The evening times., 1895-09-09

CRACKS MATCHED AT LAST
Messrs. Belmont, Keene and Bald
win Come to an Agreement.
Navarro, Domino and Rey ell Santa
Anita VIII Run Off the First of
u Series on wednesday.

The first OF the series of match races be-
tween Henry of Navarro, Domino and Rey
el Santa Anita, which have finally been
and Lucky Baldwin, is to be run at Sleeps
head Bay Wednesday.
All OF the horsemep at the over the river
tracks are much interested in this meeting
OF the cracks. Each horse has his admir-
ers, but the general notion seems to be that
Henry of Navarro will win Domino is not
looked upon as having liking for any
thing over n mile. In fact, under that dis
taDce appear RS to be more 10 his taste.
| Rey el Santa Anita can go that route all
| right If he will go at all, but either on his
! own or some other account, he has been
running in spots, and not many will feel
sure enough about him to bet much money
on him. Looking at this race from any
point, Navarro should and no doubt will be
| decided favorite. He can carry his
weight and go the distance, and is game,
honest aud speedy. The conditions of the
race are, one mile and furlong, weight
| for age, for $1,000 u corner, the Jockey
| Club to add $500.
1t has been discovered that the number
thirteen has been cutting quite figure
in turf history. Racine broke Ten Broeck's
mile record just thirteen years after the
son of Imp. Phaeton had scored his long -un-
rivalied mark; the notorious Garfield Park
track was finally closed and horsemen j.
n. Brown met his tragic death there in the
thirteenth year of its existence as a race
track; and the biggest dump in the Ken
lucky Derby's history was when Montrose
won it, the season of the thirteenth renewal
of the great race. II would buy that colt,''
said a weli-kDown turfman, one day Il few
yea RS ago, a the offering of Mai. b. 6. Thoni
as yeariings in New York City, was he
not number 49," Another horseman. not
sosuperstitious, secured the colt and got the
famous Splinter, Capt. Erown. Imp.
Leaning was thirteen years in the stud in
this country the season he sired the famous
Iroquois, while Henry Griffin, the now
crack Jockey, commenced riding race
horses when he was I3 years old.
Racing is to open up again in earnest in
the West this week. Next Saturday nine
teen days meeting is TO begin at Oakley.
This will be followed by a tnirty-six day
to be run off at Oakley and fourteen at
Latonia, and for these twenty-fnur events
more than 1900 nominations have been
made. The Latonia Cup has been
resurrected. This is the first time this
event has been on the Latonia programme
in eight years. and il is TO BE- at two and
a quarter miles, the original distance. 1t
is a race for horses of all ages, and thirty
T.
that by the time proceedings commence at
Oakley there Will be more than thousand
horses quartered there.
Clifford beat Sir Walter handiIy at |
sheepshead Bay ON Saturday, but his vic |
tory has not made Mr.. Rose jump into the
race with Navarro. Domino, and Rey Ell |
Santa Anita. Indeed, while Mr.. Rose has |
4 high opinion of the merits of his horse,
he seems 10 lie quite uncertain as Ia the
OF CHANGING him against tho
cracks again. 1t is hoped. however, that |
he win conclude to enter Clifford before the
race of Wednesday.
Azote, Bcnzetta, Klamath, and William
Penn start in the free-for- all trot at Louis
Gentry, Robert j., and Rubenstein start
in the free-for- all pace on Friday.
Crescendo is credited with running the !
Fuurity course on Saturday in 1:i0 IA.
The Californian is fast bringing turfmen
around to the belief that he is one of the
very best two -year-olds of the year, and
all want to See him get another chance at
Requital.