St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-03
AMONG The HORSES.
4 Week Of Racing That
Eelipses Any Track in the
Land.
Contests Show That Some OF
the Speediest Horses Are
Present.
fables Of Results That Are
interesting to Horsemen
and Jocks.
General Equine GoSs ip Picked
From Farm, Track and
Paddock.

TO the 1dlr grounds nave Deell ldNoIeu
beyond patrons of the turf in any part
Of the land. All things considered, the
Longstreet-Tenny match, although at
Eracfing Worldwide attention, can
hardly be recorded as better per
Torrance than that of Ed Hopper in
beating Verge dor at the same dis
lance The attendance has been uni
fOrmly good during the week.
In Mondays racing the favorltes were
lOaferS when it came TO winning, King
man and jim Dunn especially disap-
pointing the crowds who play favorteS.
Joe won the first race, with Dolly HOus-
ton length behind. w 3 had hard
drive for the second. but beat Hispania
a neck. Guido and Ed Hopper, of the
older class. fought fast for victory in
the third. but Joe COtton's chestnut son
won by half a length, with Hopper
going strong. Pat Conley, pet of the
fancy, was forced to trail Matte Allen,
driven out, for the fourth event, aud
Dock Wick paralyZed the talent and
fattened the books by beating Jim Dunn
in the heat race.
Tuesdays first event was a contest
between Leonatus and IroquOis FLIES.
Lake Breeze and Nellie Pearl, the
former landing in front halfher length.
Tenor, the handsome black son of
famous and feet Falsetto, was beate II
by Yale 81 easily for the second event.
Orrick led Pomfret length at the wire
in the third race, Miss Hawkins out
footed Little ANNE for the money inithe
fourth, and COnSignee was head be-
hind Orville in the fifth race. The days
results further enriched Mr.. BoOkmaker.
The Hindoo lassie, Catalpa. won the
first race Wednesday by length i'll
10 II EOcfar G.
DOwling's Polemus Melted the firm
neat sum by defeating the namesake of
the genial Third ward alderman in the
second event; Minnie L defeated Lena
Frey easily in five-eighths dash; lucky
Sympathetic's Last had to keep ahead
of Billy PlnkertOn in the fourth race to
avoid being kicked, and ''Dud' Aliens
idol and pet, Kingman, beat Letcher'S
Eli, who didn't get there in the fifth by
meek. This was favOrites' day.
Brightlight, another HindOO fillY,
flashed to the front of the two-year-oids
in Thursdays opening sprint of five
furlOngs, with Frances, daughter of
Harry O'FallOn, tapping her saddle
girths at the string. Guido Was forced
10 finish desperately fast to beat Yale
'91 in the second, but he won by letting
out kink in his nose just as Judge
=
wire. The time, 1909, broke the track
record by half a second. 70 Tambien,
the California chestnut beauty, WAS not
good enough to race even with Minnie
L in the third, dash of five-eighths,
but she carried five pounds more than
the Iroquois FLY. Getaway was hard
driven to lead Happiness head in the
fourth, but mile lead would not have
made any heavier the hearts OF those vino
backed the nicely named son of Pat
Malloy. Tenor finally came to the
front in the closing event of the day, by
neck from Franchise. just to demon
Btrate his royal descent.
In the first race on Fridays card Lena
Frey was head before Amorean at the
finish: Royal Garter gave Jim Dunn
beating in the second by three lengths;
JUgurtha had no chance with Prince
Fortunatus in the third; Emmett took
the heat race from Gold Dust; and
Harry Ray Hoped home length ahead
of Dollikins in the fifth race. Several
surprises were sprung on bettOrs by
these results.
Saturday was full of interest and eX-
element for large crowd, as the card
was superbly excellent in its features.
Dole beat 0rrick in the opening run of
mile, as expected; Bright Light Sc
cured a lead on Eli hlnQlg III Jne sec
ond, and won by a length; in the mile
and quarter run that followed, Ed
Hopper landed the money by outfooting
brilliant Verge dor, and added to his
laurels the st. Paul stakes; Marion G
again proved her mettle by winning
the fourth easily from Princess Limo;
Hagen made a mint of money for his
hackers by leading Pomfret in the fifth
event, and Happiness helped the West
stable fund by capturing two heats of
the last race.
The tables following show the amount
of money won by the respective ami
mails, how the jockeys stand as to win
ming mounts. also second and third, and
a recapitulation Of time made in the
various races the opening day and in
Guiding Saturday, with the respective
times that any horse was first, second
OF third: