The Topeka state journal., 1900-07-09
SPORTING NEWS.
Jack Point, a Cast Off, Makes a
Wonderful Race.
Wins Brighton Handicap Over a
Circular Track.
I'M O.AA o HG MINLE
IN 2:O4 s-5 JIG TIME.
Victor Defeats Ethelbert, Kin
ley Mack and Imp Easily.
Race Nets $1O,O43.55 to New
YOrk's BOotbIack King.

New York, July 9.-Jack Point, with
109 pounds up, ran the mile and quar-
ter in the Brighton handicap in the
record time of 2:04 3-5, winning the rich
stake in a hot drive with The Ken
tucl3an and Imp. while the great Ethel
berS was lengths behind. Kinley Mack,
the Suburban and Brooklyn handicap
winner of this year, was eighth, and
Admiration, the choice of all the train
erS, was fourth.
1t was a cracking race from start to
finish, Admiration carrying them all off
their feet for the first mile and then
giving it up. SalvatOr's crown was low
cred and Tony ASte, the boot black king,
had the honOrS with his caStoff Jack
Point. EtheIbert was the favorite all
the time and when the horses went to
ond choice, having been played down
to threes from fiVes. EtheIbert was
first away, with The Kentuckian second,
Admiration third and the others close
up. Admiration covered the second fur
long in IL 1-5 seconds, making the first
quarter to the stand in % 3-5 seconds.
At that point she had opened up gap
of a length on Jack Point, who had
rushed up to and was d head in front
of The Kentuckian-
The half was reached in At 3-5 sec
onds, still the mare was flying along in
front. Five furlongs were reeIed off in
1:0115. Inch by inch and then foot by
foot, The Kentuckian began to draw
up on Admiration, while Imp and KIN
tGy MICK were SITOnS DlQS IOE
the leadership. At the six furlongs pole,
which was reached in 1:13, Admiration
was nearly caught by The Kentuckian,
as the mare only led by head, and
Imp and Kinley Mack were coming
fast.
Thirteen seconds for the seventh fur
long gave Admiration and The Ken
tuckian a heartache but they stuck
gamely to- their work and pegged away
at the next furlong, coming into the
stretch heads apart in the fast time of
1889 2-5. But Admiration was done to
a turn and The Kentuckian was nearly
Then came Imp from the rear, carry
ing the great weight of 129 pounds as
If 1t were feather, with Odom perch
ed upon the big saddle, loaded with lead
He worked with hands and heels to
bring her to the front. Down through
the stretch they thundered and the
another had the call Then came the
shout: Look at Jack Point for he
was coming with a new lease of life.
and as his heels spurned the ground
he passed them one after the other un-
til a furlong from home in the record
time of ISL, he was clear and looked
like a winner, barring accidents
There were good horses behind him,
like demon. He had clear path and
no chance of an accident 1t was use
less, however, Tor there We're two young
SterS ahead of the black Whirlwind and
they had twenty pounds the. better of
it, an awful lot for such a distance,
and such fast race. As the clock tick
ed off "a 3-5, Jack Point dashed past
the judges stand a winner, a length and
a half in front of The Kentuckian,
while Imp was in third place, her nose
up to Clawson, and Ethelbert was far
behind, badly beaten and the hopes of
Perry Belmont were dashed to the
ground The time is now the best on
record, Salvator's 2:05 in his match with
Tenny being now erased.
The fractional time of the race shows
better than anything else the pace that
Jack Point was carried. The first fur
long was run in 0:12 2-5, the quarter in
0:23 2-5, the three furlongs in OBS 2-5,
the five furlongs in 100 2-5, the six fur
longs in 1:13, the seven furlongs in 1:26,
mile in 1:39 2-5, mile and a furlong in
81 and the winner finished out easily
in 2:04 3-5 The gross value of the stakes
was $11,645 and the value to the winner
S1OO4355