Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-06

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nearly killed Montana, but Montana won,
although he is still in retirement Garrison is
exceedingly vain. He feeds his vanity daily
and thrives on it. He is also intensely theatre
CAL both in aud out of the saddle. and delights
in sensational effects, stopping at hardly any
thing to secure them. Applause swells him
up to painful proportions and his broad smile
evidences his great enjoyment OF 1t he
dresses in the latest style, and with flower
in his buttonhole, his mustache curled
and waxed, diamonds in his necktie. a cane in
his gloved hand. he parades the quarterstretch
searching the grand stand with his eyes for
pretty girls In the saddle he leaves all else
behind but his vanity. He rides to the post
with his back so curved that his head is down
upon the horses neck, his hands grasping the
reins within few inches of the bit. if 10 take
his mount by the jaws. In close finish, he
seems to sit upon the neck of the horse and
with whip and spur rides like one possessed of
a demon, at the wire apparently lifting with
his hands and knees the tired animal across IL.
His finishes always receive great applause and
as he rides back to the scales he doffs his cap,
smiles and dismounting leaves the scales for the
paddock with his eyes searching the grand
stand.
As jockey his great forte is his ability to
finish strong. In that he has no real rival and
it can be said of him that his vanity and conceit
never affect his riding. Garrison is good all
round sportsman. He is good wing shot, is
strong at billiards and pool. can handle jack
| pot. is an expert at whist, Boston and hearts
can swim well. 100 yards in l0i4 but he
| rides better than he does anything else.
CHAMPION STAKES.
Tuesday next the junior champion and the
champion stakes will be decided at Monmouth
Park, and the largest attendance of the meeting
will be there. The two-year-old crack-a-jacks
OF the year will meet at even weights in the first
named stake. and then the public will know be-
| yond doubt whether Lady Violet is the peer
of Sir Walter or whether Don Aonzo is a craven.
whether DR.. Rice trim the trio named.
whether there are any sleepers capable of TAX
| ing the $4,000 prize into camp. That there
are number of good colts and fIies under
! cover nobody doubts. Sir Walter will scarcely
have the benefit of Garrisons jockeyship
the Baron or Lillian Russell will carry the cop
/ per jacket and green cap of Millionaire Marcus
/ DAILY. The Belladonna colt. the Eebecca Row
EFT colt. Comanche. Eagle Bird Lifeboat and
/ The Reaper are the best known of the outsiders
that Will come to the post. All are receiving a
! special preparation for the race. and il promises
| to be as open contest as any that has been run
| this year. For the champion. with Longstreet
| out of the way. Montana. lakeland. Kingston.
Lamplighter. Poet Scout. Demuth. Judge Nor
row, Iocohatchee and Victory are the most
! likely to come to the post.
On public form Sir Walter should win the
| first and Montana the second.
When the season closed last year no two-year-
old ever retired into winter quarters with a
brighter prospect than His Highness, and no
two-year-old's future was more confidently an
ticipated by his owners than was Nictorys. Yet
His Highness has only won three ordinary
races and Victory has suffered defeat on his
only two appearances. His EiGhness Ii now
sore in his off fore leg the puffy ankle OF which
| asserted itself some time ago. while Victory is
now laid up for repairs. The failure OF these
two good colts is only another instance of the
irritating reverses connected with a racing
stable. and when with their compulsory alb
sence is added the collapse of st. Florian and
Patron TO say nothing of the continued nom
| appearance of Lamphghter. the three-year-old
ranks have certainly suffered as the season has
progressed.
OF kirsch's mile in l.3s at Monmouth Park
| Thursday the New York Tribune saws:
.Pierre Lorillard's colt nirsch won the Trenton
stakes very easily. with Airshaft second and the
| fayorite. Ha penny. third. kirsch carried only
ninety-seven pounds. The mile was run ovef
the straight course and the track was very fast.
while the breeze on the backs of the
jockeys. Kirsch undoubtedly ran fast race,
but when the timers put up ISIS for the mile
there was general sniff of derision. Timing
is very uncertain on the straight course. but il
| is certain any thing can be in racing that
Kirsch. properly tined cannot run a mile.
either straight crooked. any track
earth in 1.3S He is only a selling platter. and
Airshaft. another selling platter, was not far
behind him. kirsch and won with the
greatest ease. and in l.3S, Oh. no. Nobody
but fanatic will ever accept that time as cor
| rect"
RACING GOSSIP.
Kingston ran the last half of the Eatontown
stakes Thursday in 047 2-5.
1t is said there Will be racing at Elizabeth and
Linden this fall
The Brighton Beach management has decided
| to do AWAY with steeDechasps
Ed Corrigan has been handling the flag at
| the Hawthorne track. Chicago.
Tenny, the once mighty little swayback, is
| now doing well, in training sense. and may
regain his old form.
Jockey Doggett has been released by the
! Ehret stable at his own request. The stable
assert that they were glad to get rid of the boy.
His Highness props himself when he is being
pulled up, which accounts for the reports about
his lameness. The champion of 1891 is q bit
sore, but not a hopeless cripple
Louis Stuart has but little faith in Patrons
| recovery from his lameness and SAYS that it is
extremely doubtful he ever races again.
Judge Baker has decided against the Chicago
| Garfield Park Association its petition for
mandamus to compel Mayor Washburne to
| grant license for racing.
BILLY" Lakeland offered to bet W. C. DAILY
| 500 to a suit of clothes that Willie L. and Tea
Tray would beat Lepanto and Roquefort Thurs
day. The offer was not accepted
|
Monmouth, Thursday, ut seven furlongs is
within three-quarters of a second of the record
which was made by Bella b. over the same
track in 1890.
Allerton went lame Thursday in his match
with Lobasco at Davenport. Iowa. the tendons
in his off hind leg being badly strained
Lobasco won the first heat in 2 15j4, Allerton
the second in 2.l31s Lobasco the third in 2.17L
and in the fourth Alierton was pulled up,
There is likely to be a change in the Ehret
stable. Trainer Allen, it is said will secure one
of the best jockeys in the west to ride for the
stable. A second call on Sloane's services is re-
ported TO have been secured, and new methods
are to be introduced
1t seems certain now that NJ. F. Dryers
famous racer Longstreet has broken down for
| good and the chances are that he will never
race again. If it should prove that he viii not
stand training next year he will 60 into the
stud in Kentucky, as Mr.. Dwyer sold him for
that purpose last year to Milton Young.
Walcott 4 Campbell gave "Matt'' Byrnes
5000 for the imported horse Ben Strome. He
had been .'back-capped" to such an extent that
many, including Walcott & Campbell, thought
he was a roarer. For this reason they had him
galloped at top speed up and down the stretch
at Monmouth before buying him. The horse
has now been put into active training.
The celebrated trotting stallion Sultan. foaled