The evening world., 1894-09-24
Both Horses Walk to the Stretch
and the Dryer Entry Is
0utsprintee.
CROWD H0WLS WITH DELIGHT.
StoneneII Easily Captures the First
Event on Jerome Parks
Opening Day.
special to The Evening WORLDLY

RACE TRACK, JEROME PARK, Sept.
2.-The Jerome special, which was prac-
tically a match race between NJ. F.
Dryers fast two-year-old Harry Reed
and Col. Ruprert's crack two-year-old
Gotham. was the feature of the card
offered by the American Jockey Club
for the opening day of Its Fall meeting
at this track. The question of SUI
premacy between these two has been a
subject OF speculation for some time,
and a meeting was arranged,
When the programme was sent out by
the association the distance was given
as fve and half furlongs, straight,
but II was subsequently found that 1t
would be impossible to run the race
over the straight course without finish
ing on one OF the turns. Mr.. Dwyer
and Mr.. Campbell, trainer for Col Rup-
pert, then decided to make the distance
a sixteenth further and run the race over
the circular course.
The first half of the American Jockey
Club handicap was also run Off. Out
Secretary Mcintyre had got through
using the blue pencil. offered but little
interest. The fields. which were gener.-
nothing The bookies, flfty-ni a,'o Of
whom weighed in. kicked vigorously.
or the half dozen originally named to
start In the opening race, a five-fnrlong
dash, Patrician, Correction and Plenty
were withdrawn. Stonenell was a pro-
to 20. He won as he pleased. Black
Hawk was as easily second.
Manchester was served up as a sure
thing in the second race. but, despite
Tarars vigorous efforts, the best he
again scoring with Kennel.
The handicap proved TO be about as
near farce as could we'll be imagined,
and uring the time 1t took to cover a
mile, and a fuIlong. the crowd kept up a
howl Of merriment,, calling for wheel
barrows to take the horse off the track. :,
Banquet and Sir Excess were the
ing orders. and they carried out their in
structions perfectly, both horse simply
walking to the stretch. Then both cut
Dwyer gelding, winning by half a length.
The crowd howled with delight for fully
twenty minutes.
FIRST RACE.
Sweepstakes OF $40 each with 5000 added, for all
ages; hve furiongs. straight.
stonen.li, l2a sims ........i.so out in nv
P Ptss H."s i Goaa Tt..9 5sl +
Black Hawk and stonenell raced
The latter then drew away and won
CARLY ny anu IL HdlI. BLACK
Hawk was twelve lengths before Par
thenia. Time-l02.
Mutuels paid; Straight, $3.50: place,
$5.O6. Black Hawk paid s5.05 place.
SECOND RACE.
swsspstHks. Of $40 each with $500 added. for
Starters. Betting St Hlf Fin
K K.nes, iis i 81 e4.,.
Tuscan, 100 r. Doesettj j.. .2oo.i SOL six
The P,, Coon us CDOgseto ...... 81 IS . M
Bellicose and The Coon. necks apart.
where both fell back beaten. Man
chester then took the lead and held 1t
through on the rail, and overhaulinss
the leader, won by a length. Manches-s
ter was eight lengths before Tuscan.
Mutuels paid: Straight, $3.50; place.
s6l5; third, s5.S5. Manchester paid
Place, Sc Is; third. $40. Tuscan paid
'l2'S third ru,pr p,cr
events .SeSpsaEss Of SIS each $500 added to BOZ
events one mile and furlOnS,
Sir Excess, los Dosgetu. .......is-5 III il
Banquet 100 tsimsl. ............. Ia
The pair walked heads apart to the
s!stf bI s s ESf length then fnss sysY and
Mutuels paid: Straight, $26.l0.
FOURTH RACE.
The jerome Special of s.? 900; ave and a half
turlOngs,
Starters. Betting. st, HfFin.
Harry Reed. lis Csims. ......... Is i Il i.
Gotham, lis TaraD. So
Disqualified,
They got away, to a pretty start
and raced head and head to the turn.
where Harry Reed bumped into GothamA
The latter was thrown out OF his stride.
and the race, as far as the result was
crowd at once collected In the grand
stand and set up a howl OF foul.
Harry Reed won by four lengths, but
no sooner had his number been hoisted
than John Hunter, the senior steward,
ordered Gothams number run up as the
winner, disqualifying Harry Reed.
Time-lH,
Mutuals paid: Straight,sl795.
The fifth race was won by Adelbert.
Arab was second and st. Michael third.
Chased n Gang with an Axe.