The evening world., 1893-09-28
TAMMANY
The WINNER.
Beats LampliShter by Three
Lengths in the Big Match
at GuttenburS,
RUNY0N Gets TIE FIRST.
Captures Lis Race in Easy Fash
ion, Balbriggan Takes
the Second.
A GREAT CE0bD PRESENT.
Every Available Inch OF Space
Taken at the All;op
Track To-Day.
A GREAT CF0HD PRESENT.

RACE TRACK, GUTENBERG, Sept.
2s.-Tammany and Lamplighter finally
settled the vexed question of superiority
at Guttenburg this afternoon.
Tammany won by three lengths.
They raced for a purse of 100 put
up by the management of the Hudson
County Jockey Club, and for a side bet
Of 1850 each
Tho owners of Tammany and Lamp
lighter cared nothing for the money won,
how ever; neither did the public.
Had the match been for fun, the IN
terest would have been just as great
and each one of the grand colts cheered
just as enthusiastically.
Marcus Daily and George Walbaum are
both rich men, and the money won or
lost by either was of no moment.
1t was the honor of winning the great
match and settling the question who
these men cared for.
It Is the intention of Messrs. aloaum
and DAILY to place Lamphghler ana
Enlistment, so it will easily, be seen
that ZACH was anxious to win the match
The public was deeply. Interested also,
for thew have been waiting more lhaH
a year TO see these grand colts meet.
fhe grounds of the Hudson county
Jockey Club are small. N.en the hall-
mile track was first put ih'1 operatr 'iH
make money, but they never dreamed
that they were laying the foundation or
one of the most popular race tracks III
Even when the present grand stand
was built and the mile track LAID out
they never had the tainteSt IDEA tnat
Weehawken Heights to witness the
meeting Of the best horses in training,
The grounds, as laid out, Were sum
Client for ordinary everE-1 nrHve GT1 to be-
the accommodations were entir''y IN
The crowd overnowed everywhere,
The betting ring was Il Jam from the
time the first race was run untli Ihe
horses went to the post in the match.
once in the middle of that crush ana
1t was equal to a hard days work 10 get
out again. Not a seat was to be had IN
Long before the races began, the in
field was black with the enthusiastic
the track the branches swarmed with
hundreds unable to pay the price or ad-
mission, but who wanted to see tne
match. ~
The transportation facilities TO Gut
tenburg are very poor, and about the
only persons who reached the track, un-
ruffled in temper and dress were those
who hired their own c~onveyances.
The Salvador Club came over in a
tally-ho coach and half a dozen car
riages. Frank Beard drove another
taMv-ho from brooklyn. and numerous
other parties came over in the same
way.
The Sewing machine railroad from
Weehawken did a rushing business.
The crush at the elevators was some
thing fearful, for there were only two
passageways admitting the crowd IN
Progress was slow. for every one
wanted to get through at once: The I'M
mense elevators creaked and eroaned
with the crowd that packed themselves
into 1t, and the crowd was deVoutly
ended.
On the little railroad cars the people
hung wherever they could get a hand
and foot. They presented a most curious
spectacle as they, rolled up to the en-
trance of the track.
electric cars from Fourteenth street
ferry Were jammed on every trip.
People who went that way to avoid the
crush were sadly misled, The trip was
slow, tedious and uncomfortable.
For fully three hours the people poured
In through the grand stand gates. The
the hour set for the match they. We're
still coming as fast as in the early hours.
G~Lttenburg always did have a pull
with the weather bureau, and Judging
day they must have ordered this weather
away ahead. 1t Is certainly as perfect a
uay as one coulu WISH TOT. II was clear
and just cool enough to make every one
comfortable despite the great crowd
The trac!t was in superb shape, Har-
rows had RI ted 1t all the morning ana
1t was as SIN 10Th as "A piece OF velvet.
In the judgAy stand with Judge Joseph
J. Burke were Col. j. f.. brewster, Sec
rotary OF the Washington Park club, OF
Chicago, and Col. $. ID. Bruce, the vet
eran editor OF Turf, Field and Farm.
They were to act as the associate
Judges In the match.
A photographers camera stood In front
OF tine stand to tax the finish of the
great race should 1t be anywhere neal
close. This will effectually settle all
disputes that may arise.
In the ring hfty-eight bookmakers at