The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28
PIMLIGO'S BIG DAY
AMERICAN TRACK WATCHED
PAROLE WIN
TEN BROCK THE FAvoRITE
Great Thoroughbred Was Beaten
HandiIy by Pierre LOriIIardS
Almost Unheard of
Horse.

The death of Pierre LOriiIard, the mil
EOnaire tobacco merchant and famous
turfman, recalled to hundreds in BaItt-
more who are familiar with the record
of racing in this city the famous three
cornered race on Pimlico track at the fall
meeting OF 1877, says the Baltimore
American. when. through the victory of
his Parole, Pierre LoriIIard Won his first
lace OF note and sprang into prominence
IN that instant in the ra cling world.
No race ever run in the country exceed
- this in intensity OF interest, and a
fever of anticipation possessed sports
men all over the country in the days
that preceded the contest. More than
that, it was ukened 10 another contest
bctw, en- Nc-th and South, and sectional
feeling ran high. PimIco was the scene
of the brilliant spectacle. The horses
were z. 3. Harper's champion, Ten
Brock. Pierre I4Orillards Parole and
George I. LOr.llard's Tom Ochiltree. and
three letter qualified specimens Of horse
flesh probably never cavorted to the post
for position or went off at the drop of
nag
Gentry ard beauty from all sections OF
the country were there to witness the
race which long IefOTe the day had as
sUmed a national Importance, as indi-
Gated by the fact that congress adjourned
and the members came in a special train
state was represented, and such an out
pouring Of Kentuckians has rarely. if
ever, gathered at a track outside the
boundaries 81 tIGat state. for Ten Brock
champion and fav0rfte By long odds.
was kentucky bred, the pride of every
kentucky heart. They We're there as we'll
fr-ru the North as far as Maine, and
Indeed. few tracks anywhere boast 80
notable a gathering of spOrt-Ineu as
the - ~ DaPkpF eyary- s4yra:Ia
view point about what was then regarded
IS one Of the foremost tracks of the
country, and standing we'll among the "a
mons tracks Of the world
TIE sections supported their favorites,
and tie South brought huge purses. and
money in endless quantity was wagered
that Ten Brock would win. Such en-
thus assn as is only duplicated in epoch
making moments was manifested every
where and those who saw the scene
viii never forget one detail Of the gay
throng cr the spread OF track where
presently the magnificent trio Of princes
II hcrse flesh made the struggle of their
lives in one royal dash past the course
distances into the home stretch under
the Wire. with Parole proving himself
the prince Of princes we'll to the fore,
ard the name Of Lorillard in the sporting
annals Of America and Europe as wei.
was first heard in hUZzas as afterwards
it was destined 10 be known on every
great track Of two continents
Pierre LorllIard and his brother George
LOrillard, were in the throEg and the
former and a small circle OF his friends
We're practically all who backed Parole
70 win. Lorllard placed his money
through agents. and these were busy IN
the crush taking cveryth ing IT. sight
about the auction pools. What amount
the race meant to him will never be
known. Not even me amount that was
placed before the race at the track i'll
Baltimore can he guessed and 1t was
freely said that his agents had been busy
with money in every prominent pool
room in the country. LOriIiard believed
il Parole. even if he had little company.
Eventually the race was on. with the
faVoTtt2 setting Il killing pace. Put Ken
tGC<ys pride doing his best Ochiltre,e
PM Parole We're always in the race.
First 1t began 70 dawn on the thousands
Ct spectators that Ten Brock had ~
v-0lkaway, but NOT until the wire was at
the noses Of the bunch did hone vanish
Parole WAC lad tTailed for nearly the
two miles and a half, swept away with
the sreat race in all but the twinkltng of
an eye. AID a scene followed that has
rarely, if ever. beer equaied about any
race track. despite the fact that thou
sands had pvt their last penny on the
wrong ho-se- Tremendous ovatious had
been given each of the famous horses
IS he came onto the track. but that
which sweiIed from 1900 threats as Pa
role winner. Numbered under the wire
ech0cd for miles
Pie LOrillards name thereupou be-
came household name wherever horse
nesh had an aGmirer, and ever since the
h1Tre has been a sesame to wonderful
ftcoHections Of the event for all who Wit
messed it
The great race was recalled recently
~ Nj BENJAMIN Sheriff. who had charge
O, the tickets Of admission on that day.
Every ticket was sold" he said. and
W rad TO take cash at the gate for adj
missions. There never was any such
crowd at Maryland race. The receipts
amounted In all TO S23.3ST.74 which paid
every obligation OF the club and left a
surplus Of $l2.9-0 Of which amount SO
tl was Invested in city stock II vas the
greatest day in the history OF the P;r1Ifc1
track and in the history Of racing in
Maryland Mr. LoriIIard-s horses STONED
com ms to Baltimore about 1873, upcn the
orSanlzation Of the New York jockey
c4dA, and the glory Of the old track
Naned. B1t it bad many big day. and
none b-sSer than the great thrse-coruered
race that made Pierre LoriIlard famous
enc OF the many who witnessed the
S-t"L race - -'4E- James 2. Malone. can
tan Of the Baltimore Shooting assocfa-
ten He said yesterday that it was the
greatest race that has ever taken place
N this country, and that the crowd On
tat Gay has never been equaled on any
other race course.
SO little did the people think that Pa
role would XII that hardly a bet was
laid on him. He was believed to have
FF'1 erterfi as q pacemaker for Tom
Cchtit-ce. OchiI re was owned o &c rye
5-ori!iard, A brother to Pierre Lc-!,lar,I.
Up % the winning Of that race Pierre
Lori ard w2s scarcely known en- the tnrf.
His brother then owned a large number
Of horses. II there were any who picked
Parole 70 win they Were well repaid be
cause the odds against him wee f7-rnerse
-After the race had been won it was the
NOS disappointed crowd ct race track
that have ever seen. II was my first
appearance as a bettCr on horses and I
lost al tEen had, because I PLAYED Ten
Rroeck 10 win. While IN the auction
rGoE-s Parole and Tom Cch;Itrea sold To-
getFer; tut in the auction pools each
SOLD separately There was no l,ocknlak-
icg as Is at present seen On rage tracks
People frcEl all parts OF the country at
tended, and even congress adjourned for
the event Special railroad cars were run
from Hillen Station to Pim!ieo. At that
tine Flmlico was olsssed among the most
Ioted race courses in the world"