Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-02
BADLY BEATEN.
Tenny, the Swayback, Yields to
Longstreet's Stride.
$4,000 PEOPLE WITNESS 1T.
They Gathered at Morris Park, New York
City, from all Parts of the Union.
Excitement Greatest Be
fore the Start.
The Swayback Not in 1t.

|
New YORK, Aug. 1.-The much-talked of
andl ong-delayed match race between Mr..
| Pulsifer's swayback horse Tenny and W.
| T. Dryers Longstreet was run at Morris
park to-day, and resulted in an easy vic
| tory for Longstreet by eight lengths.
Fully 5000 people were present, many OF
| whom had iourneyed from all parts of the
Union to see it run and satisfy themselves
as to the superiority of the animals. While
| asa race, it was hardly the event many had
hoped to see, nevertheless it was good
| contest, and proved conclusively that the
| great swayback is no match for the Dwyer
candidate. In. fact, this opinion is shared
by PulsifeIr himself. The betting
I EeqSa a. could be backed for even
| money, public money then began to go on
| Tenney, forcing his price down'to to 5,
| while Longstreet kept steadily receding I'M
| til just before they went to the post when
TO could be had against him. Suddenly
| a low-siZed, dark-compleXioned youth was
| seen stealing behind the bookmaker's box
| to the right of the ring. He was in
| stantly recognized by select few as
| Circular Joe" Mr.. Dryers commissioner,
and he lost no time in putting the money,
| it gong in at the hundreds at a clip, until
| he had placed nearly $4,000 on l.ongstreet.
: Despite this hnavy sl5..---- ~iven to Long
| street, I,i, .54.,e seemed It. H-.sa cHnained
| ing to him wonderfully
! Little or no interest was manifested in
| the three previous events. Just after Race
| land won his race a gang OF workmen
| brought out the harrows, and for nearly
| forty minutes they were kept at work.
| Finally the bell rang and the crowd took
| their seats in the grand stand ready for the
| fray to begin. Tenny, with Barnes in the
| saddle, was first of the pair to show up.
| He was saddled in his sad
die on the back stretch, while
| Barnes walked across the field TO the start
| ing post. Tenny looked in prime condition,
and elected much applause. When ne was
given his preliminary gallop, he worked
well enough to cause many of those who
| had backed him to again visit the ring and
almost double their bets.
Longstreet soon followed, but he showed
| a disposition to shirk his work, which
caused his admirers considerable uneaSl-
ness. Stones, clods of dirt, shouts, way
| ing of arms, we're all used in an endeavor to
| make him break, but once in motion his
| long, sweeping stride carried him along in
| a way that meant volumes to those whose
| hopes and dollars he was carry
ing. He pulled up at the Pad
dock gate, and once within its
shelter was surrounded by throng Of
sight-seers, who eyed him almost in Won
| der, until the bugle signalled him to the
post.
Tenny soon joined him there, and as he
did the crowd, almost TO a man, rose from
their seats, which seemed to know and
feel that right royal contest was before
them.
Fourth race, match, $4,000 a side, with
$500 added mile and quarter-starters
Longstreet, 12i (Hamilton), to 5: Tenny
1874 (BarneS), to 10. The first break
looked to be good start, but Longstreet,
for some reason, refused to go, and the flag
failedtto flag. In the next attempt he tried
the Same trick, but good rousing from
Hamilton got him in the notion and the
word was given, Longstreet half
length in front. He soon made
it a length, and at the quarter it was
two, in fact every stride seemed to bring
him further away. Seeing this Barnes be-
gan to urge Tenny, and just as he breasted
the hill he seemed to gain on the leader, and
as he did his hackers grew wild with
delight. Short lived was their glee,
however, for LongStreet soon began
to draw away again, and at the end of
the mile it was seen that he
would win. Whip and spur as Barnes
might, Tenny could not gain an inch for the
rest of the journey, and dozen jumps from
the end he began to pull up. Hamilton saw
this, and let up on Lengstreet trifie, still
not enough to take any chances, as at the
end he was winner by eight lengths in
2:O71f. Fractions of the race were-25119,
80, 1:T15, l:42 and 2:Uft2.
Mike Dwyer saw the race from the
timers stand, and he was highly pleased
with the success of his representative. He
was heartily congratulated, and said that
the result was what he had expected. He
had told his friends that Longstreet would
win, and in doing so he felt he was telling
them to back the best horse he ever owned.
He also said he was willing to give Gen.
Pulsifier another chance TO beat him if he
wanted He also said that he would
probably change the winners name TO
Rocke!edge, which is the name of his hotel
property in Florida.
Tenny's owner was seen after the race
and said he was satisfied the race had been
a true one with a well-earned victory for
Longstreet, and while he had no excuse to
offer for his own horse he attributed his
defeat to the fact that Longstreet was bet
ter horse than he had thought him. and while
there was some talk of another race, he
said he was through.
The time, 2:0715, was not very good when
looked at from the record standpoint, yet
the track was that dead dry that fast time
was an impossibility, and if compared with
other races of the day this one plainly
shows its merits. There was considerable
disappointment manifested among the
claimed that if Barnes had rid
undoubtedly have beaten Longstreet That
their opinion is almost groundless may be
shown by the terrific pace which was set
at the very beginning. A glance at the Of
fetal guide will prove to the most ardent
admirers of the swayback that when the
pace was fast at the beginning he was in
yariably beaten. The heaviest loser on