. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. *r!> TWENTY-EIGHT PAQE-S. TaWflu. Vol XIX. No 7. No. 118 BUSH STREET SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1891. BREEDER' DAT. Cupid Wiasjthe"2:24 Race.âKintjsley Carries off tbe Double-Team Purse. A Great Somersault In tbe nettingâ Every Horse a Favorite by Tnrns and rots of Money Lostâ Cupid Smashes a Combination. The closing day of the BreederVMeeting was an ideal day. There had been a heavy fog all the morning, but the snn 3ame out bo hot that by noon the atmosphere was bright and ,:lear, with very little wind. By 1 o'clock there was a
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. *r!> TWENTY-EIGHT PAQE-S. TaWflu. Vol XIX. No 7. No. 118 BUSH STREET SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1891. BREEDER' DAT. Cupid Wiasjthe"2:24 Race.âKintjsley Carries off tbe Double-Team Purse. A Great Somersault In tbe nettingâ Every Horse a Favorite by Tnrns and rots of Money Lostâ Cupid Smashes a Combination. The closing day of the BreederVMeeting was an ideal day. There had been a heavy fog all the morning, but the snn 3ame out bo hot that by noon the atmosphere was bright and ,:lear, with very little wind. By 1 o'clock there was a fair iprinkling of people on the track, and pool selling began in earnest. We have never seen a race in which there was rom first to last, snch a flnctnation of public opinion as in :he 2:24 class race. A rumor cam** from the Oakland track :bat the brother to Adonis had done a mile in 2:19£, but he vas generally regarded as a faint-hearted and unreliable colt, io that the general public did not touch him to any great es- ,ent. Lynelte was reported as having done a mile in 2:22 Jind. although she opened as the outsider in the betting, her >wner and his friends backed her so persistently that, before he start for the first heat, she advanced to tbe position of avorite. Mr. Hatch, the owner of hiB friends hat his horse was in good health, but not far enongh for- ward in his preparation to admit of bis lasting through a lesperate contest. Una Wilkes was quietly touted as the thing of the day and was reported to be at least three econds faster than on tbe first day when she lowered her flag o the gray son of Steinway and Bloomfield Maid. The iools before the first heat showed the following: ;'na Wilkes 60 6U 60 45 45 40 45 .nlde ?0 20 SO 20 25 20 20 apia 25 20 20 18 20 18 31 â ynette 18 30 40 60 50 50 70 There were but four fahe starts and then away they went ->r the first heat, Lynette having the pole, Una "Wilkes tbe xtreme outside. Hickok was
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