St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-23
CL OSELY CONTESTED.
Every Event Evoked the Great
est Enthusiasm.

cSG E0UnuSldSIn.
Interesting, exciting and close. Every
event was characterized by these desir-
able conditions. The Derby was the at
traction as a matter of course. because
the winning horse was to carry off big
purse, and it was hot battle, strug-
gle from start to finish. At least three
can be said to have been in it up to the
very wire, and they came laundering
down the home stretch under whip and
spur. 1t was. indeed, grand finish.
The favorite, Donatello, had not shown
up until the strech was entered. Then
he came with rush. His long, telling
stride soon placed him close up with the
leaders, as will be seen in the mar
ration that follows, and un-
der whip and spur he dashed
to the van and opened up gap of one
length between himself and Dundee,
who was struggling for his life, with his
stable companion giving every aid pos
sible. The cheers that rent the air
were sent along the prairie for miles.
1t was the most intensely exciting incl
dent ever witnessed on the track.
The other races were far from indif-
ferent. Bach one was fraught with in-
teresting uncertainty. The first was
unhappily the tameSt, and this was
fortuitiOusly so, because two candidates
were scratched. leaving it virtually a
match dash between Marian c and
Hagan, with the former the favOrite.
The betting stood in inOcuous diseu-
tude. The sports were waiting for big
ger fields and chance for bigger re-
turns OH small investments. Marian G
was an easy winner.
The CppOud rapa 9rOucpu cniTit Of
enthusiasm all along the line, and the
betting ring was perfect crush. AL
though Judge Hughes had been placed
favorite he failed to get a place, and he
was never heard from until he entered
the stretch, and then he went back
among the trailerS again as though his
heart we're broken. Nellie Pearl pulled
in first after furious drive, with His
pania second and Outcraft third.
The third race was a cOrker. The
programme, in fact, was growing better
by degrees and in sequential order.
Each succeeding race surpassed its
predecessor. 1t was three-quarterS of
a mile, heats. Louise NJ was the favor
ite, but change in betting made Trust
a hot choice at So to s.. The first heat
was captured by Louise NJ. She got
the lea at the three-qudrter post and
hclu IL 10 the wire. Wlln 1ruSL StcOlu
and MeadOwbrOOk third.
Louise Nj. and Trust husbanded their
strength at the first of the second heat,
preparatory TO a sensational finish. At
the start Tenor took the lead. Twilight
second, Trust third, Meadow Lark
fourth and Louise NJ. last. So they
thundered down to the three=quarter
pole, when Trust took in a few links
and came with a rush, followed by
Louise NJ. Into the stretch Trust came
first, Louise second and Tenor third,
the others punched. Whips and spurs
were important factors and they were
not spared. Every jockey did his ut
most. Trust reached the wire by a
nose, Louise second and Twilight third.
There was little interest in the run
off. Trust sprang to the lead at the
drop of the flag, and he was never
headed all through. Hazlett made a
desperate effort to push Louise down
the stretch. Trust captured the stakes
and Louise Nj. the place.
After the Derby the day was finished
with the race for three-year-oldS and
over mile, and a sixteenth. There were
eight starters. and all likely candidates.
LemOnie II was the favOrite, and there
was good reason for making him such
for he took lead at the drop of the
flag and held it to the circuit of the
track, only to lose by nose, to Sympa-
thetic's Lost, with Ed Hopper third.
Dollikins struggled to set the pace the
greater part of the distance with Ed