The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07


fast, but broke repeatedly
In the first heat the winner got to the
half in 1;02i2 and in the second in 1903
only four met in the $1,000 purse for
| 2-year-olds and Jennie T. a fleet filly by
| Bow Bells, sold first choice at so to $50
i for the field, including Marcus Days
| crack colt, Limerick, who won a 81 500
| sweepstake at Goshen last week LINER
| lex took the lead in the first heat to the
J half, when he broke, and the favorte
won by four lengths.
In the second heat the FLY broke and
! Limerick Won so. easily by two lengths
| that the betting changed to 500 to $40 on
him, but broke so badly that Jennie T.,
| came home as she pleased, pulling up.
| The fastest of the races of the day was
| the 2:09 class pace, which had also hot
! favorite in the bay gelding Bumps who
| sold at $50 to $50 for the field. Planet
! drew the pole but Bumps was so quick
| on his feet that he took the pole on the
| turn and went sailing along like a loco
! motive, getting to the quarter in 0:3014 and
| to the half in :00la and came home easily
winner, with Sphinx Eta a poor sec
| ond. Pools now sold $25 to IS on Bumps,
and he justified the betting by winning
| by six lengths in 2:0712. In this heat
| Planet broke in the stretch and swerved
| into Lantana, causing a break down, but
| with no serious results. Both horses were
| placed and started away. Bumps made
l.
| just beyond the half Planet broke, swerv-
! ed and threw his driver out and then gall
! loped home i'm front of the field to the
wire, where he was stopped. During the
| afternoon the handsome mare, Marion
| Mills, paced a mile without a driver in
| 2:11. Summary:
2:15 class, trotting, purse. $4,000. Oak
| land Baron won first three heats and race.
Time, 2:1215; PIP; 2:141R. Louis Victor, She,
Nutshell, Miss Gatewood and Glenmere
| Boy also started.
2:50, trotting 2-year-olds, purse, $1,000.
| Jennie T. won first and third heats and
race. Time, 2:2412; 2:22al Limerick won
second heat. Time, 2:24A. Charley Herr
and Delbar also started.
2:O9, pacing, purse, $1,000. Bumps won
! first three heats and race Time, 2:09l4
2:O71a 20915 Sphinx Eta, Dan O.. Hail
| Cloud, Mignon, Planet and Lantana also
started.
st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 6.-Three favorites
/ and a second choice were successful at the
fair grounds to-day. Nick Carter clipped
a quarter of a second off the track record
in the last event. Attendance large.
| First Race-A1ile and a sixteenth Ras>
| sendylle, Z to l, won, with Briggs, 10 to I.
and to l. second and Bob Millican, 10 to
l, third. Time Isl.
Second Race-Mie and sixteenth RAM
som, 9 to ). won, with Reuben Rowett, 40
to l. and to 1, second and Basquil, 16 to
), third. Time 1:49$4
Third Race-Six furlongs. Juanita, bar
red, won, with r. Q. Ban, Is to l, ana
to 1, second and Denial, TO 5, and
out third; Whirmanteline 100 to l, fourth.
Time 115A.
Fourth Race-NIile and seventy yards.
Ardath, to s. won, with Truxillo, to
l, and 2 to l, second and Gold Band, 2 to l,
third. Time 1:46l4.
Fifth Race-Five and oue-half furlongs.
Belle of Memphis, u to l. won, with Low
ing Cup, to 5, and out, second and r.
r. Sack, 10 to l, third. Time 1:O834.
Sixth Race-Six and one-half furlongs.
Nick Carter, to l. won, with Nicholas, >
to /. and to 5, second and Hester %
to /, third Time 1:20A.
Cincinnati, O., Sept 6.-The Labor day
card of six races, with the Telegraph
stakes as the star prize, drew a crowd of
5000 to Oakley to-day. The weather was
delightful and the track in perfect shape.
The stake event furnished a big surprise
for the talent. Box was the winner, after
a most exciting finish with Abe Furst.
The field ran we'll punched up until the
last quarter pole was reached, where Box
and Abe Furst gained an advantage of
two lengths over the others, and fought
out to the WIRE Box winning in the very
last jump. The winner was 10 to l in the
betting but had few supporters, as he
is a notorious bad actor at the post haV-
ing been barred in the betting in the
recent Newport meeting. Favorites won
in but two of the days events.
First Race-Six furlongs. Molo, 2 to l,
won, with Seaport to 10, second ana
Creedmore L., to l, third. Time 115$4:
! Second Race-Sx furlongs. Cyclone, Z
to 2, won with Lawanda, to /, and to 5,
second and Parson, to l. third. Time
115A.
| y,1,i,3 Do I,i,,o ana opebo1f furIopos
French Gray, to 5, won, with Afamada.
8 to 5. and / to 2, second and Spading,
to l, third. Time 100.
Fourth Race-Telegraph stakes, seven
furlongs. Box. 10 to l. won, with Abe
Furst, to q and even, second, and Belle
Bramble, to 1, third Time 1:2634.
Fifth Race-Mile. l.. w, to 8, won,
with Elsie D., to ), and to TO- second
and Kallitan, to l, third. Time 1:43A.
Sixth Race-Five furlongs. Pouting, 8
| to l, won, with Motilla, to /, and 4 TO
| ), second and Turtle Dove, to 5, third.
Time 1:15.
New York, Sept. 6.-The crowd at
Sheepshead Bay to-day was the largest of
the season. Ornament, the greatest of the
3-year-olds, won the Twin City handicap
at a mile and quarter, giving weight to
| all those behind him with the exception OF
Reduital and got only one pound from the
More than that he ran the distance in
2:O5 2-5, but afterwards ran behind the rec
ord for the track made by the redoubtable
Salvador, when he was a 4-year-old, and
carried but 100 pounds, the weights then
being five pounds less than now. SUM
mary:
First Race-Five furlongs. Sir Gawain,
to /, won, with Warrenton, to l and
to /, second, and Momentum, to l, third.
Time, 1902 is.
Second Race-Mile and a sixteenth.
Yankee Doodle, 9 to 2 won, with Loneta.
to / and to 5, second, and Song and
Dance 80 to /, third. Time, 1:4S.
Third Race-Autumn, futurity course
Hamburg, to 5, won, with Archduke, 8
to and TO 5, second and The Huguenot,
Z to /, third. Time II.
Fourth Race-Twin City handicap, mile
and a quarter. Ornament, IL to 8, won
wiki Flying Dutchman to ! and TO l,
second, and Havoc, 10 to l, third. Time