The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
Pupil Wins the National Stallion
Stakes. $4,000.
FAVORITES ARE BEATEN
GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE
CHASE AN EXCITING EVENT.
Fine Riding Brought Trillion In
Winner-lwo Horses Fell at the
Jump and Jockeys Were Injured,
One Having to Be Taken to
Hospital.

New York, May 20.-This was gala
day at Morris park. fully $4,000 to $4,000
people being at the track to watch the
races. The great event of the day was
the National Stallion stakes of $4,000,
in which all of the best youngsters in
training were engaged, with the ex-
ception of Doublet, the winner Of the
Juvenile stakes.
In the betting the John DAILY pair,
His Royal Highness and Calea, were
always favorites. The start was prompt
and good and as they went down into
the dip it was seen that the leaders
were His Royal Highness, Virginia
Earle and Modrine. At length "Skeets"
Martin took His Royal Highness clear
across the track to the inside to meet
Pupil, whom Odom was driving hard,
and in the last sixteenth the pair were
locked. Then, inch by inch. Pupil drew
up on the favorite, won the $14, 762. so
nominating and the $731.25 for breed
ing the winner for ]. B. Haggin. All
the others were beaten off. Second
money, s1,765 and s43S.75, for His Royal
Highness, sire of the second horse.
went to Gideon & DAILY, and third
money, s1,O12. went to Eugene Leigh.
Hurt In the Steeplechase.
In the grand national steeplechase,
nine went to the post, with White Gar
tiers as the favorite. The race was hot
from the start, Duero showing the way
and Tentore and Westown close up in
the first round. The lot negotiated the
water jump and down the lower turn
in good order, but Tentore and Colonel
Bartlett We're done to turn.
Going to the first Liverpool in the
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Duero were neck and neck. Just be-
hind them We're Tentore and Populist,
both staggering. The jump was too
much for them and Tentore fell, throw
ing his rider. Then Populist tumbled
and rolled over Horton, who was on
Tentore, his own jockey, Monkey,
breaking his collar bone. Horton was
taken to the Fordham hospital, very
badly hurt.
Rounding the upper turn, Westown
quit and Carriers went on alone. Then
Hayes took Trillion up and. by a fine
piece of riding, won by half dozen
lengths.
Results.
First Race (selling. seven furlongs).-
Gaze won, Kirkwood second, Althea
third. Time-1:2715.
Second Race Give furlongs). -Trum-
pet won. Premature second, Withers
third. Time-:59.
Third Race National Stallion, $4,000.
five furlongs) 122 (Odom), 4 to
l and to 5, won by a head; His Royal
Highness, III (Martinl TO and even,
second, by ,nree lengths; Vulcan, III
(O'Connor), so to l and 20 to 1. third.
Time-:5S%. Virginia Earle, Knight of
Rhodes, Modrine, st. Finnan, Oneick
Queen, Missionary, Bombshell, Con-
testor. Calea. Magnificent, Misericordia,
De Lacey, Kentucky and Mayor Gilroy
also ran and finished as named.
Fourth Race ladies stake, mile).-
Prestigiditatrice won, Lady Madge
second, Lady Lindsey third. Time
1:43.
Fifth Race Grand National Steeple-
chase. about two and one-half miles. >
Trillion, 162 (Hayes), 6 to l and 2 to 1,
won by six lengths; White Carriers. 40
(Veach) even and to ), second by
thirty lengths; Westown. 1913 (Coch-
rane), 10 l and 2 to l. third. Time
i:2712. Populist, Cameret, Iranian,
Duero, Colonel Bartlett and Tentore
also ran. Populist and Tentore fell.
Sixth Race (mile).-Box won, Half
Time second, Jefferson third. Time
l:4A.