The morning times., 1895-10-27
HARD DAl FOR THE BOOKS
Winning Favoritss Put the Talent
on Easy Street.
HAIR RAISING FINISHES
FavorItes Only Manage TO WIN After
Hard Drfves-Teiier Nearly Caught
2, Mapping on Imp. samaritan.
Dutch" Lohrnan Rides Clever
Race on Moliaw wk.

Yesterday was another favoriteS' day
at Alexander Isgalnd, and no less than
five of them came home in front. AT this
rate the bookies W i'll ere long be taking
turn at touting. That is IL the public Will
stand d-for-mhich is not likely, as all they
do is TO follow the money.
However. like all good things, it will
not. last forever, and when the talent do
commence to drop they usually drop with
. dull thud
Tue sport yesterday, from purely racing
standpoint, could not have been improved
upon. The first two events were very
TAME and things looked pretty dull. In
the third race. however, the public was
given nose finish that fairly made their
hair stand on end and from that time
out it was case of hard drive home.
clear from the head of the stretch and
the most exciting kind of head and head
finishes.
Indeed, the finish between the 1 to 8
favorite, Samaritan, and the IL to chance.
Mohawk, in the third race was so close
that no one but the judges were able to
separate them correctly. This would not
have been SO close but for the fact that
Zeller thought he had too much of good
thing with Samaritan, and was caught
mapping at the head of the stretch. When
he had discovered his mistake, he sat
down, and rode beautiful finish, fairly
lifting his mount under the wire, the length
OF cigar in front of Mohawk.
FIRST TIP WENT THROUGH.
Frank Fuller was the tip In the first race,
he opening at rs and being backed to to
to 8. Blizzard and Bella G.. started out to
kill the others off, and ran out in the lead
By six lengths to the head OF the stretch,
They tired at this point, however. and
alae 60,
in gailop by five lengths from Blizzard,
who was neck. before Bella G.
Miss Elizabeth and May Pinkerton re-
ceived all the support in the second race.
The. former closed at IL to 20, while
Plnkerton was played from 16 TO 8 down
TO to 8. Bob and Miss Elizabeth amused
themselves by running away nearly half
a mile while at the post. When they
finally got away the favorite went to the
front, and making all her own running,
won as she pleased. In fact, little Gleason
had her pulled TO a standstill when she
passed under. the wire. Pinkerton was
never In the hunt and finished poor third.
She is dog Of the worst order and evi-
IDENTIFY is outclassed by even the second
rate two-year-olds at the outlaw tracks,
. One to five was the best price the books
would offer against imp. Samaritan. He
came within an ace of getting beat, no W.
ever, and it was more by good luck than
anything else that he landed the money.
Little Dutch" Lohrman rode a corking
good finish on Moha wk, and at one time it
looked as If he would beat the 1 to &
shot.
o'HEARN AND AVON MADE THE RUN
MING
The fourth fayorite to get the money
was Gallatin- He looked SO good ON paper
that 3 to was eagerly taken by the
talent. Avon was also somewhat fancied
being played at 3's. Passing the stand
1t was Avon and O'Hearn, head and head.
They raced this way to the turn for home.
where Galiatin got up and in a fierce
drive with o'Ilearn, won by head Eddie
Al: was third, two lengths away.
austin, an importation from the New
York tracks, looked to be in a soft place
IN the fifth and closed first choice at s to
o. ms was the chance the Eclipse, tr,
people were looking for and they cut the
nlte horse loose. They must have had
lrlsh Lass liked" as her jockey had
neither whip nor spur The price lust
suited and Eclipse came out of the chute
winner, covering the half in O:4S Sd
Austin was second, with Perfidy third.
Grand Prix captured the closing event.
lie was to 10 favorite, but it looked
at one time as If Grampian would beat him.
Ihe latter was out in front when the
stretch was reached by a good four lengths
bue tired badly and finished fourth TO
Grand Prix, Marguerite III and Traitor.
The finish OF this event was also of the
hair-raisinG description.