The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-03

ant on Lamplighter That is, 1 will
straddle the bonnie brown son of Spend
thrift if St. Leonard, from the stable in
which l am employed, does not enter the
race.
Which Of these winged steeds will win
the glorious emblem of victory 1t is
hard to say with such trio as the re-
naming members of the Big -Four
against him, not to speak Of the brilliant
field outside of this great quarter anyone
of which, freighted with less OF an I'M
post as he will be, may crowd him at the
finish am no tipster, but am inclined
to favor Lamplighter. Perhaps the wish
may be father to the thought. Certain 10
is that l have set my heart on winning
this race Sleeping and waking it has
ever been uppermost in my mlnd. nave
won every honor that can be acquired on
the turf except the Suburban and Chicago
Derby. | have had the good fortune TO
capture the Metropolitan, Futurlty,
Realization and all other stakes of any
account save these two. l have only
ridden three times in the Brooklyn Hand
leap and was lucky enough to WIN III
twice. This year with DR.. Rice and last
wear with old Diablo. I should have
caught it the first year. rode In the
Handicap, 1892, when l came close
second to,Judge Morrow, Ion Pessara, but a
The Suburban and Chicago Derby,
then. are the only two events | have not
coralled on my brief span of life. l mean
to capture them before 1 quit my calling
if it lay in me / hope and believe that
with Itmplighter | will have an opportu-
nifty OF gratifying one ambition IN the
coming Suburban. True, he carries the
top weight-l27 pounds-but he is pow
erful, big animal-the biggest Of the big
Fourn-and can bear it comfortably.
Here are my reasons for believing that
ba stands a splendid chance of winning
First he has entered well into his fifth
wear. and is at the very zenith Of his
/ physical powers He is one year older
! Than his most dangerous rivals, CLIFFORD ,
| Sir Water and DIR. Rice, and consequently
! has that much advantage over them In
| strength and stamina. In brulslng race
| like the Suburban is almost sure TO De,
| these two qualities tell quite as much;
! and even a trihe more, than gameneSs ana
| speed And as for the latter at
! tributes 1 believe that the big
/ brown son of Spendthrift is en-
| lowed with them to quite as much de-
| gree as any of the other three. Will
! never forget how he broke from seem,
| ingly hopeless and inextricable tangle OF
! horses away in the rear IN last year
! handicap and came flashing like meteor
| down the track. ndu JuSV iiliASliOu
hard fight, with Noble on Hume and
| Doggett Cd Leonawell. for the lead IN the
! stretch. and was almost coming under the
| wire with old Diablo apparently sure
winner. when Lampllghter, with tnt
! sneed of a comet dashed past the twain
! | had been fighting and came for me
Sims was riding him like demon.
had barely time to dash my spurs IN Ole
! Diablo's sides and urge him with my .whiI
when the big brown horse
was uuon US. My old horse
responded gamely and we crossed the
line Just in front of Lamphghter
| He bad spurted too late. HAD ne come
IN a fey seconds before his rush would
nave been Irresistible A horse with sucf
courage, speed, stamina and honesty il