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SHORT GRASS DEFEATS BORROW EASILY. Aqueduct Racing Attracts Another Great Crowd George Smith En Route for Chicago. New York. July S. Short Grass baat I.orrnw in the Brookdale Handicap at Aqueduct easily though he was hand ridden at the end, just to show what he could have done had it been needed. Short Grass led all the way. In the stretch Borrow got within a length of him but it took little urging on the part of Keogh to encourage Short Grass to move away. Notter used the whip on Borrow for an eighth, but it did no good. The latter wore blinkers for the first time in this section, though ho lias worn them before on other tracks. The historic Tremont Stakes was won by the lightly weighted Ticket in an easy manner, while Stargazer and Hourless, the second and third horses, were under a hard drive all the way, being under the whip at the end. Ticket followed Dunga Din for the first quarter and caught him shortly after turning for home. After that it was no race for Andrew Millers colt and he won going away. Hour-less seemed to begin slowly and made up much ground but never had a chance with Ticket, while Stargazer outgamed him for second place. What Ticket will do with Hourless at even wcighths is a yet unknown, but if the former is a weight carrier he will take a lot of beating, as he certainly has abundant early speed. Stargazer and Hourless are botli imported colts and show distinct ability to go a long route, though Ticket, Ivory Black and Campfire have shown that the home product, so far as the two-year-olds are concerned, is superior as regards speed. It only remains to be seen what they will do with the weight up. There were easily 12,000 spectators at the track. Jockey Haynes was taken ill today, forcing him to cancel his engagements for the afternoon. John Sanfords good colt George Smith, will be shipped to Chicago tonight to start in the American Derby. Mose Goldblatt is due at Empire City Tuesday with the Jefferson Livingston horses. Blankenburg was one of a band of forty youngsters brought from Kentucky by William Steele, former manager of Chestcrbrook Farm, for A. J. Cassatt. Mr. Barklie bought five of them, paying 75 for Blankenburg. Euterpe, which cost 50, Avon three races for Mr. Barklie and Always First has also won. Blankenburg was used as n saddle horse and hunter and not trained for steeplechas-ing until well along. He is unsound, but a good jumper. Thomas Welsh says that Knight Errant, by Trenton, dam by St. Simon, was not only a well-bred horse, but that he was n much better horse than lie ever showed in public. Knight Errant served only a few mares, but got Roamer and other winners. Edward Burke, general manager of the Havre de Grace course, has been notified by the Pennsylvania railroad that a spur will be laid to the end of the grandstand before the autumn meeting, over which their trains will run., This will save patrons of the course a walk of three-eighths of a mile. The layers have recuperated to a certain extent the heavy losses they sustained earlier in the season. Speculation today was of huge proportions. Jockey L .Mink lias been engaged by the II. P. Whitney and J. O. Talbott stables to do their riding at Empire City. Emil Herz. after the victory of Short Grass, remarked to J. W. May that there were four real good horses in training in this country, Reget, Pennant, Bayberry Candle and Short Grass. Kilkenny Boy won his fifth straight victory over the best opposition he had yet met and it was accomplished perhaps easier than any of his previous ones. As usual, he made all of the running and at the end was going easily. J. AV. Hedrick was on hand after the race and advanced him from ,000 to ,500, but he Avas protected.
