The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-11
TAMMANY,S RACE.
How Marcus Days Horse Won tho Real
ixation 1takes.

HOY Marcus Days Horse Won tho Real-
isaAion Stakes.
There wsFe nine starters. among them al
least four high GLASS colts. Every horse In
y had weight %. Tammany, ridden by
Garrison. and Patron, Hayward MP. with
I'D pounds zach, had ths top Weights. and
conceded from two 10 twelve pounds TO tho
Others. Charads had III, Fitzpatrick rid
ing; The Pepper, liz. Sims on his back; Vic
tory. ridden BY Hamilton; shsilback. ridden
BY sloane, and Entire, ridden by Tsrsl, I12
pounds :ash. while Roller, With 107, Little
fsld on him, and Greenwich. 100, Bergen
sp, we're tho lightwsights. None Of the nsld
tancs. a mile and fvs-stghths. but the touts
were sure. the track suited three of them,
and rarely before have horses been tipped
And backed % were Tammany, Victory and
The Pepper. 1t was known generally that
victory had been tried q phenomenal mile
track Thursday, and the Beach crowd
backed him - fast ~ tho money could be
got on. A stable commission went on Tam
many. and the western colt, The Pepper.
was supported unwavsringly. The betting
closed with Yammany and Victory equal
favorites At i've to two each. Tho Pepper
AbSVOAA1 0A0 eAU ~UAV4O
from twenty up to 100 to one.
The race was . brilliant one for Garrison
and Iammany. but the crowd that cheered
the copper jacket and green cap on it, VIC
torions return to the judges stand. over
!ooksd entirely the mum, Trainer Matt"
great share Of the glory. Horsemen long
ago recognized the fact that vixen Byrnes
gets ready for aracs he il ready to the hour,
ana Tammany's condition was perfect as
was Byrns's judgment of what he had to
beat. 10 started two, Shsllbark and Tam
many. but he relied on Tammany, and
the stable. Grssnwioh wal tho only IN
known quantity, and her condition and
looks prsoluded the possibility Of her being
dangerous. Byrnss had we'll informed
ideas of the ability Of each of the othszs,
and from the manner in which the race was
run II looked az II be feared only one.
waited with Tammany ana Hamilton
attempted to wait with Victory and ksep
him under a %strangling pull for six fur
longs. Victory thus fighting to the front in
spite Of his jockey. Half way through the
backstretoh Tammany moved forward and
had Victory safe.
From this on the race was PRACTICAL,
to The Pepper, which was oat in Il ont max
ing the running, and caught him a. no
pleased. The Pepper was firing and swsrv-
Ing At the head Of the stretch. and Tam
many. taking command when Garrison
ohoss to let him, was leading 4 short dis
tsnoe within the last quarter, and won
under An easy pull, a length and ! half be-
fore the western colt. Patron, which ran .
waiting race, went on, hard ridden for the
last quarter. and was third, eight lengths
behind The Pepper and a length before
Victory. The race. considering the man
ner in whish it was won and the time,
2:52 2-6. over q dead track, stamps Tam
many what Byrnss always said he was-a
colt OF great quality.
The great Realization stakes ia the rich-
est prize offered in America for three-year-
Odds and was for the second time won by a
horse trained BY Matt" Byrnes. Tam
added $s1. 600 70 the fortune the colt
has won for his millionaire owner, Marcus
DAILY. The race differed from the two pre-
vious contests for the Realization in that
won we'll in hand, and Trainer
Byrnes, Watching his colt from the infsld,
had no cause for uneasiness about the re-
after tho last turn was reached. 1t
was different whom Salvador. also trained
by Matt" barely snatched the decision in
tho last jump from Tenny in 1890, and whom
nose in favor Of N. F. DIVERS
against Days Montana last year
lost the big stake for Byrnes.