The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16
1T Was AN EASY
RACE FOR ALCEDO
Twenty Thousand People Saw
Suburban Run at New York,
DAY DTSAGREEABLE ONE
ETHELBERT, THE FAVORITE,
WAS EASILY BEATEN.
DAY DTSAGREEABLE ONE

] New York, June 15.-Before a. crowd
/ of 10000 in a most disagreeabIe day.
! AIcedo won the Suburban today in but
! two-1fths of a second better time than
! that made by Salvador when he broke
] the record eleven years ago. The crowd
( cheered wildly, for there was hot tip
on him, and he won easily. To-day
managed to hold second place till
/ few jumps from the wire. when Wa
tercure passed him and left him third.
The favorfte, Ethelbert, badly beaten,
was. away back in the ruck.
/ A cold northwest wind swept across
/ the track, making everybody uncom-
/ Portable and chilling the enthusiasm of
/ the spectators. When the time came
| for the horses to go to the post in the
| Suburban the grand stand was a solid
mass of dark colors. very different
( from the scene of a year ago, when all
were bright with color.
! Ethelbert was at all times a consist
| ent favOrite. although q lot Of money
! went in on AlcedO, on the strength of
/ some phenomenal work two or three
/ days ago, and he was backed from 20
/ TO TO to I. The odds at post time
We're: Ethelbert, Is to 10: AlCedO.
4 to i; Starbright, TO /; Kamara, s to
! 1; Teddy, 80 to /; Sidney Lucas, 25 to
/ j; Watercure, 10 to /; Blues to 1;
/ All Gold, 30 to 1; Beau Gallant, so to !;
( Procession, 40 to !.
/ The horses cautered SLOWLY I'D to the
/ post between lanes of people that eX-
! tended along the stretch on both. sides
of the track. They stood ten deep
along the rail.
Horses We're a Bad Lot.
The horses were in the hands Of the
! starter at 4:1O o'clock Mr. Fitzgerald
never had a worse lot before him. They
absolutely refused to go UP to the bar
I rler, and time and again it was shot
! UP in hopes that they might wheel and
get away in decent order. In the sixth
break they We're of to a good start
with Watercure in front AIcedo second
and Ethelbert Starbright and the rest
close up.
On the way to the grand stand they
settled into their stride, and as they
came to the lower turn Alcedo got TO
the front, with All Gold second and
Ethelbert third. Around the turn and
I to the half-mile pole on the back
stretch there was little shifting Of po-
sitions, Alcedo still holding the lead
by neck over Blues, who had come
UP from behind in the mix-up. All Gold
falling back to fourth place.
There was pretty race between the
leaders up the back stretch. and every
BODY shouted at q streak OF blue AID
white which was shooting by them all
on the outside, for To-day had elected
/ to make his run then, and at the three
( quarters pole he had q neck the better
3 OF. AlCedO, who was g. length and a half
: in front of Blues, he in turn being lust
} clear of Ethelbert who seemed to be
! in difficulties and slowly slipping back
/ in the race.
That was not all To-day could do. for
| in almost the twinkIing Of an eve he
was in the lead by half a length then
an open length in front as they swung
around the broad upper turn. Spencer,
3 on AlcedO, knew Toddy's limit how
ever, and bided his time. The seven
furlong pole was N sight, and he called
on AlcedO, who responded braveIy. One
/ instant he gathered himself, and then
in a series of hercuIean bounds he
passed the Keene 4-year-oId almost as
if he were standing still.
Fine Burst Of Speed.
1t was a tremendous burst of speed.
and timed so as they rounded into the
last quarter AlcedO was a length to
the good over To-day, who was two
lengths in front of the rest of the field
all of whom were dropping back, beat
en- with the exception of Watercure
on whom Shaw was making a. desper-
ate effort.
EtheIbert, the pride of Perry Bel
mOnt's heart was beaten, away back
in the, ruck, and was losing ground
with every stride.
At. last they We're Strengthened out
for home. and it was plain TO every
body that, barring accident, the prize
was a sure one GOr AIcedo, and Spencer
took a Steadying pull on the leader
but kept him within any stride so that
any possible challenger would find him
readS to meet the issue
In the meantime little Smith, riding
hard with hands and heels was doinE
his best to hold To-day in second place.
He almost succeeded. but Shaw had
the better horse and Watercure took
the second place a few jumps from
the wire
In the meantime AIcedo was running
along comfortably in front, and when
the wire was reached and he had car
ried off the great race Of the year the
crowd shouted as loudly as if Ethel
bert had been the winner
The race had a few spectacular fea-
lures, but it seemed always as if Al
CedO had the most speed, and the time,
2:O5 %, might have been less had there
been a horse to push the winner 1t
was an easy victory for J. H. McCor-
mack, who had told his friends that
he WOlld surely win