The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-15
GOLD HEELS VICTOR
WON SUBURBAN HANDICAP AND
LOWERED RECORD.
GREATEST RACE OF SEASON.
CROWDS AND BETTING BOTH
BROKE RECORDS.
BOTH

Fully $4,000 People Saw the Son of
Bard Heel and Toe, Ridden by
Young wOnderIy, Take the $4,000
Prize From Worthy Contestants.
Pentecost Made "A Grand Run But
Luck Was Against Him-COntend
Lead With a HeartbrealSing Pace,
But Misfortune RefeII Him and He
Finished Last-TammRny Cheered
for Blues. Who Came in Third.
New York, June 14.-Gold Heels,
worthy son of a great sire, bore to
the front and CALAMITY held them there
to the end the colors of McLewee and
| Brady in the Suburban Handicap to-
day over the Coney Island Jockey
Club course, stripping two-fifths of
second, on a track not at its best, from
the mark set by the speediest of his
predecessors, Alcedo, last year, as vic
tor of this greatest classic of the Amer
lean turf. Courage and speed won for
the son of The Bard Heel and Toe in
2:05. favorite by slight margin in
the betting, and ridden in mastery
fashion by young Wonderly, who first
knew to-day the thrill of that brief
ride in the floral horseshoe, amid the
wild plaudits of half a hundred thous-
and lovers of the sport of kings
1t was a day of records. Never on
any American course. to every part of
which an admission fee is charged,
has such tremendous concourse of
humanity witnessed a struggle between
thoroughbred racers. Fully $4,000 per-
sons watched the Suburban from boxes
and grand stand, from trees, from
lawns, from cheap field, and from the
stable enclosures and roofs. Men who
have seen every enc of the eighteen
Suburbans that preceded to-day's,
gazed in wonder at the masses of HUI
manity.
PenticOst and Gold Heels.
Luck put down her finger and stop
ped new record. She said no 3-year-
old shall shatter the tradition of the
american turf'S greatest event by
winning it. Pentecost was her victim.
mayhap. Badly hunted at the far
turn, he came through the stretch like
a tornado, and Pentecost and Gold
Heels were cheered as the two thor
the older horse holding the advantage
by a short half length at the end.
How Contend Got His Finish.
Gold Heels, off sixth, rushed ahead,
and when they first passed the wire
was neck and neck with Pentecost
and Contend. This last horse was. the
leader. His heart breaking pace
turned to water the courage of some
that followed. To the jockeys of 9TH
ers it spelled Ruin" Two of these
were Wonderly and Redfern. Both fell
back from the meteor that flashed in
the lead of the Suburban field. Clos
ing in the back stretch, Shaw, on
Blues, thought his chance had come
and raced to the front. Contend was
still in the lead, but wise little Coch-
ran was trying to save him even then.
| Blues dashed in past Pentecost, bump
| ing him hard. Pentecost was right eff
| his balance and Sheared heavily into
Contend. Then Contend gave up the
ghost, and fell to the rear, finishing
literally last.
Tnmmany Cheers for Blues.
But Blues had not been challenged.
He shot past Gold Heels and soon
there was clear length of daylight
between them. Then came the great
est cheer of the race. Tammany roar
ed from its lusty throat, Blues"
Blues" "Blues!"
But it was not for Blues nor Tam
many Cleverly rated close to the rail
Wonderly was bringing in Gold Heels.
For sixteenth of a mile they were
almost alone; but Blues heart went
faint, and we'll into the stretch Gold
Heels was overhauling him, passing
him, leading him with the mastery of
| chieftainship. Then came the grand
struggle of Pentecost. Four lengths in
the rear was Madden's horse, when the
leaders turned into the stretch, but
on and on he came. going and gaining
at every stride. A hundred yards from
the goal he had Blues beaten, and
slowly he began to gain on Gold Heels.
But no mean foe met him there. Gold
Heels sprang forward under Wimber-
lys urging, and so they passed under
the wire, Gold Heels first by one-half
length.
Betting Broke All Records.
Never has there been such a betting
race, say the bookmakers. There were
1903 of the regulars, in addition to those
who accept bets of 81. At least $500, 900
was handled in the ring on the Subur-
ban alone. There had also been
tremendous amount of betting in the
future books in this event. The final
price against Gold Heels was to 1 to
VIII anu even money LOT d pace. rem
tecost to 2; Blues, and 2; Sadie s.,
40 and 10; Herbert, and 2. and Ad-
vance Guard, 6 and 2. There was
much generous backing of Monograph,
the hope of the West, which closed at
Is and 6.
Starter Fitzgerald sent the field away
in excellent style with none of the elev-
en- starters-Trigger having been
scratched at $40 p. m.-having any
great advantage or disadvantage. The
track had been redeemed from an inch
of mud by hard work on the part of
the superintendent. Rain threatened
all during the afternoon, but none fell,
and a fine breeze cooled the crowds in
the grand stand. Gen. F. S. Lewee,
one OF Gold Heels owners, is a promi-
nent New Yorker, once a member of
the Governors staff. Gold Heels was
once owned by William c. Whitney,
nd Lot h1z the Glna He