The times., 1897-06-26
KlTEFOOT'S GREAT RACE
McCafferty's Two-Year-Old Filly
Defeats the Cracks.
Great Sport on a Fast Track In Fast
Time Notwithstanding Finish
In the Sixth.

New York, June 25-Five thousand per-
year-old filiy Kitefoot defeat the cracks
Of her age for the Foam Stakes at Sleeps
head Bay this afternoon in very fast time.
Archduke was second and yarIs third
The other stake features the Coney Island
Handicap, at six furiongs, served TO
show what a good sprinter james Il
Keene's three year-old Voter, the SON
of Friars- Balsam, making an exhibition
Of his field and winning in romp The
Swain was second and Brandywine third
Tie weather was excessively warm, ana
the races were decided over very fast
track
o II. L. Belmont's colt, Great Bend, with
Taral up, was the favorite for the Foam
Stakes, tut he was only half d point before
Arohdul;e and Hand Bail, while the Morris
pair. VaIus and False Pride, and Nc
Cafferty's pair, Kitefoot and Corelli, were
held at I, to l. 1t was 90 to l against
the Thompson nomination, Colonial Dame,
and 100 to 1 that the Oneck Stables geld
ing, AreGufbus, could not win. Tarai got
away In front with Great Bend, but PO
tomac's brother did not have speed enough
to keep his advantage, and was passed IN
the first o yards by Varus and kitefoot.
Going to the bend, Mccefferty sent
kitefoot along at her best clip, and she
shook off yarus and showed q clean pair
OF heels to her field First Mate was
withdrawn from the Coney Island Han
dicap, leaving Voter a strong favorite over
the field 1t was no race for the Keene
three-year-old, Sloane taking him TO the
front shortly after the start, and winning
under pun by six or seven lengths
Nick, at the snug odds OF 6 to ], woa
the opening dash at six furlongs after
short struggle with the yearold Bliss
Rucker, q son of Salvador.
Lady Mitchell, at odds on, beat an ordi
nary field OF thfee-year-old fillies in the
second event, daisy at one mile. TIE
fifth event, at one mile and a furlong, went
To Fleischman and Sons three-year-old
Haphazarj, who collared DoSgett in the
very last strides.
But while the fifth race furnished coed
contest, it was not in ii with the finish in
the last, when Dame Quickly won by a
nose and Sun Up and Divide ran dead
heat for second money; Taral was told to
wait with Divide and the instructions prob
ably cost him the race Bifie was fourth.
Summaries:
First race-Stx furiongs Nick, f29,
scheIer. TO /, won; Bliss Rucker, 81,
Maher, 8 TO /, secoJd; Belcemere, LA, T.
Sloan, 10 /, third. Time, 1:14 20.
Second race-One mile. Lady Mitchell,
118, t Sloan, to 2, won; Shasta Water,
l16, Hennesy, TO /, second; Poetess, 10,
ScheIer, 5 10 l, third Time, 1 AZ 1-5.
Third race--Foam Stakes, last five fur
longs of the Futurity course. Kltefoot,
116 1-2, McCafferty, TO l, won; Archduke,
11S, T. Sloan, TO /, second; Varus,
I1S, Littlefield, 8 to 1, thiId. Time,
1:01 2-5
Fourth race--The first OF the June handi-
caps OF $4,000, the Coney Island: six
furlonGs: on the main track. Voter, 121, r.
Sloanc, to 8, won; The Swain, 115. Van
Buren,, I5 to / second; Brandywine, 1I5,
Doggett, 6 to ] third. Time, LA 3-5
Fifth race-0ne mile and furlong. Hap
hazard, 1O3, Netterton, 10 TO /, won; Dog
gett, 1lS, Doggett, g TO /, second; Petrel,
Sc, Maher, 8 to 1 third Time, I:56 Is.
Sixth race-One and one-sixteenth miles
Dame Quickly, 10, Thorpe, 6 to l, won;
Divide. 1913, Taral, 9 to 3, second; Sun Up,
1872, siTnns, to 8. third Time, 1:49 2-5.