Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-25
GREATESTEVER RUN.
THE AMERICAN DERBY WON eY THE
"BOUNDLssS, GOLD.
Garrison Rode the Race OF His Lifs-
ssventy-fvo Thousand People
In Attendance.
fRr Telegraph to Tho plspatch.l

the previous best tine. for the Derby OF
2.sfl$. The Keene colt. st. Leonards. with
Taral up. finished second. three lengths
behind. and the much-touted Clifford cap
tured third money. 1t was the greatest Der
by over run in this country and the honors
belong mostly TO Garrison, who rode tho
race Of his life. Fully 5000 people,
crushed and TANNED into almost COM
pact mass. screamed with excitement AZ
tho conclusion OF the event. ald MI:
Cushing was almost forced into the Judges
stand by the admIrug "pushers VINO
wanted n speech. 1t was too late for any,
frllls on the part of the st. Paul man, ana
he contented hIusef with flourshing the
certified check for $4,000 that the wash
ington Park Club gives to the winner
ALMOST sMoTHERED.
The crowd surged on to tho track and
Garrison was almost smother 81 50 ANXIOUS
was each sport 20 grasp his hand. Garrl-
son merely waved them back ana SIG
nailed Judge Burk III a. noHclrdW lnah-
ner as if he had Jus, won selling race, 10
get permission to dismount. He weighe
In and the weight being declared all fi"hI
the great strain was over.
Don Alonzo. Ramauoo. G.. W. Johnson,
md tho other Eastern horses that were
expected to do 50 much showed their
weakness after the long aud tiiesome
wait.
Little Kuntz showed IN front with Look
ont passing the stand on the hrst time
around and he was cheered. lie dld not
hold this position long, for Miller saw an
opening and pushed Aldebaran to the
front With st. leOnards working easily
behind. The stretch reached. Fred. Iaral
began 20 rldo aud the Beliadonna colt
took the lead. with Clifford second and
Aldebaran third.
FORGED TO THE FRONT.
Then ont from the ruck came Garrison,
with the Qulck-mOving Boundless ana
every spectator knew that the race was
over. Garrison got B0undless 10 the iront
and won handily by three lengths. ~.
Ieonards ridden out second. Clifford third,
Aldebaran fourth. ChOrister fifth, ,r.
W. Johnson sixth. Ingomar seventh.
Two eighth. and ST. Crolx, Plu-
trs. Ramapoo, Don AlOnzo, Lookout.
Oporto. and Straihrose finished IN
the order named. The fractional time Of
the race was: Quarter, .; half, %; six
furlongs, 1:174; mile, l;H4; mic am u
quarter. 2:10i4. and whole distance. 80.
II il difficult 10 state just what eject the
lonr delay ut the post had upon tho
horses or the time, hut horsemen who
studied the race say II killed st. Leonards's
chances and made the time at least one
second slower than il would have bee1
had the field got OFF Oh the first or second
break.
Starter Pet'ingill was tried as no flag
wie,der has been tried before IN his efforts
10 get that field of. lime and again dld
he line up the horses tor a break. but tho
fact thai $4,000 depended greatly upon
the start made every jockey suspicious
Of every move Of his companion. IL was
n came Of watch each other, such as was
never PLAYED before III any race. Dosgett
persisted IN break 10 tho front with G. W.
johnson. and Hugh Penny. upon OportO.
was his closest follower. Five times dld
the horses move an eighth e. false starts.
and then Pettingill grew too angry to
contain himself. Stepping down onto tho
the track he used some of his South Jer-
sey track persuasion upon the boys.
JocKEYs FINED.
Iambley. Garrison. Tara, and Doggett
were each fined ! 80 and the latter was
also set down for the meeting. As was ex-
pected Monk" OyertOn, Corrigan's old
Jockey. made trouble. He was under con-
tract with the master of HawthOrne should
Tyron start. but Oyerton. who had been III
the East, had promised Gideon and Daily
that ne would ride Ramapoo for them.
Dave Gideon felt ceEJain that nr. Corrl-
gan did not possess legal contract
binding OvertOn and requested the coll
ored boy T. weigh in to ride. Oycrton
was about to don the dark blue Of the
Gideon and DAILY stable when warrant
was served upon him for breach OF con,
tract, Edward Corrlgan complainant, and
Overton was conducted from the grounds.
Charlie Thorpe, the Scoggln Jockey, was
secured TO pilot RamapOO. }. r. Cushing,
~ RnupHlggg rnnOrtg1 10 nave
won n largo sum upon his colt In the
O'Neill winter book. The other contests,
especially those preceding the big event.
were tolerated by many, plunged upon
by few, and won by animals that had been
saved for them. The summaries are:
First race-One mile-Huron won; Buck
McCann second. Falero third. lime,
l:42I! !.
Second race--six furloDgs Skel-
third Time. 1:14i..
Third race-American Derby. sweep
stakes, one and one-half miles, $4,000
guaranteed first money. $1,000 TO second
horse. and 5000 to third Boundless,
122. Garrison, 5 TO /. won by three lengths;
st. Leonards, 122, Taral, TO /. second. by
one length: Clifford, ~. W. W. Martin.
8 to /. third. lime, 2:3f. Aldebaran,
Cblrister, G.. W. johnson. lngomar. lyron,
~. tIOlA, IIulu-, b.lHhfV'. b'H a'D'i~'
Lookout, OportO. and Strathrose finished
ms named. Buck McCsnn and Miles
Standish scratched.
Fourth racc-one and one sixteenth
miles-Bonnie True won: puryear ID. Sc
cond, Ragner third. Time, las %.
Fifth race-2-y ear-olds, maiden allow
ances, four and one-half furlongs-Dolly
(colu won: Will Fonso second, May
Thompson third. Time, 5j4.
sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
New YORK. June 2i-The first large
crowd since Suburban-Day turned out at
Sheepshead Bay this afternoon. About
ten thousand spectators were present.
The weather and track were perfect. Tho
card was made up of seven races, two Of
which were stake eycuts-the Surf Stakes
and the Spendthrift Stakes.
Ajax was n top-heavy favorlte for tho
first race. Skedad1le. former the PapoOse
colt. cut out the running until the finish
was almost reached, when Ajax got to him
and won by scant half length. Nonowa
II. was third.
The Surf Stakes also fell 10 n favorlte,
Declare winning about as be pleased by a
length from Galilee.
Inc third race had only four starters.
ST. Florian was thought 10 be IN soft
place and 3 TO was the best price
however. never beng better than third
aud finishing Ill that position.
Aonzo, at Is to /, won the race after a
sharp brush with Fidelio. who was q neck
III front OF st. FlorIan.
The Spendthrift Stakes developed O
three-corned duel between Sport. Glen
moyne, ard Emln Bey. Sport finished
first by q length and half, while Glen
moyne was tive lengths in front of Emin
Bey. A claim of foul was made by the
Jockey on Glenmoyne and Sport was dis
qualified, giving the purse 20 the second
horse.
Oporto, at TO /. won the fifth race by
length from RUNAWAY.
The sixth race igh-weight handicap,
went to Kaceland, who carried tho top I'M
post. Cleaning beat Longbeach for the
place.
Rosa II. took tho last race handily;
Madrid second, and Alcalde third.
First race-six furlongs Ajax won;
Skedaddle second, Monowal third. lime,
Ito 3-5.
Second race--The Surf Stakes. five fur
longs won; GalIlee second
Melody third. Time. 1902 3-5.
third race--one mile--AionZo won;
Fidelo second. st. Florian third. Time,
I:i22-5.
Fourth race-The Spendthrift Stakes.
one mile and furlong-Glenmoyne won;