The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-21
NEW YoRK's GREAT RACE.
Lovelander the Winner of the Rich
Suburban Handicap.

SUBURBAN aanu1Caps
New York, June 20.-The suburban
handicap of 1898, the tenth in the history
of the event, was a most grievous disap-
pointment to the turf-loving
public. Lamplighter, their idol,
who was looked upou as a
sure victor in the great race,
was made to fall from the
high pedestal upon which he had been
placed and the halo of victory which had
been gathered about him because of his
numerous successes was completely dis
PEELED He was vanquished strictly
on his merits as the race was a true run
from beginning to end. The field was
comparatively small, and every jockey
rode to win in as fair manner as posi-
BILE. Lowlander, horse that has had
rather an erratic career, won the race
from end to end.
He went out at the fall of the flag, set
the pace to suit himself and won almost as
he pleased IN the fast time of 2:06 "a
Terrifier was second, three-quarters of
a length away, while Lamplighter, the
even money favorite, that shrewd turf
men said could not lose, was third, four
lengths back Lowlander was at 10 te
against in the betting and all kinds
of fancy prices could be
obtained about the chances of
Terrifer The race was worth SIS, 900 to
the winner, 5000 to the second, 50, 900 to
third. The winner is owned by book
maker Fred Lowe, and besides the rich
stake he Melted many thousands of dol
lars in bets by the victory.
WAR WITH THE WESTERN UNION.
The crowd, when they reached the race
track had a curious experience The
guards and officials stationed at the gates
cried out the warning: mo exit at this
gate until after the suburban"
Many did not like the idea of being
made prisoners for several hours, but
there was nothing to do but submit if one
wished to see the race. Over inside the
Enclosure it was seen that the fence sur
rounding the grounds was at all points
guarded by Pinkerton men. Inquiry
elected that extraordinary precautions
were being taken to prevent the Gutten-
berg race track people and Fort Lee pool
rooms from getting any information re-
garding the races at Sheepshead, but sub
sequent events showed that this was
not altogether the cause II was said
later that the iocky club was also fighting
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
because of dissatisfaction over the amount
the telegraph people were paying for
sending the races to the Western Union
pool rooms.
The Western Union office was removed
from the course by order of officials and
it was therefore impossible to get any
news from the track, even for the press.
The Western Union established an office
some distance away outside the
track, but this could not be
reached on account of the mo- exit rule. "
After the Suburban when egress was
allowed, the wires which happened to
pass over the Jocl1y Clubs property were
cut Communication was finally restored
and then some person unknown gave out
untrue information as to the placed horse
This made Lamplighter the winner,
with Marse second and Iddlesleigh third
The false information was telegraphed
all over the country and published in
New York and caused a good deal
of confusion. The Jockey club intends tc
cut down the Western Union poles in
front of their property, and merry war
in which the public will be the chief sui.
ferers, will likely ensue.