Evening star., 1907-06-30

sturdy order, on rather short legs, while
Barnes was rather leggy and a taller colt
than his English-bred rival.
Both Jockeys, Mclaughlin and Feakes re-
ceived the same orders to set the pace hot
from the start, and the two colts went away
from the post like quarter horses, P.zarro
the leader by half length. But Barnes had
the rail- and before Feakes could get that
position with Pizarro Mclaughlin sent
Barnes up to him and the two passed the
furlong pole on even terms.
To the quarter the pace was a scorcher,
and as the watches marked "a seconds with
the two colts head and head, the big crowd
was in ferment Of excitement. The close
contest. as well as the certainty that neither
colt could keep up this splitting pace In the
mud, worked all hands up to fever heat.
True to their orders, each jockey kept at
his mount. never giving him time to falter,
and beginning the back stretch Barnes and
Pizarro were still running locked, stride for
stride, neither being able apparently to gain
an inch on the other. The way they We're 60
Ing 1t became only question which would
crack first.
Showering the mud from their flying heels
the pair of equine gladiators neared the
half-mile pole, dashing by that point in 48
seconds-sensational time on fast track
with lis pounds up, but little short of sui
cidal in the mud for one or the other.
Which one would weaken first was now up
permost in the minds of the excited special
tors.
A Duel in the Mud
This question was soon settled, as Barnes
head began to show in front a few strides
further on. And then Feakes was seen to
be riding PiZarro with hand and heel in the
effort to hold his flying adversary. But,
try he might, the English colt began to
lose ground inches at time.
1t was such bitter struggle at this stage
that the crowd was held spellbound Pizar-
ro's hackers hoping against hope, and
Barnes supporters fearing that the severity
of the pace in the sloppy mud would set
tle'' him any moment.
But the Dwyer colt not only held his ad-
vantage over the Lorillard youngster, but
in the next furlong increased his lead to
nearly length, and, reaching the woods
at the end of the backstretch a streak of
daylight showed between the two, while
Pizarro was beginning to show signs of
distress.
Rounding for home, Barnes drew away
at every jump, and the pace slowed up to a
degree. In the homestretch Barnes was
eased up by Mclaughlin, and he passed the
finish galloping, with Pizarro several
lengths away.
It was the fastest race for half a mile
ever seen in this country up to that time
over a muddy course. Both colts came out
of 1t without Ill effects. Pizarro two
days later beat big field at a mile.
The Dwyers landed something like 100000
in wagers besides the stake. Pierre Loril-
lard lost the largest wager OF his entire
turf career. He got some of it back, how
ever three weeks later at Long Branch,
when Pizarro defeated the Dwyer colt
George Kinney in the Ocean stakes, with
the liberal odds of to ] against him.
The fifth Tidal stake. in 1884, saw the
Dwyer colt Panique beaten by Pierre
Lorillards Young Duke. But in 1883 Joe
Cotton won the race for the Brooklyn men.
Commodore Kittson's Pardee the WIN
ner in 1856. Then in 1887 and 1883 In
spector 3. and Hanover carried the Dwyer
colors to the front, making seven victories
to their credit in nine years.