New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06
DAGONET SECOND AGAIN.
FAILING ONCE MORE TO RUN IN FIRST.
MR. HUNTERS UxLucKY COLT DEFEATED BY
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cho,v chin and ploom Il was most disagreeape
september day. The track muddy on top ou' 80
firm and hard Just below the surface that IL "' NV
at all slow, unsafe or slippery, ana BoOu uiuo -
made especially in the for The Friendly eVahe'' -
which IeonaweI covered tie course in 10 90, WIN
fl1s pounds up This fine performance VIZ" 'l
weight in such weather, and in the sloppy go'ns U
Tuesday Yorkvllle Belle with only 100 In the Suule'
covered the same distance In :o9 70, ana ueea'ou
Leonawen (who secOnd), ST. Floriah ahu s"o'e
field very easily LeOnawell carried foo Pounuo 10
day and was ridden by Bryant Yesterday nc mao
ten pounds more up and was ridden oS nay w. - -,
faultless style quite IN the manner OF the veteran
best days Yorkvine Belle mad so mueh 10 spare Nno
she outran Leonawen Tuesday IN the Au'un"
Stakes that il Is hardly open TO oouot .na' sn sue
would have vanguished him again IN inc fnenuiS
Stakes M us 10 his 49, IL she had been started bun
th bcant,sul elv has eppeared to be little out OF
.humor and not fully herself since nor victory o
Tuesday Nevertheless she would have gone to the
post il the tra0s had been perfectly last anu u'S
and she will probably start in the FlaibuSh sVahes a
seven furlones On Tuesday next, when she Is eNpeoc
,o meet Huron and other fast twoyearods again. anu
her STAYING powers wil as her speed VIII be tes
tbo>orRhly But all her admirers regretted deeply ulat
she du not run In the valuable Friendly stakes "mch
they believe she could have won readily without SUI
fering the slightest HARM even II she was Gte Oeiow
her best condition. The tract was entirely saie anu
there vas no danger of the Gy's slipping OF strapns
slipped sprawlcd strained themselves:
If YorkviIe Belle had started, she would certainly
have strong avorite, since she proven her am
fly In the FutuHty Outrun Dagonet WHO edrI9ine
115 pounds to his los. In her absence DSeoiot'
with 100 pounds / nthe saddle and ridden by IafS'
was strong favOrite, with Wighman second choice'
and Johnny Hecsscher formerly Gee Jay jay third III
favor IL was not difficult 10 get TO l, 10
and 10 1 against Leonawell. 1t is not easy 10
find any for the defeat OF Dagohe'
this time Taral rode him as well as any Jockey pos
sibIy could. He got of WE'LL chose his own part OF
tl,e track was not touched, checked or iostled by
any other borse and at the head Of the homeStetch
looked 10 be an almost certain winner But his hes'r1
seemed TO fail him when the pinch came, ana he was
wanting in pluck when LeOnawel maOe strong
challenge In the anal furlOnS. Leonawel outfan nm
and defeated him by half a length, although giving MN
eight pounds. Wightman was third. only lehgth
behind Dagonet. Wlghtman appears to be slow IN
getting into his stride lie fast in the final fur
long and made up much ground catching and passing
johnny Heckschon. who had strayed into a class
little too select for him, but who ran a fair race
Leonawen has improved prOdlgously since he ran
third on good track at Saratoga, In The Grand Union
Hotel Handicap on August 90. That race was won
by Cbarade. whose running on Friday, when ridden
by SIMS was so mysteriously and horribly bad
Uharade IN that race carried 100 pounds, and was
ridden by this same sims. Actor, carrying ITO
pounds was second, and LeOnawel, with 11o, WAS
door third. LeOnawell tremendous favorlte az
g 10 l on and was ridden by that peculiar jockey
Anderson Probably that fact explained his defeat
the Friendly stakes, he was ridden by Hay waId-a
world OF difference.
The number Of witnesses OF the sport yesterday was
large and there would have been host OF tbem II
the day he'd been clear and fine. surprises and up'ep
in abundance were in store for the spectators in al
diton 10 DagOnct'S defeat In the first race however,
the iavorite Racine ridden with skill, GOODNESS and
Judgment 10y Isaac Murphy, easily, although he
was concodins much weight to Others in the held
Worth with only 102 pounds, twenty less than
,Ilacine's weight. backed with the keenest con
ndence, ard with large sums of money, TO win Tho
race Put Taral could not ride him at the weight
ior near r. and stevenson was the rider: With Tara
iup Worth might have hurried Racine and would have
been almost certain OF second place at least But
with Stevenson in the saddle, Worth was poor third
saunteIcr at TO for the place. running second Poor
English Lady ran in this race, but was never con
spcuous. Can the $4,000 FLY win even a selling
racer
No doubt the owners OF nashfofd and ignite had
some good reasO for Withdrawing Bashford and start
ing Ignite alone in the Friendly Stakes, but Bashford
might have run fairly, while Ignite ran wretohedly.
But the worst exhibition In that race was the failure
Of IIeigae This eccentric colt moves well and fast
in his private work. but he has lost all the taste for
racing that he may ever have had. He Is now the
most villanOrs Of rogues and Mr.. McLewec might do
well 10 sell him shoot him. lie IS likely to be only
lie was hoIeessy beaten in the Friendly Stakes in
the first quarter mile.
on August % at Morris Park Reckon last In
the Choice Stakes at a mile and half, by Der
inuda Rey del Rey second and Peter third. The FLY
carried III to Bermuda's III. On August % at
Jerome Park Reckon, carrying 113 pounds, was fourth
at threequarters OF mile, TO Charley Post Orageuse
and woodcutter. In the September Stakes. at a mile
and threequarteIs, yesterday Reckon carried 1876
pounds to Bermudas 123. Bermuda ridden by
HAYWARD Reckon, taking her sex allowance into ac-
count was giving Bermuda seven pounds Naturally
IN these circumstances there long odds against
Reckon. to l. 6 10 land even to In spots-whle
Bermuda was backed heavily that he made the
favcIite over the field at 10 10 : on II the tack
had been dry. Bermuda would unquestionably have
won the race Reckon's passion for mud is well
known but even Alfred ii. Morris did believe that
she could defeat bermuda at the weights and the dis
tance But size cid do il handsomely, and we'll in
hand She is indeed famous stayer in sloppy
weather. John Cavanagh allowed to lead for o
mile Bermuda running second. Then Hayward sent
bermuda to the front but Reckon overlook and passed
him in the homestrech The time very good for the
weights and the wet-3 O7 As. Poor SNOWFALL out
paced In the first mile, AMI was ally hall a full long be-
hind the Others I'm the bacstrech Neither he nor John
Cavanagh- Can be classed anywhere near Reckon and
Bermuda and their great advantage in The weights
availed them nothing. Bermuda hated to get his feet
wet last year, and he dlslikes mud intensely nov.
The Coored Trust felt certain that Mabel Glenn could
not be beaten In the Stops in the Onnum Handicap,
a mile and a tirlong. and this view correct The
FLY was tossed into the handicap at only ninety
pounds and she led all the way, and won In canter.
That wonderful bit OF steel WOOdcuJer, who has been
raced so much that II he ordinary animal he
would now be a Skeleton got second place. while Tus
blackburn was third. Mabel Glenn strong favor
te Green b. Morris ought not to have started Judge
Morrow for the big horse carried far too much
flesh, and not nearly fit for a race. lie
was second choice in the betting but displayed
no speed. Rey del Rey was ridden without
hood. Murphy did not tug at his head this time,
but M the colt go along at has ease. but Rev del Rcy
always detested wet going and he would not extend
himself at all. lie last az the end.
Frontenacs running passing strange in the
hfth race He ran we'll against Demuth and Firenzi at
mile and half on THURSDAY. and got second place,
beating Firenh. Yesterday he second for nearly