The evening world., 1892-08-19
St. Michael Gives Don
AIonzo's Backers a
Big Scare.
"OLO BONES" sPO|Ls 4 coUP.
Gideon & DAILY Make a Swell
Bet on Annie E. Colt.

The next time Mr.. Frank Ehret's crack
twO-year-old, Don Alonzo, the Junior Cham
pion, meets that good colt st. Michael Il is
safe to predict that the former will not be
to shot. This talent argued yesterday that
1t was case Of "go put your money down
and then 60 cash your ticket before the race"
out the soaring the talent received u likely 70
last for some days to come. These two colts
met In the Select Stakes at Monmouth.
Park yesterday, and the big son oe
Long Taw was to on
favorite, with sir Walter second choice.
odds Of and to being quoted against sh0
Gideon 4 Daily representative. There was .
long delay 1t the post, in which 81. MichAsI.
fretted himself into reeking perspiration-l |
When the nag fnally fell Don Alonyo raced
away like shot and opened up gap OF tive
lengths, holding his advantage to The
last furlong pole. At that point st..
Michael gradually kept creeping nu3
to tho leader, and Taral, seeding hiAl
danger, went to work on the big colt In asatt !
earnest The Don wanted to give up awfully
bad, but Tarai kept whip, spurs and knees
digging into him SO f,iriously that the faver~!
ito managed to stay Just long enough to winrI
by neck. 1t. Michael is . colt that NV
people have paid much attention to, but nj
has improved with every one Of bis races, and |
10 there or thereabouts all tho time. There ID
one thing that he does possess that very fewN
OF this years youngsters have shown, and
that is stout heart ne will light every
inch Of the journey and is not
beaten until the last jump. This
is what the big Ehret colt Is sadly in need Of.
As long as he can be away in front and have
mt a wi prn
strong, but when anything comes up beside
him all 10 changed, and he Is quite anxious 70
throw up the sponge.
For the second time this year "Old Bones~
RacelsnG has spoiled ,e a.. big coup FOR yohnny
the medium Of Mr.. ''am'pbelrs plunge. Dur
ing the Spring meeting at Norris Park Camp.
bell had Pessara In race with Raceland and
beaten . neck. Yesterday these two met
In the Delaware handicap. and PessarA's
owners again Hooded the ring with
front to the last quarter Old Bones came up
and soon had the leaders In trouble. Tne
latter part Of the Journey was very soss
home length and half before Pessara-
The NTH race furnished q rafting nniSh
between julien and Picknicker. The race
was at seven furlnngS, and the former led into
and challenged the leader. and little Midgeley
was forced 10 go TO work. Both horses ran
head aud head TIL o lew feet from the wire
where Plcknicker got his neck in front. What
happened to Clayton therf no one KNOWS, but
he seemed to 60 all tn .eces and let Julien
win almost on the post. After the race clay.
ton claimed ioul against julien, but tAe
Judges decided that one was as much 70
blame as the other.
Young Midgeley rode q shockingly bad rsce
on Yemen iu the closing event yesterday. A
quarter OF o mile from home Yemen seemed
TO be winning easily, but Lambley manAged
TO get Nomad up Midgeley was without whip
or spur, and helped Yemen Just about 80
After the race Nomad was bid up s1,703.
over his selling price,
Jockey who was ruled on at Washington lasc
year, was yesterday rcinstated by Presidents
Draney, Of the Washington Jockey Club.
Algernon, the four-year-old chestnut colt
by Joe Daniels-Faustina, purchased by
Jockey Ed Foster at the Hearst sale for
%, 100, ran away three miles at Gloucester
Yesterday and at the end OF the journey
dropped dead. Foster lost lots OF money on
c)me.
The price Pierre Lorillard gave Brown 3
Rogers Tor Lamplighter is said 10 have been
o3O 600. With Tammany out OF tho way Mr..
Lorillard should have no u ouble winning the
eolt out.
Gideon 4 DAILY made big plunge on the
Annie +. colt. lie ran good race and Will -