Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-17
EVEN BREAK FOR THE TALENT.
TuHEE FAvORiTEs GOT TO THE
FRONT YESTERDAY.
Nearly All the Place ana show Horses
Were We'll Hacked, So the Public
Had II Good Dny-itncing
Results Elsewhere.

Three favoritcs, all well played. one sec
ond choice and one third choice landed tho
money IN the six events at Exposition park
yesterday afternoon, so the talent and the
form players had n very good day of 1t.
quitting u little better than even with the
pcncilcrs on the day. None Of the races
went to an extreme outsider. and in nearly
every event the place and show horses were
well backed.
After the nfth race, John Randolph, the
owner Of Grey Battle, and the valet of
Jockey Mason, who rode Grey Battle in
that race. made an assault in front OF the
stand OH Jockey Whitaker, claiming that
he had carried Grey Battle out and caused
him to lose the race. Randolph was in
formed that no more entries would he re-
ccved from him, and the valet was also
Corcan was the natural fayorite for the
first race. but there was such plungc on
Ava cain that Judge Pcttus suspected
something WAS Matching. SO he put iyle
on ooregn, AMI she wen the IaeG IN Die hig
Martha smith in "a drive. For the second
race. Moss Rose and Little Shap we're
made the faVoritos. but Disturbance. who
has been toulcd as a good thing number
of times had tho speed of the party ana
won with ease, Little Chap beating Moss
Carver was made the foyorite for the
Fonschwuy us well played second choices.
ming, going 10 the front soon after the
sturt and staying there to the finish; NICK
ronschway third For the, fourth race the
talent picked Camdun and Longfellow as
liked Of the others Dr.. McAllister, who is
showing good form Just now, won all the
way, Camden Just managing to peat Grey
i'ho MN race was at four and a half
turlongs for the srrlntors. ana the speedy
Phil Thompson was made an odds on IA
rhaTt IA IllnUn
try, which sent her to the post as second
lavorite over Contossor. which hgureG 70
bent .her. PHI Thompson and Grey Won,
out IN front made the running 70 me
stretch, where Grey Wolf quit, and Thomp-
som coming on, won In Eaihl8p, c9niessSSr a, ;Sr
the talent settled on Night Latch as the
tSorttg thS rn9nns "to' to The stretch whSfc Nda NJ
fell back, and Night Latch. coming very
strong, got W. just in time TO heat Harvey
Y. Jr., head, Ada NJ was thifd' sum-
First race--Tlve furlones. corean,.. 100
Giy!e). to 3, won: AVA cain, o lF. Nor;
Green, TO /, third. Time, i:Oii.. May
Hlliard, Rosa Hart, Red VAN and Mont
second See i race-rive and one-half furlonEs.
Disturbance, los Hylel, to /, won; Little
Chap lej tF. MorriD,, TO . second Moss
Rose, ic2 tGormani, to 2 third vim, Tine,
T.. iian Fields and Lulu Fry also ran.
Third race-SiN ami one-half furlongs.
Southern Lady loi (Mason), to !, won.
Nick Carter. 100 CGorman), q to !, second;
Fonschway, 100 Whttnkcrl, to /, third.
Time, l2t Harrison, Red Ray, Carver
and Sir Walter Raleigh also ran.
Fourth raee-Flve turiongs. pr. McAllis-
ter, 100 IW. Williams to !, won; Camden,
lOj (Van Camp, TO 5, second; Grey Battle.
los (Mason), 10 to I, third Time, l:o5A..
Naomi Alauda Johnston, Ben Harrison,
General Miles ana Loncfellow also ran.
Fifth rHce.-Fuur ana oue-half furloncs
PM Thompson, lOj diylc), TO ., won; Com
OF oak Grove. l@ tkidwelD, I TO !, third
Time, Oai., Damper, Nellie Williams, Grey
Wuf, MIS- Gentry and Mslaid also ran.
SIKH race Five furlongs. Night Latch,
l07 tCluttcp, to l. won Harvey W. Jr.. lo7
C0ttrrlD, 4 to ], second; Ada NJ, loj tMa-
Mary Hoax, Baby Ruth III. and Baily j.
also ran.