The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-18

"nd BS S Oliver s predeed f tSni 0H he
would be in the m2ney but Oliver stood alone
Sims kept the tor s colt well back in he
OF ground by hugging the rail as the held
swung into the hackstretch. He worked his
way to the fore the h far
energy for the final rush.
!. never rode a gamer colt. Sims said after
the race. "WarrentOn does not seem to have
much class. hut he never stops trying. would
like to ride him again.
Francis r. Hitchcock. one OF the stewards OF
the Jockey Club. went to the start OF all the
races;
was perfect. Mr.. Fitzgerald had a lot Of hard
headed jockeys. each OF whom vas anxious
to beat the nag. and he displayed admirable
with the rest when the flag fell and bolted
after the field had moved half dozen rods
better start Maher behaved very badly lie had
10 0pa y horse TO- e 4nf ns s hd did Es Sss
to beat TIE iqF, and / should not have
field go without. him MIR. TitzGeralds
work all through the afternoon was excellent.
was perfect. The entire field was in motion
when the flag fell. and there was hot the differ
snce Of length between the foremost and the
The starter adopted a new scheme yester-
day. In place OF standing, almost even with
self he stationed himself about thirty
Ss e ia adyanSe of h and nt RI
assistant, BY this device he wns better able to
see that all Of the horses were Injunction before
he hroppsh his aS The s.hemT wa 1aGpeh
and Jockey Club. land It will be practiced
throughout the sheepshead Bay meeting
SPIRITED BEGINNING
The days sport opened auspiciously with a
dash for maiden two-year-oIds down the last
FIVE furl"ngs OF the futurity course. Fifteen OF
issue. but despite this fact the crowd plunged
on or, fS"cstg It, odds Of Irsd to or less
At Herbert Hathor ana Goniaon.. Fitzgerald
sent them away 70 good start; and in the first
She made the race a cracker to the main
track. DoFgett sending her, along for all
up on The fiat. and. alter racing ne mis- to
standstil. came on and won easily by three
head Tie !ayorite began to close w. rapidly
toward the end, and only lost show money by
This preliminary aroused little enthusiasm
as a holiday crowd does not care particularly
for head-on dashes down the Futurity route
a tlve-and a.haii-iurong dash round Tie the
turn on the main track. for threeI,ysar-olds
and upward Form PLAYERS r found it difficult to
s.. Cloud on the strength of his remote
EnEFh foT% and his recent fast WORK
and SO was Switmas. who was in much
lighter than heretofore. Mike Clancy's
s s0 snG R.rs %.4 pa%1y Ggnd n %ss
ments on the others at fancy odds. The most
NEGLECTED candidate in the race. from
chestnut mare Cleophus, who had made such a
wretched failure Of her previous efforts that
number went up as starter The big Wagner
mare h. went begging in i'm the ring at IL to
would hayA m aail la
to get half the odds against her. She rushed
past swiftmas When the gate Wsnt up and
lowed her aggrcssively and Lam bent and
Swii,m1as also held their ground in the sprint
stretch st. Cloud was the ilrst to w We" a
surprising feature in view OF the fact that this
sturdy stu son OF Ca. CandIemas had run third
Cam bridgeshire Handicap in Eng and 'a as
thhree,se,yesar.oId The remarkable pace
with it, She certany ram aq hePse Almost sa TO TO
standstill. and when Swittmas made his
ensued caused onlookers to jump on their
chairs Little Qdom sent lambert up
When WI the rsa t Eht began and for moment
while Mike CiancS's WSrwhoop p threat at
f e. to put the ban, band out Of business
the line. and sTittmas. Cleorhus and
9n Sor sh9T heads apart
was Erevous disappointment, ms he had
atnOnRh inc time was within twO-fif OF n
second OF the track record.
FIRST HALF OF DOUBLE EVENT.
These Introductory races had every one on
edge when the huGle sounded for the first run
ming OF the Double Event. This was the first
stake feature on the. card. and it was
furlongs, Of the Futurlty course Yes
terday Il half OF the stake, one of the best en-
dowed on the two, year-old schedule. was worth
about $1,000, and the nsld Of contenders was
not only did tie eleven nmS9 6vsrn Ggs
accept the issue but $. L'Hommedeu added
iis5 Beauty ,f.aS: some q the acarSyd-
but there were few kicks coming a;
sas quality Maiden G youngsters .saf r ,hnt
Prince Of Melbourne and David Garrick. and
me comnination at once caught the populnr
ttSSn I.y The pair we're backed freely AT ) to-.
next in demand. The last named had the
speed OF the wind in the early stages
Fl the Ira, race wi and came down the Mn
4 Co.'S canary co!9rs on Mesmerist and tHs
orange jacket OF Mark Check. The Brambie
and Prince OF Melbourne drew out winning
under pressure by three lengths from McSmrr-
ist who beat Marx Check a length for the
latch and BramhIe Rose wound up nth, In
foudrr came next. Withers one Of the second
choices was seventh. MrMcekn, another OF
me COOL thugs, eighth, the winners
Clark tenth, Goionc next nnd Col
Roosevelt IIas., The time was the best best
maIG since lSTi; when c; T, Patlers2n's Orna-
OS 20, the figures hung out yesterday
bowling BROOK took OH - to make the trim
in lSti, and kingdoms time last year WAS :0a
followed the Suburban than the steepiechase
ior whlch seven contenders appeared long be-