Evening star., 1907-10-13
Bv c. c. Pettus.

By {. L. FettuS.
TIE announcement by J. B. HaEgin that
he 0-., exhibit his noted race horse and
sire Salvator at the Louisville morse show
emphasizes the fac: that the horse sui
holds the American record at mile, ana
t1a: no turf performer IN this country
has as Vet got nearer than within two
seconds Of the 35iz-mile mark set by
S. aviator at Monmouth Park on that
memorable day seventeen years ago.
FoaIed in 1SSG Salvador, Sa,tna' s second
foa. To Prince Charlie, was one Of the
fastest yearlings In the paddock. As his
tvo-vear-old performances in ISIS more
than fulfilled this early promise, the
Hagslus knew t1ey had good colt. OF
SaIyator's races as a two-year-old his
neck defeat in the Futurity by Proctor
Knott was perhaps the most sensational
As three-year-old Salvador Won stake
after stake, showing much better staying
Qualities than his great sire ever did at
the zenith of his fame on the English
turf
Great Race With Longstreet.
In the LoriI!ard stakes at Monmouth
Park that year an sls,Ho race, over
mile and d half. J. b Haggin and his
son. Ben Ali Haggn. won one OF the
largest wagcrs of their turf career on
Salvador. He was meeting among others
at his own age the Dwyers famous colt
IongstTe I. Just then a his best Ana
feeling ran hign between the TWO colts,
TIE public being pretty evenly divided be
tween the Tair.
At the auction quarters Ben Ali Haggin
personally bought pool after pool on Sal
vator. or rather on his stable entry. For
they started colt named Kern as
helper 10 Salvador AUCtlOOeer Bob
CathCayt successor To Doctor Under
wood as official seller on the eastern
tracks, did a tremendous business on the
Iuce LonEstreet also had heavy sup
port IN auctions from Mike Dwyer,
who was credited with a $lu,Ep commits
sion there and double that amount in the
books The Haggins had fully 10000 on
their colt az an average in auctions and
ring at ! 10 =, the Haggin entry. Saliva
tor and Kern, closing favorites at 10 a,
with LOngstreet at to l.
The race was an unsatisfactory affai
TO all but Salvators hackers The lat
ters stable mate. Kern, whether accl-
d=ntally or not. swerved into Longstreet
half d mile from home. forcing Garrison,
on LongsJ-eel, to pull up or go down.
Salvador was leading two lengths at the
time and as Isaac Murphy kept the colt
going from there home LongsTeet had d
hopeless gap to make up
so We'll ull l<OlSSlEtcl tIOSe up III the
homestretch. however, that he was only
beaten a snort length by Salvador, and
but for the interference would probably
have won. Then crowd collected round
the judges stand sure that d claim OF
foul would be made. But Garrison could
not Dull up Lougstreet at once. so full of
running was the colt. going to the quarter
pole before he stopped. Then the jockey.
unwisely, as it turned out came back 10
the stand with Longstreet in far too
rir a
worked up hackers. Even then, when he
saluted the judges with his whip before
dismounting ne omitted to claim the foul
instantly before he got off the horse,
A Much Disputed Decision.
The rules at that tine were .ronical as
regards fouls They had 10 be claimed or
they would not be allowed. Although the
Monmouth Park officials would never eX-
plain why they d!d.uot wait while longer
for Garrison To- claim a foul. after he mad
passed the scG.es. certain 1t is that they
did not Wat and rang the bell confirming
the race. a i VAS finished, amid 4 VolleE
Of L.Sses from the crowd and cries, why
don You wait for Garr.sou?''
4 few seconds later Master Carr.
slowly cam out Of the weighing room
Some - the spectators chaercd him as he
mounted the steps TO the judges stand
and claimed that Kern. The stable mate
o. Saltwater had fouled him at the half
mile TO-r. and that. under the rules re-
gard.ng q foul ny stable companion of
winner, he Gained TIE race for Long
street But the judges told him that they
had already confirmed the race, and re-
fused 70 allow the foul.
To the owners of Longstreet. the
DIVERS. who protested this decision
against Garrison's claim the officials said
that the jockey was too Iate. that by the
time he made his claim the ring had be-
gun to ray bets. and also a the auction
quarters. Then the pwyeTs protested the
S1N9Ao stake money a protest which the
officials also overruled but later in the
day fined The jockey OF Kern 500 for
careless riding
This hasty decision Of the Monmouth
officials. n spite OF Garrison's : tardy claim
of Nha. about every one on the track
plainly witnessed aroused a storm Of ad-
verse criticism from the press and pub
lio generally. which their subsequent I'm
ing Of thc jockey Of Kern on'y served
70 Increase. For il there had been no
fou! by Kern. as their decision put on
record why fine The Jockey Of that horse
tor careless ridlug2
While even =, as the officials claimed
Gar~.sor's formal claim Of foul was no:
made uutI payncnt in bets had begun
the protest II the Dvycrs as 70 the SIS
on stake Was made even before that had
been raid 70 The HaGgins. and in that
case as ir the l9yneui Of bets the fnfne
o. Hasg'us Jockey. who had interfered
with Lungstreer hut served 70 intensity
I . 70 Ing against the decision
Salvador. therefore. landed the Higgins
pere and fls. something ike S55 900 ovel
the race exclusive Of the SIS coo stalk,
money, the larRss: wager The. master ot
Rancho del PasO ever landed over III,
horse and one - the largest he eyel
landr7 ~ any time
The salvatorTenny Match.
As a four-vear-oI1 S4lvator was noint
ed for The Suburban. which he won VIII
127 pounds in the saddle ridden by Isaac
Murphy. beating Tenny. with Garrison
up. only by a neck IN a hard drive. Thi.
led 20 the ever-famous match betwee1
the Two horses, lInmortaliz@d in verse ant
witnessed by the largest crowd of raciui
enthusiasts that had ever been on al
American race course UP 10 that time.
When Tenny was a yearling he was 81
small that ne brought only s1S0 but tn
1ttie runt grew a good hit in the mex
year as two-vear- and at three h
became quite hcrsc, as far as individu
alitv went, short coupled. chuuilv
built bav with sway back that mad
him look like an old horse instead OF
youngster
TerrV was a horse Of moods and woul,
sulk at times I'm his races and then com
along when too 'ate in "A manner tha