The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-07-25
A GREAT HORSE RACE
The Match Between Salvador and
the Swayback.
HOW TENNY WAS DEFEATED
The Clever Piece Of Work That Was
Engineered by Jockey Isaac Murphy.
A Coup That Made Salvador the King
Of the Turf by a Short Head.

Of the Turf by Short Head.
Salvador. great race horse. had beat
en- Teuuy. mighty runner of the turf,
I'm the Suburban handicap at Sleeps
head Bay Salyator had also disposed
Of other rivals In that same race. and
they were calling him the king Of the
turf when David Pulsifcr made pro
test. lie owned the person Of Tenny,
and in that horse was wrapped the
pride and the ambitions OF the tribe Of
Pulsifer.
SO inssstent was Pulsifer that Tenny
had no superior In America that he
worked himself into an emotional
challenge and made II wager OF 5000
with James B. IIaggin that Salvador
could not repeat the performance of
the Suburban and thrust defeat into
the face Of Tcnny second time. Thus
Il cam. about that on a June day at
old Sheepshead the great crowd gath
cred to witness n battle Of the giants,
and the whole country fingered close
to the telegraph wires TO get first hand
news Of the finish
Now, there have been many splendid
stories and at least one good poem
written of that match. Stirring tales
they are, and yet there Is one little
yarn one may write even now which.
while IL may tarnlsh In n measure the
crown Of Salvator, yet gives 70 Tenny
his due long overdue, and goes 60
show that in this stupendous game of
horse racing the prize Is not always to
the swiftest. Salvador did not beat
Tenny in the match because he ran
bit faster Tenny had n popularity.
and because a Jockey knew Of II and
took fair advantage of Il Salvador had
his white nose In front at the end OF
that mnrkable mile and quarter II
was Isaac Murphy. negro knight of the
saddle, who won the duel OF course
| he had the swift and earnest assistance
| of Salvador between his knees, hut any
other boy than Murphy astride Saliva
tor that day would have viewed the
finish from the rear.
Teuny was what you might call a
home body. lie loved his stable and
| Its associations. Run greatly he could
and would: but, given his own horse
way about things. he would never have
been far wanderer from the stall which
gave him shelter. That particular stall
at Sheepshead was just at the middle
OF the second turn Of the track. Tenny
could see the door invitlngly open when
he galloped past on the track. lie did
see II on many morning occasions
when he was taking his work, and
many times he made n playful effort
to leave the track aud 20 through the
gap for home before he had finished
his constitutional. Now and then when
he was having Il genuine work out
running a distance almost at top speed
he would bear out on the turn and
make "A real try to slip out and home
1t was that peculiarly of which
shrewd Isaac Murphy had knowledge
Isaac feared Tenny in the match
He told Haggin 80 frankly. lie had
been on Salvador when that horse had
all he could do to beat Tenny In the
Suburban, and he, better than anybody
knew what foeman Tenny was. Hae
: gin was 80 filed with confidence borr
OF his worship of Salvador that h'
would scarce give ear TO Isaac's fears
and had the negro lost the race II II
my belief that Iaggin would hav,
parted racing company with the blacl
boy. SO II was that Isaac put himself
to serious thought, keeping his counsel
as was his habit. When he mounted
for the match he had what sporting
people call an "ace In the hole
, Whether or not that ace would will
for him one feetlng moment woul,
tell.
Both riders had instructions TO rui
all the way. There were to be no walt
Ing tactics. Speed, speed. speed! wa
to be the way OF the running, and the!
made II that way. on from the start
er's red flag the pair Of horses sprang
fighting for the freedom OF the BIZ
Head and head they burst through tn
20 first quarter of mile, the crowd sit
ting breathless. Then there came
mild shout from the stand as Saliva
tors head and then his neck showed 4
, front. Gradually the neck became hal
the length of Salvator's long body
Then II became the whole length, an
ltuul utuu was ~ NuA
All this time the pace had been terrific
All this time Salvador was surely a
deaths coming cpeeplng away fror
Tenny.
That did not yet mean Tenny's d,
feat. for Tenny was known az grea
E. stretch runner lie could make hi
last quarter OF mile n tremendous ei
- fort Salvador went farther away froI
the bay horse and the daylight bega
. TO show between them. The pace wa
never slckened. Garrison, on Tenn!
was patient, knowing the stretch ru
he had under him and hoping that Sa
vator would tire at such speed. Sa
vator drove along the back stretch an
swung into the second turn goo
$ length and half In front, and Carr
y son was becoming uneasy. He bega
- TO caution Tenny and TO ask bit moi
Of the horse.