St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-26
VlRGE DIOR DEFEATED.
Balgowan an Easy Winner Of
the Handicap Event at
Memphis.
Bolivar BuekneP, Red Light.
Empress Frederick, Other
Leaders.
Large Crowd and Good Rae
ing Mark the Opening at
Bennings.
Finishing Positions OF Purse
Hunters on the Other

MEMPHIS. Tenn. April 25.-The third
and last week OF the spring meeting
I opened to splendid crowd and fine
weather The track was fast. A great
deal of scratching was done. and out OF
ten horses posted Saturday 10 start in
| the Tennessee Brewing company s
handicap but four went 10 the post.
Annie Brown being added just before
the first race. Balgowan did not have
any difficulty in winning the stakes,
worth 81, 100.
FIRST race. five furlongs-Boliyar Buckner,
III. Freeman, to 1: koderigo. III, NJ. Mono
han. 80 10 l.; UmaLilla. III. Ray, - 10 /.
Critic III, Penny, IL 20 10; Peddler. no.
Slaughter 10 10 /; L. j. Knight III, Over
ton, 70 /.
Bolivar Buckner was III front al the
start. UmatiIla second. Knight third
and Critic fourth. Buckner gradually
drew away from his field and won by
three lengths. Critic beat Umatilla a
half length for the place. Time, l:O34
second race, four fnrlongs, selling - Id
Greenwood, i'll, Ray, - 10 Pekiu, 10, Pen
ny. y 10 /; DowYiu. 30. Mooney. 10 10 |:
Johnetia, l1S. HOggetL 2I2 10 L; Ella DIXIE,
lo2~A Clayton, 10 /; QHiyer. los. BrittOn,
even; G0OdwoOd, l0i. Burns, - TO l.;
Dance On. l0G Kunzc. - tOl.
Ella Duke got out OF the bunch first,
followed close by Culver, who led the
Others. At the three-quarters Johnetta
pulled into second place, but could DO
40 better. Culver finished first by two
lengths. and Johnetta beat GOodwood
head for the place. Time, :5054.
Virgo dor Too slow
Third race Tennessee Brewing company :
adj ed mil MI 81 Irf n
-Goodbye IO5. Fox. 10 70 2; Balgowan. l2j
Overton, > TO l. Virgo dOr, l23. Penny, even
Annie Brown. %, lIogsett 20 to /.
Annie Brown led the field from the
start 10 the quarter post, with Goodbye
second, BalgOwan tnird. At the quar-
ter Goodbye pushed his nose in front,
bat for an instant only. as Balgowan,
who had been coming along easily, was
up with him and assumed the lead. Up
the back stretch anu past the half the
order was: Baigowan, Goodbye, Virgo
dOr and Annie Brown. Al the three
quarters they were pretty bunch, with
positions unchanged. At the head of
the stretch all commenced coming fast.
but Balgowan was strong, and came
under the wire two lengths in front of
Virgo dor, who had to whip hard to
hold his place. Ten feet from the wire
Anne Brown, by a tremendous jump.
secured third place from Goodbye by a
nose. Time. :491{.
Fourth race six furlongs selhng-Little
Crete, l07, 10 TO /; Artistic, l0l, Burns, 30 10
/; Lady Undee. ~. Slaughter. TO /; Ham
lin l05 Fox, 80 to ] Patrick, loo, Penny, 10
|: Jim Dunn, III, Il. Williams. " to1; Red
Prince, li'3, A Clayton. Is TO / Eugene, 107,
Ray, 10 TO /; Red Light, 1903 HoggeIt, even
They got off in fair shape with Jim
Dunn leading by length, Hamlin,
Little Crete and Red Light close up.
BY the time the three-quarters was
reached Red Light had secured first
place while Little Crete had put jim
Dunn back to third. In whipping
finish Red Light won by half length,
while Little Crete secured second place
from Jim Dunn by another. Time,
l:lG%.
Fifth race, five MISUNDERSTANDING Bill. o.
Slaughter. 100 10 /; Empress Frederick, s. A
Clayton. 50 to l.; Billy Parker. 100, Ray, 10 to
/ Maggie Lebus, 90 Hoggett, 20 to /; Fan
King Ill, FoX,1 10 5; speed West, iOl, kunze,
S to l.
Homiuy Bill led to the three quarters
post, where Fan King took first place,
followed by Maggie Lebus. and the 9th
erS close up. In the stretch Empress
Frederick SHE'D her castor. and came IN
winner by half a length. Fan King
ScCOllu anu hd5ElC I1COuo tlllius ihOS
1:034.
First race. five-eiehths Of a miie selling
Miss Pickwick, 100 $50; Roseoia, ~, 81:
Knottln-It l02, s.; Mamie l., 103. So san
Sprague, i04. s.; Joe Woolman. l04, 81; Con
tent. l0i, So Borealis los. SIS; Surget IL,
S75
second race, half mile-Miss Spot 100.
S35; Goodwood, 100, Si5; Miss Mosley lDJ So
Mat Foster. l1i. 81; brentwood. lob SO /;
The King. l0j S15; Moose, ITO, S25 First
Ward ll3, 50.
Third race. mile, special-Critic, 103. 81;
Not Us. 1CG S.: Lew Weir 1906 SIS: Faith
fui, l2l, 500; Valera, l0l, SIPS; Balgowan,
III, Sl75; Virgo ID or. l25. 30
Fourth race. mile. handicapped Eshelby,
%. Sis; Umalilla. l02, SIS; Not U.s. 1la so.
Fifth race, seven-eighths of miie selling
Grey Goose. %. SO; Powers, 9S, SIS, Enter-
prise. o., 81; Pat Conley, 100. SO: ten
Payne. l0i. $40; Miss Patton, lOS; 81, Red
Light, 109. SIS; InsoIcnce. l07, SIS; Robin
Hood. lGS. SIS.
Sixth race, three fourtbs of mile Bag
pipe. ITO, SlO0; Slower III $50; Gayoso, III,
Sli.