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AGOL ALGOL A SURPRISING WINNER The Wheeler Handicap 1 14 miles for three yearolds earls and upwards is a turf event im ¬ mortalized moralized in racing history because one of its winners Morello Marcello set a mark not likely to be reached by a 3yearold when with 117 pounds nip he ran first past the judges in the record time weight and age considered of 205 205The The repetition yesterday of this turf fixture attracted the largest crowd of the meeting bar Derby Day and July 4 and possibly 10000 persons saw the race worth 1415 to the win ¬ ner near 700 to the second and 300 to the third horse Twelve starters were carded but the blue pencil extinguished the names of The Eoman Oman Macy Marcy and Candleblack Candlewick The day was an ideal one for racing with its clear sky warm air and light breezes The track was in perfect condition Of the ten that cantered to the post for the Wheeler Handicap it may be said that taken as a field the lot was the best that has this year in the west faced the starter First to the eye of the amateur race ¬ goer came Pink Coat Woodford Woodward Buckners Buckers Tack son of Leonatus Lents for this horse had won great American Derby John Bright Talbot Bros Brows son of Sir Dixon had lowered the colors of the foregoing but then it was on a foreign track and few of the occupants of the carriages and grand stand knew of this defeat of the pop ular bulbar favorite What er Lou John Huffmans Huffman entry might be supposed to be trained to the hour by so careful a handler as the man to whom much of the success of Chicagos Chicago pet mare YoTambien was due and sired by White a horse that ran the grand Los Angeles a dead heat for the Latonia Antonia Derby What er Lou was fancied further by reason of his win of the two big handicaps of this year at St Louis and his seconds for the Oakwood Lakewood and Groat Goat Western Handicaps of the present meeting in both of which races the record had been broken brokenNext brokenness Next in favor and possibly first with advo ado ¬ cates castes of the time test came Goodrich Hops Laudemans Laundryman colt by Patron holder of the worlds record at 1 12 miles Now he only car ¬ ried reid 5 pounds more than on the day that he set the peg and such a difference in weight seemed trivial to enthusiasts Then there was Imp Ohio bred with all the speed of the Wagners Wagers and the hard bottom blood of the horses of the olden days of the Buckeye State wont as were they to run heats from noon until sun ¬ down Imp had at this meeting beat Macy Marcy possibly as good a horse as any racing here but maybe given too much of it itMr item Mr Schorrs Scorers champion was Algol bred from the imported horse Top Gallant and as a 2yearold this colt was up to carrying 123 pounds and beating the best in the west White Frost carried the colors of Ed Garduer Gardner one of the richest of Tennessee breed rs a man known in many capacities for thirty years as a sport of high class She was the sole represen represent ¬ tative active of Iroquois the only American horse to win the Epsoin Epson Derby Her class last year was very high but at this meeting her only per ¬ formance Forman has been a defeat of Candleblack Candlewick Elusive another of the starters was a new ¬ comer bat J B Eespass Espials is a horseman of re iwnandhis inland Sir Dixon mare had performed fTii Fiji at Latonia Antonia beating Azucena Sauce at one mile and seventy yards and the last named racenag Dracaena ran a mile over Washington Park July 16 in 139 An added started was George Pooles Poles Boanerges Beaneries 108 pounds up a record breaker himself as on July 6 he ran a mile and three sixteenths in 1581 Completing the parade was Dr Sheppard son of Buchanan winner of the Kentucky Derby Fred Foster whose suc such ¬ cess with Dr Rice will make him well remem Bremen ¬ bered bared sent this big fellow to the post and he Lad many followers In fine when the flag fell a large majority of the spectators had in an inside pocket a ticket representing a wager on one or another of the starters for the weights were well assigned and no horse but what could not by this or that sys says ¬ tem of handicapping be discovered to have an excellent chance of winning The opening bet ¬ ting was Pink Coat W Martin 2 to 1 What er Lou Foucon Soupcon 3 to 1 Goodrich Thorpe 5 to 1 John Bright Conley Coney and Boanerges Beaneries Cay wood 6 to 1 each Algol T Burns 8 to 1 Elusive Everett 8 to 1 White Frost Barrett Barrette Dr Sheppard H Martin and Imp L Reiff Riff 10 to 1 each Ten minutes of extra time was allowed for the speculators and the final bet ¬ ting was Pink Coat 3 112 Goodrich 4 75 710 What er Lou 4 85 35 Algol 10 4 2 Elusive 10 4 2 John Bright 12 5 2 Boan Ban ¬ erges merges 12 5 2i White Frost 1563 Imp 1563 Dr Sheppard 20 8 3 3The The race disappointed everybody as to a splendid start Algol was the first to show Pink Coat off with him only staying alongside an instant and in a furlongs run Schorrs Scorers horse was clear and sailing along in front he won away off Passing the stand Dr Sheppard Imp and Pink Coat raced side and side and the same bunch formed the division behind the fly ¬ ing King leader as the back stretch was made The same positions obtained at the half mile ground j where White Frost was fifth and John Bright sixth Here Goodrich and White Frost were many lengths behind Dr Sheppard who was second to Algol and What er Lou trailed along several open lengths be ¬ hind every horse In the straight White Frost Elusive and Goodrich raced side and side Boanerges Beaneries never prominent and as first Imp and then Dr Sheppard died away it became a pretty race amongst the three named horses for the pickings of the table Pink Coat ran gamely on and managed to get the third money but Goodrich swept by and took place honors honorsAlgols honors Algols Algol time tied the worlds record 2 04i made July 16 last but his performance is the better of the two as he carried 7 pounds more both horses being 4yearolds 4yearoldsIn In the first race Frank Bell off second to Queen of Song ran away from the field like a quarterhorse quarter and opening a gap of many lengths increased it at every jump Queen of Song distanced all others Sea Lion was third until close in when Boney Bony Boy came on and got third money all others beaten off Hardy Par dee was never in it itVandusen Vandusen Bandsmen who had won on Frank Bell threw across the plate St Alfonses Alfonso D the easiest of winners although he never got to the front until the last eighth there passing on next the rails Ferroll Ferro and Daily Racing Form blazed the way and rounded into the stretch in front the former retaining the lead until displaced by St Alfonses Alfonso D At the last eighth Daily Racing Form died to nothing and Eight Bells took his place when from behind came Barataria Barratries with a rush and ran homo second Ferroll Ferro finishing ahead of Eight Bells who off well enough had a hard time in getting around the others Dousterswivel Dusters ran a fair race raceFor race For the fourth race Bellicose went out ac ¬ companied by Bing Being Binger Bringer Topmast being third So the first three at the half mile only Barretts Barrettes horse was leading At the quar quark ¬ ter tear rounding into the back stretch Hugh Pbnny Bonny and Dunois Dubois were last but both moved upHugh unplug Penny being third at the upper turnall urinal closely together except Charley Christy trail ¬ ing King by two ienglKr Ziegler Now Skeets Skeet Martin raced Dunois Dubois around on the outside and enter ¬ ing King the straiht straight was near the front rank At the last eigt eight ch Hugh Penny and Duuois Duos were fighting for he lead when from the rear came Schorrs Scorers sell ug plater platter and joining them the trio made a pretty race of it to the final 100 yards Charley Christy there drawing away from Hugh Penny second and Dunois Dubois third thirdIn third In the fifth raca Racal Muskalonge Muskellunge was given a bad start the others getting off evenly Donna Rita The Elector Eddie Burke was the order from the club house turn to the finish Libertine was fourth up the back stretch Hohenzollern looked dangerous at the head oi the straight but soon had enough enoughThe enough The windup of a most successful race meet ¬ ing King came when Melter Smelter crossed the line a winner and just then the rumor was circulated that R J Fitzgerald had informed John Condon Condom that Hawthorne would not open Monday but leave Harlem in undisputed possession of the field for two weeks Not a single man was heard to demur to this the only reasonable way out of a tangle which threatened a race war Melter Smelter ran second to Dan Rice until the last sixteenth where Thorpe outrode outride Barrett Barrette Don Quixote finished third thirdPat third Pat Dunne said I had a bet on Pink Coat He ran a good race having up almost too much weight for a threeyearold especially as he was near the front in the fastest run part of the race raceExMayor accelerator ExMayor Exactor John P Hopkins and Col Cool J D Hopkins were out outHarry outlawry Harry White arrived from 3t Louis LouisMr Louis Mr Schorrs Scorers stable boj bo s all had a bet on Algol AlgolThere ALGOL There were twentyfive twenty regular and three field books the additions in the big ring being John Fey J Duckworth Succoth George North and William ¬ son sonHenry sooner Henry Johnson is at Saratoga SaratogaEckert Saratoga Eckert Becker ONeill O'Neill handled 26000 last Satur Saturn ¬ day at Brighton Beach and of that amount I kept 4000
