The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
A Great Crowd Witnesses the Contest
at Morris Park.
Macy Easily Wins the Inaugural
Handicap at St. LOuis-The Louis
vile Futurity, Guaranteed Value
Ten Thousand Dollars, for Four
Year-Olds, Won by Bannockburn.

crack twO-year-Old winner of the Flu
turity of 1896, had his colors lowered at
Morris Park to-day by the Belmont
colt OctagOn, who ran such good
race in the mud on Thursday. 1t was
the twenty fourth running of the class
ic Withers stakes for 3-year-olds at
mile, and great crowd gathered to
watch the contest. In the betting Og-
den was the favorite, for opening at 8
to 10 he was steadily backed down I'M
til no better than ) to 3 fell on him,
While Octagon was held at s to from
beginning to end. The other two, Reg
ulator and Bannock, We're scarcely
backed at ALL
The start was good and prompt, and
as the horses got out of the chute Ban
mock showed the way, with Regulator
second, Ogden third and Octagon in the
rear. The pace was slow for the first
sixteenth, but they soon warmed up
to their work, with Bannock falling to
the rear, his chaces for winning being
gone in the first half male Then Reg
ulator showed the way for awhile in
company with Octagon, but Ogden was
well up, and evidently the freshest of
the lot. AS they ran along the upper
turn Of the Withers mile Taral start
to work little on Ogden to keep him
up to his speed, while close behind him
was the speedy Octagon, still going we'll
within himself. 1t was but a few sec
onds before they had entered the
straight and were on their way home
Then Sims let out length on Octagon
and before Taral knew it the big chest
nut had passed him and he began to
work with whip and spur, but, try as
he might he could not catch the flying
son Of Rayon Dor. Results:
Six furlongs, Wolhurst won, Atkins
second, Humorist third. Time-1:12A
Five furlongs, selling, Previous won,
Mr.. Stoffel second, False Pride third
Time-o:59%.
Mile and sixteenth, Lake Shore won.
Sir Walter second, Volley third. Time
1:51
The Withers mile, Octagon, 119,
(Sims), to 5, won; Ogden, 122 CTaraD,
3 to 3, second; Regulator, 119 (Hamil-
tom, 80 to l, third. Time-1:43. Ban
mock also ran.
The Cretonia high weight handicap,
six furlongs. Premier won, Tinge sec
ond, Casseopia third Time-1:15b.
u,
about two and half miles, Peconia
won, Lady Raymond second, Mars
Chan third. Time-4:4S.
OPENING AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 15.-The spring and
summer meeting opened at the Fair
Grounds to-day with a good sized
crowd in attendance. Bright and clear
weather prevailed The track was far
from fast, but fairly good time was
made. In several of the events the
Maxwell gate was successfully used
Macy, with T. Burns up, favorite at
5 to D, easily won the Inaugural hand
leap, a sweepstakes for 3-year-olds and
upwards, by two lengths. The
getaway was good except that
Dare II. was almost left at the
post. Macy was soon in front. and
kept the lead to the finish, easily out
CHASING his mates. Ulysses was sec
ond, six lengths ahead of Nimrod, with
the field badly scattered. Results:
Seven furlongs, Rohair won, Dan
Hughes second, Sea Robber third. Time
-1:30.
Four and a half furlongs, DR.. Coop
won, Nipper second, Howitzer third
Time-0:56.
Five and a half furlongs, selling,
Charm won. Pelleas second, Charlie
Christy third. Time-1 :OS.
Inaugural handicap. sweepstakes for
3-year-olds and upwards, $1,000. one
mile, Macy, 80 CT. Burns) s to ), won;
Ulysses, SO &C. Slaughter, Z to 2, sec
ond; Nimrod, 90 (B. Matthew'S, II to
l, third. Time-1 :40A. Laureate, Sir
Dixie, Dare IL, Harry Duke and Our
Bishop also ran.
Six furlongs, DR.. Walmsley won.
Harry McCouch second, May Thompson
third Time-1:1414.
Mile and twenty yards, selling. Celtic
Bard won, Marquise second, Don Flu
lano third. Time-1:43h
AT CHURCHILL DOWNS.
LOUISVILLE Ky), May 15.-With
the going heavy and in a driving rain
the big Futurity was run at Churchill
Downs to-day. With a field of thir-
teen, it was a fitting inauguration of
one of the best stakes upon the West
ern turf Umbrella McGuigan car
ried off the prize. and when his brown
colt Bannockburn passed under the wire
he showed his heels to a field of the
best two-year-olds of the West How
land and Bangle were his only real
competitors, and they finished bheind
him because they were inferior colts
Morrison, VINO had the mount on Ban
nockburn, rode a clever race Having
been set down for incompetency, which
precipitated the fight of McGuigan be-
fore the Turf Congress, with which the
turf world is familiar, Morrison's ride
and finish on Bannockburn clearly dis
proved any charge respecting his ca
pacity as a jockey. Bannockburn. who
was third at the last sixteenth. was
brought up and cleared the lines with a
half-length to the good, while Bangle
beat out Rowland by the same dis
lance. Black Mary was two lengths
away, while Gallivant had five lengths