The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-11
RUINART Is VICTOR
BERGEN LANDS THE BURNS HANDI-
CAP ATssN FRANCISCO

hoWena wins the haternOuse Seahos
Ulysses Wins the Montgomery Handi
esp-The Queen City Oaks - Story o
Ruinarts Ancestors Kneebs and Hi
Mare-sporting Matters.
San Francisco, Cal, April 1o.-Marty Ber-
gen today demonstrated that he is long
way from being a has BEEN il was
mainly through his marvellous riding and
judge Of pace, that he piloted Ruilart 10
victory in the Burns handicap, covering
the distance in the remarkable time Of
2:065.. and establishing a new coast record.
Over fifteen thousand people were pack
ed within the race track enclosure when
The bell rang for the event of the day. The
betting ring was damned TO such an ex-
tent that many spectators were compelled
TO witness the race without backing their
choice, the more t;mld ones being afraid TO
venture into the ring. Candelaria. the
Burns & Warehouse entry, and the Elm
wood Stock Farms pair, the Roman and
Installator, coupled, were point favorites at
3ia TO l, Salvation and Lobengula, to l
each, Schiller and Wheel of Fortune at
tens, while Argentina and Judge Denny
were the extreme outsiders. The best price
obtainable on Runart, the winner, was -
to /.
When the barrier was raised to a bril-
Eant start, Salvation, Installator and Wheel
of Fortune were first 10 show in front, III
the order named, passing the sand in SINH
lar positions; Ruinart was sixth. with the
favorites. Candeiaria and The Roman, last
and next to last respectively. This order
o. 7eJ x1-itI,
Il the back stretch was reached, when The
Roman, who was absolutely last, and fully
hfteen lengths behind Salvation the leader
came TO the front with a tremendous bI- st
of speed, and for a short time appeared to
have the rest at his mercy. In the mean
time, however. Bergen mad rated his mount
in faultless style, and with but little per-
sUasion RuinarI gradually closed on the
leaders, and in a driving finish beat The
Roman out by half a length, the latter but
a head in front of Salvation. The Roman
was conceded to be the best horse in the
race. and, with competent jockey could
not have lost.
Bergen received great ovation upon dis
mounting from the victory, which was a
very popular one. The winner is by ST.
Carlo-Queen Alta, and is the property of
T. A. Miner.
The Burns handicap was worth $1,000. Of
which 5000 for second and 1000 for third
horse.
The weather was fine and the track fast
Summary:
The Burns handicap, value $1,000, all
ages. mile and a quarter: Ruinart, 116 Der
gem. Is TO !, won; The Roman, 1i6 (Suy-
DER. 31a to l, second; Salvation, 10 Shaw,
s to 1, third. Time 2:05al. Wheel for For
tune Schiller Installation oh
engula, Judge Denny and Argentina also
ran
The fourth race, the Warehouse stakes
value $3.50. for 2-yesr-olds, at four and a
half furlongs, was won by Rowena in IS;
Recreation, second, and Michael, third.
MONTGOMERY HANDICAP
Memphis, Tenn, April 10-Five thousand
people were attracted to Montgomery park
today. the opening day OF the spring meet
ing of the Memphis Jockey club. The
weather was delightful. and the track was
fast. The feature OF the days sport was
the Montgomery handicap, at a mile and a
sixteenth. Six horses accepted the weights,
Typhoon II being scratched early in the
dal. Souffle, with Simms in the saddle, was
a slight favorite in the pools over Meadow
Thorpe and Laureate. The rain proved a
great surprise to the knowing ones. as
Ulysses, with the comfortable odds of 10 90
l, flashed by the winning post in 1882.
three lengths before Meadow Thorpe. who
was length ahead of Laureate. Soufle
ran a disappointing race.
&. E. Madden's Hindoo colt, Rowland.
proved himself TO be the best 2-year-old so
far this season. With us pounds up, he
won the second event in drive. from Fred
Broens. one of the fastest youngsters train
a. ha f10f1a
was run in so seconds fiat Rowland was
a decided favorite.
QUEEN CITY OAKS.
Cincinnati. O., April lO-The Queen City
Oaks was the star feature of the program
at Newport today, and the result was a
dead finish between Faunette and Fannie
LIS Sister, the former winning by Short
head. The track was heavy today, but is
drying out fast.
A SENTIMENTAL THURMAN.
San Francisco Cal, April 10.-Sentiment
pure and simple prompted Porter Ashe to
pay SIS for his old brood mare, Cousin |
Peggy, at the sale OF horses in Kiiip's
yards the other evening. The horsemen |
who stood around knew the feeling which |
prompted the bid for the dam Of the great
Geraldine and the grand dam of Ruinart
and entered no opposition. The old mare /
she was foalded in 1S76-will be sent to the |
ranch of CASTOR Ashe to spend her remain !
ing days in peace and ease. |
The story of Porter Ashes acquisition of |
Cousin Peggy and the great good luck she |
brought him reads ike a romance.
II was attending the races IN San Jose"
he began. I'm the eighties. don't remem- |
Der the exact year, when old John Adams !
Of Los Angeles. a horseman everyone know |
900 f,nF TN-af-
like to borrow $1,000 on a couple Of mares. |
both in foaL ! loaned him the money with
out seeing the mares, taking his word for
their value. Six months later Mr. Adams
came back with the $1,000 he had borrowed
and the idea occurred to him that perhaus
might buy a half interest IN the mares. |
He told me they were full sisters, Cousin |
Peggy and Fannie D. the former bred to |
Baldwin's Premier Grainstead and the lat |
ter to Rutherford. l gave him the N,000 |
and we became partners IN the two mares, |
which were shipped TO Rancho del Paso. |
In time Cousin Peggy dropped the foal |
Geraldine. AS a 2-year-old she swept the !
boards here, then she won the Misses stake |
AT Saratoga, the Sapphire stakes at Coney /
Island, the Prospect stakes al Brooklyn /
and wound up by defeating the famous /
stallion Emperor Norfolk, at even weights, /
for the first time in his life. In that year |
Geraldine won $1,000. / divided the money /
with John Adams, and gave him $3.50 for |
MS half interest in her. All told, Geraldine |
won $4,000 Cousin Peggy was sold with |
the other mares TO Marlborough in 1892 for |
s7oo and was bred 20 St Carlo by whom |
she had a lilly which l own. The only |
other get OF Peggy's besides Geraldine TO |
become famous was Queen Alta. by Alta, |
whose son. by St. Carlo. is Ru!nart."