Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-01
Foot Ball, Racing
and Other Sports
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e great favorite. Pools sod Aristides 81 900,
Ozark 800. Tom Ochiltree 500 and Leader
$IS0. And late rates were two to one on
Arlstides against the field. But Trainer
Davis. as he put up two pounds overweight
SO that Feaks could ride. told all his friends
that Ozark would WIN even against Aris-
tides, and good many took the advice, to
their subsequent profit.
The Long Branch track was bit slow
that day from overnight rain, going which
did not quite suit Aristides, while it was alb
to OZarks liking. And as Feakes took the
brown colt right to the front from the tap
Of the drum Aristides had his work cut out
for him all the way. At half the distance
Sowin got Aristides up to Ozarks flank. but
the latter held him there in the run round
to the homestretch, where Ozark drew
away and won by two lengths.
Four days later with the track deep In
mud Ozark met one of McGrath's other
crack three-year-olds. Chesapeake, in the
hobins stakes, two miles. Chesapeake was
the colt that had to be pulled double to let
his stable companion win the Jersey Derby,
while at Lexington two months before he
had beaten Ten Brock, Emma c. and Big
Sandy at two miles in very fast time. But
In the Robins stake at the Branch Ozark
ran Chesapeake off his legs in the first
mile and a half, and then galloped the rest
OF the way in hollow style.
Wins Four Miles at Washington.
BY this time the eastern turfmen began
to think that the brown colt from the
Ozark mountains was some race horse, and
at Saratoga he earned further honors. In
the Kenner stakes, at two miles, Ozark
ran a dead heat with Miner for first
money, with Warwick st. Martin, Willie
Burke and Chesapeake behind the pair. In
all his races Ozark showed such a prefer
ence for q route that his trainer declared
he would prove to be a four-miler.
After the Baltimore meeting closed at
Pimlco that fall four-day meeting was
held at the Ivy City track near Washing
ton. October 26 to 20. Most of the stables
that were at Pimlico came over to the Dis
trict, and four-nile race for a purse Of
5000 engaged the attention of some we'll
known long-dfstance cracks. Among the
nominations were Aaron Pennington. Shy
lock. Madge, Big Sandy. Kadi. Piccelo;
Weatherby, Busy Bee. Galway. General
Harvey, Ozark and Nettie Norton.
Nettie Norton had won number OF long
races that season, among them the Borne
stakes at Baltimore-four-mile heats-and
the daughter of bennington was looked
on as a sure winner of the Washington
four-mile stake. Seven horses ran-Nettie
three Others with Nettie Norton big
favorite. Ozark second choice. The mare,
a four-year-old, had up 1O1 pounds, with 80
pounds on Ozark.
A big crowd witnessed the race which had
these novel conditions: The horse that was
in front ending the first mile was to get
$500; the leader at the end of two miles,
$4UO, at three miles, $oUV, winner VI the
race, $500; horse that finished second.
$500. So here was chance for horses that
could not go the full four miles to get fair
amounts at various stages Of the race,
making it certainty that the pace would
be a stiff one all the way.
Old Joe Dams told Collins, who rode
Ozark, to take the three-year-old right out
and contest every mile for all the different
awards, and try to run the favorite, Nettie
Norton, of her feet This the boy did in
clever style. The game colt under him
made all the pace, led at the mile, two
miles and three miles, and the last time
ton and winning by two lengths in 1888:
The thousands cheered Ozark again and
again, for it was a game performance for
a three-year-old, and both Owner O'Fallon
and Trainer Dams received hearty con-
CALCULATIONS over their mountain-bred colt.
C.. e. P.