The sun., 1898-06-19

stands a. far es the eye could roaeh
tSe result, 0TS 70 study the cHpre,sion on the
Sons TSoso who Ss ar. s at the
could be picked out because Of their thouEhttul-
field glasses prepared to Inspect evorv move.
mentot tho racers, they stood In groups and
In their own estimation they had made no hap
hazard bets. but had placed thoir monoy sc.
SGTn'9 SnG deaoienee. oios' Si the dsronf anas
which woro about to run for q small fortune.
who wager for tho o. fun hS
| were noticeable because of their nervous hilar.
fly. flushed faces and = tendencyt to ask neigh.
predominant, aud when tho Splcndid Nnimels
rspt S'Ris With admiration % for them. With iitSo
eleven candidates were now in full Wow of tho
n"TiesuS "Tbsr.a Ornament leading the purudei was
the cry as the heavily backed fevorito came
along With proud little Sloan sitting easily on
"..Hooray for the winneri"' tho confident ones
yelled. and others Joined In With q cheer. As
Sro%d the WannT jockey
in former subnrbans, and Fred received q
&hsPP hPp9n2S the sr ssGgs b Eo SsSo nSH %as
Silence also greeted Tillo. ridden by clayton,
| further up the track: Havoc, with r. Williams
birdie, followed. but there va: no dem.
SStt. vas only sirhtiy T TcoOTniseG si and thSEo
was little or no encouragement for Peep o Day
up up and fmp. imp. with CiSwson on his back. Brought
up the rear. Then the crowd beRan to crano
L thfy I0 ss sM%g e M hH he nothing
but Ornament" yell;known tnrfman, OF
to ib.n and % will
tween themselves.
| READY FOR THE START.
The horses now lined up in front of the barrier
Peep Day imp 0 Roya SHsa stag and Don d" Orc
began kicking match, which stArter Fitzger-
| aid and his untirinE assistants worked hard to
quell. After five minutes delay the first break
was made, but Ornament had turned around
Sa to SG S tho Safys 'S oo
and those who had their money on tho tavoritc
II hope they get away this timo 7" tho orna.
ment hackers said as one man, for that weight
They're offr' cried thousands as the horses
broke again after the barrier had been swung
who could SEQ better, than others "ornanent
There wns a wait of nearly ten minutes after
that before the horses could be lined up in any.
break turn around and another alignment.
Twenty minutes had been consumed and tho
| CTOWu DeRRn TO MSS In disgust. IDOSe VINO were
praying for Ornament to land tho money for
them were more and moro con vinced that tn cir
Sps % made
feelings by kissing in manner that, coming as
It did from thousands of mouths, sounded like
escaping steam.
Throo.quarters Of an hour passed. and still the
starter and his assistants were working hard to
ment followers wero beside themselves with
rage as they saw their horse kicking and pung
! TO govern his temper. ninth break was made
and another lineup ensued, whilc the crowd al
! fifty:sixth minute ended. the. field got away
, finely. and the starters red nag vas snapped
They're offi They're = oiTr' ronred the mul
t titude, as a big cloud of dust arose from under
SrSa The sPa
; toward tho front of tho grand stand. On tip
R Ss Ss Scf S n Of sn%s Es on 9
7 crowd struggled to see every movement of thu
thGE9ughbreds from start to finish
\ margin over Royal Stag: Havoc Don do Orc
and Ogden were close behind followed by ornA
S in tho hsGe PeaP With the others Of fosoh
. They came thundering down the track in clos,
jockeys flashing in the sunshine with dazzling
. OGDEN IN THE LEAD.
As they passed the sta nd tho cry Of" Ogden
a ogden r. went up from thousand tn thF9ata
3 BY length. and Hamilton wa. urging hin
along in great style. Peep O. Day, his lonl
second. and his stride was long and mighty
H. was So half 1d enFR bR IN fTGn Sf R0ys
i running fifth at this point. and was in such a
easy stride that tho man with tho linen duste
SGEsss 10 ss eject nS s
saddle wbs 1B otb.sE sixth tr.sa it TS
!. behind. Ornament was in ninth place.
Z "Ornamsnt's a dead oner' a white-faeed maj
d Easped as no looked at tho Brooklyn Handio0
| WinnRr
y "sIoan looks sick at hearth" was another CON
Il ment. He knows his horse won't be in it. .
Il BILE man who clutched notebook and chewed
il lead penGil =: Hell 60 out in front later. an
Z. But he was one of a fow hopeful. Tho grea
y majority of bettors who had staked their al 0
' flight Of speed would be short and labored. an
IS that their pockets would need new lining b.
WITH With SS Profit ornsment @ Tf"' was u in troube. @ A'
II close Observers. and yet he had not Gon
q stride, which was shown to such an adv"ntse
" In the Brooklyn Handicap. was lacking, and i
Pd; PdldEEed along with ms mouth wide open as II
Is ging him down. and the delay at the post ha
,f killed his chance to land the rich prize at stak
"a Semper Ego clunR TO Ornament, though as th
If latter followed Ben Holiday. and nobody insid
'e the fences believed that he would be looked {
| when the end was reached.
ID Ogden! Nothing but OGdenV" That was tn
n cry when the rushing ANIMALS NAL and and their whit
d GUS rate. but he showed only head
~ front OF Peep O. Day. whose speed SCENE
ID to be increasing With every jump. Roy
~ StsE was putting on steam. too. ana WI
w only head back, while ho led Imp by n nee
h Tillo was up in this bunch also aud the strugg
/" was soul-stirrnR Don de Oro followed with
II length OF daylight ahead OF him, with the othc
n 10 the ruck apparently although II was elaine
= that Semper Ego was merely indulRing in
.r practice gallop.
y ORNAMENTS POOR SHOWING DIsHEARTENINa
!" Ornaments tagging WAS breaking the hear
10 of thousands. and the scene through the crow
~ was remarkable. Men stood still and gaZcd
oponmouthed astonshment at the favorit
70 who WAS dragging their money down with hiI
II Women shrieked frautically for Ornament
take a brace. and incidentally the lend. 9th
women clutched tho rail of tho balcony al
gazed with marble yisages at tn race that wa
a. making them temporarily poor. All eyes, exec
ne those which had nc interest In him. were glu,
az on the Brooklyn Handicap winner who w
II struggling hopelessly in tho rear with no ho
Cd TO get in front. There was grief on all sid
so over this unexpected downfall, but there W
70. also some Joy. Down in tho betting ring II
,r- avaricious bookmakers. who were holding