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| SOuthweN SOTncT WcIMcui ouSes
the thrilling finish between Africander. and
while Fuller had sat down to ride ART
cnnder out with his hands. and superb
finish he put up at that. . Ill.
With incessant cheering, 1ranlc yeIs
OF encouragement. distressing walls and
hysterical shrieks, the crowd sent up
mighty roar as the two horses dashed on
toward the judges Herbert gained inch
by inch, but Africander was equal to the
blue looded racer he passed the wire
victorious by a short head while the crowd
practically collapsed from sheer e1haus-
ton Covered with mud, far back In the
ruck. finished the 10000, Hermis The
| had done his best and that was all. And
| from the vast crowd came expressions OF
sympathy for him which would have been
a solace had be been possessed OF human
| instincts,
Heno, too, was spa tered beyond recog-
milton and so were all Of the other thorough.
| BREEDS who several minutes before had
emerged from the paddock spck and span
The race over, the crowd watched for
| the red board to denote that all was cor
rect, When suddenly odom, mopping the
mud from his face, clambered up the steps
of the stewards stand and filed protest
of foul, those who had backed Herbert
cheered Odom wildly. The stewards, F. II,
Hitchcock. II. X. Knapp and j. G. F9llans-
bee, heard Odom's story and sent for Fuller.
| The latter had Just climbed out OF the time.
honored floral horseshoe where he had
doned his cap to the admiring throng. and
while he explained matters to the turf au-
| tloiities the suspense was trying. Down
on the grass outside OF the stand stood a
youthful looking fellow with his hands in
his pockets, He was Charley Dryer. son
of the famous plunger. Mike Dwyer. and
though he knew that a disqualification OF
his horse for fouling would deprive him
of s18, 800, the value of the race to the winner.
he showed no emotion even to the quivering
of an eyeash
Both horses we're tired, said he calmly
TO his friends, but did not see them bump
was committed
Then in the next moment the stewards
made their ruling. 1t was that there was
no foul, the red board was adjusted to the
smile playing about his mouth, thrust a
toothpick between his teeth and quietly
walked away.
Africander was purchased by Julius
Fleischmann as a yearlinE at the F H1sggIn
mann sold the Star Ruby colt to Deimel 4
Dwyer for $4,000 In the fall the colt
was offered at auction and by a mistake
was knocked down to L. V Bell for Sl4,5oo.
but as Mr. Bell did not want him at that
J
Early this year beimel l. Dwyer refused
an offer of $25 900 for Africander and in
doing so they showed wisdom, for the colt
won the rich Belmont Stakes at Morris
Park and is now one OF the most valuable
racehorses in training.
Grover Cleveland Fuller came into prom
inence at New Orleans last winter as
jockey, and this il his greatest success
Timothy D. Sullivan has first call on his
services and Frank Farrell second call
hap Mr. To rran Cnpplilda1 IN acrafrh
Blues from the Suburban he turned Fuller
over to Demel II Dwyer and they could
not have secured a better rider for their
colt. The boy said after the race:
the last quarter OF a mile, The pace was
q killing one, and both my mount and
Herbert tired greatly in the stretch. There
was no humping Africander simply bearing
the last mile was run in l4s rs and the
first mile in l;43, IL can be readily seen
how played out both horses were, at the
finish, Herlnis ret wonderful ds, pace
much for him. am the happiest boy in
America to-day and you can say for me
that Afrcander is the best three-year-old
that | ever rode. He was game TO the end,
although he was pretty we'll gone at the
finish.
success, and so was h il father, who, though
a sick man, saw the race from the club
house.
"Africander has improved steadily, said
/ Dwyer "He was not ready In his races at
Jamaica and was Just rounding to when
he won the Belmont. 1t was not until he
won the handicap at Gravesend last Monday
that | believed he had chance to win the
Suburban. He handled his weight, nicely
ard to my way of thinking was the best
horse in the race
Afrcander took up twelve pound
peralty for winning tho Belmont gave nine
! POUNDS 10 Herbert, heavyweight to Hunter
Raine, two to Major Dain gerfield. twent y
three to City Bank. thirteen 10 Igniter,
| twelve to Bonnibcrt, twenty-five TO His
Eminence. four TO Col. Bill, eight to Heno,
thirty-two to Himself, nine to Articulate.
twenty TO Lux CRsta and fourteen to
Hermis.
! THE OTHER RACES.
The $4,000 Double Event, for two-year-
! olds at five and half furlongs on the Fu-
turity course, afforded John f, Madden
an opportunity to pull of one Of his charac-
teristic coups There we're four added
starters to this event, Err. Thomass Pulsrs,
Toledo. the Gayoso Stables SHOEMAKER and
| s. s. Browns Conjurer There was such a
! hot tip out on Conjurer, a Sir Dixon colt
who was reported to be the best youngster
! in Capt Browns stable, therefore being
; Broomstick's superior, that he was pounded
Thomas's Dimple and Pulsus were second
choices at 312 TO 1, with August Belmont 8
| Gallant backed down to fves and John W.
| Schorr's Aloharib reduced to skies.
There were ten to face the barrier. and
| once away to good start Madden's colt
! Aristocracy by Mirthful-Fatty, a 20 to l
| shot, took the lead and, first disposing of
| h. +. Wilson, Jr.s. Montrcsson. and then
/ Pulsus, won in drive by a length and a
half from Dmple, who got mastery ride
from Redfern and W no was similar dis
tance in front of Toledo, IL to /. Aris-
tocracy's triumph WAS particularly dis
tressng to Mr.. Thomas, who, it will be re-
called. purchased Dmple from Madden
for close to SEQ. 1000. it is stated This race
was first started in 1889 and the winners
of it since then have been Torso, Russell,
! His Highness, Ajax, Hornpipe, Keenan,,
! Handspring, Ornament, Bowling Brook
Kingdom, Prince of Melbourne, Tower Of
! Candles Nasturtium and Mexican.
| The first race of the day, for three-year-
Odds and upward on the main track, was a
severe blow to the form players, who made
| Dublin to favorite and backed Black
| stock down to threes second choice, for
| Odom put up splendid ride on w. B. Jen-
nings's Shot Gun, who ran over Blackstock
at the turn and won in gallop by three
| lengths. Blackstock having six lengths
! over Dublin, whose performance was a
| shock TO those who backed him The