The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-25
REQUpTAL WINS.
Track in Splendid Condition, and the
Race Exciting

New York, August PA better day for
horse racing could not have been de-
sired than that which was given for the
race for the futurity stakes today. won
by Requital. The track was in perfect
condition. The sky was clear and the
crowd large.
1t was 4:45 o'clock when the bugle called
the horses to the post, and twenty of
them paraded up the stretch past the
grandstand. They seemed to be in good
temper, and their condition, with the
exception of Axiom, who plunged badly
and in one of her jumps injured Hand
srring. He was badly cut in the hock
but ran a grand race in spite of 1t.
After long delay at the post, in which
there were several breakaways the flag
of the starter swished through the air
and there was a dull roar from the
crowd Taral was alert and was first to
show up on Peep o'Day; then came Re-
quital, followed by Formal, Crescendo,
Silver II, and others. all close up to an
excellent start. They did not vary much
in position in the run to the eighth pole
but when they reached the quarter, Cres-
cendo had the lead only head In front
Of Axiom, who was a head in front or
Requital, who was leading Formal.
A blanket would have covered all four
of the horses, but as early as that it
could be seen that Requital was the
strongest. Silver II was running we'll
in the fifth place. Handspring was sixth,
in spite of his injured leg, but he was
not striding true, and was far from
being the great colt who disposed of his
opponents so easily in the spring. Apple
gate came next. So close together were
the twenty that 1t looked like charge
of cavalry in parti-colored uniforms. As
they flashed past the three-eighths pole,
with nearly half the distance run, Cres-
cendo had increased his lead over Axiom
to half length. At the half-mile pole,
where the futurity course comes into the
main track, Is the spot where the falter-
ing usually comes and there it was that
the fleet flly Axiom had gotten to fourth.
Crescendo was still leading by half
length, and Requital still hanging on.
Handspring's white nose was not far
behind in fourth place. Formal was
there too, and Silver ii, Hastings and
Appiegate hung on like grim Death The
squadron Strengthened out for the quar-
ter mile dash but 1t was badly disordered.
With each stride the leaders widened
the gap between them and tine main body.
The five-eighths pole was close at hand
went past Carr like whirlwind and
Requital was in first place. Then Carr
began to fog Crescendo. At the last pole,
with only furlong to go, Requital had a
length the best of it, and was going cas-
lily. Crescendo was no longer dangerous,
but Silver III was coming fast out Of the
bunch, while Handspring was fourth
with a good bit of life left. Hastings
had climbed into fifth place. while For
NAL was sixth, and rapidly losing
ground to Applegate.
A hundred yards was left 10 run ana
only two were left. The squadron OF
cavalry had been broken into an irregu-
lar body strung out into a sixteenth of
a mile, with Requital galloping easily at
the head and Crescendo laboring length
and half behind. Then came Silver ii,
Handspring, Hastings and Applegate,
with no daylight between them. The rest
were strung out with Axiom at the tan
of the procession. Still Griffin steadied
Requital and one minute and eleven and
two-flfths seconds after the fall of the
flag he crossed the imaginary line,
winner by a length, Creseendo second,
Silver ii third, Handspring fourth, Hast
ings fifth and Applegate sixth. Thus
Griffin won his fourth consecutive race
of the day.
BY this ride he made $53,72O for David
Gideon, who landed his third futurity
and second in succession, the Butterflies
being winner year ago and His High
ness in 1891. For running second Cres-
cendo got $5,333 and Silver il received
s2.G67 as third money. The prootdale
stable gets 1900 for breeding the winner,
and $500 goes to the breeder OF Cres-
cendo and $1,000 to the breeder Of Silver
IL crescendo and Silver II are Cali
fornia horses.