The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-15
.LAzzARONE LOAFS IN.
Won the Suburban Handicap
by Length.
Domino the Hot FavOrite Not
Even Placed.
WAS A BIG SURPRISE.
Talent Didn't See How Domino
Could be Beaten.
Sir Walter Was Second Song
and Dance Third.

SHEEPsHEAD BAY RACE TRACK, June
15.-A better day for the suburban could
not have been desired. The sky was
unclouded and a strong westerly breeze
blew across the track, making it cool and
pleasant The grounds were in perfect
condition and the lawns were never
greener, the track in better condition, or
the beds of flowers more gorgeous in
color than they were today.
The starters and jockeys for the sub
urban were as follows:
Sir Water. 1875 pounds, Doggett.
Domino, 1913 pounds, TaraL
Lazzarone, 115 pounds Isaac Murphy.
Rubicon, 119 pounds, Midgley.
Sister Mary, ia pounds, Hamilton.
Declare, 108 pounds, Reiff
Song and Dance. SO pounds, Griffin.
The horses were all out early and were
cantered slowly and then breezed a
quarter to the stretch. All moved we'll
and seemed absolutely fit to run. Never
before in the history of the Suburban has
there been such a strong favorite as
Domino, not one in dozen trainers be-
ing willing to admit even possibility of
his defeat A few said that Domino
was not bred to go distance, and that it
would be found that he had undertaken
too much to carry 1913 pounds and run a
mile and quarter against such known
stayers as Sir Walter and Lazzorone
1t was conceded on all sides that the
only possibility of defeating the black
colt lay in hot pace all the way and a
weakening on the part of the Keene
horse when the last furlong came. But
no one could see where the pacemaker
was to come from.
A slow race and a sprint of half mile
or so, it was argued, would make the
victory sure thing for Domino, barring
accidents, the only horses of the lot
likely to be with him at the end in such
race being Rubicon and Sir Walter
Domino will probably go to the post at 2
to in the betting, although as good as
to was laid yesterday. The colt has yet
to make his mark at a mile and q quar-
ter. the only time he has been sent over
mile being at Chicago when he was
beaten badly at a mile and half. Once
at Gravesend when he ran a dead heat
eighth and at Morris Park, when Henry
of Navarro and Clifford beat him badly
at a mile and an eighth.
Sir Walter is a known slayer and can
run fast too. He has taken up weight
and run mile and a quarter close to
record time and has repeated the effort
when called upon.
IaZZarOne ran second in the Brooklyn
handicap and was expected to win, but
Hornpipe was too much for him at the
weights; he carried two pounds more to-
day.
At o'clock the crowds began to pour
into the grounds and by the time the
first race was called, scarcely an availa-
Bile seat was to be found anywhere.
The attendance then was fully up to
that of the Brooklyn handicap
and the turnstiles still kept up their
steady clicking. The class of people
was better than on any previous day
and the betting ring was filed to over
flowing.
The odds offered in the suburban were:
Domino 1 to 2, Sir Walter to 1, Lazza-
rome 8 to 1, Rubicon, Sister Mary, De-
clare and Song and Dance 10 to l. Few
cared for anything but Domino, how
ever.
500 p. m.-Lazzarone Swon by one
length; Sir Walter, second; Song and
Dance, third.
The race was one and one quarter
miles and the time made by the winner
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