The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-15
TAKEN BY CLEOPHUS
sUIsUN BEATEN BY A HEAD IN THE
MATCH RACE AT LOUISVILLE.
Half Mile Covered I'm ,47-Handicap
Won by Lol<i I'm AT 3-4-Resu1ts
ut Other Tracks.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 14.-Of the 5000
and more people at Churchill Downs to-
day not one had room 10 complain OF the
quality of the sport. for one track record
was equaled. while another was lowered
half a second. The weather was clear and
the track favorable for the event OF the day.
the match between the unbeaten fillies Gle
ophus. belonging TO Nike Dwyer. and G. T.
Patterson's Suisun, for $50 side, the club
to add a like amount and the winner to
take all. 1t was the third race on the card.
Cleophus opened favorite at to 5, but the
talent wanted Its money on Suisun, and
Dryers FLY was soon selling at even money,
while to 5 was the selling price on the
Patterson entry. When the flag fell Bum
took Suisun to the front and set pace that
was red hot, the half being covered in the
remarkable time Of AZ, which is second
lower than the track record. Suisun main
tanned the lead until within a few jumps Of
the wire. when Sims lifted Cleophus to the
front and lifted her under the wire by a
scant head. Cleophus had something left,
while Suisun was ridden out. Bum having
used spur and whip vigorously for the last
eighth. The next event Of importance was
the Louisville handicap. which Loh won in
1:47s4. which Is one-half a second lower than
the track record. There were but four start
ers. Prince Lief and Simon w. being
scratched. The talent again had a good day.
the favorites taking most Of the money.
Summaries:
(Thorpe), to /, won; Turtle Dove. no Sims,
even, second; Lady Rover, 10 Perkins), 6 to
l, third. La Duchess, Forfeit, White Frost.
Con Reagan, Cavalero, Three Bars and Crow
BAR also ran. Time .4q1z
Second-NIile and one-eighth selling. Ju-
dith, 107 (Thorpe). 6 to ., won; Rey Del Mar,
kins), 5 to 1. third. Birmingha. Elsie D..
Ouanlock and Ethelinda also ran. Time,
1:5714. -Rey Del Mar, to 5, place.
J. Dryers CHI. T.. by imp. wagner-Linnie,
lis Sims. even, won; suisun, G. T. Patter-
sons br. T.. by rathmore-Beatrice, 1l5
(Bunn), to 5. second. Time. 20, 30, AZ
and 1:0l.
Fourth-six furlongs. Rondo. 1o5 (sherrer),
z TO 10, won; Zanone, 1O2 81. Gardner), to
third. Egbart. Nell Flaherty, Eixwood and
Puzzler also ran. Time. liza. Zanone. 2la to
1, place.
sixteenth; $1,000 added, OF which 500 went to
second and 800 to third. Loki, 1O2 &C: Reiff(.
to 8. won; The Commoner. 112 Or. Will,
CThorpe), 8 to /. third. Nimrod also ran
Time, 14734. The Commoner. even, place.
Sixth : Five fiirlongs: Lady Looram., 80
-
to i, second Red. LOG CThorpe). to l, third.
Assassin, Myoria, Viscount Banquo III and
Vengeance also ran. Time. LOS. MaZeppa,
8 to D, place
Bouquet Stakes Won by Albanian.
NEW YORK. May 14.-The rainy weather
and the poor card kept the attendance down
at Morris Park to-day, and not more than
1000 people were at the track. The best race
of the day was the third, in which nine two
year-olds started for the Bouquet selling
stakes. The mnch-talked-of Morris pair.
Prompt and Lithos, started, with the former
a strong favorite. and the latter equal choice
for the place with Albanian. There was q
long delay at the post, but they finally got
away to good start for all but Kaiser Lud-
wig. who acted badly. refused to break. and
was finally left at the post. Prompt showed
the way to the dip, where hthos joined him
and had him beaten g furlong from home.
Then Sloane drove Albanian at the pair and
won by head. Only three started in the
first race. which was won easily by Run
away. In the second Charade was the
choice, but was not placed, Paladin, the out
slider, winning by half a. length from Belmar.
Abuse was held at odds-on for the fourth
race, but could do no better than second, be-
ing beaten by the outsider Bonaparte. A lot
OF two-year-olds at selling weights started in
the fifth event, With Joe Hayman and Azure
about equal favorites. They hattered their
hackers for a while and then fell back, leav-
ing the victory 70 an outsider. Petrol, the
winner being fairly well backed. A two
horse race ended the days sport. Sum-
maries:
First Race-Five and one-half furlongs.
Runaway. 115 lbs CT. Sloa1e), TO 10 and out,
won; Lady Greenway, SO lPowers), 3 to 1 and
1 to 2, second; Castleton. 9S (Sheedy), to /
and to S, third. Time, 1:07.
Second-One mile. Paladin, 104 Qittleield),
9 to l and to !, won; Belmar, 119 .CTaraD,
to 2 and to 8. second; Ray s.. los dog
getD 4 to ! and TO 5. third. Time, 1:42
Charade and Cromwell also ran.
Third-BouQuet stakes; five furlongs AL
bantam, 90 Ct. Sloane). to 1 and TO 8, won;
Gitl1os, SO (Hirsch), 5 to and to /, second:
Prompt, SO (O'Leary). 9 to and 3 to 3, third.
Time, 1:0i. SPEAKER. Robert Bonner, Nay
Nay, Saurian, kaiser Ludwig and Tallsman
Fpurth-One mile. Bonaparte, 1O5 nog-
gesD, to / and to 8. won; Abuse los Git
tleheld), to 2 and out, second; Gold Crest,
100 (Hamilton). 10 land to 2. third. Time,
Fifth-Four and one-half furlongs. Petrol,
1o6 q. HID. z to 1 and to 2 won; Sus-
picion, 20 (Waller), II 10 and TO /, second
The Manxman, LOG (Hamilton). II TO / and
Joe Hayman, Practitioner. Stackelberg
Thomas Cat and Katie w. also ran.
Sixih--Mile and one furfong; Withers
course. Deer Slayer, 112 DoggetO, 1 TO 8
won; Unity III. So Redman). to i. second
Time, 2:01.
Many Horses Were Scratched.
ST. LOUIS. May IA comparat lively
small crowd turned, out to-day to the fair
grounds races, which were run In slow time
The muddy condition OF the track caused
owners to scratch many of the best horses
with the result that In all but the first race
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