The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-19
eREA|T ORNAMENT BEATEN.
Tlllo, ! Is to Shot, Noa the Sub-
arbsa Stakes.
HORSES KEPT AN HOUR At THE POST
Sloan On the Prime Faverite Gave
W the Race before the Finish.
Semper Ego second.

New York. June 18.-Tillo firnt and th,
great Ornament nowhere was the recort
Of the suburban OF 1898. The favorite wa.
badly beaten. chiefly because the horseI
were kept a full hour at the post
When the bugle called the contenders
to the post there was but little unoccu-
pied space In the great grand stand, on
the roof or on the lawn.
1t was almost 4:30 o'clock when tho
eleven candidates were In the hands OF
Starter Fitzgerald. and then came a yeari-
some wait. After several false starts they
finally got of on their Journey. an hour
after they had reached the starting post.
Tillo was quickest on his feet, and for
an instant his muzzle showed in front.
but the willy Clayton took him back to
fifth position. Royal Stag came next fol-
lowed by Havoc, Ogden. Don dOro, Orna-
ment and the others.
They did not settle down to work until
they had passed the grand stand and had
reached the end OF the first quarter. and
oil the jockeys were apparently waiting
AS the horses Strengthened out on the
back stretch Doggett sent Royal Stag UP a
little nearer Ogden and Peep o'Day and
imp moved up. too. SO that as they passed
,ne hail mile pole In that order they were
heads apart.
Tillo was still In fifth place. attended by
Don doro. Havoc and Ornament, but tho
latter seemed TO be overpowered by tho
weight he was carrying
Ben Holiday. too was In the rear, while
the rest had long been hanging out signals
OF distress. The sole exception was Sem
'Cfn ha Ill.
but seemed to be pocketed.
AS they nearod the three quarter mile
Hamilton urged Ogden a bit. and as thov
mashed past the mark. he was a length TO
the good. Imp showed her head In front OF !
Royal Stag while Clayton moved Tillo lnio
fourth place. Ornament was actually in |
iast place ana Sloan was driving for all |
he was worth.
1t was only a short distance home. and |
there seemed no chance for him to win |
root ny 1901 Ornament cut down tho lend |
Oh tue othera and when he had worked |
his way up 10 eighth place. Sloan evidently |
saw 1t was useless and gave up a very
badly ridden race.
1t was but a short drive around tina
turn, ana their noses were In the stretch
with Ogden a length In front Clayton on
mo had moved into second place. crowd |
ing past Imp who was almost ready TO
stop
After they had Strengthened out for HON,
Littie Moher, on Sempor Ego. began 10
thread his way through the maze of Hv,np
nofses' and almost before the others knew
IL, be was overhauing them rapidly.
mere was but furlong to go, and Or
nen began TO waver. In few stride.
iAno had the 'front.' ranks, and IL could be
PLAINLY seen that 1t was all over IA |
passed the wire half length I'm front ot
Semper Ego. who had snapped victory
away from Ogden In tho last few s,r,doa
through the good riding OF Mahor non
q GRO was bad fourth and the others vera
beaten on. "''e
Ihe other stake was the first hair NJ tbo
double evene which Kingdom won as no
pleased W." 20 "e
FIVE furioDgs--Harry Reed. Isldors Mo
mentum Time. 1:O2.
Mile-Rinaldn NoSey. General Mac,
Time, 1:42 rs. 'e''
Double event, futurity coursc-Kinedon
armament. Miller. Time 10a.
inc suburban $40 900 handcap for a
year-olds and upwards winner IN -.
neive $1,000. the second $4,000 nnd tho th,r,
siVoV, mile and n quarter-Tillo. ia Cinv
ION 10 to ] and TO /, by half n Length
scmper EGO l0G Mahcr, 30 to / nnd n -
J. second by head; Ogden, 100 Hsmjlton
|, 10 ! ana to 2, third. Time o,0s ~
I'on noro, Ben Holiday. Imp, Peep n, nav
= ornament, Tragedion, Havoc and Royoi
Stag also ran. |''"' I
Four and half furlongs--Halt TINA
satirist. Tendresse. Time. :57 II
. 'eepie chase, about two mlles-rrr,l,Iop ,
'oyai Scarlet Sir Lawrence, Tina 400,