The evening times., 1897-08-25

New York, Aug. 25.-The Futurity
over, the horseinen and patrons of the turf
have had a nights rest, after talking about
the victory of L'Alouette, the fast rush Of
I.ydian, when Thorpe landed his horse
a nose before Uriel. the thoroughbred, out
OF Which Sloan rode every ounce ofIife, and
landed third.
The owners of the winner were surprised
with the result-that is, that L'Alouette
won. l. s. Thompson favored Gibraltar,
and confidently expected that he or The
Huguenot would win. However, he said,
.our stable won, and 1 am happy. In a
measure it is q double victory for us, for
L'Alouette was bred by us. L'Alouette
has always been highly thought Of, and
would have ranked an even choice with
Dur colts had the track not been heavy
1.-THE victory of L'Alouette was a sur
prise was the way Jimmy Rowe, the
trainer, put it, 'and to nobody more 80
than myself. thought The Huguenot
would do the trick, and you can imagine
my surprise when / saw him floundering
among the also rans,' While the fiuy was
galloping home"
"L'Alouette is n clever little racer, aud
had the track been dry my judgment would
have favored her, but the heavy track
prejudiced me against her chances. i
didn't think she could run In the mud.
Her victory proved that she is at much at
home on a heavy track as on a dry one,
and L am mighty glad, not alone because
had the good fortune to train her, bu.
tory gave her owners"
Clawson, the Californian who won fame
asa jockeyon L'Alouette, says: ''LAlouette
WOE because she was the best horse in the
race, and that's all there is to it. / am
very happy because / rode her to victory.
/ confess that did not think the daughter
OF Kinglike and Juliette had much of q
chance to win before the race, but after
riding her in the actual contest for an
eighth of mile changed my opinion. l
would not then have exchanged places with
any rider la the ace.
'L'Alouette was running very free at that
point and gradually overhauling the others.
Considering the fact that she got away in
tenth place, and was outfooting the others
at every stride, felt at the quarter that it
was all over but the shouting / simply al
lowed her to rate along until the head of
the stretch, when let her down for the final
sprint. Leaving the others as If they were
standing still, the great filly galloped home
winner i never touched her with whip
or spur All / had to do was to sit still
and guide. She did the rest, and did il
cIeveriy at that
Thorpe had the mount on Lylian, the
second horse. He says: "Lydian ran
great race, and might have wonif L Alou-
ette had not jostled yes, fOuled him.
Mr.. Gaiway's game colt was running free
and easy until We were about to swing
into the stretch, when Clawson, with
L'Alouette, Gu. across Lydian and forced
me to pull up. This reckless riding on the
part OF Ga son cost Lydian a couple OF
lengths. AS soon possible l got Lydian
in his stride again and set sail for l. Alou-
cite. IL wastoo late, however, to make up
the lost ground
II did not claim a foul, for the reason
that il occurred in position W here itinay
not have been seen by the authorities, and,
therefore, would not have been allowed
Had IL happened In the stretch, l would
surely have protested / say frankly,
however that think the best horse won,
and Won on her merits. Lydian was run
ming very fast at the end, but L'Alouette
was gradually leaving him"
Sims, who had the mount on Previous,
speaks about being left at the post in this
way:
lit is mystery TO me why Pettingill left
me standing still at the Fost with Previous.
My horses head was turned the reverse
way of the track, and the starter was look
ing at me when he dropped the flag.
When we got TO the post Pettingill said:
Boys, get together as soon as possible, and
come toward me- When am ready l will
tell you to come Instead of doing this,
Fettinglll simply let the boys walk up to
and past him. When he dropped his flag
the entire field had passed him, and Pre-
vious was standing STILL
Sloan, Beauchamp and Thorne corrobo-
rated what Sims had said. Sloan came
near getting left himself, as he was watch
ing Sims, and did not think 1t would be
60.