The sun., 1896-06-24
HENRY OF NAVARRO WINS.
THB BLEMToN CHAMPION LANDS
THE SUBURBAN HANDICAP.

Twenty Thousand Persons witness =
Grand struGEis at shespshsad Bay Zee
terday-Tho Comnonsr Second and CiiE
ford Third-Nsyarre Undoubtedly the
Rest Horse In nAnerica-Ornsment Ruu-
. Grand Race for the Double Event
Prcston, The Dragon, Full Speed, Pleu-
reuse, and Red Cloud the Other Winners.
Henry OF Navarro was crowned King OF
Thoroughbreds at Sheepshend Bay yesterday
afternoon. Tho glorious son of Knight OF Ell
lerslie won tho Suburban Handicap in such
gallant style that go. 900 spectators proclaimed
him the monarch OF race horses Last year, at
the close OF the racing season, Henry OF Navarro
had the racing public at hls feet. This spring.
for few brief weeks, Clifford superseded him,
but yesterdays victory was conclusive, so
overwhelming, that even the most rabld
Clifrorditc must admit that the two horses are
not In the same GLASS at a mile and quarter.
There was opportunity for faulthndinR
yesterday, as there was in the Brooklyn. when
Sir Walter beat Clifford a nose. and tho
thoughtless Jumped at the conclusion that Clay
ton had not ridden tho son of Bramble skilfullv.
Taral was in tho saddle yesterday, and did
everything In his power to achieve the victory.
There was sorrow In his tone. but candor in the
voice which proclaimed after the race: "Ive
no Ihult 10 nnut i nau eVery chance In the
world; the best horse won." All honor to Taral,
who always tslls tho truth. whether he wins or
loses; whether he rides perfectly or blunders,
a. ali Jockeys are prone to do. The Suburban
Of 1896 proves moro than the fact that Horny of
Navarro Is tho best horse in training; It proves
that Clayton rode Clifford honestly and well in
the Brooklyn at Gravesend.
OLD TIMERS THRILLED.
II was practically Henry OF Navarre's nrst
appearance this year, his single start at Morris
Park against the commonest kind of cattle not
being worthy of the name of q race, and the
triumph Of the chestnut champion was all tho
more pronounced because he had gone to the
post unprepared for the contest OF his lie by
series of contests in public. Od-timers grown
blass by years and years OF constant racing. to
whom tho music of the whip has long grown
monotonous, who strangers TO that creepy,
erawly" feeling which thrills whom the
horses fight cheek by cheek. and seem ready to
die as they stagRer to the finishing line, forgot
themselves. and their eyes sparkled and their
nerves tingled rs they watched the marvellous
nrht which was waged from start to finish.
Never before had such q small hed gone 20
the post, and never before had such . nerce
contest heen waged for the mastery. There was
at no moment In tho minds of the admirers of
Henry Of Navarro any doubt to tho ultimate
outcome OF tho race, for their champion was
always In tho forefront OF tho fight always
where the dust was thickest, and all tho while
his head was high and his stride was free as tho
wind. He breathed defiance, and when the
mighty Clifford moved to engage tho champion
IN battle the plumed knight quickened his
stride and baffled defeat. Fleet horses
massed all about him in that bresthless scram-
Bile through the stretch. but always clear of the
field shone that chestnut head and neck. re-
marksble in their beauty!
NAVARRO UNTOUCHED By WHIP.
The powerful legs shot in and ont like tho
pistons of steam en- Ein-. and the throng, forced
to express its admiration. cheered again and
again. or all the horses Navarro was tho only
one untouched by tho WHIP ard he ran on his
courage. obeying tho slightest impulse of his
rider who leaned far over his neck and seemed
to whisper to the noble animal what he willed
him to do.
IL Is difficult to estimate crowds at q raco
track. but the men at the gates, whose business
I, is to judge OF tho number OF persons who
attend such events, OF the opinion that
fully 20. 900 persons were within the confines OF
the Coney island Jockey Club when the Subur-
ban was called. 1t was a notable throrg. Those
who have ever attended great race at Sleeps
head Bay can picture 1t in their minds eye In
an instant-thousands of pretty women. other
thousands of well-dressed men. from all parts
in the Union with an atom Of sporting blood In
his veins who would think or missing the
Suburban.
LOTS OF FINE FOLKS on HAND.
They came on all sorts of vehicles by road
and crowded the cars Of tho Long Island and
trolley railroads. 60 that long before . O'Clock
there was not a single seat to be had In the huge
grand stand. which faces the ocean, and which
IL swept by the coolest of breezes on the warm
est of days in July and August Among those
who had poI parties were August Belmont, J.
D. Houston, J. L. KernochAn, 8. S. How
land, Frank T. Huntoon, John G.. Heck
scher. J. H. Beekman. J. B. HaRgin,
Col. Henry Speilman, J. H. Alexandra.
De Forest Msnice, H. P. Brookman. Robert
NJ. Bull Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., George b.
Inches B. F. Bsckel. Frank p. Mitchell, w. +.
Putney. w. L. Marks, Senator Grady. Al Hay
man, C. Z. Parker. William H. Vest, Henry
DaziAn, A. II. Hummel. r. 7. Mcdonald. Will
liam Jay Barker. John DAILY. K. A. Pinkerton.
NJ. +. Stevenson, A ]. WE'LL w. OBJ. Macdon-
ouGh, C. L. Fair. James Fl. Bresin. William T.
Howe, F. d. Beard, C. F. Havemeyer. w. J.
Arkell Arthur White. H. B. Whitaker. James
Rowe, C. c. Smith. H. C. Ward. F. T. Moore
head and F. II. Benedict.
The second story Of the club house was brill
liant with color. nine-tenths OF Its occupants be-
ing women in tho most gorgeous costumes
Some OF their faces were familiar last winter In
the drawing rooms Of New York's Four Hun
dred: others were conspicuous behind the glare
of the footlights In the theatres OF the metropo-
lis, and still others moro or less familiar to
the habitues OF upper Broadway on fno after
moons. where the birds of gay New York spread
their plumage until 1t is time to depart for the
moupta tains or the seashore.
HAD GOOD TIME AND Didn't CARE
Below. in the seats where 1t was first como
nEst served, and where the gathering was moreof
family character, there seemed 10 be good deal
more freedom, and the occupants of tho chairs
appeared to have better time than those
perched above them. Numberless family par
ties threw restraint to the winds. and apparently
seeing no harm. discussed the proverbial small
bird and largo bottle in manner and with q
prod digalty which might shock some OF the vis-
itors from the far West. There vas all air of
good fellowship everywhere, as though every
iptn or n ms Ra IA