The sun., 1896-06-24

Tho talent taking the race for the Brooklyn az
better than Clayton, bet It's money with the ut
most freedom, forgetting for the time that in
champion OF chamnons; that he world be
trained to the hour, and that he would be ridden
| by one OF the most skillful Jockeys OF the day.
CLIFFORD THE FAvoRITE.
| We live in the present, and spectators in
| particular, whether they patronize the stock
ina or the bSS ,SS great believers IN
| Navarro, by virtue OF his non-appearance in a
race for nearly twp months had In measure
| In his Rwc-inspirinR flights of speed when he
| smoothered Keenan, at Morris Park and all but
| caught Sir Walter at Gravcscnd, passing almost
every horse in the race in the last sixteenth of
mile, and missng the, victory by only, a few
the favorlte for Yesterdays race aud 1t was his
name which trembled on The lips OF majority
OF the speculative public before the bugle blew.
| BT TlNu on THEIR MEMORY OF NAvARRE.
But the thousands who 90 TO tho race track
| only when suburban or Futurity is to be
year, remembsred only the golden chestnut and
MS miSh,y ,fS ishtf e OF Speed Then he e %yer
All otRsr top y w that Ans We're een IN
public last year. For them Clifford had no
charm: they retained only the memory Of II
champion among champions and II was he who
carried their money for the suburban of 1895;
They were were surprised to get IA. IA. good good
who laid it; and blind themselves to the winks
pigeons ready for the puckns I here was lit
| tie IL any demand for any other horse IN tho
| NJ. wallace's The Commoncr. who were quoted
mar and Sir Walter. and 20 to ! against Horn
pipe A few took flyer on The Commoner,
| young Kentuck ian, would not come north with
an empty hand and shoot at the moon without
ApM1nINu THE SYMMETRY OF THE WINNER.
1t will be a hard matter to find seven hand
| somer or better cond ditioned hurses than those
entered. entered for the he sueur6an:, critic nnac.
| OF the contestants would have found difficulty
| in making selection. still, Henry OF Navarro,
pfrtSs' naSs would I'm
equal, taking HIM all in AZ. Men aud
fore the race. marrelled ut his doclity and ad-
mired him for his symmetry ,nnd his oriliancy
there being AN abundance OF muscle swelling be-
meath the shoulder and quarter, which were
there was scarcely more than room for the sad
ais His sysss sys as MID and kriSnt IS that OF
preached him. and every now and then he
| with the bit, as though tired of adulation.
HOW THE REST OF THEM LOOKED.
| had his throng Of adherents about him. but 1t
would take the widest flights of Imagination to
convert this rather plain, businesslike horse
15S ssH ke 9 1vs 80 far Gi beauty Is
terizes every movement OF the Biemtop cham
gallant little SIN Sir Water Winner VIM "es of the the
Brooklyn Handicap this year. and the
| for tho Oneck stable since he first sported
their purple and gold colors: Nanki Pooh,
hilites which fall just short o being flrst.cla.s:
a%1nP,ps winner of 56s dbroGSyn HAnd
nature for a champion. and dangerous Gus
toner In almost any company: BeImar. the
OF the bulldog type. not Il champion, hut the
kind which only bows to champions and will
struggle from start to finish in any comrany;
and last. but by no means least. The Conimoncr.
beautiful chestnut OF that rare hue known as
here two years ago in the colors OF Byron
Mcclellan.
PRELIMISARY PRACTICE
Tho Suburban was the fourth race on tho
card and 1t WAS considerably after O'Clock
before it was reached, but after Ornament had
won the Double Event the cand dates for the
Suburban had warmed up. each in turn breez-
ing through the stretch to luhricats his mus
eles and send the hot blood cours,nv through
his veins. whic h were now dtstended and showed
plainly beneath silken coats.
HoRSPIPE's HEELS FLY oUT
The stragglers in the paddock hurried away
from which to view the race from start to
finish. One man. with dogEed ierss tency. re-
Lakeland who owns Hornptpe, and but for a
meFcifui Providence he would Lave seen his
maj man 70, Rp' withn range e Of the "h heels and md
missed his head BY, not more than three
OF the horse and the frightened face Of the
man. as he ran toward the club house. showed
that he realized 1t.
Bernar drew the pole while HornpHpe had tho
extreme outside. Quickly the seven contestants
moved to their places Gag In turn being ap-
the gray sky. they lined Themselves up for tho
s.ar ~ he sun % Was m hddsn ddnrs beneath heavy
spicuous with their background OF green trees
and the grass Of the inhsld than a, they would
very bad actor at the post as two-year-
old. showed immediately that he had not i'm
proved any, by turning contrariwise with his
head up the track. and pers silently refusing TO
stand straight. After few minutes figuring,
during which all the other contestants be-
haved beautifully. The Commoner wheeled a
couple OF lengths behind his field. and the tag
Down the track to the stand the field darted
IN one solid phalant; AZ Bsimar' nI' Horinppe Henry
head JSs as !hey pssssh pao the f,ana CGra in
warningly. Look out there!' and had to take
that Taral regarded Henry OF Navarro as his
was determined not to lay out OF his ground and
let the chestnut horse steal away from him.
follow ed In the wake OF The Commoner. who
passed TO the front Ike Hash. challenging
Henry Of Navarro as the turn was made.
PUNCHED UP THE BACKsTEETCH.
Taral was content when Cliford's nose was
at Navarre's flank, and It was n sight fit to stir
the blood Of stole when those seven horses
began tho race up the backstretch. A large
blanket might have covered the iie!d, so closely
@ world of speed "S1e IN eerW he
watch showed the time of the first quarter to
be 24R second. nat here was no more excess
motion. no more striving on the part Of any OF
the contestants than II the distance had been
covered in 80 seconds and on they swept TO tho
three-furlonR pole In 371a seconds.
THE CoMMoSER DRAWS AHEAD.
When tho great backstretch yRwned before
them The CommOner drew away. first his head
and then his neck, and finally his long 1.-THE,
greyhoundlike body. showing In front Of the
field, and as he ran his long switch tail was
firtcd now and then as though he felt the steel
upon Clayton's heels already In his sides.
Bounding along half a. length before Clifford was
Henry of Navarro, with HOrnpipe, Sir Walter.
and Beimar 20 closely In his company that there
WAS almost blending OF the colors. Al their heels
struGg ed Nankl Pooh, now apparently the for
lOrn hope OF the race. AZ the end Of tn. back
stretch The Commoner was stiil in the lea . the
half mile havIEg been passed in 30 seconds. tho
five lurlOn0S in :O3 the thrpe-QuarLers in