St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-30
OWNERS DIVIDE THE PURSE.
Clifford Wins Flight Stakes
After an Exciting Con-
test With Lady Violet.
VIYZANT WINS A PURSE.
Some Interesting Events Con-
tested on the Independ-
ence Track.

plenty of excitement at SheepShead
Bay, for there was a dead heat in which
the owners changed their minds several
times and finally decided to divide, and
a hot finish i'll which the seven furlong
record for the track was broken by
nearly a second and placed at l % 2-5.
In the mile and furlong handicap Don
AlonZo was an oddS-on favorite, with
Redskin second choice and Strathmeath
the outsider. Simms rode Don AlonZo
like tyr0, and got pocketed so that he
had to run all the way through the
stretch, and finally got his horses nose
in front. only To be nipped on the post
by Strathmeath, so that the judge could
not separate the horses. After many
confabs it was decided to run off the
dead heat. but an hour later the
owners concluded to divide the
take. which was done. In the
Flight stakes Weinberg. Counter Tenor,
Galilee and Domino declined the issue.
and Lustre was added. Clifford was
strong favorite, but Lady Violet was
heavily backed at the end. When the
flag fell Lady Violet set cracking
pace and Clifford never headed her
until the last eighth, when she quit a
trif1e.
Griffin eased up bit on Clifford. but
he had to sit down and ride again, for
the mare came again. and they had a
hof finish with the record broken. The
fractional times were: IL LIS. % So,
81 3-5. IS, 100 2-5, 1:13, 1:25 2-5. Sum-
marieS:
First race. five furlongs. selling
Harry Reed, 95 (Perkins). to 5, won by
five lengths; May Day filly, 90 clayton,
3 to l. second by three-fourths of a
length; Roundelay, 80 (Richardson). so
TO l, third. Time. 1:O1 3-5. Daric,
Cockade, Lobengula, King Gold and
R0Sita also ran.
~, Second race. five furlongs, selling
Tinge, 100 (R. Doggett), 10 l, won by
length; Golden Rod, 95 (Gritfin), even.
second by three lengths; Marietta, 100
(Ciaytcn), 10 to l. third. Time. ] :0l.
Flush. Paladin, Belgravia, Export,
Franklin, Pontlear and Oily Gamin also
ran.
Third race, mile and a furiong- Don
Alonzo, 122 (Simms). II to 20, and
Strathmeath. l0l (Reiffl, 10 to !, dead
heat by head; Redskin, 90 (R. Dog
getU. Q 10 5. third. Time, 1853. Dead
heat divided.
Fourth race. Belle stakes, Futurity
w.n 10y length; Gutta Percha, lis
Uittleteld). 10 TO l, second by a length;
Sadie, 100 (Clayton), Z to 1, third. Time,
Ill 2-5. California, MOGOcia, Ella
Reed, Sabilla, Hermanita and GenneIte
Edwards also ran.
Fifth race. Flight stakes, seven fur
longs-Clifford, 1877 (Griffin). to 8. won
by length; Lady Violet, III (Clayton).
II to 5, second by six lengths; Luslre,
81 Perkins), 20 to l, third. Time,
1:25 2-5.
Sixth race. mile. selling-St. Michael,
ia (TaraD, s to 5, Won by length and
a half; Arab, So (GrIffin). even, second
by TWO lengths; Speculation. l03 PENN,
20 to /, third. 1ilnr, lao 3-5. Best
Brand, Watterson, Zoulika and Our
Maggie also ran.
Seventh race, turf handicap, mile and
quarter-Illume, liz (Reiff), s to /.
won by head; Cleaning, 127 (Simms).
to 10. second by length; Live Oak,
1O5 (GriftiW, TO L, third. Time.
2:O7 Is. Coquette and JOdan also ran.
Entries for Today.
First race sweepstakes for two-year-
olds. non winners of $1,000, Futurity
| cOurse-Counter Tenor, Favora. colt,
loo: EieSldn, III OWlet, COckaue, APP
plause. lis; Fencer. Canterbury, Ill;
Louise fily, Holloway. LeopOrllo, IOS.
Second race, Reapers stakes for three.
year-oldS, mile and three-sxteenths
John Cooper, Domino. 1875; Senator
Grady, l22; Discount, Dorian, liz; Sir
Knight, l02; POcahontas, 90.
Third race, Sapphire stakes. for two
year-0lds which have not won $3.50 up to
the time of entry, five and a half fur
longs-Agitator, Dolabra, Doggett, I1S;
Urania. Mckee, lis; Phoebus, Ill; HoI-
l0way, los.
Fourth race, Ocean handicap. mile
Domino, 116; Ducat, ia; Bassetaw. 109;
Saragossa, 1U6; John Cooper, 1O3; Horn
pipe. 100; Aurelian. Prig, 80.
Fifth race, a sweepstakes, mile and
Observation-Disclosures Roche, 122;
Candelabra, Faraday, Tom Tough. LOG;
BasSetlaw, 104: Song and Dance, 90.
Sixth race, high weight handicap
sweepstakes, mile and a quarter on the
turf-Watterson. lag; Lightfoot, 1877:
Chief Justice, 12S; Jodan. 125.
Seventh race. mile on the turf-Run-
yon, Darkness. 12l; Nero. Hardy Fox,
120; The Queen. lis; Wern berg, Kazan.
ITO; Leonville. Charter, 1O7; Florence,
Clementina, Flirt, los.