he
can or knows how. but ride hard as
he might, Tenny still gains, and a great
shout goes up that "Tcnny WINS" Gar
rison is riding one of the grandest fin
ishes ever seen on n race rack. He
nearly seemed to lift his mount to the
wire. Twenty thousand people are yelling
like mad as the horses sweep under the
wire.
dead heat, dead heat" the shout went
up as the horses heads go by the inish
together.
Salvador had won, however, by the
shortest of short heads. and had the race
been - yards further Garrison's magnif-
icent riding would have landed Tenny "a
winner.
A wild, glad shout went up as the time
was put up. The record was broken all to
smash. The record = :06A was beaten one
and three-fourths seconds, and the Judges
hoistcd go AS the time.