The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-01

The Suburban has now been run since
1884. and each year has witnessed n
good race with n fine field of starters.
In 1854 General Monroe, War Eagle and
Jack of Hearts came in ut the finish, in
the order named, out of n field of fifteen.
The time was 2:t1s%, and the purse to
the winner was S4.045. In 1885 Pontiac
landed winner, with Richmond and
Rataplan second and third in field of
fifteen. Tho time was 2:Oo1I, and the
purse to the winner $3.50 In 1856
Troubadour made the pace from start
to finish, beating Richmond and Saw
anac, who were lining up in danger
Gus proximity as the field of twenty
swung into the stretch. The time was
o:l2A. In 1887 the winner was Eurus,
with Oriflamme and Witllham second
and third. Again twenty horses con-
tested, and the time was 2:12. Elkwood,
Terra Gotta and Firenzi finished in the
order named in 1883; time, 2:O7l5-the
best that had been made in the Subur-
ban up to that time.
In 1889 Raceland won, Terra Gotta
and Gorge second and third. The field
had been narrowed to nine from seven
teen in 1855, and the time made 200 As.
Then came the record year
1890, when Salvador, Cassius and Tenny
Tapped each other as they flew into the
stretch. Cassius had made the pace
from the start, led up to the mile and
into the stretch. Then with the effort
of his life Salvador forged ahead and
the time made was 200 As, the best in
the history of the event. Cassius and
Tenny finished second and third Last
year Loantaka covered the distance in
2:0T, winning, with Major Domo second
and Cassius third. in field of ten. In
the great race of 1890 there were nine
starters.
The purse to the winner has grown
steadily. In 1887 it was 50, O65, the next
year it was s0,Sl2, the next year So 900,
in the Salvador year the same as last
year, $4,000. This year it will be s1s,-
600 in the clear to the owner of the win
ming animal
Another great feature of the opening
day will be the first race of 1.-The Double
Event" in which n field of twenty-five
or thirty two-ycar-olds will compete for
$4,000 stake. The yearling entries to
these two races number 102, but the
starters in neither the first nor the last
to be run on the closing day of the June
meeting will number more than thirty.
Frank Ehrct has entered number of
his crack two-year-olds in this race, as
has also Mr.. Pulsifer. In fact, Ehret
expects his two-ycar-olds to net him
moro at Shcepshead Bay than they did
ut Gravcsend, and his total winnings
there were over s11, 900. He has one or
two animals in his stable who have
made "the Double Event" distance, five
and a-half furlongs, in record break
ing time, if the, reports given out
from time to time can be be-
licvcd. The crack two-ycar-olds of the
year will have an excellent opportunity
of showing their mettlc in any one of
half n dozen good events. The value of
the Zephyr stakes over the Futurity
course last year was $500. This year
it will be over $4,000. The Spring
stakes Noted s3.70O to the winner in
1891. This year they will go we'll above
that The value of the June stakes was
1895. This year they will be at least
that The Vernal stakes, n new event
over the Futurity course, three-quar-
tiers of a mile, will net the winner 81
600 as the association adds 81, 500. So it
is plain that the Coney Island Jockey
club expects to have some two-year-old
records broken.