The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-18
Henry on Navarro

Again OutstripN the RunnlnE Cracks ut
Clolland'S Great Hack
Makes Gallant wlA--rhe Great Gilt.
ford Heats Out SIR Walter fOrIho Place.
NRw YoRE, Sept l7,-ThiI was great
day ut the Graveiend track, for it was
the opening Of the fall season, with tho
greatest race OF the year as the feature.
All during tho year efforts have boon
made to bring tho Ave best handicap
horses in training together, aud finally
without any agreement, the Brooklyn
Jockey Club had succeeded in getting
them into their regular stake, with
Henry OF Navarro, Ray FL Santa Anita
aud Domino, at weights for agei Clifford
with five pounds of, aud Sir Walter
with twelve pounds allowance. Griffin,
Instead OF Perkins, was given the
mount OF Navarro. BY this change
Reid got Ray FL Santa Anita and slmma
was on Clifford, Taral on Domino aud
Doggett on Sir Walter.
When the betting opened, there was
no doubt Of the iavorlte, for Henry OF
Navarro opened at s 10 5, butin spite
OF the money bet on him, did not got
any lower. The reason for this was tho
betting on Clifford, for Rogers had de.
Clared that he would win. The open
ing price was . aud he was soon at .,
Dnmiuo receded to from g and Roy
III Santa Anita from to II, while Sir
Walter was steady at 8 70 !.
At the post Domino acted like
ina,ntt a RnftVaa1 - RaaG tun
ten minutes before they came up TO the
starter IN line aud the red flag dropped.
Sir walter was the first to show and
came iuto the stretch tor the first time
under gentle pull, with Rey III Santa
Anita second and Henry Of Navarro
third, Clifford fourth and Domino last,
they came slowly down In front Of the
grand stand at little more than On ex-
ercise gRllop, nearly all OF them buck.
jumping and the fret quarter took cot
seconds. Around the turn they in.
creased the speed little and at tho
three-eighths pole, Sir Walter was q
length and malt in front oil Rey III
Santa Anita, he only head in front Of
Henry OF Navarro, whilo Domino was
last, hanging close to Clifford.
Fiity.three seconds was the time to
the half mile, aud tho race had just be.
gun. It took l2t seconds 10 run the
next turlong, aud TarRl had begun TO
urge Domino, aud passed Clifford, on
whom Simms was sitting easily. The
three.qunrter pole was reached In l:l7!.
Sir Walter was leading without much
urging. aud Rey FL Santa Anita had
opened bit Of clear track from Henry
Of Navarro, who had two lengths in front
OF Domino, and all but the latter going
easily. Then the speed slAcksned, and
it took Is seconds for the racera to get
around the bend, but without change OF
position. In the next Is seconds came
the critical point Tor Domino. Would
he 20 beyond what was supposed to ha
his distance? larAl was at work with
iron and bit, aud the black colt leapsd
ahead, hut Only for an instant, Yard by
yard the others left him struggling In
the rear. and Of tue mile polo, when the
horses Strengthened out into the stretch,
he was hopelsssly beaten.
At the head OF the stretch Sir Walter
was still IN the lead, having ruu the mile
In l:43l, but he was in trouble and Dog.
gelt was plying the whip. lilo was only
a neck in front OF Rey III Santa Anita
and Henry Of Navarro was coming and
only neck behind in third place, Gilt
ford was fourth, but somo distance be-
hind and now Slmma waS riding hard.
With only an eighth Of q mile to 10 Rey
FL Santa Anita quit and joined Domino,
although Boif still tried TO land him.
Sir Waiter was through too, and the
beat he could do was third. Griffin on
Navarro was through urging, for only
an accident could prevent him winning
aud at 200 by tho timers watch. he
passed the finish line, well in hand.
Clifford managed to get the place away
from Sir Walter in tho last sixteenth
aud again the gallant son OF Midlothian
had to take a lower place. II was
contest Of tho giants, in which Henry Of
Navarro was the best by long odds.
The tirHt race was u handicap Of six
furlongs, with Flying Dutchnan aS q
pronounced favoriie. Spades stayed at
the front aud lasted long enough to beat
RubiCon, who came with rnSh, by
nose in tho fast time OF l:lj5. Palri.
clan was an odds.on favOritu for the sec.
ond race aud won easily. In tho Holly
handicap a first class lot NJ two.yhar.