New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-03
TRISTAN BEATS TENNY.
a REMARKABLE RACE AT WESTMINSTER.
WONDERFUL TINE IN THE METROPOLITAN
uNnrc.p-rHE RECORD BEATEN.

HANprcAP-THE RECORD BEATEN.
=. .s x.,h the confident expectation Of seeing In the
wetropoltan very fast race well ioush' All te way
A., ,roons Of people took up the sweterng journey
- the tropical June afternoon TO Morris Park
so ,hom all was revealed race that no one Of
-, nil, ever forget. 1t will always retain its rank
,org the notable races of this day and generation
A - record at the distance was burst into fine
sosn,s and the whole truly amazing. Re
nohar that the horses up the steep Morris Park
st around the long ut its crest and then down
che declivity-a very different affair from Savators
,ertornance against time on the straight course al
sroumouth The first quarter mile covered in "a
-conds the three fIrloags In SO, the half in 40
seoonds the I'VE furlongs in :o2 and the mile IN
1:ssl2i The time for the entire mile and furiohg
WAS 81 1-2l The best previous record at thS
distance was Teuton's at Chicago last June-l o2 81
The record at mile upon curved track Is heu oS
Racine and this also made at Chicago on June 20
1901 30 1-2 So it Is clear that Tristan, lenhS anu
Clarendon the three placed horses at the hhsh Oh 'e
Metropolitan Handicap, ran great race IL Is no"
plain enough that most turfmen have under'''eu AIt
tan who is at present. however, much IaS'or Una" "
has ever been in his life before But the honors oi
the race really belong to Tenny, who was giving
Tristan fifteen pounds, carrying 129 POUNDS 10
114. ~. o,a ,hsre
n, co,rSe Tenny was the favorite Here ana tneie
o., a chart time even money was offered against NM
h,t tbe majority of the bookmakers woulo give i'
tstter than TO s. Ambulance was uo
choice while against Tristan and CLARENDON an" ss
I were offered in most OF the oooks' "u 80 ~
oou,d be obtained against senorita ano N,I0S' W.
80 oom,aratively few friends. FoxhaH hoeno
nxneeceAlv decided yesterday TO start fVu'n
msn+ who carried 125 pounds but louri',' ~.
onlv race this year had Deoh % - o,,
,be champion three year-old colt oil lasV autumn
anv went begging at 80 10 l ana ~ 10 l. 40 90
~I,s apd his sons and their trainer had though. up
mi
a. x,c,ronoutan and might even press Kenny "ai
u. AubuIanoe Is delicate FLY. easily upset Sue WIZ
She would not eat Monday evening, NSer , F "a
VT they did not wish TO disappolht V"o pun
..od bar put she unable TO get +" pc pc,
Garrison rode Tournament and TOOK MIN s
=" az ,ront the policy which Hayward pulsueu
- srcN.ssfnlly with him in the la'er 81
>, lost season He climbed tne nm .od
one tremendous pace that narheu Tvs 81.
asoeuts last October, with Clarendon AZ ms -
On the crest Clarendon went up 10 NM S"" IT,.
49,. .,vrns irto the hoInesretch SIDE by s'ue' ~
wv 80, 4, advance of Tenny, Ambulance, tristan
W p,tav Seporita was already beaten soon aI'or
,--o ~ Tournament felt keenly the eheot VI nus.
,oast,ng of the hin, and drOpped BACK hopeicesV w
90 q Isaac Murphy, who had come rom h"
osnec,ally TO ride TeRny. now had tire iaVorivo ~
go posftion net far behind Clarendon VINO i"rions
- +bc end was moving smoothly and with appaielV
aass two lengths before Tenny. Amsuishoc n''u0
,r effort hut failed and IL Tenny co'd catch 'i'io,
aon the race seemed secure murphy saV Wv" "
,.Sa Tenny gained Clarendon but no" h,i9 W.,
came ND on the outside, fresh ano s'rohs' WIN IN
&C., nounds less than the firing Tommy. Murphys
~ ~ the whip could not hasten the stride OF ule Wo'
~ote and Tristan won by half length' ueihS
oooDd q length before Clarendon who was only
head before Riley ,,o,, ro,roa
The first four horses ran wondeT1ulS won
,nent haRed Tenny. II was that breathieSs rush VI
tournaments up that hill which kept them all al
enish. Many observers criticised Murkhy's rdng OF
ronnv and thought he could have won either 10y
,at5os bis WIN sooner or later. This Is very uoupu
In fact IL Is highly improbable that any JOCKEY oOuu
have won ON Tepny with any sort OF rang II ""e
the mace set BY suoh Ayers as Tournament anu Nl'i
endon early in the that did the business TOT leS
Riey was coming on steadily at the fBish' ana tle
race had been furong further, would nave oeiea'e
both TeHny and Clarendon at the weights
Thu total yaIne of the Metropolitan was SS,e1o' 10
the winner 1916. Alfred ii. Morris sara aioer 'ne
race that $4,000 would be added next year. making IL
by far the most important handicap al MOTIFS fafh
The many spectators passed delightful ai'erhooh'
oent for the discomfort produced by tho neat, aho
saw mnch excellent racing besides that IN the MeuO
otan Because OF the death of his wife, Michael f.
Dwyer Withdrew Kingston, LoneSVoe'' ns,'I',
Airpant and Raceland. The absence OF haoei"n"
cove a valk-over to DriEZle in the fourth race
With Kingston ont La Tosca was the favorlte I'd une
es, race al . to l on, and the easiest OF winners
In I IA 1-2: Trinity second, Flavia unrd.
Iivopia fayorte in the second race, failed TO get
,lace and John A. Morrs's beautiful importer my
1,Intrpuante daughter of Hawkstone and Conspiracy
had no difficult task. mile and an eighth may DC
zoo far for this graceful creature as 1t was on Moi
a.. hut At mile no racer can outrun her unless OF
high class.
The famous old Juvenile Stakes for twoyeal~Olds'
Mt half a mile had 1876 original entries by tne UooA
NJ the meeting ii appears that rorty-hve OF uhese
uere declared ont by January !, 1871, az GU each
More were declared out by April 1, but the BOOK
Hoes not give the number of these, ana the Value VI
the stake can be learned only from Secretary CncK
nore,s accounts But with $1,000 added money ana
asgbtaen starters at 800 each, it must amount 70
nearly $4,000 Extravagam Reports Vi ti0
proves of Marcus DAYS colt Sir Matthew' by S II,
vas made the favortte. The Morris pair Mars Iieoen
by McLaughin) and Spinalong ridden by LtDshe13
third in favor Long odds could be SStsne cot ag cams
se e %H indeed We're the difficulties Of the starter in
trying to get the eighteen on ana they sP nv To ce
showed the folly of backing so heavily colt IKE slr
Matthew upon his irt Appearance when len, ne R teS
stakes at Gravesend. and his experience served him
Ien ne Water second and John Hunters Dasonet
third. Sir Matthew ran well up to the last hgnaro
are slow beginners, and neither Of them was ever
As Drszles walkover left only FIVE races the last
race having a large field, was cut up into TWO
divisions Stryke won the first Of these and Esqui
mau the second.
DETAILS OF The RACING.
yIRST RACES-For all ages. a sweepstakes OF $50
each with 81 600 added Of which 500 TO second and
500 TO third. Winner OF first race on first day TO
carry n extra. Six furlongs
s. Betting F.
schuvkin stables ch. T. La Tosca, by S.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 3 LOG n. .tMiller) L. out
o. Need e. Sons CHI. c. Trinity, g. ] IL, =.
r. Gebhard's en-. I. Flavia, g. 1oj....-.-.
" NNN stevenson 3 CT IS
Kev West g. 1I1--.,......... Q4ittlehed)0 7-2 80
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