The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-21
GARFIELD STAKES,
The Great Event That will Be Run To
morrow.

The Great Event That will Be Run To-
morrow.
CHICAGO. Aug 2o.-The racing event of
the week will be the Garfield stakes, to be
run Saturday at Garfield park. Not only
will this race be the event of the week. but
also of the year, so far as racing in the west
is concerned, and with but small chance of
being challenged for the opinion. it may be
said that this will be the turf event of 1891.
The two eastern candidates for the big
purses are probably tho pest known horses
In America. Kingston will represent M. +.
DWyer, and for the past five years Kingston
has been almost total stranger to defeat.
Tenny, Dave Pulsifer's famous geldng, has
carried more money in his various sensa-
tional races than any horse in the
world. 1t is of course impossible to esti-
mate the amount of money that has been
lost and won on Tenny, but it must be in
the Millions for he has been in SO many
races where he was handicapped heavily
enough to admit of laying odds against
him. With Kingston it has been different.
He has started at prohibitive odds oftener
than any other horse, and consequently the
betting has generally been with "kingston
barred.' or Kingston one to ten. so that
comparatively little public money has been
puts in hntful of money to win handful.
When kingston starts rarely has he been
seen at the post when the betting on him
would justify the public in backing him.
OF the western candidates it is difficult
to say which is the best. Turfmen point to
Racine rs the wonderful horse who ran
mile In 1885, and but fow stop to think
that Marion G. was with him all the way
and that she is entitled to almost rs much
credit as Racine, for there was practically
no difference in the time made by the two.
Verge dor has met and beaten the best
horses in the west SO often this year that
his friends are legion. Donatello is horse
who has 80 recently came to the trout that
his chances are not known. He ia said to
have wonderful turn of speed, and during
meeting, Frank Ireland, who is not given
to making extrayagant comments on his
own or any other horses, was quito sure
that in Donatelo he had the fastest horse
in the west. Bonny Byrd at first glance
seems to be outclassed, but she has shown
on several occasions that she has great
turn of speed, and the fact that Mr.. White
has the nerve to put up his money shows
that he thinks well of her chances, and he
should be the best Judge.
Col. Clark thinks that at the Nashville
fall meeting of last year Lorenzo was the
best two-year- old that he ever saw. His
race of Saturday in which he defeated
Marion q. shows that he is in good form,
and his chances must not be ignored. Aloha
at hrst glance seems to have the least
ohaACe VI winning, put III VIII Do f6men-
bered that during the Washington Park
meeting he WAS one of the gamest and most
consistent performers. His name is on the
equine roll of honor M having run mile
and sixteenth in Lac the b, at time on
record at the distance when it was made,
and since equaled by Van Buren, with but
ninety pounds up. In this race Aloha ran
the mile from wire to wire in 1:H9. per-
Iormance that settles any doubt that may
exist as to his having plenty of speed.