St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-16
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| menced to tell, and II could be seen III
what estimation the different horses
we're held. The field that went to the
post was the best that ever faced a
starter in this country. As they went
to the post each horse was loudly
cheered, and they all looked to be in
| the best of shape. Mr.. Caldwell eau
toned the boys about being on their
| good behavior, and then there were
| few moments of intense anxiety, ac-
companied by silence that was
almost painful. When the horses
| turned and faced Starter Caldwell
the noise in the grand stand sank to
| murmur, a hum of excited conversation
| and all eyes were turned toward the
| post. There was a breakaway and
hearts went pit-pat over the false alarm.
Another breakaWay and again the
! horses went back to the post. Finally
| they all got together in a close
bunch and all we'll in motion.
The starter, watching them closely,
| closely, saw that he would never have
them in as good order again, and like
strip of fire the red flag flashed through
the air. Then thunderOus roar swept
up from the grand stand. They're
otf!'' yelled thirty thousand voices, and,
to the music of these hOarse cries, the
horses swept down to the stand with
laundering hoofS. Men breathed hard
and fast, and women clapped their
hands or waved their parasols. The
great handicap race was on. The mighty
struggle was in full swing, and, as far
as the start was concerned, every horse
had received a fair chance. AS they
swept towards the stand the three-year-
old Russell took the lead. running under
strong pull and with Nellie Bly,, Once
Again and Santiago Tapped on him, and
Riley and King Thomas bringing up the
rear. They ran in this order around the
lower turn, and those who had bet on
Tenny commenced to get anxious, for
the little SWayback was running in the
ruck. AS they started up the back
stretch Santiago went up to RuSSell'S
head, and the two ran locked for quar-
ter, while the white and red of Busling-
ton commenced to occupy prominent
position, and Tenny, the faYOrite, also
moved mp. AS they struck the upper
turn the pace commenced to quicken,
and Russell fell back, beaten, leaving
Santiago III front, He in turn gave way
to Loantaka, who pioted the field into
the stretch. Now they're in the
stretch!" shouted the crowd, and then
! the race began in earnest. The Jockeys
were swaying to and fro on their
horses, and some of them were already
plying whip and spur. Loantaka soon
gave up, and
Tenny Showed I'm Front,
closely pressed by Judge Morrow, who
had been in the ruck for a mile. with
Burlington, Eon, Prince Royal and Tea
Tray. Horses and jockeys both seemed
to think that the crisis had arrived and
all gathered themselves together. Amid
the flash of red and blue and gold and
yellow could be seen the cleaning face
of 'Pikey" Barnes. 1t was picture in
ebony set i'll gauZy colorS. The little
Jockey was riding as he never rode be-
fore. He seemed to lift himself above
his horse and try to push the great
Swayback along little faster. Down
the stretch they were coming now The
fOaming noStrils. the flashing eyes of
the horses could be seen. Tenny. Tea
Tray, Prince Royal and Judge Morrow
were all in bunch. and the spectators
held their breath. Then 10000 voices
mingled in one long shout. Barnes real
lied that the critical moment
had come. Three-siXteenths from
the finish Barnes went to the
whip, and for the fraction of second
the favorite faltered. The cry-and a
deSpairing one it Was-Went up, "Tenny
is beaten" 1t did look like it, but the
game little swayback responded nObly,
and with heaVing sides and distended
noStrilS he came on like piece of per-
feet mechanism, rapidly deYOuring
ground at every stride. The race WIS
not his yet, however, for Garrison was
working like demon on Prince Royal,
fairly lifting him over the ground, and
Tea Tray was rapidly moving up from
the rear. The excitement was intense.
flats, bonnets, handkerchiefs, UNI
brellas and parasols were thrown into
the air, and cries of ''Tenny, Tenny,"
Prince Royal WINS" Come on Tea
Tray were head on all sides. 1t was a
grand struggle, but Tenny held his an
tagonistS safe, and bounding like an In
dia rubber ball passed the finish two
good lengths in front of Prince ROYAL,
who beat Tea Tray stort head for
second money. A grin of delight spread
all over the face of Plkey Barnes as he
glanced back over his shoulder and
realized that the race was won. The
time, 2:10, was nothing out of the COM
mon. but it was grand race, and men,
women and children, perfect strangers
to each other, shook hands and SWore
that there was nothing in the world to
compare to firSt-clasS horse race.
Barnes, who rode the winner, was
placed in floral horseshoe after he had
weighed out and carried to the dressing
rooms. He has won the Futurity.
Junior Champion and Brooklyn, and
od1o blldL HIS dllIDillOll llOW 10 W Tie
winner of the Suburban.
The other Races.
The days sport commenced with six
furlong selling sweepstakes for $1,000.
Kingston, the royalty bred, scared out
all except Charlie Post and Kings
bridge. and these three went to the
post Kingston, ridden by Hamilton,
carried 124 pounds; Charlie Post, Lam
ley, l22, and Kingsbridge, Garrison, 122.
Kingston was favOrite at the prohlbi-
tive odds of to 10, while Post was to
straight and ? to for place, and to l
straight and 4 to l place could have
been had on Kingsbridge. When the
flag fell Charlie Post jumped to the
front, and with Kingsbridge at his heels
showed the way to the stretch. Then
Kingston. running well within himself.
moved to the front and at the last fur
long had Charlie Post beaten. Hamil-
ton then let up on Kingston and Garri-
son seeing this commenced to work on
KingSbridge. He rapidly gained Oh
Kingston, but Hamilton saw his danger
in time and landed Kingston a handy
winner by a length, while Kingsbridge
beat Charlie Post four lengths for the
| place. Time, 1:l6.
The second race was mile and sixteenth,
sweepstakes, for which Longstreet 12!. Ham
| ilton, 10 and out; Leighton, 112. Taral 5
to / and 4 to 5; Maidstone, 121, Mclaughlin,
| to and ont; and Kittie T, 96, A Coviugton,
| so to 1 and to 1, were the starters.
When the flag fell Leighton rushed to
the front, and opened such a gap on the
| back stretch that it looked as though he
were going to make a runaway race of
it. After going six furlongs, however,
| he began to come back to his horses.
and Longstreet gradually drew up
alongside him. Entering the stretch
Longstreet took the lead, and holding it
to the end won somewhat handily by
length from Leighton, who beat Mad
stone eight lengths for the place. The
latter could have been much closer up,
but when Mclaughlin saw that he could
not win he did not ride him out. Time,
1:49H.