The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-29
Was Fit to Make the Run of
His Life.
THE TRACK WAS HEAVY
Eight Contestants Went to the Post.
Ornament Made . Magnificent
Finish end Sloane Was the
Hero OF the Hour.


ing and all smiles in the afternoon.
The track was heavy. but 1t was not a
mud horse that won. for Ornament.
who was At to run for his life. cantered
home a winner amid the cheers Of the
crowd.
The crowd. numbering about $4,000.
waited patiently through the first three
races for the handicap. and as soon as
King Dan 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 3-year-old Sly Fox had
so many followers that at the close he
was almost an equal favorite with Don
D'Oro and had pushed out
of the place as C favorite. All the
| others were nibbled at. but most of the
money was down on the two men
toned.
AT five minutes past 4 o'clock the
bugle 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 a length behind, they
rounded a slight turn and Strengthened
on the first run past the grand stand.
AS they nesred the judges stand the
first time, Sly Fox was in the lead by
a length. with Ogden next. two lengths
in front of Don D'Oro, Tillo, Ornament,
Ben Holiday. On Deck and Sem
per Ego following in the order named.
There was little change in h position
of the octette as they rounded the low
err turn. AS the lot turned into the
back stretch, Ogden. two years g the
F%uturity winner. had enough of 1t in
the sticky going and fell back into the
rear ranks. The Jockeys began unch-
ing a bit at this point and tent 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 be-
Pinning of the upper turn he was
Tapped on Sly Fox and only a neck be-
hind. Tillo was also Tapped on Don
D'Oro, while Ben Holiday was close
others were trailing and apparently all
through.
They were now on the upper turn,
and had but three furlongs to go. All
the boys were doing a little urging. But
what of Sloane on Ornament? Sud-
denly he leaned far over on his horses
neck and gave him a little prick with
his spurs. and how he moved the 9TH
ers down. going like q whirlwind. 1t
was a streak Of cerulean blue. and the
crowd cried, Look at Sloane" 1t Is
unnecessary for any call, for everybody
saw the jump Of the great 4-year-old.
Tillo. Don D'Oro and Sly Fox were
passed like a flash. and in less time than
it takes to tell 1t Ornament was in the
lead.
Then the boys got to work in earnest,
but 1t was a useless task, as far as the
first place was concerned, for they could
not gain a foot on the flying Ornament.
who was going easily in front. All
eyes were then on Sly o n Ben
Holiday as they thundered through the
stretch in the effort to secure the sec
ond money. A furlong from home Ben
Holiday 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
Holiday managed to stagger over the
line in second place by the shortest OF
noses. Sloane was the hero of the hour.
Then came the proposition to put him
in the floral Jockeys chair. which the
jockey on the winner has to undergo,
but to the surprise of everybody, he
declined the honor. Sloan also had
the winning mounts in the first, second.
third and sixth events. Results:
Six furlongs-Platt Won Alvarado IL,
second; Mainstay. third; time. 1:16A.
Mile and a sixteenth. selling-Damien
won: Ronald. second; Ortolan, third;
time, 1:52A. Expectation, four and a
half furlongs-Kindon won: Counsellor
Weinberg. second: Miller. third: time,
:56%. The Brooklyn Handicap. mile
and a quarter-Ornament. 127, Sloane,
z to 2 and Z to 8, won by one length;
Ben Holiday. 12l, Doggett. II to 1 and
4 to l, second by a head; Sly Fox: 81,
Lamlie. 4 to / and 7 TO S. third; time.
2:1o: Tillo. Don D'Oro. Semper Ego. og-
den and On Deck also ran and finished
az named. Five .furlongs. selling
Tyrshena won: Cormorant, second; Au-
tumn. third; time. 1:03l1. Mile-Miss
Miriam won; whistlins Coon. second;
General Maceo. third; time. 1:46%.
Al 81. Louis.
81. Louis. May 2s.-weather pleasant,
track heavy. Results: Selling. mile-For-
bush won. Mitchell second. Joe selby
third; time. l:4s. Selling, mile and 70
yards-Rush won. Prince of India second,
Laverna third: time. 1:<s%. Selling. ax
furiongs-Montgomery won. Veloce sec
ond, Marsella third: time. l:17$. The Kin
dergarten stakes, for colts and geldings
value 1900. five furlongs-Leo Planter
won, Faustoro second, Ben Bramble third
time. 1:04%. Handicap, mile and a six
teentb-Imp. skate won, Fervor second.
Our Chance third time. 1:5oS. Seven FUR
iongs-The Elector won. The Chemic Sec
ond. Linda third: time. IAN.
At Cincinnati.
Cincinnati. May 2s.-Results: Four and
a half f~uriongs-Sis won. Jessie Jarooe
second, Gypsy Gore third: time. :57is. Six
acknowledgements won, Turtle Dove
second, Abue Fuerst third; time, 1'oih,
Five furlongs. selling-L~ Pilot. jr.. won
Duke of Baden second. Peluse third
time. l:lsh. Cincinnati Oaks. value $A.2lo
mile and a sixteenth-Uarda, III. Clayton
II TO s, won: Martha H.. 1o7. Conley, 8 &c
6 and 2 to s, second: Komuraskai. liz
Overton. 10 TO l, third; time. 1:tsh. Liniar
Belle also ran. Mile. s~elling-Great Bend
won, KRIS Kringle second. Dan Rice
third; time. i:42. Mile-Henry L.aunt won
Prosecutor second. Milistream third