The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-25
LA TOSCA'S VERY CLOSE CALL.
TARALS SKILL BROrGHT THE FILLY
HOME 4 NOSE BEFORE BERMUDA.

HOME 4 NOSE BEFORE BERMUDA.
The Talent Had nm Anxious Moment While
whips Flew IN the Last Furiong- Hamii-
ton Rides q BAD Race on @. W. Cook
Santa Anna Defeats Chesapeake nnd Dnl.
syrian Creates = Sensation by DEFEATING
sGood Fieid-Johnny Heck.cher. Ocyp-
etc. and wiinc l.. Win Their Races.
The 5000 persons at Gravesend yesterday
afternoon saw quite n horse race for the Ocean
| View Stakes. that mailing good nlly. La Tosca.
| beating Bermuda by a nose, in one OF the most
| exciting finishes Of the meeting. The pace
was very slow in the early part of the race. hut
| the last half mile was a scorcher and only
| Tarnl's superb horscmanship saved the day
for the plungcrs who backed tho fllly at 3 and
| 4to on. as though the clement OF uncertainty
| never had anything to do with racing.
| Tho pool room keepers had their agents busy
| as usual and the men on the tall telegraph
| poles appeared to be as vigilant ms when the
| fight began Tho talent. made confident hy
| Wednesdays successes. returned to the fight
| with the bookmakers with renewed vigor yes
| terday. and when the odds were posted on tho
opening race G. W. Cook and Chesapeake were
the mediums for heavy rlunges. the former
| going to tho post in tho position OF honor.
peared to have chance to lower the colors OF
the speedy geldngs and she. too. received
| considerable backing. Hamilton rode q. W.
| Cook and took him back the instant
| the nag fell. permitting Chesapeake and Santa
| Anna to make the running. At the head
| Of the stretch q. W. Cook was out Of danger.
and Hamilton brought him up on the extreme
outside. La Tpsca or Kingston could not havo
| won under such riding. and the race narrowed
down to a duel between Santa Anna aud
| Chesapeake. the nlly winning handiy BY a
length and q half. Gold Dollar was an indif
ierent third. with q. W: Cook u bad fourth.
men, w TaPf sSH sSs cad fri a aSH fS
With hin. madstones race race has not ' been inr
gotten by the racing pHble by any mems and nd
race Is nothing like thu Lcnefellow gcldins's
true form. Hamilton is riding In such had
n sood res s. ren %sek w" ad
laid better price than. any other firm in the
Willie L. was the favorite for, three-year- olds
s%sSa and SSns5
Willie race race he has time to warm out p
his soreness; In the early part Of yesterdays
4nS an hut in the home
Tho Ocean View Stakes was the rthrd , race
as Bsvus as
t was discovered that Bellevue was not at the
Ier new book; The ss SWner q BELLEVUE Is 9;
very much disgruntled:. They had backed La
heavily to 5s and to 9,a on for
ookmakers would not lay better than to &
against St Blaises pretty daughter. Bermu-
aso s ons Odds "a to hs on
| the running for seven furlongs. with La Tosca.
der pat na aSny
muda "' The he talent were amazed When the colt
Tosca. forcing Taral to ride most vigorously.
For the last furlong the race was as pretty a
ming by a nose. bermuda was going on at the
end. and would have won In |, 2 few more strides
at hf La IN the @
Stakes fey days ago must have dIiici
Tx Hickory sta2es at INC sa Park WI"
Fred Lee. on the strength Of his good show
ny Heel scfe5 and Tom Harding, were BY no
the front at the sta and Mr ,L"rilari's eve.
neckcd colt made the others. look cheap. win
he pleased r BY T Tse e ssae nst hs H Es
homestretch and beat Tom Harding length
Ths hs r ss %a % Selling event at one mile
and a sixteenth. Fred Tara1 had the mount on
Lady Pulsifer. and the talent made her favorite
Gar peh' and s"i savn us" had supp"rters hut
Lovell's mare had the call In the ring from the
stretch. With osypet;e and y Lady ru !ii
sned out Tor home 81 INNS rusi eu the
IAbold My to, the 'front.' and there
as Hs tS ena a sr s Sss
light weighted Kimberly two lengths for the
stsstch. cafr%ll IS not i.nd q steel or cqtsat;
E sHaasi Tu Hss ESa Mastsr%ls s. S AND
tie. while Dalsyran was the deSpised outsider
Dulsyrian was last to leave the post. but he
"utran the s,herf lnstanly and ns s%t such
"a; %sAers' lip r.; l:tsSS lam,SI H ,SsS
In the stretch III. midget let out Ms
and nAsSfian SaI"prad hem" %nn n, BY
last ounce. beat rua Blackburn IL neck for
the place; bunaast li9ishinx a, the tiys girth
could Le heard in Gowanus.
The summaries follow:
| THE FIRST RACE.
| AswerpsaSes U $40 each for ali ages with 81 900
added. (Which $500 10 second and s!Oo t, third ak
santa anita S,s.ls'sn + santa Anna. 3 by ariustead
& hss, Ss
and Aa.ella also rsu.
| Time. ! IL
| Bettipg-Seven TO = against u W Cook sto 2 Chesa
prAke 4 tn Santa Anna. 81 to told Dollar 10 To
Airpla and ~ nvsure Uuto Msjur Daily and Kirk.
over 100 To MaJeIla. MutuAls paid 5000 so ",
SI3J,
| The SECOND RACE.
A.lns Sweepstakes ot SO enyh for threeyear olds,
Win 81. CO.. added OF which son to second and 500
third winner 10 he sold ~ auction for 81 500 one
| mile and n sixteenth
| ". Lale!ands br 9, Willie l., by fa!set'o-Mirania,
~. NlamiGni.
| II stryenss en- r. Meinn-, Iut lBryanti...,.,,,..
| " G.. DAILY b. IepautO To- ,I.ambyb Is
| terberns, SNOWFALL Mountain Deer, hnd RChAl also
| ran.
| Time. hOSl
BettinR-Six to = against Willie L.. 2 10 Mountain
Deer, 10 Kirhnl 10 SNOWFALL 1910 Cerberns. l.:
| 70 Mrlsnir 70 to / Lepanio. Muila!, paid $l34o,
| Ss.+5, 3:isJ.
| THE THIRD RACE.
| The Ocean View stakes for three yearOl!s. 500
each s.b forfeit with 81 no added OF which $50 to
second and Sluo 10 third one mile ana fnrunk
Srhuylkil Stables Oh, T. La TOsrH by imp 81 Bhise