The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-08-14
Marcus Daly's Colt Wins the Junior
Champion Stakes at Mon-
mouth Park.
First Of the Big PRICES to DO to
the Copper Stable This
Year.
II Was . Great Race and Everybody Had
Their Limit On tho Two
Year-Old.

Junior Champion stakes at Monmouth
Park Tuesday afternoon In the preeenCs OF
1900 persons, leaving suoh highly tried
two-ysar-old a. Hornpipc. Henry OF Ma
varrs, Jack Of Spades. and Declare in his
wake. Senator Grady 10 the property of
Marcus DAILY, and II WAS The first Of the
great prizes of the yssR that went TO that
stable. The winner WAS the favorite in the
betting, and. piioted with admirable COOL
ness by Willie Midglsy. the result of the
contest was never In doubt. The gross
value Of ths stakes reaches the handsome
aum Of $4,000. The New York Sun says: Il
WAS arAsntly hoped that Domino would
start. % The public has long wished for
meeting between these great colts, but the
fatas willed Otherwise. and there WAS muoh
shaRrin whom IL was learned that not only
Domino but Dobbins. Dorian. Dolly Var
den. Longshanks and Factotum we're with
drawn. leaving eight starters to battle for
fame and fortune. II had been rumored
for ten days that Domino was hardly him
self, one of his legs being . trife thick and
sore, and James II. Kesns mnde no secret
OF this fact in conversation with friends.
Dominic 10 the public idol. and Keene
knew that many thousands Of dollars would
bs wagsred on him to win ths junior oham-
pion. and On Monday night he wrote his
trainer, William Lakeland. not to
start Domino in the junior cham
. rion unlss: :,. ns W vas ~ IN ~ 'hs e.. best "ss
care to take any chances of having the colt
beaten. a. that would entail = & eat loss TO
| the followers OF racing who we not aware
of the colts condition, and would naturally
| suppose whom they saw him nt the post that
I, kn~ nA h~>
head Bay. This was most sportsmanlike
| action. and Lakeland. who would SURELY
have sent Domino to tho post, decided to
| withdraw him.
The warmina-up gallops of all the Junior
Champion candidates brought the rail birds
they caught the flyers for . furlonR or so.
and compared notes. Henry Of Navarro
was voted the abandonment of the collec-
ton. but Senator Grady was the colt that
they intended to bet on almost
TO man. II was thought in
would ut Garrison on the preferred Of the
DAILY pair. but the shrevd trainer said that
Mideley had ridden Senator Grady and won
with him, and he didn's SEQ this necessity Of
making any change. The snapper. who
weighed 100 rounds. therefore was put on
Matt Byrnes, the Big son of Hampton and
Cherry, that many trainers think will mako
| the crack three year-old next year. Soma
tor Grady was always the wGrmest kind of
u favo ite In the betting, and il seemed "a
though every body had their limit down on
him. He was the beet of the lot on public
form. and the talent argued that this was
An occasion when figures would not lie.
| Hornpipc, for second place, was considered
an equally safe Investment. and the book
makers sang sonorously Grady to win"
and 'Hornpipe n place." until listener
would have imagined that there were no
other horses In the race.
There WAS no delay at the post, the boys
| seeming to have the utmost confidence in
Starter Rowe. They wheeled and broke on
almost equal terms, Garrison, on Matt
Byrnes. being the lagRsrd, but he was only
= soant length behind the others. Hornpipe
and Senator Grady we're the leaders for n
fnrlong. Then Taral took slight pull on
| the Keene representative, and Henry of
Navarro, Jack OF Spades and La Jova ran
neck and neck with the favorits for three
furlongs. Then La Joya faded away. and
Hornpipe. followed bv Matt Byrnes, who
was being punched vigorously by Garrison.
moved up. Whips were soon fvinR on all
but Senator Grady. and quarter OF a mile
from the goal it was plain that the
rreferred Of tho DAILY pair would
fcharaoserized all his races at Monmouth
Pa X. MidRley did not move a muscle
and the splendid facing machine bowIed
along in the van TO the end. winning as he
rlensed by half length. HornpiIe. game
and true. beat Henry OF Navarro head for
second money. Jack of Spades finished
fourth Midglsy md the winner were
warmly applauded when they came back to
the stand. and there was one man whose
face was fairly aglow with enthusiasn.
This was ex-senator. now Judge Grady.
| after whom tho winner was named. Few
men have had thoroughbrsda named for
them that amounted to anything. Judge
Grady is one CT the lucky ones. The e is
music in the rataplan of Senator Grady y
hoofbsnts. and there 10 wealth of it in the
eloquence of the slve tongusd one.
The junior champion winner was fosled
at the Belle Mende stud and Ia by lroquois
(winner of the derby and out of Satlnet.
As yenrlinQ he was sold by the Belle
Meade stud at public auction and purchased
by his ptssent owner. Ma Gus DAILY, TO,
SO, 900. He has won all of his aces bu,
one, tho rst time he started Mt Shcepshead
Bay, when he reared as the flag fell and
J lost his chance of winning. Since then b,
has been first Ave consecutive times. He II
small compact chestnut colt without
Al OF OF white and he has what the lat,
Senator Stanford would oall tho wheel ac
tion-that is his gait Ia so smooth ant
friotionless that ii IL no apra, ent effort fo
him TO race. ap, earring TO gain momentum
AS the clip inoi eases without any of tha
stretching and straining 80 common il
thoroughbreds.
Il Obituary.