St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-05
NEWT0N'S SURPRISE.
An Inconsistent Crack Wins
the Sheridan Stakes
at Chicago.
At Long Odds, He Makes a
Show Of Zaldivar, Cic-
ero and Others.
Crushing Defeats for Red
Hot Favorites at Mon
mouths Opening.
Kingston and Montana Run in
Kingston and Montana Run in
Behind Less Fancied
Sprinters.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July Am enormous
crowd, numbering fully $4,000 persons,
swarmed through the gates at the
Washington park race course today,
land they were fairly we'll paid for their
trip from financial, if not from spec
tacular, point of view, two red-hot
favorites and two strongly-played sec
ond choices showing first under the
wire in a mammoth card of seven
events.
The heavy rains of Saturday night.
several showers this morning and a
copIous rain just before and during the
opening inning in the heat event made
the going very heavy, and had the effect
of bowling over their favOrite choices.
The scenes In the betting ring were a
repetition of those on Derby day. The
feature of the days sport was the Sher-
idan stakes, in which Newton, an incOn-
sistent performer in several previuu S
events at this meeting, made an unholy
show of such cracks as Zaldivar, Cicero
and Emperor Regent, winning at the
ongest odds of the day.
First race, purse $500. for maiden two
year-oids. five furlongs-Miss Spot. 108, Pen
ny. to 1. won by two lengths; Belle Black
burn, 10S, Thorpe, 6 to /. second; Darch-
vella, 1oS. Goodale, to 1, third. Time.
1:14la.
Second race declared off.
Third race. purse $500, for three year-olds
and upward, mile-Sir Bevis. 12i. Barrett S
TO /, in whipping fini.h came first under
the wire. two open lengths in front Of Con-
tent 1913. G. Taylor. s to 5, second; Clifford,
no. /: to !. third. Time, 2:03ls.
Fourth race the Sheridan stakes, a sweep
mile ana a qnarter-Newton, 127, F. Will
Jams, z to 1. won easily by two lengths: Cic-
ero, 115. Overton. even, second, ten lengths
before Zaldiyar, 21a TO l, third. Time, 2:321a.
Fifth race, purse $500, for three year-olds
and upwards, three quarters of mile. heats
First heat-Guido, 1I9. Hazlett even. won
hands down by two lengths; Shoshone, III.
0verton, 2i2 to !. second, half a length i'll
front of Big Three. 119, to 1, third. Time.
1:27L2.
Second heat-Guido, to 4. won the heat
and ran In the same manner and distance;
Shoshone. to ], second by two lengths; Big
Three: to 1, third. Time. 1:3o.
Sixth race. a handicap for three year Odds
and upward, with 500 added mile-Patrick,
107. Hoggett, 5 to ], always prominent in the
advance guard, came through in the last fur
long and won an exciting race by half a
length; Lord WIllowbrook. 96, Madison, 10 to
third. length away, the two latter under
the whip. Time, 2:0OA.
Seventh race, selling. purse 500, for three
year-olds and upward. six furIongs-Ruby
Payne. 107, Freeman, to s. led from start to
finish, winning III 8 galop by two lengths:
John Winfield, 100, N. Smith. Is to l. second
by two lengths; Great. Dixon, 81, BIevlns,
to !. third Time. 1:3els.
Eight race. selling, purse 500, for three
year ODDS and upwards, six furiongs-Ruth,
101. Dempsey. 3 to ], took the lead at the start,
and never being headed, romped in winner
by three lengths; Rosemont 105 Hazlett, 5 TO
], second, a length in front of Johnny Green
er. 104, Fox, to l, third. Time, :27l2.