Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-12
GRAVESEND RACES
Commando Easily Captured Junior
Champion Stakes.
GOLF NEWS and GOSSIP
Pittsburg Making Grand Squirt to
Overcome the BrookIyns.
GENEP SpORTING NEWS
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS

Two rich stakes as the features of an
uncommonly attractive card, pleasant
weather and fast track combined to make
good sport yesterday at the opening of the
Brooklyn Jockey Clubs fall meeting on
the Gravesend track. The attendance was
in keeping with the occasion. The crowd
was an enthusiastic one. and the applause
that greeted Commanders victory in the
$4,000 Junior Champion stakes when the
unbeaten Domino colt cantered in before
Bellario was unstinted There were cheers,
too, for the popular old mare Imp when
she went to the post for the First Special,
but though the crowds sympathy was with
her, she could not win. and Kinley Mack
carried of the victory.
Junior Champion Stakes.
For the Junior Champion stakes seven Of
the eight horses named to run answered
the call to the post. and the Keenes' entry.
Commando. with 127 pounds, Spencer up.
and Olympian, with 1O7. McCue riding al
ways held the post of favorte. There was
long delay at the post. Commando, with
his heavy weight having all the worst Of
this. and adding to his handicap by
peatedly breaking out. When the flag fell
Alard Scheck was in front. with ,The Puri-
tan second and Commando and Olympian
third and fourth. Alard Scheck seemed to
nave no speed, ana, Outrun from the nrSt
jump, dropped back to last place in the
run through the back stretch, King Lief,
fifth at the start in the meantime going
to the front and on the far turn leading
by half a length. with Olympian, Com
mandO and Bellario following in the order
named, all Tapped. On the turn Commando
moved forward. and still running under
strong pull, took the lead. Turning into
the stretch. Commando was galloping in
the lead, Under a pull he won easily by
length and a half, while Bellario, in
hard fight with Olympan. got the place by
neck. Alard Scheck closed lot Of ground
after turning into the stretch and finished
fourth
Another Defeat of Imp.
For the First Special. mile and
quarter. for three-year-olds and upward
only three horses ran. Martimas and Ad-
vance Guard being withdrawn. Imp, with
Odom up. was made a hot favorte. and
went to the post at odds-on. Kinley Mack
the next choice. Imp was off and going
while the starters flag was still in its
downward flight. the old mare, on the rail,
leading past the stand the first time. d
length before McMeekin. with Kinley Mack
last. The pace was stiff from the begin
ming, but Imp. running under a steadying
pull. seemed to be going at her ease
she led around the paddock turn and
through the back stretch. the others hold
ing their relative places. On the last turn
NcMeekin m, we'd up on Imp. kinley Mack
at the same time closing on the two before
him. Entering the stretch. McMeekin pass
ed Imp. the mare then struggling hard
and looking beaten. As Imp fell back Kin
ley Mack took her place and went up to
McMeekin. bringing the three year-old to
a drive before the last furiong pole was
reached From there on Kinley Mack and
McMeekin hung together, both hard rid
den, under whip and spur. The older horse
stood the drive better. and, drawing away
slightly at the end, won. ridden out. by a
neck MCMeekin second. three lengths be-
fore Imp third.
Other Events.
In the opening race Montanic, quick to
move from the post. made all the running
and won easily by two lengths from Nee
hanus. who just managed to beat Gold Or
neck Cock Robin slipped away from
his field in the first half mile of the steeple-
chase. and, drawing further and further
away, galloped home winner by twenty
lengths, Perion getting the place in the
run on the fat at the finish Gertrude Ell
liott. second to Luck to the head of the
stretch. there went on and cleverly won the
NTH race by two lengths. She was en-
tered to sell for $1,000. and was bid up to
S1,iOo, and bought by F. Berlew. owner of
Animosity. the second horse. In Shot made
all the pace and won the sixth race rather
handily She was entered for 81 300 and
was sold to M. Clancy for So 900.
S. c. Hidreth asked permission to with
draw Maxine Gomez from the last race
after the riders had been weighed. saving
the horse was lame, but the stewards in
sisted on his starting. In spite of that
hackers made Maxine Gomez favorite and
walled loudly when the horse, hardly able
to gallop. stumbled in a wretched last
Candleback going in the stretch and
winning easily. after kinnikinic and F'launt
led to the head of the stretch A complaint
of foul riding caused the stewards to uues-
ton all the jockeys in this race but the
result was not changed.