The sun., 1896-06-24
CHEERING THE VICTOR.

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and he in turn head before Sir Walter.
cmEGRINo THE VICTOR.
Henry Of Navarro was the last horse back to
the weighing stand, ana as the regal chestnut
trotted up the stretch lie showed no signs Of ia
tiguc ana turned his head now and then ~ If
asking the crowd, now frcnaied. what all the
noise meant. He formed the prettiest picture
race, all Srcathicss from their exertions. gnsped
their admiration Hes the best Of them ali y
was the general opinon OF the riders. and so
said the crowd. which massed about the rails
and gave three cheers for Henry OF Navarro in
such volume that the peaceful clam diggers OF
Rockaway must have paused Mt their work and
known that tho tnvorite race horse o America
had won the suburban.
CONGRATULATIONS ron THE JOCKEY.
Griffin was congratulated by his fellow
Jockeys after which he was placed In the tlUral
horses hoe and carried about the enclosure upon
the shoulders of couple OF men. II was u
proud moment for the Young rider. whose al
most girlish face was wreathed in smiles. When
asked about the race, he said
That Henry's n darling there never was a
time when didn't have it won. and he seemed
ask lin to run any until we reached the stretch,
and then not real hard until the last sixteenth
Of mile. You saw how he came away from
Tnral's remarks havc been already quoted:
the honest Dutchman simply acknow lodged the
superiority OF Navarro. aud said that defeat
came to him hccausr he had met n better
hose. ClnytHp only ,shrnrsed his shoulders
expected lie would, and | bcnt him with The
Commoner. All the other boys thought they
III had s"rne rain for that Hornppe horse.
we'd have got some nt the money sure: thought
would get some Htit np, ,h"ro on the turn"
Pooh had been inteFfered with. and Joe lIi!.
who ride Rsim"r had. had ,n some complaints
aau6t that Henry @t Navarro wa. the best
moner was second best. and that clifford was
emitted to third position. Yesterdays race
Of the Suburban was absolutely correct At
any distance over mile and quarter Henry
Of Navarro can concede Clifford weight and
beat him hnndily. At II mile It would be a
rattltng good contest.
The fractional time follows: Quarter, "4,d
seconds: .37le >econds: half so Sec
sevcn-eiEh,hs. I:@sts; mile. Al; mile and a
and the last half mile in ~ ~5Iis seconds. '''>'''
the track was not rs fast as 1t has been on
former occasions; owing to the ram on Sunday;
so that the race from a time stand point must be
considered one OF the best ever ran at Sleeps
head l'ay. Or at any other track. for that mat
seen in America.
THE OTHER RACES.
The other stake event OF the day was the
Doub eEvent. for two.yrRr old at five and half
furlonCs. Don de orc and George kes-lrr, con-
Morri. candidate The frnr. nnally being
selected u, the tnvor'te at TOO. He was in
and Arhurkle. and Of three pounds from Dr.
shepard and scottish Chtcftan while he VAS
Called upon to CunCe,!c five pounds to Glmmrr-
lns. octison. and Orestcs. the last named reinE
tEe onIy son OF ormondr that has been ask.,! to
out OF OrteEa. the property of the Blem,on
Stables. making hi, first appearance In pubic.
was the TIP IN every body'- mouth.
IL was said that he could beat Don de Oro and
men fell over themselves in the effort to get
iHrr ,, money n, H., n At ,ns IPn:r,, prGe trom To-
Was > To against McCafferty'- pair. ArbUckle
and shepard, While 10 to could pe had against
either liihos or Ornament. scottish Chirttain
and Orestes were the outsiders At - 10 /.
Ornament attracted the attention OF all
known that he had run manv superb races
in the West. but somehow Eastern racing
e e nave Iay awAS m AZ l. Ea.
pretty good horse ont there and tried 20 win
some OF their big prizes III fact. Ornament has
been beaten but once or twlC" and lis defeat
has been due to MS bad action al the post. hav-
Ing tired himself ogt by numerous hreakaways
thought he would win yesterday. even with l25
pounds in the saddle. and they supported their
Judgment with their money.
made which was good for all but ArhuCkle who
sSt SS1 nwHg En S"a ,hft ana mad n" en-
were the leaders for the first quarter o: n mile,
where they were joined by Ornament AS they
swung for the elbow nt tn" woods. Ltthos
swerved under n drive. and Ornament ana Tho
Friar were being ridden with the whip. Griffin
tho good thing looked rs II he would win. sure.
Ornament. however. jumped away from the
whip with the stoutness Of n gamcrock. and
challenging OCtagon at the fUrIOug pOle soon
had him in trouble. the son OF RayOn d'Or
swervng on the rail under punishment and be-
ing beaten a length. scottish Chieftaiu came
up fast in the last furlong and bent The Friar
head for third money. The winner iaa chest
owned by Charles T. Patterson of Kentucky.
He looks like great race horse and the public
are Anticipating a contest OF no mean order
when he meets Don de Oro George kcsslcr. and
st. Cloud.
The trainers Of all the horses in the second race
were fined 81 0 for sending their charges late to
the post. Hamilton was also fined $40 for dis
mounting without permission.
The talent began the day badly, selecting
Gotham tn win the dash at five fnrlongs. Pres
ton and Trcmargo m ade the pace tn the head
OF the stretch, where Hamilton got up with
Gotham and for u few strides showed IN front.
when /, came to a drive the Brookdale grding
more than held his own ana won IA good rar bv
thrcr.Illarters of a length. Tremnrgo was n
good third. /anone was ou'paCed, while Wood
vine was interfcred with in the first hundred
yards and dropped out Of the race The winner
WAS "A pretty smart twO-yc0r-o old. nnd in James
Kowcs hnEds he should win many races this
season. He Is out Of Major nOnO- dam.
Tho Dragon, Chugnut, and Peep o Dny wcro
equal choices for the second event. n dash mt ono
mile. Paimerston made he running for three
command. Pecpo Day at once gaze chase. but
jim MccOrmiCk's -. Logger candidate could
never quite get up and tn" Dragon won ccverly
to get Into third position at the wire.
Tho NTH race. for two. .year-O!ds at half n
mile. having received twenty-five entries was
dn ded. For the first division tn. Morris cast
Off Fullspeed was the favOrite at - To !. Hid
denlte led for half the journey. and then gave
way to the favOrite, who was never Rfterward
approached, and won by two lengths. Renys.
the place, was second, and Thomas Cat third.
Old Mat was tipped n n good thing. but he was