The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-29


less a typical Brooklyn handicap day.
Nature was all tears in the morning
and all smiles in the afternoon The
track was heavy, but it was not a
mud horse that won, for Ornament
who was fit to run for his life, can
tered home a winner amid the cheers
of the crowd The crowd, numbering
about 1900, waited patiently through
the first three races for the handicap,
and as soon as King Don had won the
expectation stakes, those who wanted
TO speculate sought the ring. The
greatest plunge was on Don D'Oro,
the sulker, while the game little g.
year-old Sly Fox, had so many follow
ers that at the close he was almost
an equal favorite with Don D'Oro and
had pushed Ornament out of the place
as second faVorite. All the others We're
nibbled at, but most of the money was
down on the two mentioned.
At 4:05 o'clock the buSle called the
eight contestants to the post. After a
couple of false breaks the red flag
Swished through the air and the Silken
jackets flashed into line. With Orna-
ment length behind they rounded
Slight turn and Strengthened out on the
first run past the grand stand. AS
they neared the judges stand the first
time, Sly Fox was in the lead by
length, with Ogden next, two lengths in
front of Don D'Oro, Tillo, Ornament,
Ben Holiday, On Deck and Semper Ego
following in the order named.
There was little change in the posi-
ton of the octette as they rounded the
lower turn. AS the lot turned into the
back stretch Ogden, two years ago
the futurity winner, had enough of it
in the sticky going and fell back into
the rear ranks.
The jockeys began punching bitsat
this point and sent their horses along
TO test Sly Fox, for he seemed to be
going easily in front. Don D'Oro was in
second place and Sims gave him a
shove to get him a little nearer Sly Fox
and at the beginning of the upper turn
he was Tapped on Sly Fox and only a
neck behind, Tillo was also Tapped on
Don D'Oro, while Ben Holiday was
close up, with Ornament Tapped on him.
The others were trailing and apparent
ly all through.
They were now on the upper turn and
had but three furlongs to go. All the
boys were doing a little urging.
CAME LIKE A WHIRLWIND.
But what of Sloane on Ornament?
Suddenly he leaned far over his horses
neck, gave him a little prick with his
spurs and how he moved the others
down, going like q whirlwind. 1t was
streak of cerulean blue. a cleaning
chestnut colt and the crowd cried LOOK
at Sloane" 1t was unnecessary for any
call, for everybody saw the jump of
the great 4-year-old. TiIlo, Don D'Oro
and Sly Fox were passed like a flash, !
and in the time it takes to tell it Or |
nament was in the lead.
Then the boys got to work in earnest, !
but it was a. useless task, as far as the |
first place was concerned, for they |
could not gain foot on the flying Or |
nament, who was going easily in front. |
All eyes We're then on Sly Fox and Ben |
as they Numbered through the |
stretch in the effort to Secure the sec
ond money A furlong from home Ben |
got his nose up to Sly Fox'S |
tail a sixteenth from home his nose |
was about a foot behind that of Sly |
Fox, and in the last few strides Ben |
managed to Stagger over the |
line in second place by the shortest of
noses. Sloane was the idol of the hour.
Then came the proposition to put him
in the floral jockeys chair, which the
jockey on the winner has to undergo
and to the surprise of everybody he
declined the honor.
Sloane also had the winning mounts
in the first, second, third and sixth
events.
Results: First race, six furlongs-
Platt won, Alvarda " second, Main
stay third. Time-1:16H.
Second race, mile and a sixteenth, !
selling-Damien won, Ben Ronald sec
Ond, Ortolan third. Time-1:52A.
Third race, expectation, four and one
half furiongs-Kindon won, Counsellor
Weinberg second, Miller third. Time
.56sl.
Fourth race, the Brooklyn handicap,
one mile and a quarter-Ornament, I27
lSloane) to 2. and to 5, won by one
ength; Ben Holiday, 121 Daggett) u
70 and 4 to l, second, by azhead; Sly
Fox, 80 Gamlie) to 1 and to 5, third.
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Tillo, Dan D'Oro. Semper Ego, Ogden
md On Deck also ran and finished as
named.
Fifth race, five furlongs, selling
ryrshena won, Cormorant second, Au-
umn third. Time OBJ
Sixth race. mile--Nfiss Miriam won,
Nhistling Coon second, General Maceo
bird. Time-1:45A.