New-York tribune., 1890-06-18
SALVATOR'S SUBURBAN.
A GREAT RACE FOR THE FAMOUS PRIZE
THE FINEST PERFORMANCE IN THE HIsToRY
OF THIS RENOWNED HANDICAP.

Suburban Day not only equalled the most
sanguine antcipations: it even eXcel!ed them.
In the number of spectators, in the kecnness and
alertncss of their attention, in their interest in
the horses and their sympathy with the Jockeys.
in their excitement the incidents, the strug-
giles and the results OF the races, and their wild
enthusiasm over the superb victory of Salvador.
they exceeded the records Of all previous Subur-
bans. Ii was in every way the best Suburban
run, and of the greatest racing achieve
ments known on either side of the Atlantic was
seen. J. b. liaggin's magnificent colt Salvador.
carrying 127 pounds. covered the Suburban dis
tance in . :06 10 The best previous record was
that of Kingston at Brooklyn last fall, which
was . :06 l-2 for the same distance. But Kings
ton, five years old, carried only 1872 pounds.
Salvador, four years old, carried l27 pounds. 10
is Of course, easy TO eNat the merits Of any race
horse single performance, but there is not
much danger Of eXaggerating the quality, speed.
weght-carrying power and staying ability pos
sessed by this mastcrful son of Prince Charlie
and Saina, for it is not only his Suburban victory
that will make his name always memorable in
the annals of the American turf, but his impress
sve three c-yeaI-old career, when he out
of eight races, and had difficulty in defeating
the best horses of his age that could be brought
against him, in most cases cOncedng them weight
Inc weather was not unfaNOraDc, aItnOugn
clouds threatened during both the morning and
the afternoon. No rain fell, and the track was
dry, elastic and fast, as the time made in all tho
races shows. The trains and boats that
vergcd from various points Of the compass toward
Concy Island were well tenanted, even from Q
O'Clock in the morning and by l O'Clock in the
afternoon, hour and half before the time
set for the first race the grounds of the Coney ISL
and Jockey Club were beginning to look crowded.
Half an hour latef when still n full hour re-.
NAMED before the callinl of the first race. all
tie seats in the grand stand taken, and
The lawn and letting ring full of people.
Still the trains brought additions 10 the hosts
already present, and VIXEN the Suburban was run,
little after o'clock, there thousands
in the inner field while posts and pillars, steps
and stairs, angles, coniccs. projections iutfing
points of any sort TO which men could cling,
had their occupants. The clubhouse and bal
cony were packed as they ale packed on no
other day of the year. II is time for the Coney
Island Jockey Club 10 consider seriously whether
it ought not t. rebuild its grand stand make
immense additions TO it, since its present pro.
portions are iar scanty for any
such host as Suburban Day brings out.
Tie discomfor,s of crowdir4. pushing. jost-
ling squeezing, were worse than in any pre-
vons year. This was unavoidable, because
the grand-sand no bigger while the legons
compressed within were much increased in size.
Mr. Lawrence must stop making handicaps
ceptionally attractive that they caUse great
stir all over the land, the club must raise
bigger ard broader and higher and more spacious
buildings. There can he 10 alternative. for even
a Suburban, with all the compensations Of lively
sport under able management. cannot give entire
satisfaction simply because such crowd cannot
by any possibility he properly accommodated In
buildings Of such size. The battaions that went
down were handled with skill by the railroads.
bur every one knew that there must be serious de-
laws in returning. Yet there were delays
that might have been avoided. For example.
when people pay an extra price 10 enter special
parlor-car train, that train ought not 10 he de-
tanned at the track long after it is crammed with
people and long after the last has been de-
cided. Then some means ought 10 he devised by
which il can be In ken back Ia Long Island City at
a pace something more rapid than the progress
Of a shadow on a sun-dial. 1t inexcusably
and intolerably late when the special parlor-car
train got back to Thirty-fourth-st., and not even
Suburban Day make such delays enduraoe.
FIELD OF RARE QUALITY.
Tie field of starters in the Suburban was re.
dnced to nine by the judicous withdrawal OF
Proctor Knott, English Lady, Tea Tray, Come
to-Taw Loantaka, ST. Luke and Quesal or
these nine starters Mont1gu was the only useless
lumber. He had a long stern-chase, distant
rcar-view Of the procession until some Of the
beaten horses were pulled m in the last FUR
long and he came in among them. II is true than
the bctting-rng had no more confidence in Stride
away than II showed in Montagu. II was easy
to get 80 and even 80 TO against either. bus
Stridcaway ran fair and was only
beaten short head for fourth place
by Raceland in the last stride. The
bulk of the money throughout the betting
went on Salvator and Tenny. and Salvador was
supported with even more freedom ana confidence
and with even larger sums than was Tenny. Al
one time more than 10 | against 1cnny could
he obtaircd by an exploring expedition Ia the
betting ling but II required Something like
N,anley's heroic pluck. his marvellous endurance
his indomitablc courage and his disregard for
bodily pains and suflcTinGs 20 force way
i'm or ont of this part Oi the grounds 30 violent
was TIE pressure SO extreme the jam thso
people who twisted themselves through the quiv-
cring mass aln.ost lost their clothing III the des-
pcrate combat. Men who desired to confirm their
fancics with their money hal TO work their p,ss-
age indeed The third choice in the speculation
was Mr.. Bclmont's Raceand. and fourth came
the Beverwycl Stables Casslus. pressed by FL
Icnzi SalvatOrs stable companion ITlnce hoAai
was NJ outside Odds as were Loncstrcet, Stride
away and Montagu. Quotations against Saliva
tor and Tenny wavcred little. as big blocks OF
treasure were put at one time upon one and az
another time upon the other. AS the horses wens
TO the post the ruling odds in the ring were TO
against each Tenny had undoubtedly been
backed for weeks and months before the race 10
win much larger sums than Salvador had been.
but on the track IL is certain that more money
was put on Salvador, his wonderful trial on Sum
| day and his excellent previous private work hav-
| ing made by Mr.. Ila2gin and his friends supremey
| confident. Mr.. Pulsifer and his associates woubd
| not listen to any question as TO Tennys winning
| the race, but they had backed the colt so well
for weeks in advance that they did not feel like
riskinc much more upon him on the day Of the
| race. and most of the money put on Tenny yes
| terday came from the public at large, and NOT
from the Pulslfer stable coterie.