The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
.lDMIRAT ION
CAP TURES MILE
MATCH RACE
Gains Victory Over
S.. May He.mpstea i.
FIRST BY TWO LENGTHS.
FIRST BY TWO LENGTHS.
BIG CROWD : WITNESSES THE
!. ....@ II. SIS, 900. CONTEST.
It. Is. a Pretty Struggle at the Start,
but After Passing the Half* Post
..-. C1awson Rides Ahead. to -.
the Finish '.....
Special Qsspatch to The. Gail

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{. NEW YORK, July 1--FulIy.. 5000
people Journeyed to Sl}eepShead Bay. to
@see..the mile match race for. $4,000 be
tween the greatest of three year -old fiji
Decentralization and. May H6npstead:
=It1was the East against. tile West and
THE EAST Won, for: Admiration came
home in q ga1loP first BY. TWO .lengthss
..9>he. time 80: / GYMS by no means
iWhat had heen. expecie5. .=but they fairly
4 fiely he first part. IAN i.2ahe9 they came
to- the stretch May Hampstead had
nQthing left to. finish with, and the
strong wind III heir faces. was. too
Inuch for the biz tiflN. =. -.
1.-The first break was moi a good one
but in. the second one {Rey got. away
stesid. soon. had liftle the better OF. it.
iiiar4l, IN. il As secQnds, she was a head
TO. i ha..s good. The pdce#Was hot to the
>Q{(aTjcr pole, Which was REACHED in
:22l$i.= seconds, and. then May Hemp
!. steid mad a" neck the best Of it. e.: T.
-><<-=%T The pair had strong wind behind
-: :.t3leif' and they sailed. along: TO the
.tEle e@fufleng mark head and head;
: passing -Ft ain: 80 seconds from. the start
AT tbG~lIalf mile ClaWs0Il let out link
= 51.tfe. =bEoWn tiliy Was a length TO the
=gead>=<.&s: they rounded the mark. al
tile. GiEginning Of, the upper .tllrn Ad-
:@I}IiE EaliQn. WIS a. ien&th and a half in
n Itt, in ~ SECONDS, remarkably fast
.+tiIIle:.< Fife. fIve-fuT10ng marx was
!: IeatEed and. PASSED. iii 50 2-5 seconds,
: anJl=ltre..s SIX fu1,l0QGs in 1:i2 As, with llD
=afl{]reci dble change in positions. r. -.
-: .C4a.5vs0n was sitting like a. statue on
3. -Ac.1<ntation While Turner was. urgins
+. May Hampstead with whip and. steel. as
they Taightened olGr for home. 1t was
:. .ar4lIse}tss attempt. for the further they
WENT 4 he easier Admiration seemed to
go, - and she passed. the judges. stand,
moi even urged. -JWQ lengths to the good
70 alllie the cheers Ct:the>croWd. =. .
~. The: other event of the day was the
"A dTanCe stakes at q mile. and three
quarters, in which Ben. TIolladay was an
odds-0n faNorite:. Thomas Cat Won,
however in a:.driviag finish, with the
favorite III the place. Results:
-. Six misunderstanding won, Tinge
.see,dnd.. Dr. Eichberg third. Time,
selling. one. mile ana, a. sixteenth
Decanter won. Ed Tii3tcTl second Sky
Scraper third. Time 1t4S. -. -. ::
VeruaI stakes. five furlongs- -Kfl1a-
shandra.. won. Virginia Earle Second.
Fond Hopes third. Time, 1:O2 20.
Oue lUiie. spBciaI-AdmiTatiO ton III
-(CiaHst r TO ., won by two lengths;
May Hampstead, 1O7 (Turner) even, sec
ond. Time, l:4O.l-5
Advance stakes, one mile and three
quarters Thomas Cat Won: Ben HOlfa=
day second, .Candleblack.. third, Time,
.3:02 10 - - -
Steeplechase.: short course = Rhein- ::
.strom won, DR.. 'Cattlett second, Cock
Robfn third. Time, 4:15. 49,:
=: Selling, FIVE furldlgs- NNdring won,
Prestige second, Ceylon third. Time,
! .u3..1 .. -. -. =: - :: =.