New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-24

regulars as the members OF the Metropolitan Iurf
Club are called. were seated. The serried rams
OF the regulars were fanked BY the Cossachs anu
guerillas OF the professional betting fraternity
Tho grand army Of race-goers and the SUBURBAN
volunteers made several determined charges upon
the market-place with disastrous results.
When the first was called the marKct-piace'
grand stand and lawn were crowded The sceio
from the inheld one to be remembered. bo'h
tiers OF the grand stand were filed with spec'a-
tors. On the roof the holiday race-goers maze
splendid showing. The multitude on the lawn ana
the constantly moving masses OF men who were
entering or leaving the Enclosure where the layers
Of odds were installed made brilliant racing scene
The track IN superb condition. and every tfn"s
conducive to frst-class sport.
The first race was a five-furlongs dash. in which
five horses started Gotham was an odds-on Ia
vorite Zanone was next In demand. and Woodvine
heavily backed. Preston and Trenargo were
outsiders. The was a disappointment 70 pet
tors as Hamilton, on Gotham met with many mis-
fortunes. The flag fell to a bad start, with ire
margo the first to show. and Zanone Tapped on MS
withers. Halfway around the turn Gotham Joined
the struggling pair Zanone fell back and gave
way to Preston, who passed Tremargo on the turn
for home. When the field was Strengthened out Tor
the In Hamilton moved up with Gotham and
challenged Preston who responded to Claytons cal
and rather easily stalled off Gothams challenge and
beat him three-quarters of length at the finish. in
spite OF Hamton's desperately feeble efforts Ire
MARCO was beaten half a length for place.
The second mile dash. in which six
horses were started. The Dragon and Peep o Day
were equal favorites. at 2 to /. Chugnut and Pal
merston were also supported The Dragon won
easily Peep O. Day second and Chugnut third
The third race the Double Event Stakes, five
and one-half furongs. for two-year-olds. 1t was
the medium OF some heavy betting. The Friar was
the favorite. with to against his chances he
was heavily supported by the professional bettors
Octagon. an angular. peculiarly shaped colt from
the Blemton Stable, the second choice AT
to l. Lithos and the McCaferty pair (Arbuckle
and Dr. Sheppard at to and > to J. Scot
t.sh Chicttain and Ornament were outsiders In the
betting but Glimmerng and Orestes were at stl
longer prices. The air filled with tips about
Octagon. who was reported to be far superior to
Don DE orc
After a shor; delay at the post the flag fell and
the race began with Lithos in the van. The triar
settled the chances OF Llthos and his own in the
first three furlongs Ornament. who was wei up
with the leaders and who had been racing all the
way. assumed command at the junction o, the
main track and for nearly furlong appeared TO
have the race In hand. but Griffin. who had beeh
waiting with OctagOn. called on the latter ana IN
a few strides got his head up % Ornaments witners
Half a furlong from the finish Ociagon Tell back
beaten owing 20 Grif'n's fUmb.ing, ana ornament
at the finish by a length ,,, ANA
Octag0n was second. and scottish Cniei'aln was
third When ornaments number was hoisten sur
prise and chagrin were depicted upon the ,ireS
Of the Eastern p!uneers There was genera ~
press.on % belief itlt the Eastern two-year-oids
which have raced this year are nm extremely com
mon .o, with the exception Of Don De orc orna-
mcnt carried ~ pound with Clayton In the sad
de and Won the rae, IN 1853 Handspring win
the weight ny. covered the distance III last
" NJ wallace bei $50 against $500 with Isaac
Thompson On The Western colt.
Tho suburban handicap was one OF TIE best RACES
ever witnessed d: Sh,'psa'ai pay Henry OF NJ NJ
race un,ii foriy-eght hours before ne contest was
the victim u so many reports aai ruirors, MAJ
the professional betiors and their followers 10
a man Der On clifford Henry II Navarro; at
: 70 i. had stancn followers in the holiday
o 'a Up tip. The Gtommoncr was auie,ly backed
by the Western cFowl who bet on PIN stFa!sat
hi- prot vas the medium. Of a Tremendous
punsc SOM eNtFey careful be,tGTs rsked la aT
pm AT % J. hal some supporters from Gowanus.
ii5fnp.le had The Brighton Beich 'ortnsent beiting
Whi,es from the Ramnpo Mount An. bet On Heimar
John !. Hyiand. M trainer OF NaFarrc' MADE me
Henry - Navarro is not As good as have seen
en 5 e FI he Sea "a coTa :o-day It viii be
because Nc ~ far outc.ass"s him mat n" can peat
AZ ,h~ post The Commoner caused a short delay
Tne nag fcl 10 the lrs' break with the Held closely
nm', me- ,,ksrc,nh Win Irnry Of Navarro in ,hiri
place ana the remainder Of the ned close up Thcy
whem m Grrn IN Henry ~ Hayarrc son, him aficr
,The cnmmon.r TARA AT once called upon clifford
and the real racing began The COmmoner wen,
p,ie On the turn ana carried clifford out with him
Henry ~ Navarro passed The Cominon"r az me
sixteenth post and beat him lcnsth at III" i"''n
with GO ford a close third
The race VAS genuine surprise 10 Inc pros
sionai racing men. as Henry ~ Navarro ran the
best race o. his NE and won with something ~
spare After the contest Taral MADE the following
statement TO J. " Rogers. the trainer q Cllnord
There ar" no EXCUSES 10 make 'llnoi'i nu a., ~
that he could and was good horse To-Day re
ran "a true ani KIND a. any horse ! eyer rode All
thero : 10 IL that Henry o. Navarro ~ pet
ter horse today than ever before. , -
U.ury Griffin Who rode Navarro. ea!d: There
IS but little 20 say about tho race" had no troubs
In any par, ~ the race Henry ran az IRE" as
roulI Ia. and II the race made TO order for
him II could not have been run better. d'd give
nv mount fcw kicks on the turn. but he won
the race comfortably
Two halfmlc scramblcs FOR maiden two-ycar-
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