The morning times., 1896-04-29
THREW TIE RLct AWAY
lItl|efIsId Caught Mapping On
Prompt in tie Congressional.
JOE HAYMAN BEAT HIM CUT
Under keefe's Desperate Riding He
Hung on and w on by ii Nose in the
Lust Jump-Clarke Lining Up Ma
chine Works Poorly In the Clos
ing Race.

BY the time the merry notes OF the buele
calling the horses to the pest in the open
ing race III Bcnning yesterday had died
away the place looked as il 1t had taken IL
new lease on life.
The vast Improvement in the size aud
quality OF the card offered and generous
dis, riDuton OF complimentary badges could
have but one effect I'm Increased at
tendancC. AT least that was what Tie
rnana cement counted upOn, and their hopes
and Expectations were 1uiiy realized.
There was more he ana activity about
the place than has been seeiI since tie open
ing uay. The lawns freely dotted with
the pleasure seekers auu me paddock MED
TO OverIlO wing With the members OF tie
talent, tCStIIleu better than words to The
renewal of interest III the meeting. AS
the closing uay approaches the general
public seems 10 begn TO appreciate what
they are losing, ana the meet gives prem
Use OF winding up in blaze OF glory.
APPOINTED A APATROLJUDGE.
Yesterday the ste wards took a step that
many thought aveDeenacComplished
before this. They appointed patrol Judge
To be stationed at The head OF the stIctcn
where ii has been reported much CrOWdng
!,ae been gong on. MI. James L. Holloway
was selected 40 flIl the POSITION aLu ulu SO
to The satisfaction OF everyone.
For the first time since ne opening OF the
meeting the Clarke lining up ma chine
was given fair trial. IL WAS III the closing
race, which had nine starters. Here etolUre
il has been used III races Which had but
four or five starters. Yesterday with Il
large lleld and several bad actors it's merits
We're put 10 II Ialr trSt and hot with very
flattering results. After several bad hrea ks
il went up, leaving one horse at lie post.
Starter fIynn ana otnef prominent horse
men pronounced il failure.
There was considerable dGI eTSc comment
upon ghc manner IL winch jUCRCy Littiefieid
handled Prompt. the Odus on Urite III the
Congressional stake Tor year-DidS at
ont malt mile. he had the race as good us
won II he had gone dbCut his busiEcss
but waited To MAKE Il grand sUanu Ilul>n
and as u result was beaten out IN the last
jump.
PROMPT, THE FAVORITE.
There We're but four starters in the
race, and OF those Prompt was considered
the good thing" he opened at 10 10, and
by post time had been backed TO to D.
Jor Hayman, jimmy MCLaughln's good
cot, which won lace from hussieT, On
the second day OF the meeting, was second
choice at 10 D. AS good as 10 could
be had against hIfn at the opening, but
this did not remain Tor long. The other
TWO, muSand Yankee HClrtSs Went begging
a 80 ana 10 10 l respectively.
There was very little delay al the start,
Flynn senulng tnem away al The thIrd
break, with Yankee HeireSS a head TO tht.
good Prompt, Anus anu Joe HayInau fol
lowing In order named. keeIe rushed Hay
man up, and drawing away with Prompt,
these Two showed the way around the
turn, three lengths TO the good of the
others.
Racing down the home stretch the order
had not changed, Hayman being neck III
front or Prompt, witt Yankee heiress and
a mus SIX lengtuS away.
Prompt looked 10 have Hayman beaten
a the furlong pole, but Littlefield was over
confident, ana keefe, riding a brilliant
finish on Hayman, beat HIM home a nose.
Yankee Heiress was third, three lengths
away, and eight before Anus.
FAVORITE GOT THE FIRST.
The largest field of the meeting-thcre
being ten startcrs-facei the flag in the
opening event. Hoiton. WITH Littlefield ID
the saddle, was installed the choice. be-
ing played from 2 to l down TO 8 70 3.
or the other, FaCtotum and Tenderness
were most III demand at 10 l each.
Kinglet was nibbled at for third place.
There was very urcsome delay at the
post, Belle Washington ana Lancer cutting
all kinds OF capers. At last. after fully
half an hour spent At The post, Flynn
Stanuing a the post. kingIet showed in
front for an instant, but soon fell back aud
Tenderness went out TO make the running.
She held the lead TO the last furong
post, where she commenced To tire badly.
Littleficld then brought HoitOn up and
won. galloping. by u length from kInglet.
with Tenderness third.
The SCcQnd event. for maiden two-year-
olds, at One-half a mile, was Simply u
Eallop for tne Morris representative, LithOs
Seven to q was offered against his chances
dJ IlIe bptHlDSr Dul IIllS was SOON cut 10
to 3. at which he closed, with EuphemIa
L. next in demand at 4 10 /. EldOion aud
Euphemia l.. took turns az making the
running, until they were Strengthened out
for home, when Lithos came on and won
galiOping by two lengths. Eidolon was
second, four lengths before Euphemia l..
SUE KITTIE BEATS MIRAGE.
Mirage had the call in the fourth event
at 8 TO 10 with Sue Kittie next in de-
mand at IL to 3, and Captain T. selling
at 13 to 8. Keefe took the Captain out
in true DAILY style and closely accom-
panied by Mirage raced out III front of
Burchs entry. The result was that
Mirage and Captain I. were done TO a
turn when the stretch was reached and
sue Kittie came on and won galloping.
Mirage beat Captain three parts of d
length.
lie closing event looked to be a gift
for Eclipse, and to was eagerly
snatched at. Bessie Browning was next
in demand at 3 to l. The starting ma |
chine was used aud succeeded in leaving |
Emo at the post WatChmau, a % to l |
shot, and Bessie Browning then went out !
and raced noses apart. Eclipse came up |
at the asst moment and got second money |
by ytwolengthsfrom Browning with Tomok ka |
fourth.