The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-08
INK POINT BEAT GOOD ONES.
TUE BRIGHTON HANDICAP IN
W. ,rcoRD-BREAKI TINE.

c.otured Rich Stake for His own
rbs Finish Was n Hot Drive
IT the Kentuckian and Imp.
lotion Carried Them for the
d Then Fell On-The Great
.Ibert. the FavOrite, Ran
otb. Behind.
work July Jack Point. with 109
rsn the mile and a quarter in the
pp'.5ton handicap to-day in the record
= 2,4 So. winning the rich stake in
'.l1 alive with The Kentuckian and Imp,
Y. the great Ethelbert was lengths be-
Einley Mack, the Suburban aud
n..t,vn handicap winner of this year,
eiebth and Admiration, the choice
81 the trainers, was fourth.
=, uas a cracking race from start to
~ Admiration carried them all off
.,.,r feet for the mile, and then
ont Ethelbert was the favorite all
t;ns. and when the horses went to
". most Admiration was a very strong
a,ood choice, having been played down
D., ,bree from five.
r,bejbert was first away. with The
v.ntp,k khan second, Admiration third, and
-. otbers close. In the second furlong,
..r,iration shot to the front. Five fur
,,rss we're reeled off in 1:o1 10 seconds,
and The long back stretch was before the
-,csrs. Inch by inch and then foot by
toot The Kentuckian began to draw up On
ADMIRATION, while Imp and Kinley Mack
mere making strong bids for the leader
SHY.
A ord the crowd yelled. First one horse
and then another was the call. Then
',,ne the shout Look at Jack Point"
,or he was coming with a new lease of
nfe aud as his heels spIirned the ground,
he passed them one after the other. until
furlong from home, in the record time
NJ ISL, he was clear and looked like
winner barring accidents.
There were good horses behind him,
however. and Odom was urging Imp like
a demon He had a clear path, and no
chance of accident. 1t was useless, how
ver, for there were two youngsters ahead
Of the black whirlwind, and they had
lot for such a distance and such a fast
rare
As the clock licked off 2:04 3-5. Jack
Point dashed past the judges stand a
winner length and a half in front Of
The Kentuckian, while Imp was in Third
plsca. her nose up to Clawson and hang
Inc there for not an inch more could she
gain The great Ethelbert was far behind,
tsdy beaten, and the hopes of Perry Bel
mont were dashed to the ground.
The time is the best on record, Saliva
tors 9.OJ in his match with Tenny being
now erased from the scroll.
The Days Races.
First Race-Selling, one and one-six-
tenth miles. Precursor, to >. won, with
Peaceful, to / and to ;, second, ana
Carbuncle, IS to /, third. Time 1:4S So
Second Race-Five furlongs. Luke
Warm. ; to l, won, with Rhymer. to
third Time 1:01 1-5.
Third Race-Six furlongs. Heliobas, i
10 o. won, with Blue Devil, to and OUT,
second, and Lioness, 300 to /, third. Time
ia.
Fourth Race-Brighton Handicap, one
and one-fourth miles. Jack Point, TO l.
won. with The Kentuckian. Is 10 l and
TO /, second, and Imp, to l, third Time
2N So
Fifth Race-Choice, six furlongs. DR..
Barlow, 10 to ], won, with Outlander, to
70 and out, second, and Petrol IL, to l.
third Time ia 2-5.
Sixth Race-Handicap. steeplechase,
about two miles. Ochiltree. s to !, won
with Trillion, to / and to 5. second
and Dave S, to l, third. Time 4:31 S-5.