The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-14
DON DE GRO BADLY DEFEATED.
GEORGE KEssLER WINS THE s12,-
500 AMERICAN STAKE.

Don De Orc a PrOhibitive FavOrite
at 1 to 3, But He Finishes in the
Ruck-Ben Brush Beats Prince
Lief Head for the Buckeye
Stakes at OaLSIey-AIgOe Defeats
Ornament in the Championship
stakes at st. Louis.
Gravesend Race Track, June 1S.-Clear
and cool weather brought over 5000 per-
sons to the races to-day. The features of
the day were the great American stakes
of S12, 500 for two-year-olds at five furlongs,
and the Boulevard stakes of $500 for
-year-olds at a mile. In the first
named event, Don de ORC was a prohibi-
tive favorite, but he finished in the ruck,
the honors being carried off by George
Kessler.
To win the Boulevard stakes was a mere
pipe-opening gallop for Margrave, who
was a prohibitive fayorite.
In the first race, Ten of Hearts bolted
ana crashed into the fence. rail nearly
thirty feet long penetrated her chest
killing her instantly. Sheedy. who rode
her, landed in the long grass uninJured.
summary follows:
First Race-Five furlongs. Mana II, JOB,
CHORD. u to 1 won, with Pleureue second,
and Mistrial IL third. Time 1904.
Second Race-One and one-fourth miles.
cold Crest IS. Hewitt, Z to 2, won, with
Sir Dixon, Jr., second and LansdaIe thlrd'
Time 2:09A. .o-ioo,,
Third Race-1hs SIeSt <A4I ~ 800
stakes of 81 500, five furlongs. George
TSessIer 11S. Taral to !, won, with Ar
buckle, 49, MeCafferty, 8 to /, second lane, anu
Rhodesia, 115, Lamley, to / thlTq: lime
/ 02lI Don de orc, The triar, Aapndz-
ard and San Mateo also nan. .-,.-
Fourth Race-The Boulevard stakes OF
81 500. one mile MargraYe, III, Grimm, 70
3 won. with Hamilton II, Taral, 70 l.
second and Volley, 10, Doggett, 10 TO l.
third Time :43a4. IZmir also ran.
Fifth Race-SiX furlongs. Buckrene, 10;
McCafferty, to ]. won, with Ilnge secohu
and Buckwa third. Time l:lo12. ,-
Sivfb Pace-One mile and furlong.
Charade. 100, Sheedy, 6 TO J. won, with -.
Maxim second and Lake S9 pa re- I'M ~, u
Time ! So Longbeach finished nrst' out
was disqualified.
Oakley Race Track, June 1S.-Ten thous-
and voices cheered Ben Brush and Jockey
Sinns after they won the Buckeye Stakes
to-day and enriched Mike Dwyer s. 600.
The race was the best Of the meeting. me
flag fell to a beauuIul stsI WIN I1oAt
0rst 10 show Perkins Immediately went
10 The front with Prince Lief and led into
the stretch where he was challenged ny
Ben Brush, and in a desperate hnlsh
Sims forged Ben Brush under Jhe WIRE
winner bY a head. The time, 1884, beats
the track record. A summary follows:
First Race-Declared on.
Second Race-Seven furlongs- Boomer
IS, Gleason, to l. won, with Moylann, sec
ond and Fred Barr third. Time, l:z514.
Third Race-FIve furlongs. Merue
Reed, 81. Dunn, to l. won, with Winkker
second and Rampage third. Time, Iva.
Fourth Race-Mile and fur.ong, the
Buckeye stakes. Ben Brush, 122, slmms,
to ?, won, with Prince Lief, 10, Thorpe
even second. and Loki third. Time, 1854.
fifth Race--Mile. Judith. 1l5, Thorpe;
even, won, with Rey del Mar second and
Door1a third Time, AZ.
sixJh Racs-Fiye d9ri0nl {5 cS scarf Pin
second and Viscount third. Time, 1O1A
Seventh Race-si6 fu I10n ,lt ga Gen Cen
lima ii second, and Remnant third, Time,
l:14A.
Chicago, June 13.-The feature at For
syth to-day, the mile and sixteenth han
dicap, was won very handily by Sunny.
Favorites won in four of the events and
the bookmakers werc hard hit sum
mary follows:
First Raee-seyen furlongs. Kinda, 81,