The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-09
SENATOR GRADY'S BIG PRIZE.
1rARcUs DhLr's SMART COLT WINS
Ta6 JUNIOR CHAMPION sTkKEa

De,tso Dia Nee Start. s.a the Fsvevite ws'
Ustouched by WHIP or spur-The Hessor
why che Great Doruine Dit Not Run 60,
the esT.ooo Hsce-Conssehe wtns th'
Newark Stakes .. Fast Tf-e-Hiehtnere
Madrid, Uneie jess, and Mary ste.s Win
With the flying Domino out Of the way. thai
good colt Senator Grady won the Junior
Champion Stakes at Monmouth Park yes.
terday afternoon in the presence Of $4,000
persona leaving such highly tried two-year.
Odds - Hornpipe. Henry OF Navarro. Jack Of
Spades, and Declare In his wake Senator
Grady is tho property OF the Montana mil
lionaire mine owner Mr.. Marcus Daily. and II
WAS the first OF the great prizes OF the year
that went to the stable ofthe man who dozen
| years ago was working In n trench. but whose
fortune to-day IL vast. The winner was the
favorite In the betting. and, piloted with sd-
mirable GOODNESS BY Willie MidEley. the result
OF the contest was never In doubt The gross
value OF the stakes reaches the handsome sum
Of $4,000.
1t was ardently hoped that Domino would
start. 40 the public has long wished for meet
ing between these great colts. but the fates
willed otherwise. and there was much ohaErin
whom It was learned that not only Domino but
Dobbins. Dorian. Dolly Warden. Longshanks.
| and Factotum were withdrawn. leaving eight
starters to battle for fame and fortune. Very
| few perhaps not hall dozen. persons at the
course knew tho real reason why Domino was
| an absentee. and 1t gives The Sun pleasure to
relate the facts in connection with the
non-appearance OF Himyar's great son.
1t has been rumored for ten days
| past that Domino was hardly himself
ono Of his legs being trine thick and SORE
and Mr. mi ho M nj NJ In
fact In conversation with friends. Domino is
the public idol. and Mr.. Koene know that
many thousands OF dollars would DO wagered
on him to win the Junior Champion and
on Monday night no wrote his trainer. VIII
liam Lakeland. not to start Domino In tho
Junior Champion unless he was In tho best
possible condition. He said he did not care to
take any chances OF having the colt beaten. as
that would entail great loss to the followers
OF racing who were not aware OF the colts con-
dition. and would naturally suppose when they
saw him at the post that he was as good as
when he ran at sheepshead Bay.
This was o most sportsmanllke action, and
Lakeland who would surely have sent Domino
to the post. decided to withdraw him. After
tho race was over and Senator Grady had won.
Lakeland was Of the opinion that Domino
could have won. and Taral said whom he csme
back to the scales after the race:
Domino can run over the top OF that Grady"
Tho warming up gallops OF all the Junior
Champion candidates brought the rail birds
out In force. and. chronograph In hand.
they caught the flyers for Q furlong or SO.
and compared notes. Henry Of Navarro was
voted the handsomest OF the collection. but
Senator Grady was the colt that they intended
to bet on almost to a man. 1t was thought
In some quarters that Trainer Matt Byrnes
would mt GarriROn tho prafarrad ~
d @ na sa' f sesTa s,sRsF
see the necessity OF making any change.
The snapper. who Weighed 40 pounds. there:
Hampton and Cherry. that many trainers think
will make the crack es,year-old next year.
fnd SFaay n sss b. hs sn
& %ss tSs be had limit
vas an occasion when figures would not ,lie
Hornpips. for second place. was considered an
sss s9d II:
sained that there we're no other horses in tho
seenns q have tho Htn o.t RH. M 0 H.
equal terms. Garrison. on Matt Byrnes; being
the laggard. but he was only . scant length
S1sa ehs usonr
sa @ on the
ana neck viii tho a1a avorte fSr three n iur
Then La SyS adsd and
moVcd up. Whips were ' soon flying on ali iI but
I the 81 Of rH%
DAILY pair would win With the same ease that |
hsft d M his M hs
splendid racing machine bowled along In tho |
van to the end. winning as he pleased BY half
5 hsro 81 q s.ed dul 45
plapa s id wien hen they came back to the stand.
and there was one man whose face was fairly
VIII s Ti the
ouehbreds named for them that amounted to
plan Of Senator Gradys .hoofbests.. and there
Is wealth Of 1t In tho eloauenoe OF the silver
The Junior Champion was foaled at tho
q g' the bsrby saS
ling he was sold By the, Belle Meade Stud at
D~6f taSn a sas fBa cs b. Sas
T9a Ss Started sf Bs sn' wh sss
see thsa fea has be-
sSS 'Ss ss ssssGHD s.So T Msa
the wheel aGtion.that is, his gait Is so smooth
and frlctiopleSS that IL ID no apparent effort
for him to race. appearing to gain momentum
rs the clip increases without any OF that
ouGhbreds. 1t Will take Domino to lower the
,olors Of this newest star on the racing hori-
sop.
Which, she R had Y 18n @ char
nion. and Bass etlaw to beat numerous with
1rawals reducing the field to four starters
M talent bet on Lady Violet most persist
panehe run loose by any means; Matt Alien
HON ka afl ~ not ha hiatt |
Sew York to have, a good bet On Mr. Eas.
ngy, pretty daughter q Tyraht from Cal.
Ter received permission to send Lady Violet
iireSt tol the post from the stable, and
tart wa. made At the second effort. with Lady
'estrained her desire TO open gan and for
he irst halt mile there was nothing to choose
,etween the favorlte. Bassetlaw. and Char
MON. Comanche. the other starter. was trail
light bend simms lot The. Dahlman colt move
iv.ly Au even terms teri Lady "H iost v %as pHth The
irst to stop. the big bay nily going to
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