The record-union., 1899-05-21
To Witness the Big Event Of the Day, the
National Stallion Stakes.
Pupil, Bred at the Rancho Del
Paso, Captures the Coveted
Twenty Thousand Dollar Prize
The Racing at Oakland Track
Closes a Most Successful Season
Events on Other Tracks.

NEW YORK, May 20.-This was a
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 of
the youngsters in training We're en-
gagged with the exception 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 could be seen that the leaders
We're His Royal HighneeS and Virginia
Earle and Modeinne. AT length Skeets
Martin took His Royal Iighness clear
across the track to the inside to meet
Pupil, whom Odom was driving hard,
and in the last sixteenth the pair We're
locked. Then, inch by inch, Pupil drew
up on the favorite, and won the S14,-
$3.50 for Green B. Morris and the
SI.OOO for nominating, and the $731. %
Tor breeding the winner for J. B. Hag-
gin All the others We're beaten off for
second money, 81, 765 and S43S75, for
His Highness, the sire of the second
horse, went to Gideon and DAILY, and
third money, $1,012, went to Eugene
Leigh.
In the Grand National Steeplechase
nine went to the post, with White Gar
ter 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 went over the
water jump and down the lower turn
in good order, but Tentore and Colonel
Bartlett were done to a turn. Going to
the first Liverpool, in the backstretch
Westown, White Garter and Duero
We're neck and neck Just behind them
We're Tentore and Populist, both stag
gering. The jump was too much for
them, and Tentore fell, throwing his
rider. Then Populist tumbled and
rolled over Horton, who was on Ten
tore, his own jockey, Monkey, breaking
his collar bone. Horton was taken TO
the Fordham Hospital very badly hurt
Rounding the turn Weston quit. and
Garter went on alone Then Mr.. HAYES
took Trillion up, and by a fine piece of
riding won by a half a dozen length.
Results
Seven furlongs. Gaze won, Kirkwood
second, Althea third. Time--1:71a.
Five furlongs, Trumpet won, Prema-
ture second, Withers third. Time-O:5
The National Stallion Stakes, $4,000
i've furlongs, Pupil (Odom), to l. and
to ., won by a head; His Royal High
ness (Martin), to 2 and even, second
by three lengths; Vulcan (O'Connor) 60
TO 1 and 20 TO 1, third. Time-O: 5S34.
Virginia Earl, Knight of Rhodes, Mo-
driene, st. Finan, Oneck Queen. Mis-
sionary, BombsheI, Contestor, CaIea.
Magnificent, Misercordia, De Lacey.
and finished as named
One mile, Prestidigitatrice won. LADY
Madge second, Lady Lindsey third.
Time :43
Grand National Steeplechase. two and
half miles, Trillion (Mr. Hayes 6 to L
and to /, won by six lengths; White
Carriers Veach), even and , to ; seq
ond by thirty lengths; Westown
(Cochrane). 5 to 1 and 2 to 1. third
Time-:211a. Populist, Camret. Ira
MAN, Duero, Colonel Bartlett and Ten
tore also ran.
One mile, Box won, Half Time second
Jefferson third Time-1:41A.
AT OAKLAND.
SAN FRANCISCO May 2O.-The rae
ing season, which has continued unin
terruptedly in San Francisco since No
'eHIper ISL last, closed with tO-day'S
meeting of the racing at the Oakland
track The exodus of Eastern stables.
together with such California strings
which will invade the different Eastern
tracks will begin at once, and it is ex
pected by the end of the coming week
the local fields will be barren Of racing
timber
The two associations claim that the
meeting just closed has been the most
prosperous season in the history of
California racing, Notwithstanding the
long siege of racing and the closing of
the 1ngleside track by the Board of SUI
pervisors in this city. The attendance
at the closing days has equaled. if NOT
exceeded that of the earlier period as
fully two-thirds of the prominent East
ern stables remained until the last.
The last race on the card to-day was
prolific of sensational developments. as
La Goleta of the Baldwin string. who
was the extreme outsider, and who
went to the post practically unbacked.
won in rornp, while Rosinante, backed
from to l to l to 2. and off the boards
in nearly every book, finished al bad