The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-28
MORRIS FIRST AND SECOND.
RUSSELL AND CORRECTION LAND THE
GREAT AMERICAN STAKES

AS ninety out OF every hundred racing men
expected. two-year- owned by John A.
& A. II. Morris ran first and second in the
Great American Stakes at Gravesend yester-
day afternoon, Russell, q son OF Eolus and
Tillle Russell. ridden by Garrison, finishing
first on the heavy track in the unprecedented
time OF :02 with Correction, by Himyar. out OF
Mamie Gray, four lengths away. August Bel
mont's st. Charles came third. and l. ]. Rose 3
Fairy very close fourth.
For some time past 1t has been clearly seen
that the Morris two-year-olds were wonder
fully fast, and Russell ran three-quarters OF a
| mile In the fremont Stakes last week In l:l&h,
the talent booked him as a sure winner OF the
| 100000 prize decided yesterday. Fine weather
and good track was all that was necessary to
bring out very largo attendance, but the
Brooklyn Jockey Clubs luck in weather when
there Is any special attraction to be decided is
such that no surprise was expressed whom the
rain poured down on Monday nightconverting
the track into q sea Of mud. There were
! fully 1000 persons inside the grounds when the
event OF the day which came fourth on the
gard, was called. Wyndham Walden sent
Russell, Ambulance. and Correction TO the
his Abapdansee and Heer9ppanoy colts, Mr.
Saoon and red
hopes were centred on VaRabond and ANU
let Pierre LorillaEd S selected Siro S to carry
the South Carollnan, Capt Wagner. Lake.
land thought Willie 1. good enough to pay
and l. j. Rose sent his highly tried lilly Fairy
to the post wearing his gaudy coloIs.
the moon in his preiiminary, easily outfootine
Correction and Ambulance. but 1t Is said that
Rsa hgss on dry 5ss
BRelmont pair attracted much attention. two
| hnNt Loo ole hafn Tho
be- sad Mr. %epsss Of
uncas. Capt Wagner looked even smaller
n mum TbHa The Scott pair with Barnes and
Lewis up, caught the fancy OF the colored dele;
cation but in the ring 1t was Russell. Russell
colt at to 5. s to s, and TO g., Capt. Wagner
was strong second choice at 4 to |; and Am
the Abundance colt ct 8 to /. with varying odds
against the others, sirocoo being the out
There was no slime lost In getting to the post.
ing. It was evident that there would be
like even terms, as the boys would natu.
rally be e.. eager r ot 70 get the beet OF the e
that five furiongs OF mud and water being the
incentive. The boys looked very pretty in
m I'd stain, but Mr.. Caldwell could not appreci-
ate the bunch Of color massed in the middle OF
the track Iust at that instant Willie and the
Abundance colt were SO far behind the others
that a start was out of the question. The
bron2ed starter besought the boys to come to-
slightest move on the part of those in the ruck
sending the others scampering aTay the flying
causing more than one OF the riders to gaze rue
fully at his colors. no longer clean; but whom
they observed the frescoing on each others
How do you like Il YOURSELF"
we'll. who had threatened and importuned in
turn. turned his back on them and. sitting In
s SSS to bsef and Sq
observing at the time that some body would get
9 scorching for the pranks they were, playing.
word, After twenty minutes worry and
Fsstion was the frst 10 show. followed By
pusd up Lewis S% or
59sso 4. Wills SBs, sTsS 6s
Fairy" with ,, s.: Charles: ,AmSpisnse ana
the others, and at the head Of the stretch be had
al Of s oa ss
up from The hackers b OF the colt;
ere Rss seh IN Ike Van AVA wnens ba5ds
down. In the mean time the rest Of the field
bad strung out hundred yards: Correction.
in the race Russell romped home the easiest
OF winners BY four lengths, while his, stable
Hi enRtht before St. CHARLES. who. Under Hsmc
tons superb riding. maPPHHSed to beat Fairy
ena 9r haSr 6. Tcoses Uhars the
though nearly all were eased up when therewas
no chance to get first. second. or third.
seon. not eGeePIns fremont MI Phi pwSsr
many a day" MIR. Dwyer doesn't usually en-
thuse, and his opinion goes for something.
The winner is b, dark k by FH colt az l5S h T
Russell and Is a full brother to Harry Russell
and Charlie Russell He was bred by Mr..
runnsr up. is out OF Mamie Gray the dam Of
81. Ba se. out out Of caria the dam OF King Crab
and Fairy, fourth at the end. Is daughter Of
Argyle and imported Eary Rose shs has has only
I poaSats f ts shsrs q tho TpPer
not yet vet become accIimatod. She will do to keep
an eye on Many Of the others had no chance
greatly eated at winning the race, as he also
rode St. Carlo when he won last year. Mr.:
Sss EPare Of the sr stain GS Tst end second
lance slipped her headstall early In the race, |
or Morris might have run, one. two. three. still
she is not fond OF mud. and that may have |
This is q summary OF the race:
Tho GreA. american stakes for 5woyesrG9dS At $50
horses entered as two year ODDS less II declared tho
club 10 add - aud guarantee that tho stake shall he
worth S2O0Oo the second horse 10 receive 81 so and
j. A. IL. NORRIS b c, Russell by Eolus-Ttllie
J. A A. ii. Morriss b. Correction lis {CoyinGtonl |
BSlmOnts CHI ST. Charles lls Hamiltonl. :, -.
Fairy, Capt Wagner, Ambulance Amulet Abundance |
colt SirocCo. Wille l., NecromAncy colt, PritL and
Vagabond also ran. ,o
Post Bettins-Ag.inst RS'solI TO S; Capt wagner.
10 10 l. WiIie H. ~ 10 l. NecrOmRncy colt ST. CharleB
Ert. each T. 10 ,roSro Il, TO gipS Lc8 az. ~ 70 ~
s. IS Morris stabe)
The rest OF the programme was decidedly
only sir Dixon and Paragon
coming 10 the post for the st. James Hotel
Stakes Dixon was the fayorite. and, laying
behind TaraGon for a mile. he permitted Nor
rlss horse to make the running. When Bergen
handy, JaSk Mopoa,al4d !. v Ghsstnut colt by
talent dump In the opening event beating
the favorlte. Dri2He. easily. lie was named
with Hamilton up, landed the second in clover
style; tue feature 81 the contest being head
di and Golden Reel. Now or Never aud Drum