The sun., 1896-07-05
M'CAFFERTY'S BIG PRIZE.
WING ED root WINS THE $4,000
GREAT TRIAL STAKES.

menu may uhhutchH Eht IN 'FRONT.'
Winged Foot. bearing the star. .spangled colors
Off J. McCafferty and ridden by her owner,
won tho $4,000 Great Trial Stakes from the
strongest field Of two.yenr- that the Amcr-
can turf could muster at Sheepshead Bay yes
terday. conceding seven pounds TO all but Orna-
ment, tho second In the race, and the Biemton
Stables Don de oro who finished in the ruck.
and must be regarded as q most decided in-and-
outer. 1t was an appropriate victory for lnde-
pendenco Day. and the crowd chrorcd Old
Glory as McCafferty sped to the wire with
the colors that know no surrender on his back.
ToNdd to the appropriateness Of the occasion
tho sun burst forth as tho dozen two-year- olds
camo scamperinR down the straight, and a'rain-
bow OF gorgeous tnts illumined tho southeast
The was worth $4,000 TO tho winner,
$4,000 to Charles I. Patterson's Ornament,
and 81 900 to The Friar owned by the Messrs.
Morris. The other stake events Of the day,
the Sheepshead Bay Handicap, at one mile. and
the independence Steeplechase, were won re-
spectively by tho Messrs. Fleischmann's st.
Maxim and j. p. Dawes's Red Pat Fully 12,-
600 persons saw the sport and enjoyed every
minute of the afternoonl Rain fell for few
minutes and laid the dust Not the least en-
joyabe feature OF the afternoon was the pres
ence Of Landers band.
The victory of Winged Foot and the defeat Of
Don de Oh leaves the public In maze OF doubt
concerning tho class Of the two-ycar.ods that
racing in the East this year. 1t must be
saidwith regret that they poor lot, with
out a single Domino, Henry OF Navarro, His
Highness. or Requital among them. When Don
do Orc first ran he was hailed as q champion
Mt Morris Park. but he sent his followers to
the verge of bankruptcy when he poorly
for the Great American Stakes at Gravcsend.
Then he raised them to the seventh heaven of
delight by his performance in the fremont
Stakes. when PallODeu
field and won like a great race horse. Sack
cloth and ashes Is once more the part OF
those who cling to Don de Orc. for
his race yesterday was about as bad as
1t possibly could be. He got off we'll enough
but was never prominent at any stage OF the
game, and finished eighth in q field OF twelve
being beaten by Winged Foot and Ornament at
equal weights. The Friar. his stable companion
OctaGon, Panmure. George Kessler. and Chal-
lenGer. Grifin's eyes were filled with the sand
thrown into his face by the feet of the field
in front Of him. and IL CALLED the Jockey to
think that his pet should perform SO poorly.
Mr.. Belmont will not listen to the theory that
Don de Orc sulks, and he will be at loss to-
understand the showing made by the colt when
he arrives in London on Wednesday next. Don
dc Orc is one Of his Derby candidates.
Ornament. ridden superbly by Garrison, ran
his usual game, true race. and the stake would
have gone to Kentucky but for the surprising
form shown by Winged Foot. McCafferty as
cribed the filiy's poor form in her recent races
TO the fact that he got the worst of the start and
said that this especially in the stake won
by the Kensico Stables Divide. 1t has been
ported for some time that the jockey-owner has
been hard pressed for ready money. II so. yes
terday's prize will place him on his feet again.
He has a rafting good illy in Winged Foot. and
she should win him other big prizes before the
esbs OF toF oee the Is Ss
wh9se hS form Is lo slowly but G surely improvng
Of original ea1Sd on
ron ron was % the only absentee Naturally after
2to1. The Friar. Ornament, and G George Kessler
MG ssA1 Of as
wsTsd up that s5on Nc
fS. or on s
surprise of Tho Commoner order, and there was
8npt.es rush H to e1ek the nov OItsder especially to
ses Ss hs ia dC 6s %SasH
gained many friends for him. and Rhodesa
nd Se fact sbs mms ST her to
s sss. .'R tses . ' ..c'ssd fss
big chestnut had burnt up % the track Before .1 in
his, work. and then added to the confagration
nsi the
way to the post, but Ornament and Garrison
came in for the lions share Of the applause.
Rhodesa was the prettiest of the lot, and re-
minded the spectators of q fawn. SO graceful
were her movements.
break from behind the field with Ornament.
When the flag fell Rhodesia sprsnR away in the
Orc. George Kessler, and Winged Foot we'll up.
It was Rhodesa by length and half to the
ruck Garrison could be seen. riding Ornament
Of Of Ornament @ mel was winEsd % Foot with Mecatferiy
well 10 fand., Where the ed dust t's Wss THO THO ksss
labored Don de Orc apparently shorn Of the
Great Eclipse Stakes in a gallop. Many con-
founded him with his stable, companion octa-
Ron, whom he greatly resembles. and who was
well up on the extreme outside.
Scarcely had the elbow been passed when The
chase on Winged Foot, Garrison was right
after them on the rail with Ornament. and when
ones in it. The Frar could not stand the bewii-
dering rush of Winged Foot and he faded away
Garrison was now riding Ornament with hand
and heel, lifting the Western colt along will!
another product OF Kentucky soil, and Winged
DAINTY BY S%GS 0sp y ssnsa oh
Friar was third. a length away. Oetagon being
Dehteil DaIl u IenRLu the ol.UOu WnlCn went
with that position.
Good boy. McCafferty!" !" shouted somebody In
the crowd as tho Jockey came to weigh in;
"That'l pay some OF your fines" shouted
another. and this sally produced \ loud laugh in
which McCaferty Joined.
the winner is a chestnut llly of rather under
size, by Buchanan out OF Longshore by Long
ST good colt IT, Applerate which Mccaifsrty won We $50 so
much money with last spring and then sold at
auction to p. J. Dwyer for $4,000, that gentle
man In turn disposing OF him by private sale to
the Erie Stable for the same amount. She was
bred by the Messrs: Scoggan of Kentucky. who
own both sire and dam. and McCafferty bought
her with dozen others when she was yearlng.
That smashing miller, st. Maxim, won the
manner Imaginable Ho was tho top weight,
and was made an equal fayorlte with Belmar,
was an added starter. Gotham. a 20 to
shot yesterday. and running for the
last time In the name and colOrs OF Col.
Ruppert. went 70 the front at the drop