Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-06-16

The Suburban has now been run since
1854. and each year has witnessed a
good race with fine field Of starters
In 1854 General Monroe, War Eagle and
Jack Of Hearts came in at the finish, in
the ordernamed, out of field of fifteen.
The time was 2:113{, and the purse 10
the winner was S4,945. In 1855 Pontiac
landed winner. with Richmond ana
Rataplan second and third in a field of
fifteen. The time was 2:O9J<, and the
purse to the winner IS. S55. In 1856
Troubadour made the pace from start
to finish. beating Richmond and Saw
anac, who We're lining up in danger
Gus proximity as the field of twenty
swung into the stretch. The time was
2:12L In 1887 the winner was Eurus.
with Oriiamme and Wickham 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 1855; time, 2:O7]S-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 1888, and the time made 2:09 As.
Then came the notwithstanding 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 2:O6 As, the best in
the history of the event Cassius and
Tenny finished second and third Last
year Loantaka covered the distance in
2:O7, winning, with Major Demo second
and Cassius third, in a 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 S6, O65, the next
year it was S6,s12, the next year $4,000,
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 field of twenty-five
or thirty two-year-oIds will compete for
a $4,000 stake. The yearling entries to
these two races number 1902, 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 Ehret has entered a number of
his crack two-year-olds in this race, as
has also Mr.. Pulsifer. In fact, Ehret
expects his two-year-olds TO net him
more at Sheepshead Bay than they did
at Gravesend, and his total winnings
there were over 81, 900. He has one or
two animals in his stable who have
made 1.-The Double Event" distance, five
and a-half furlongs, in record-break-
from time to time can be be-
heved. The crack two-year-olds of the
year will have an excellent opportunity
of showing their mettle in any one of
half 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 Melted $500 to the winner in
1891. This year they viii go well above
that. The value of the June stakes was
s3,325. This year they will be at least
that. TSe Vernal stakes, new event
over the Futurity course, three-quar-
ters of a mile, will net the winner 81
600 as the association adds 81, 800 So it
is plain that the Coney Island Jockey
club expects to have some two-year-old
records broken.