New-York tribune., 1901-08-29
THE RACETRACk.
SOLD BEFORE THE RACE.
WINS THE ALBANY HANDICAP.
= WILSON. JR.'s, LUCKY PLuNGE-oUEER
RIDING OF BACHELOR.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE, !

Z 10 - ,s,t decided al the track this afternoon
- q sulendid field Of eleven evenly matched
'.-rgsters named. but II failed to be a true run
sO--e a - there was TOO much rough riding The
az - sir T,eonid and Anak, had all the best of
.,,ts and after Leonid's good showing in a
w g., 5avs ago il seemed as If he was the
-. NJ the field and the pair were MADE the
,,as Wbiskey King and DiNielne' which were
I'D as the Pepper entry. were second cholces
% .o,,led. although they should not have been
s.pse r T Wilson. jr-. succeeded IN lncuclns
,-l lanes r. Pepper 10 part with DiXieline
- tra race took place for a consideration of
r.o and although Dixieline carried the Pepper
sle,s colors he was running in the interest OF
~ Wilson The latter plunged on the pair. and
-, only succeeded in winning his new purchase
-. an the very first trial, but also won a neat
N addition How much he bet is not known.
-. os he Is known 10 be plunger and often bets
= much as s 90 and $1,000 on race he must
hava cleared up a big amount on the Victory OF
T,14sline The TWO stables we're not the only ones
tacrs6 for the two top weights IN the race, Smart
g., and others. were literally supported, as were
coldNnder and Femesole while Byrne or KOS
&C mas hacked down from S to 10 20 /
rusrs was a delay Of twenty-five minutes and sew
a1 brsaks before the fag fell and this. OF course
.,,ured the chances OF the top weights Nheh the
signal was given Jim Tully. 30 10 chihce' rushea
n the front and showed lead OF three Iengths
.r c.,'dfnder and Fe1aesole. Anak had got
- .,er but was shut of. while Otis, who was
- N him was also thrown back in the race
Taor,5 was off last OF the field. and ii was not
ntn the first three furlongs had been reached that
b bavan 10 improve. The leaders maintained their
nos,tions 10 the stretch where all but Jim Tul!y
80, 10 drop back and the tailenders TO improve
,hsr nositions In the final furlongs DiKieline.
s-,p-, SET Auak and Leonid began 10 close fast,
bt Dixieline was the only one 10 catch Jim TulIy,
,r,b he did about fifty yards from the wire, and
then drew out and by length Jim Tully
beat Smart Set out three lengths, while Leonid
was only a neck back OF Smart Set and haf
length before his stable companion. Anak
The next best event was the fifth race. even
,bopeb il did have only three starters Terminus
and The Amazon caught the crowd as being the
hest and the money bet them was about equally
divided although The Amazon closed the choice
al 6 10 s. with Terminus al l3 10 10. 81. Finnan
was the other starter, and ne od not lack for any
supporters. The race marred by the fact that
Cochran. who had the mount on The Amazon,
rave one OF the worst Of rides for he was shut
ont no less than four times during the running OF
the race with the result that The Amazon was
last Of the field instead OF being winner. 81. Fin
nan showed the way the stretch, where Ter
minus closed and in a hard drive. due 10 Bullman
outriding Wondery, Terminus beat ST. F1nnan out
by half length, while ST. Finnan was three parts
q a length before The Amazon.
field OF timber toppers had the honor OF
beginning the days sport, the hrst event a
handicap steeplechase over the short course The
Bachelor occupied the position Of favorite over the
field. while Decameron ruled the second choice
with Trillion. Isen and Mr.. Stofel in demand. De-
cameron returned the winner Of the race not
because he was the best horse but simply through
the exhibition Green gave on The Bachelor He
had the horse all over the track. and never made a
move on the horse until about nifty yards from the
wire, when ne let The Bachelors head loose and
ne 5sed like shot. Decameron. who had been
the leader throughout, was then two lengths in
front but The Bachelor closed so strongly in that
last MY wards that Decameron's margin at the
where the stewards should have taken action this
was one but they failed to ask any questions OF
The second event suffered considerably by
scratehes-inore so than any other event. 1t was
The meeting, at seven furlongs. Eleven had beer
named but the blue pencil went through the names
Water Run and Great American. Alard Scheck
the crack Western three-year-old, was making his
nade an even money favorite. But report was
circulated that his heels were cracked and that he
% S t neL ln me pest or condition, so that plunge
On On CoouTg followed, which sent his price down
ie he W. 20 2 10 o. Just as the horses were on
- ;ne way 70 me post Alard Scheck money poured IN
y ss ug amounts, and when the race was over Alard
n-,o a.e q IacAed hee!s were rake IN order 10 get
z price. but the stable failed TO get better than
even money. Satire and Cohurg raced together to
ine ne sretch where Alard Scheck moved into the
ieSq ano beat Satire out easily by a length and a
@ S~ay ast and rushed him into the lead in the first
GusLlef Godfrey, one Of the starters, broke down
rider OF Aard ebE 70 as n ed $50 Up ana sef doWe [e
iOf tonorrow by Starter Fitzgerald for pulling up
IN The closing race. in which two-year-olds were
me starters. Dark Secret was the favorte. backed
~ o. money bet on Justice which had been backed
LOW po~h rom % 10 10 20 10 ! Justice ruined his
seven seven furlongs each time and that ended his
fsssnees f shandonheld went 10 the front when the
~ ieI anc led until few yards from the finish.
ienst.ee DARK Secret got up and beat him out by a
Buckley & psD.-- ~-. - 49,. 49,, .., -
EEgusiize are indignant over their failure 70 get
tb tbEeiotuG @ after they claimed him yesterday. ana
va. ss ~ oI me claiming Of Schwalbe and Honolulu
80 the main topic Of conversation here this after
COL -os andrew Miller. owner Of Honolulu. is men,
! IS rather poor policy for one OF the stewards of
'OEey Club 10 be in such cheap piece OF bust
frsin ne story told OF the affair Is that Buckley.
~ ,b51'ig B that Honolulu had been beaten went into
Nnlse Secfetary's Office and claimed Honolulu from
,,.He tals being done fifteen minutes before the
Mn gs INIT Then IL is said. the news reached
Williams some one connected with the stable and
borsse 20 claim Honolulu. the owner OF the third
trS ,I,, vi selling race always has first call In re-
keen 5tleI 5tt--leI was 10 claim Schwalbe. in order to
Claimed IN this manner il looks as n there Is @od6
an iHToo c tor believing the story. which was heard
.D'oIn DYhgr ne @ track this afternoon.
we'll ia, Doggett. brother Of Sam Doggett IL,
n;1a A.eSn rleer. says the latter has changed his
telegram 20 Dick Sam said ne yod rsr1si rna IN q, a
NI.z.and for time. Summaries: -
upsIs -sF RAcE-steeplechase For four-year-ods and
1Rsss'RRss9a Is: R.saa; Iss .dlrrin. - IS
Trnon iss 30 Green = 10
T,,. 4.aseii Smith e-l 2-l
su,caA lsen Mr. Stoffel and curfew Bell ran.
Sever ~ RAcE-For three -year-olds and upward
sslera Scheck no yu-
D. /
CobourV 1rs CHonderly) I2-I al
al 3 =
Time -21is.
TI1T4~,y ay Godfrey and Scotch Bush also ran
,esTafssD er-fsD kAcE-TIIE ALBANY HANDICAP For t,yo
bis,las Six furlonRs foT Two
snsri tIg se, 70 "a cyondIeTy5 sc-i 10
' --7'-- 90 Connor) 81
Leoufa A., Time. l:I3a.
The Anak, Essene Whiskey King pcr,.soIo o.,.
po-DnSer and Byrne % Roscrea also ran ' u.s.
EVgyslh KITS RACE-Handicap For ,br.. -. "a. .
rsrsni-.., 'hs mile and a sixteenth ' anu
40 ----'--..'-.--.. Hulnsn) 1910 out