The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-26

And. as we know. lots of people have
not ceased asking them yet.
Scarcely less interesting than the Bel
mont was the National stallion race,
which had passed into history at Morris
park some II days previously. Here we
had a meeting between eight candidates
for juvenile honOrs, with the betting in
dicating a strong preference for Mr..
Madden's Glenheim and John Days
Jean Beraud. While the former had Sc
cured brackets on his first appearance
In n Juvenile stakes. the French
colt" had soiled his private reputation
by an unfortunate swerve at his de-
but. and so not even the pilotage of the
wizard" Sloane could coax the bettors
into making him favorite. l well re-
member. however, the openly expressed
confidence Of Mr.. Gideon, half owner Of
Jean Beraud, and when the race was
over and the gallant Jean had scored
an u~nequivOcal success. NJ congratula-
tion could have been more neatly eX-
pressed than William Easton's: Il con-
graduate you, Mr.. Gideon. upon such a
magnificent victory. the more heartily
because no owner could have more
openly declared his confidence in his
colt than you did"
| think Ornaments feat in winning
the Brooklyn handicap, with 127 pounds
up. deserves To be ranked away up in
the list of notable events of the year.
and his two subsequent Sheepshead bay
defeats have unjustly initiated against
him i'm many minds. l shall never for
get the truly regal manner I'm which he
won the Brooklyn C'splendid start. won
in a canter." say the Guides). and /
have a strong belief that the Suburban
would nave gone into history with
about the same story In the second
clause IL Mr.. Fitzgerald had only taken
care Of the first. At Brighton, Orna-
ment's meeting with Tillo. George
Keene and Samper Ego vas mother
distinctly notable event. The great son
Of order, carrying topweight. fairly
electrified everyone by wrestling the
lead from George Keene before enter
Ing the last half mile. and the placings.
Tillo second, George Keene third, Will
send the Brighton handicap down into
history as one of the truest Of r.
races, to say nothing Of its marking the
farewell to the race course of one of
the very best race horses OF the decade
and generation.
Hamburg's Realization was another
notable occurrence Of 1895. 1t was a
thousand pities that Bowling Brook had
ere then become hors du combat. for
the meeting OF the pair would have
been Of intense interest. But, as A. H..
Morris philosophically expressed II. re-
ferring TO his colts breakdown. bad
iANN - lail " ~ EdHlf. anu ~ fidil-
burg's principal opponent was Plaudit.
sporting Mr.. Madden's cherry. white
hoops on sleeves. white cap" which
Hamburg had himself immortalized in
1897. But, as the race proved. Plaudit
was hardly as good as he had been.
while Hamburg was never better"
and h example which he made of his
field was something shocking.
The Brighton cup was notable-for
the biggest hzzle Of the year. from a
racing point OF view. but. more to our
purpose just now. for having been the
medium OF Hamburg's farewell TO the
silken jacket. Grand horses. Hamburg
and Ornament And the blot upon 1855
is that they never met.
With so little space remaining. per-
haps l shall best utilize il by devoiing
It TO the statement that the perform
ances Of Briar Sweet furnished more
than n Of the notable races Of the
year. Indeed. her unbroken series OF
eight victories on our Jockey club
tracks comprised some feats which al
most drive one To the extremes of laud-
alton. And Ben Holiday. What bet
ter proof were needed 81 the fact that
the public loves distance racing and
appreciates a genuine y than the