St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-11
SARATOGA RACES.

SARATOGA, n. Y, Aug. 10.-This
was an extra day of the race meeting
here. The weather was clear and the
track in fine condition. The attendance
was large. The five and half furlOng
race, with seventeen entries, was divid-
ed into two races of equal value and
having uine and eight horses IN them
respectively. Pittsburg Phil backed
his horse, Kern, at 2 to l, to win against
Joe Blackburn. WOODBURY. and Bull
finch, in the sixth race. and his tickets
were cashed after the race to the amount
of $4,000
First race, five furlones-Starters: Great
Guns, los, 2 to L; Queen Hattie, 1e5,
; AYRSHIRE Lass. 103 to /; Maggie
Beck. lob, II 10 3; Twilight colt les, 6 to {;
Miss Glennon colt no, 30 to Il FeStina, lO3
20 TO /: C and q, 109 go to 1: Frederick Will
lam, no, to 10; SADIE, los, 20 to 1; Sam Corey,
los, 100 to 1.
The start was delayed over half an
hour. They were finally sent away
with Maggie Beck, the favOrite, lead
ing, followed from the chute by FeStina.
They were all together at the last fur
long, where Great Guns cut himself
loose and won by head in :O3 from
Maggie Beck. who was half length
better than Queen Hattie, third.
Second race, mile-StarterS: Costa Rica
H.. 3 to !; Woodbena, 90, 50 to 1: Eric, la,
3 TO /; Shipmate, Ill, TO /; DR.. Hasbrouck,
9 to 5; LORD Harry. I0l, 10 TO L; Belwood, 112,
} to /; Carroll, 119, to l.
Costa Rica led the charge, with Bel
wood and Eric attending. DR.. Has
brOuck ran up from the fifth to Scond
in ~
front won by a length from Belwood,
who had passed Costa Rica length in
the final halt furlong. Time, 1:42H.
Third race. five and a half furlongs-Start-
ers: Gratitude, 104 to 1; Kitty 80, 20 to l.;
Kelp filly, 107, 9 to 10; Gadabout. 81. 80 to l ;
King of Norfolk. III. 30 to 1; Wyndham, 105
IL to J j, 81. to 1; Oberlin, 1O9, 10 to :;
Polydora, 81, B to 1.
Polydora and the KeIp FLY started
out to win, making a clear fight to the
home stretch, where the FLY came by
PoIydOra, and Gratitude made it second
at the last furlOug. The KelD filly won
by length in :O9, and Gratitude was
the same space from Polydora.
Fourth race. five and a half furlongs-
Starters: Pericles, l03, 6 to 1; Pennyroyal,
104, s to 5; Prettiwit 81, 10 to I; Gertie d,
101. pig to /: Freedom, 100, 40 1; Lady Unde,
10l, 10 10 1: Chapman, 109 to 1.
Pencles broke away in front and kept
well advanced until in the fifth furOng.
when Pennyroyal gave him hot race
to the wire in l :O9, winning from him
by nose. Gertie d was third, a length
and half away.
Fifth race. FIVE furlongs-Starters: o P B.
Ill. 10 TO | Detroit. 1O6, 10 to |; MERGED 1O3,
Il to l.; Vassella, 103, 30 TO 1; Ted Gegg. 106,
6 to l: Wightman, lis TO 3; Leon En-. 113. 30
to 1; Santa Catalina 106. 80 to l.
There was a scramble out of which
Santo Catalina was first to emerge, fol-
lowed by Detroit. Then WIghtmaD
made his effort, and won i'll 1:04, a
, length from Detroit. who was one better
at the wire than SantO Catalina.
Sixth race, mile and seventy yards-Start-
ers: Bullfnch, 101, 10 to l; Kern, 104, 2 to l;
WOODBURY., 1G2, 40 to 1 Joe Blackburn, 113
4to5.
Kern first took the word and ran of
| in front of Bulfinch. Blackburn came
second 10 the half-mile and then made a
stern chase for Kern, who did not
! slacken, but won by half length. in
! 1:4S14. and enabled his owner, Pittsburg
| Phil, to draw from the bOOkies $50 U0O
in cold 2 to cash. Bullfinch was two
lengths third.
| TO-DAY's ENTRIES
First race mile and seventy yards-Wilroy,
o. Maidstone. 119; Racine, i22; Eon 124;
| Pessara. Ill Daisy F. 107.
Second race, Mt McGregor stakes, six
| furlongs-Emma Primrose lis; Leonawell
MS; Furnish, 11s; Glee Boy. 11s; Old Pepper,
| 11S; Rio Grande, 116; False B, 1lS.
| Third race, United States stakes. mile and
| a half-Santa Anna. 10?; India Rubber, 102
| Bolero, III; Bermuda, 122; Pessara, 127; Val
| lera, III.
Fourth race, handicap, seven furlongs-
Los Angeles, 116; Kinfax, los.
Fifth race, selling, six furlongs-Busteed,
1l3: Fearless, no: Luray, 95: Centaur. 10;
Cerebus, 106; Powhattan Sequence colt, I10.
WINNERS.
Eon and Racine Rio Grande and Old Pep
per, Valera and Bermuda, Los Angeles and
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