The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-09-19
THE BRO OkLYN CLUB RACES
Fen of the Rest Racer. Contend fin.
IIOnOrs,

New York. Sept. lT.-'rhis yvns g, or,.,
Jay al the Gravcscnd track for II ,yns
the opening of the fall season with IN.
Greatest rae" OF the year as the feature.
IN" attendance was light. The, al
fractions taken into consideration. for
oarelE ''ooO people appeared. All dur
lnE the year efforts have been mndn ia
bring the five best handicnu horse, In
training together. and finally, without
amy agreement. the Brooklyu JorL.y
'ihb hnd succeeded In getting them into
th"lr regular stake. with Henry of Nn-
Narrc. Rey III Santa Anita and Domino
at weights for age. clifford with i've
pounds off. and Sir Walter with twelve
pounds allowance. Griffin instead of
Perkins was given the mount on Ma
Narr". Hy this change tcim got Rev I'll
Schta Anita, and Sims was on clifford
Iaral on Domino and Dogectt ON Sir
Walter.
Nh"n tn" betting opened there was no
d"ubt at the iaVoritc. for Henry of Ma
Narlr opened at To- =. but in spite of
IN" money bet on him did not ret any
lower. The reason for this was The Lnt-
'ins on clifford. for Rogers had dcclar-
ed that he would win The opcuiur-
price was ~ ana he was soon at >.
Domino rcccdcd To { from 2I-2. and
Roy III Santa Anita from to ~. while
SIR Walter was steady at 3 To L. At the
i''' i''"lIl' a'ltu IKE Il demon ana re-
FUSED I" break. 1t was ten minutes
before they came up To the starter i'm
nm" ana the red liar dropped.
Sir Walter was tho first to show. and
cam" INTO IN" stretch for the first time
under gentle pun. with itcy III Santa
ANITA second ana Henry OF Navarro
'hird. clifford fourth aud Domino last.
Around III" turn thoy Increased the
pol" Sir Walter was Il lcngth ana "A half
is - Ia. 4 \, ~, l,,l,
In front OF ltcy 81 Santa Anita. he only
a mead In front OF Henry of Navarro.
while Domino was last hanging close
To- Clifford
fiitN-thr"" seconds was the time to
th" huli mile. ana the race had lust
begun 1t took H. IL seconds To run
ia" next turlons. ana Taral had begun
l" urS" Domino and passed Clifford. ON
whom Sims was sitting. easily. The
thi""-puartcrs pole was reached In
ia ~. Sir Waiter was leading with
ont much urging, ana R"v FL Santa
ANITA had opened Il bit of clear track
from Henry of Navarro. Then the pace
Slack"n"d, and IL took twelve seconds
Tor Tn" racers To get To tn" bend with
"Ht 'hanE" of position. In the next
thirteen seconds cam" the critical
point Tor Domino TaraI was al work
with iron and bit and the black colt
i"ap"d ahead, but only for an instant
ara by yard the others left him strlIg-
| sling IN tn" rear, ana at the mile pole
when the horses straichtcncd ont into
tn" stretch he was hopcicsIly beaten
AT IN" head of tho stretch Sir Wal
Ter was still in the lead. having run
tn" mile in i3 -. but he was i4I trou-
hle, ana DoEg"tt was plying the whip
lie was only neck in front of Rey I'll
SANTA Anita, but Henry of Navarro
was coming, and only Il neck behind i'm
ihird place clifford was fourth, but
some distance behind. and now Sims
was riding hard. with only an eighth
of mile To 30, Rey FL Santa Anita
puit and Joined Domino. although
Reiit still ltrlcd to land him Sir Wal
Ter was through. too, ana the best he
could do was third. Griffin ON Ma
varrc, was through urging. for only
an accident could prevent his winning.
and ut 2;oa by tn" timers watch he
PASSED tn" finish line a length and a
half In the lead Clifford managed To
get tn" place away from Sir Walter
IN tn" last sixteenth.