The sun., 1893-08-15
FATORITEs BEA1EN At CLIFTON

FAVoRITEs BEI7EN AT CLIFTON
To.uo was n Clean OF Sunshine for tho
Faithful.
The second week OF Cliton's meeting began
under very favorable auspices yesterday
eoodly crowd visited the little track and en-
Joyed some real interesting racing. 1t was not
favorites' day, only two OF the fanclod good
things winning. and the talent quit the day
with depleted pockets.
The aged gelding Firefly was highly fancied
to win tho opening race. and under little
plunging went to the post at the short price OF
4to IhS old son Of the iGssd T was @ dnt nat
and er Getns away r II as s Ssn
from Firoily. who beat Mccormack six lengths
for second money. a.,
second race. due largely to his good showing
on Saturday. Bessie smith, an unknown
aui and gave the ring hard rap being We backed
by the Guttenburg contingent. opening at 7
to / and under heavy plunges went to the imt post
alternated in front to the upper turn, where
Romeo closed ur and led as they came into the
Smith came up. and she. Komeo, and War Lord
made pretty finish. crossing tho line heads
Marguerite was n hot favorite in tho third
Xnnsr turned in the to sd ta sh2s bs 6s
mile pole. where Onyx, showed in front. and
there was no further doubt as to I'll, the n result:
Onyx won in a gallop by length. and Tommy
Dixon. in a drive. beat Carnalite u neck for
place honors.
Tie fourth race brought out FIVE contestants:
Toano was favorite at Sto 5, with Eclipse not
neglected at i to 5. Laurel made the pace
first uronG where she re;ises in favor
BY length and half. There was warm ar
eumont between Eclipse aud 9ess, McDuff tor
see ond money. the former getting II BY head.
Larghctta was the shortest, priced favorite OF
the day. gong to the post at to He was IN
Cross. They rounded the lower turn and raced
up the back stretch on even terms covering
the Tst hS mile IN ass d1n% tMs ana so
Ing into the stretch shook himself clear win
ming by Length aEd nal. ,rInn Rouoe ,S Gr9ss ross
beaten two lengths tor the place by Lucky
Clover: !.
was another reverse for the already weary
talent. St. Hubert did the irick, very handily
early part OF the race. BY dint of hard riding
in the last sixteenth Khnttan got place honors
by a head from Bob Sutherland. Summaries
follow:
FIRST RACE.
Purse $500: selling: seven tTrlongs n s.,.,,,o
thoh IT, MStSrmaeK's S ma ,os2 en- rtiy aged ponaha.
Bon Voyage. Far ray. jim Dnnn and
Bird TO Mccormack ~ 10 jim Dlun, ~ 10 non
Voyage 80 to Vera 5oto Fair Play.
SECOND RACE.
Purse $500 Tor ssng; M fn ays f1Tnns
cf%aSn nosns. iI%f' boom ." % fiSo s' " A"s
HaltmGT. s,anss or c E"We w HoI5 S gS
Kanawha Kan seln9 Eulaic Arab FAsha and Marble
also ran. NIL, ,o,,I
Post Hsutnrr,Se. TIE 10 assssf lSs Romeo ~ to
X hsSs ASu, f" fS.na: rs.. 30 to
| awna gelding
THIRD RACE.
Purse 500 for three yearods selling: nvs furongs.
Excelsior Stables chs. onyx. BY Geo. knney-Bijou
j. Re,ser's M sh tommy Dixon - ii Jonesj.....
ri ysn S:s IA %. o Nehns NJ rub. Rose
Lawrence, and oahaTn s'sc ,dn, fsn
Post B.,tng-Five 10 on Marsucrte, q to against
TO 10 IT. Tube Ss 20" 10 Sn to- RNSn 20 70
Wiiiis acAulihe. 20 to i Lawrence.
| FOURTH RACE
| Purse 500: six and half furlong.
Sahara. ~ Dwyeri
e. T. .,.
Laurel and Airplan! also ran:
+, )" si%it c EGsns n to
| Purse 5000: selling; one mile:
warm springs s.aeI,,s ch n TarEhe't"' O. by J'ls
yoaT hT m Lasky yosSs sGys5 l3a q. Y 1ii6.,
BIatR,norn Kerry Cow ana fHe shsrf also ran
%%si Il K Hs
| 40 to The Sheriff. 90 to Blackthorn
SIXTH RACE.
| Purse S4Oo; six and a half furlongs.
Ba tmofs stables DT G N Hubert 4, by Mortimer
G%, Sswton's b h, hob Sutherland. d. la2 tbele- ,
snoWybai Avery and gonzales also ran
ss. gHs f"nss
gales 20 to Avery.
This Is tho programme for to-day:
F sSs s4o S ss ana %
lock, ioi z,ngsra. 49, Watch Me, 49, George (. 49,
ssc"nd Kace-rnrse s4oo; maiden ,,twoyeAr.olds;
Ssa Sspo:a # aS ,S'fp FL s"D
M. n.ss GSEsF @ SS Kns m K@ sHs' M ' onn NJ
m s9 ,n1s. @ snGTss; n
n1ssisn,ns n",ts q mile; Selis T. S5 MsTsGsiI iio
sEa .@s %'s"s% 49, LPi,:v IT, s
foaih k.cs-r.r.s s5oo; and a; "
ssst'nc.:''i lc. %s ~S io4 ics
Filth Racs-rur,e $500; three! esr.old; and Upward
i6a hsy ?. ISe;a or Maggie, ioi' NOOnaay. Ss
Si'n ssih Race 500 tonryesroldss and inward
aorSis.sy. aS cyl ioo ~ Miss Xss," io7; Glori"MA, io7.
A Kentucky Trotting stable Destroyed b!
| Fire.
LEXINGTON. Aug. i4.-The stable ot John ID Creighton
near Donerail was burned to the ground to-day. !
several head OF valuable trotng stock, bu
fortunately all saved except three. two OF whic
burned To death and the 0'hrr received serious ~
juries Those dead hay ycarllng ilIy ey Jay BIRD
dam by Enneli and twoyrar0ll my D{ thl wood
dam by nre,d. the in luTed NOuag-ttrl Is lwuStarol
by Lord lu sell, dam Florence u Pig 10y JaS Hond
Among those saved were the chestnut lro ting sta
lion JunemOUi. 2;l4; by fremont John Turner aud
number Of coils aud hles The slane WAS ON ,nsn,s e
superints sudenI WAS rubbing ono Of the horssA