St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-20
GETAWAY DAY Ar KAwvILLE
Close of the Kansas City Jockey
Club Meeting.

Club Meeting.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 19.-The
closing day Of the Kansas City Jockey
club meeting was a great day for long
horses. The track was slow and poor
time was made on every race. The
meeting has proved greater success
than even its most enthusiastic sup
porters could expect, the attendance has
been generally good, Kansas City being
a VIGOROUSLY poor racing town. Not a
single day of the race meeting has been
married by rain. q
First race purse $500, handicap for two
year-olds, six furlongs- Starters: Joe Wool
man, IL 6. 4 to 3; Minnie Elkin, liz, 3 to l.;
Ed Leonard, 112. 2 to l.
They got off to a good start and ran
the first quarter neck and neck, then
Ed Leonard drew away from them and
won easily by six lengths, Minnie ElklnS
second. Time, lis Is.
Second race, selling, purse $500, for three
year-olds and upwards. 'one mile Starters
Hamlet, Cashier, Pell Nell Sam ArdO, Spald-
ing, Will Lyons, Orphan Boy. Dyer, Con-
signee, East Love. HOmeward Bound. Fell
Nell was favorite in the betting.
After several breakaways, the field
got off to pretty start with Hamlet in
the lead. At the quarter Orphan Boy
was in front. At half Spalding came
with rush and for moment it looked
like his race, but Hamlet led in the
stretch by two lengths. winning easily,
Cashier second, one length behind
Spalding third. Time, 1:43 IS. Ham
let has won four races at this meeting.
After the race he was sold to A. SimOnS
for So, 200.
Third or fbrna-
year-olds and upwards. $3.50 added, mile
heats-Starters: Bettina, 1l2, 6 TO s.: Friend
less. liz, to l; LIE Premier 112, to /;
Brown Duke. 126, to 10.
First Heat-Friendless got off first.
At the quarter Bettina was in the lead.
but between the quarter and the half
she bled and stopped as though she had
been shot, and LIE Premier jumped into
the lead and held it all the way around,
coming under the wire in whipping
finish winner by half length, Brown
Duke second, FriendlesS third. Time,
1:45 2-5.
Second Heat-Friendles got off first
and held the lead till the half, when
Premier went ahead and at the three
quarter pole had increased his lead to
five lengths, Brown Duke again run
ming sulkily and only making his squirt
100 yards from home, LIE Premier beat
ing him at the wire by half length,
Friendless third. Time, 1:46.
Fourth race, purse $500, for three year
olds mile and seventy yards-Starters:
Amelia IL, Pilgrim, Kehomo, Melbourne,
Prince Albert. Pilgrim was favorfte in the
betting.
Prince Albert got off first and at the
quarter led by length. At the half
Pilgrim closed up on Prince Albert
and the two raced head and head till
the three-quarter pole, when Pilgrim
jumped into the lead and galloped
easily to the wire, winning Ivy three
lengths, Melbourne, Kehomo. Prince
Albert having whipping tussel for the
place; Melbourne got it, with Kehomo
third. Time, 1:52.
Fifth race, Consolation purse. $500. all
ages. mile and a sixteenth-Starters G..
w. Morse, Maggie Reed Germanic, Regard
less, Metal. Pat King, Veranza, Osgood John
DAILY. B. T.. John j, l. Odborn. Germanic
was favorite In betting.
In the scratch John Daily came up
with rush and won easily by two and
half lengths. Osborne second, B. T..
third. Time, 154 As.