St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-31

anted an hour before the Dugler SUM-
moned the starters in the first race to
the post. The overflow thropged the
lawn until it was alive with human
mass, while there were thousands who,
once in the betting ring among the
plungers of high and low degree, never
afterwards saw the track until the races
were all over.
The 104 bookmakerS were kept busy
taking in money and handing out tick
cts as they endeavored to appease the
speculative ambitions of the immense
pushing and jOstIing mass of holiday
visitors Everybody had money, and
they brought it TO Morris Park to bet on
the great Metropolitan handicap. The
everyday race gner was sadly hampered
in his efforts to make his bets, and
many of them after once running the
risk of losing their wearing apparel IN
the crushing mass Ill the ring were
glad to make their escape and restrain
their desire to plunge until tomorrow,
when the holiday crowd Will be only Il
memory. Conservative judges estimate
the crowd at sbetween 5000 and $4,000
people. Society was well represented,
the club house and private boxes being
occupied by fashionable New York.
Hasb-Ouck's Great Run
w lille WdlllliG LOT lUS MGIIOpOllldI.
enthusiasm was heightened by the
clever victory of DR.. HaSbrOuck in the
opening scramble at five furlOngS. Cor
rection was most fancied OF the lot, and
he was sent to the post first choice in the
betting at even money. The Doctor IS
a caSt-Otf from the stable of MeSSrs. j.
A. and A. II. Morris, the owners of
Morris Park and also of Correction. He
vaDquished the mare after hard Strug-
gle. but il was necessary for him to tie
the record go seconds in order to ac-
compllsh the feat. This phenomenal
time proved that the track was light
ming fast.
After the third race the bookmakers
posted odds OH the ten starters in the
handica p,and the war between the PEN
oilers and spectators was well under
way. For half an hour the ring looked
for all the world like a thousand foot
ball teams struggling for a moments
conversation with the bookmakers. For
a moment there was little 9 to laid
against PeSSara. The 10000 men in the
ring all made. rush for this bOOkmaker
at the same time. A few secured this
odds. They were wild with
The Tip on Pessara,
and forced the bookmakers to cut from
fiinched. If Pessara lost it meant a
fortune for them. They could not get
Russell, the second choice, backed for
less than to l. The confidence IN
Jockey Taral's ability to pilot Pessara
first by the judges was something re-
marKable. There was hundred dol
lars bet OH Pessara where there was five
bet on Russell.
At the expiration of half an hour an
immense gong thraShed out warming
that the horses had been given the word
TO go: the bookmakers wiped the per-
Spiraton from their faces and the crowd
rushed over each other in an endeavor
to get mOmentary glimpse of the flying
racers. Starter Rowe gave them an
even break. In the opening sixteenth
Taral, who had succeeded in getting
PeSSara away in the first place. doubled
the rens around his wrist twice and
proceeded to husband PeSsara's speed
as much as possible until the critical
point in the home stretch was reached.
Russell and Fairy then
Drew by Pessara
and, Tapped on each other, piloted the
bunch up the hill. 1t was solid bunch,
too, there not being an inch of daylight
discernable between any one of them.
The spectators applauded the pretty
sight. At the end of half mile the
relative positions OF the horses were
about the same, but Fairy was beginning
to show signs of distress, and. at the top
of the hill leading into the home
stretch. she whisked her tail a couple of
times and decided to quit. Mccarthy
piled her with whip and spur, but
Fairy's speed had been all used up and
the hooded head of Russell went OH
lNr.lNl f.1f Ent, oil Il
but surely drawn back into the bunch.
+ When we'll Strengthened out in the
home-stretch. 1aral loosened the Two
wraps of Pessara's reins from his
wrists and the favorite began to gain OH
Russell. A quarter of mile from the
finish Russell showed the white feather
and his ears shot backwards; indeed
they laid fiat against his head. The
cowardly son of Eolus and Tillie Rus
sell was once more going to show his
admirers that
He Lacked Gameness.
With few vigorous kicks of his heels,
Pessara breasted Russell and Taral
took another wrap OH the reins. He
saw RusselPS ears pinned back like
whipped cur and he knew that all dan
ger from him was passed. Without
further persuasion Pessara increased
his lead to length. Opposite the
lower end of the betting ring Taral
glanced back over his shoulder and saw
the Western colt, Locohatchee, form
cyclone. He turned quickly, dug his
spurs into PeSSara'S heavIng sides and
brought the whip down once, twice,
three times.
The son of PiZarro and Sister MOnico
appeared to appreciate his danger and
gamely responded by again lengthening
the stretch of daylight between his new
competitor and himself. Hamilton. on
Locohatchee. then eased his mount a
trifle and stopped further pursuit until
after the last sixteenth pole had been
passed. Then he endeavored to catch
Taral mapping, but the clever fellow on
PesSara was all ears and eyes, and when
Hamilton made another final rush with
his mount Taral
Began to Ride Like a Fiend.
On the other side of him ana-pinning
Picknicker Oh the inner rail was Sleip-
ner, who was coming with fully as much
speed as was Locohatchee. Taral
spurred. whipped and fairly lifted Pes
sara with his knees. The crowd cheered
him like maddened creatures. Most of
them had bet on Pessara, and the pros
pect OF losing 1t made them forget that
they were acting like maniacs. They
duplicated Taral's motions on Pessara
and lost absolute control of their voices
and limbs.
After few seconds. which seemed
like hours to the intensely excited null
titude, Pessara reached and passed the
. winning post safe winner by a length.
At his heels, heads apart, came Loco
hatchee, Sleipner, Livonia and Pick
nicker. They were only a length be-
hind the winner. The $4,000 spectators
breathed freely, their hearts stopped
palpitating, and they lifted up their