, 1891-09-09
FAvORITEs TO THE FORE
Every Race but One Went to
Them Yesterday.
The Racing Season Opened with
Some Good Exhibitions.
Brooks Wins the Cheyenne Club Cup
in a Fine Race.
A Balloon Ascension on the Pro-
gramme for Today.

| Inc nrst Gay OF the racing season was
all that could be desired in the way OF
weather. The track was in a very fair
condition, but the attendance was not
nearly so large as many had expected.
There was, however. a fair-sized crowd in
attendance, considering that i was the
opening day and tho only event in which
there was very much interest was the
Cheyenne club cup race. Today the bal
loon ascension and parachute leap will
attract the multitude. and the program is
of such a character that everyone who at
tends will find much to enjoy.
Club Cup Race.
The event OF the day was the very last
on the programme. 1t was lot reached
until after five o'clock but it held every
body firmly. This was the Cheyenne
Club Cup race in which there we're four
entries. These were The Cannon ch.
c.. with T. W. Brooks, rider; Morocco,
ridden by J. j. Cairnes; Fizzle. b. m,
with A. H. Stokes up and Limerick, b.
g., the only horse really known to the
general audience. with Harry KuYkendall
astride the piQskin. The race is over a
mile and an eighth course. As Deronds,
before whom Limerick was forced to lower
his colors last year. had gone lame, the
chiefest interest conferred in Limerick,
whose ability many people believed they
had thoroughly guaged. They re-
membered his brilliant work
to forget all about his last falls defeat.
In the pools Limerick sold favorite, about
6 to 5, but about The Cannon there
chung an air of mystery and an underlined
feeling that he was a competitor upon
whom it was wise to keep a wary eye.
When Limerick appeared it went very far
to reassure those who had placed their
money on him. He was in exceedingly
fine fettle. never seemed to have been in
quite as good shape before and when Har-
ry Kuykendall, his old rider got aboard
of him, Limerick stock advanced a very
p~erceptible shade. The appearance Of
The Cannon was entirely unknown tc
most OF the audience. but when Brook.
cantered into the ring on him his back.
ers were more confident if still quite
wary of Limerick.
Messrs. Evans. Stokes and Etchef
were the special Judges of this race and
the horses were sent back an eighth for
the start. This was achieved after what
seemed an lnterminable time spent in
scoring but the horses finally headed to-
ward the grand stand on a very fair start.
The four horses were beautifully punched
when they first entered the back stretch
but Limerick was percep6bly in the lead.
This lead was decidedly increased as the
horse tore down the track under the wire
and the happy hackers of Limerick REM
the air with their loud huzzas. When
well into the back stretch for the second
time Brookes lifted The Cannon out OF
the bunch and amidst uproarious excite.
ment in the grand stand came up
and sent his horse at least a length ahead.
Coming into the home stretch Limerick
gave the signal of distress by throwing up
his tail. Everybody felt that Lin
erick had p%erceptibly weakened, but
Kuykendall by a really remarkable exhi-
bition of joekeyship gathered his horse to-
gether for the death struggle to the wire.
Plying his whip to the tanks of the horse
he moved him rapidly up on The Gam