The Washington herald., 1917-03-25
When Henry Of Navarro Beat
nomino

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! Why. yes, Lon, an believe me, twas
hoss race long to be remembered. 1t
was run on tn 18th o. September. 1895,
up at Sheepshead Bay. then tn most
beautiful race course in this country, an
was special sweepstakes at one mile
an furlong between August Belmont's s
Henry Of Navarro, James R. Keene's
Domino. an Lucky Baldwin's Rey FL
Santa Anita. Perkins rode Henry, Fred
Taral was on Domino, an Willie Simms
piloted tn Anita horse. all of 'em totin'
l22 pounds.
| There wasn't such a tremendous crowd
on hand, only about 10000 folks. but what
was lackin' in numbers was made up for
In class, as tn cream Of tn East an
West was there. for tn race was sec
tional one, Henry OF Navarro an Rey
Ell Santa Anita bein' backed by tn West
an South, while tn great Domino was
supported by tn unswervin' devotion of
tn East
Henry OF Navarro opened favorite at 7
to s. Domino was to s. an Rey El
Santa Anita 21-2 to !, but for quite Ill
| while you woulda thought you was at
church festival. as nobody seemed to
want it, in fact all hands was waitin
for one man to start somethin'.
Down in tn bettin' ring between tn
long lines of stools there was a aisle. an
along this run TIL question: Has Riley
Grammar bet on Navarro YETI"
In them days it meant a heap O. differ
ence which way Riley Grammar bet. for
II he bet Navarro tn rest OF tn wise
guys would get better odds on Domino.
an If he didn't back Henry tn high stool
birds" might have to make 1t a gamble.
holdin' tn horse themselves, somethin
| they wasn't non too stuck on.
There was a liz nibblin' herein there
without nothin' excitin' happenin'. when.
all of sudden. a whisper went down tn
line just as tn wind ripples through a
field o grain. "Grannan's gone to Ma
varre"' an then they started rubbin'.
Away down at the other end of tn line a
smooth-faced. kiddish-lookin' guy was
movtn briskly along with a gang at his
heels He'd stop every now'n then. an
after a whisper with "bookie" ther'd
be some memorandum work. an then he'd
keep movn'.
Riley Grammar. tn big plunger, was
backin Henry of Navarro to win. He
made a mess Of 'em turn their faces tn
other way. takin' every bit of 6 to .5 he
could lay his peppers on. until it was
said he'd clean up 10000 ''crullers" II tn
Henry horse copped. Navarro closed a
even money favorite when Grammar got
through.
Away from th' maddenin' rush of tn
ring an tn babble of tn grandstand,
out in tn quet paddock. where tn sum
shine. dartin' through tn branches of tn
trees. played hide an seek on tn cool
green grass. tn horses strobe silently
around under tn long sheds, objects Of
great interest to their many admirers
Then tn bugle sounded. an in a few
minutes Henry of Navarro passed
through tn paddock gates on to tn
track. an galloped leisurely down past
tn Judges stand, his golden chestnut
coat glistenin' in TIL rays of tn after
noon sun, a new spring to his stride
that showed his condition. He was sure
one grand lookin' animal, an when tn
thousands in tn 'grandstand cheered. an
he proudly turned his fine, intelligent
head towards them he looked what he
was, thrue type of tn thoroughbred, clean
limbed an bright
Domino followed shortly after an tn
ovation TIL admirers Of TIL great black
horse gave him was one long to be re-
membered
Rey FL Santa Anita was tn last to
come out. heavy hooded, an wearin' a
strap around his neck to keep him from
win&<suckn'.
Henry of Navarro had TIL rail. with tn
Californian horse second, an Domino on
tn outside.
There was only a short delay at th'
post. an then Starter Rowe caught 'em
in line. let his flag drop. an tn big race
was on.
Before tn judges stand was reached
Fred Taral had sent Domino to tn front,
an in tn first fifty yards tn mighty
black was two lengths before his field
/ runnin' freely. Behind him come Henry
of Navarro with liz Perkins lookin' anxi-
Gus. an last of all was Rey Ell Santa
Anita.
They'd no sooner passed tn first fur
long pole when tn Domino toIh8 let out
Il cry O dismay. Henry OF Navarro in a
dozen strides had slipped by him. an
tn black demon had apparently broke
down. but before their groans had echoed
across tn track Domino hai again stood
off his rivals an was speedin' like tn
wind down tn baCkstretch two lengths to
tn good an goIn' along easy.
Th' pace was CROWN faster as each
pole was passed. Th' Navarro people
looked blue as they noted tn smoth.
frictionless stride O. Doimno rushin'
| backstretch like a black shadow.
while two lengths behind him liz Per-
kins was pushin' an coaxin' tn fav-
orite to hang closer to Domino.
1t certainly looked like Domino
would waddle in. Two lengths be-
hind Navarro was poor Rey FL Santa
Anita already hopelessly beat. Simms
drtvin' him along just to keep within
speakin' distance of tn leaders
All tn way up tn backstretch.
around tn far turn, past tn six fur
long pole, tn seven furlong pole, tn
mile pole Domino still held his lead
unchallenged.
1t was only a quarter Of a mile to
tn Judges an a broad gap o. daylight
separated tn black horse from his
pursuers. Every Domino nut" in tn
stands was shoutin' with delight TIL
air was full O. cheers for Domino.
When all Of a sudden a shrill voice
rose above tn clamor: Look at Henry
Gomez
Into tn stretch come Domino with
Henry of Navarro still a good length
away. But tn great chestnut was at
last reused. With his long neck
stretched out, his eyes blazin' with fire
of battle, all his sluggishness depart
ed, Henry of Navarro come down upon
his rival with Irresistible speed.
At tn furlOng pole Taral glanced
over his shoulder an saw tn chest
nut at his saddle skirts. Then tn
"Dutchman" went to work like only
he knowed how. but his efforts were
useless.
At every stride tn chestnut head
crept further ar further along tn
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