Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
had shown himself good weight carrier

| and long distance performer.
| EDWARDS stretch move changed the bet
| ting materially, as from 5000 to $l,JOo On
| Muggins against the field the rates chang
| ed to Watsons pair Onward and Dela-
| ware) $3e00, Muggins 81, 500, Dazzle $3.50,
| and by the time that the horses were
/, called out the Underwood pool box held
close to 100000, dependent on the issue
| of the struggle.
The horses were we'll served as to jockey
1 ship, the famous colored Manikin Abe
handling Muggins while Gilpatrick rode
| Onward. Casey, Delaware and Henry.
Dazzle. Abe, brought out by Har. Duncan
! Kenner of Louisiana, was almost an idiot as
] far as education of any sort went but as
| jockey he was the peer of any rider Of his
| day. While light in weight he had great
! strength of wrist and knee and also keen
judge of pace.
| AS anticipated. one of the Watson pair
| in the race for the cup set out to set the
| pace stiff one while the other laid back
| with Muggins. Onward, always a front
runner, started out at drum tap and open
| ing up gap of four lengths showed the
way to the stand, ending the first quarter
| In 2S seconds. Here Dazzle was second
! with Muggins and Delaware together.
In the first mile closer order took place,
Dazzle dropped back to the rear and end
ing the mile and a quarter in 2:16. Onward
led three lengths, Muggins second, with
Delaware at his tail. EDWARDS low. fric-
tionless stride reeled off the first quarters
at a faster rate and reaching the back
streatch on the last mile he was still three
| lengths in front, looking much like a
winner.
But Abe, on Muggins, now let out wrap
| and a great shout from the crowd pro-
claimed the closing up of the western horse
who, reaching the half mile. Tapped On
ward and looked as If he could get him at
WILL So the pair ran neckS apart rouno
! the lower turn and into the stretch. The
MAJ
| ferment Of excitement.
Muggins Wins in Drive.
So we'll did Onward maintain his ad-
vantage of a neck that a number of side
! bets were made that he would win. But
Abe on Muggins had the rails and as the
! pair Strengthened out in the homestretch
he began to ride the big chestnut In dead
earnest. Here Delaware was four lengths
back and his mission as a helper to On
ward was dead failure.
On came the two game horses, Mugg1ns
drawing up even at the last furlong. amid
the shouts of the Tennesseans and Ken
tuckians, in which the rebel yell' was very
conspicuous. Stride for stride they ran to
the lower end of the stand, where Abe drew
his whip for the first time in the struggle.
Only once did the singing lash fall on the
glossy silken hide of the Tennessee horse,
for Muggins seemed to jump two feet as the
whip fell and Abe put ii up on the instant.
Once in the lead Muggins held Onward at
his saddle skirts and, though the latter, I'M
der whip and spur hung on gamely, Mug
gins beat him home by three-quarters of
length amid tumultuous cheering Winners
and losers alike cheered both horses as they
| came back to the scales the time, 4.O3 for
the two miles and quarter, showing
good race at the weights. The last two
| miles were run in 3.35, Delaware four
lengths behind Onward, Dazzle beaten a
hundred yards.
In 1865 and 1866 Kentucky, John Hunters
c. yirfn
of 1867 was followed by the success of
Milton Sanfords Lancaster, who defeated
the great horses, Fanny Cheatham and
Privateer, over muddy track. Owner
Sanford's agent bought nearly every pool
sold on the race the night before and at
the track cleaned up $4,000 coup on the
race
In 1869 and 1870, Capt. Moore's Bayonet
and w. r. Babcock's Melmbold secured
cup honors, while the following year the
mighty Longfellow defeated August Bel
mont's great horse, King Fisher running
the latter off his feet in the first six fur
longs, 1.12: first mile, LAO. This broke
King Fishers heart.
Cup Winners of Glass.
The next three years in succession the
cup went to the all-powerfuI Mcdaniel
eonfederacy by the aid of the stout
horses Joe Daniels. Harry Bassett and
Springlok, while the same stable in the
next year ran dead neat fOr the cup
with Springlok. who finished locked with
M. H. Sanfords Preakness.
The Lorillards secured the next two
cups with George LoriIlard's Tom Ochil-
tree GS76) and Pierre Lorillard's Parole
| in the two following years Parole d.
vides with Kentucky and General Mon
roe the honors of winning the cup twice
The great Bramble in 1879 won the cup
followed by Longstair and Checkmate in
the two succeeding years.
ThOra, the ONLY mare to win the CUP I'D
to this time, secured the trophy in 1882
followed by General Monroe in the two
following years. Then Lucky Baldwin S
Volante won after finish which Isaac
Murphy drew so fine that Baldwin in his
excitement swallowed part of his "cud"
of tobacco and had lively choking spell.
In 1901 the distance was reduced to a
mile and five furlongs, Blues winning.
Then Advance Guard, Africander, Bel
dame the second mare to win and Cough
newaga last season at a mile and three
lance event in America; one replete with
glorious associations of great horses in
every sense of the term.
The closing days of the meeting here
this week have been well patronized In
spite of the closing Of the halls Of chance
tory of the spa-from a financial stand
point-while from racing point of view
it has been fully up to the standard.
Salvidere. the champion two-year-old, set
the seal on his fame by his Adirondack
handicap win Wednesday with 1913
pounds, while yesterday Dandelion. with
126 pounds. added the rich Champlain
handicap to his other wins this season.
Tonight Saratoga is comparatively de-
serted village, as the racing clans have
left for Sheepshead Bay. c. C. p.