. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Mat 26,1894] iffilje $veet>ev cmd &pavtamixtu 485. CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACKS. THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY—WEDNESDAY, MAY 23. OOD sport was had this day, aDd it was a fair one for the talent be sides, though only two out-and on favorites managed to win, The re- maining races were taken by a sec- ond, and third choice and a long shot that should not, on her recent good running, have beeu at any- thing like the odds given. Motto broke the California record at the short six furlongs this afternoon, going the route in 1:12 flat, a cut of half a second. De Bracey, a
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Mat 26,1894] iffilje $veet>ev cmd &pavtamixtu 485. CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB RACKS. THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY—WEDNESDAY, MAY 23. OOD sport was had this day, aDd it was a fair one for the talent be sides, though only two out-and on favorites managed to win, The re- maining races were taken by a sec- ond, and third choice and a long shot that should not, on her recent good running, have beeu at any- thing like the odds given. Motto broke the California record at the short six furlongs this afternoon, going the route in 1:12 flat, a cut of half a second. De Bracey, age and weight considered, though he only finished in the place, ran a remarkable race for a three-year-old, conceding Motto no less than twenty-one pounds. Midget galloped five furlongs in 1:01 flat, too, so that the track could be considered well-nigh perfect. Coombs, Burlingame, Tuberville and Chevalier rode the winners, the litter again bringing two to the front. Verily he is in form. Boule got most of the coin in the first race, after getting away fourth and being in that position at the head of the homestretch. Polaski, the favorite, was a fair second, ffhile Morton just beat Bronco a nose for the show. Tuberville did the look-around-and-see-me-grin-act on Bronco near the fin- ish, or he would have been third, if indeed not second. Mustesa, a 12-to-l shot, won the second race rather handily by one and one-half lengths in the fair time of 1:02}. Annie Moore was second, a length in front of Durango, who led un- til well in the homestretch. Jennie Deane, the even-money favorite, finished fifth. Remus, favorite, was a handy winner in the third event, one mile. Old Gladiator led until less than three furlongs from home, then Eemus assumed a command he did not thereafter relinquish. Tigress was an indifferent third. Motto, second choice, got away second, went to the front in the first forty vards, and did not quit a bit, winning off by four lengths from that grand colt, De Bra
Size: 1417px × 1763px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1882
