The sun., 1901-08-04
LAST DAY AT BRIGHTON.
otis WINS NEPTUNE STAKES IN
A STIRRING FINISH.
heats fypnen . Head. WITH Saturday
vniru-Osden Captures the Handicap
prsn Al Gold Himself Defeats In
Shot-wax Taper, ! 70 10. Wins.


snot-wax Taper, I to 10. Wins.
.cst.vsy Day" at Brighton Beach was
.,.n,l,,cd Yesterday afternoon By the down.
,.il az four favorites and the suocess Of several
,,,od things that had been bottled up especially
%, ,hi. occa ion. Fully 10000 persons
,a,br,ed 70 see tho last card OF the meeting
r,o through. and In spite OF the upsets there
90, plsuty Of enthusiasm. Father Bin-
n.lv IL was rumored. had some hot ones
"a nut over the plate and the rumor turned
ont to be not entirely based upon thin air.
In the first race. Lady sterling. iSto I. came
vltbiu q head OF winning. while Himself.
90 1. beat In shot. the prohibittve favorits
In the NTH race. and Alsike. 10 to I. got the
olsos In the last event 30 Daily. true to his
regulation a. q Joker. fnished the meeting
in his own characteristic style
The feature Of the programme was the
Neptune Stakes Of 5000 for two-yesr-olds
at three-ouartsrs Of a mile There were
70 the post, s. 8. Browns Hyphen was always
fayori,e He opened at even money. but
went back to 7 TO s. because Of the support
accorded to other horses. Barney Schrieber's
Otis, who was first au II to second selection.
soou receded a trihe to s TO .. For some
reason there was tho strongest kind OF q tip
anoat concerning A. II 4 ID. II. Morris's
saturday. though the Hanover colt had been
a consistent disappointment all the season.
As a result the colt was backed down from
tens TO skies T. c. MoDowell's Halma colt.
The Rival. with Shaw up was well regarded
At sevens. with a lot Of backing for +. 9.
NcIewees Major Daingerheld. at eishts.
] z Madden's Peninsula was at 20 to and
August Belmont's Leonid at 30 to u.
starter Fitzgerald got the field away In
splendid style with little delay and In less
than half q furlona Otis showed in front
by half length The Rival followed him
out Of the bunch and was a length
In front OF Hypheu at the first eighth
peninsula wa fourth. With the others
With hyphsn gaining SO rapidly on The Rival
that ShawS mount seemed to be tirins otis
gradually increased his lead until at the
% ps.n &s Tss ne eSoad s1d Es Rrs snde
faster than before. Saturday was fourth.
having neck-and-neck STRUGGLE with Pen
best run At the turn OTIS looked to be an
easy winner, and rs Peninsula rushed up
into tho place under hard ride by Mounce.
But the latter. "a soon as he got straishtened
out went alter the leaders with u great brace.
Peninsula stopped and Hyphen, opposite
otis Then II was drive in which Burns
went at Hyphen with whip and spur Cochran,
however, put UP Just as good ride on Otis,
past the judges stand on such even terms that
the great crowd had 10 watch for the hoisting
Of the puint ers before the winner could 10
with saturday third. length back The
H al was fourth half y length away and a
lcnsth In front OF Leonid -Four lengths be-
ind came the weary Peninsula. With Major
The 81 $50 handicap for three-year -olds
and upward at three-qnarters Of a mile.
run as the third race. was figured by the
lands Ogden, who IL at his best just now
Ss ssshst ssn1fHs G% anG S Ac % talent 'sss sS
was n heavy play on All Gold and May W
sise. eSsa Lady pcas and scurry Gu % set the 's pace
neck and neck for quartet; Of mile mile Then
front for the next furl long, Ogden, who
had been held well in hand by. 0'Connor.
was let down at the beginning OF the turn
wariIn % rornped into the lead and came
baif in lis ks. All Gold was second, length
and half In front Of May W
There was the biggest kind Of plunge
on Lombre 10 win he first race for two-year-
old fIlies and geldlngs az five and half
W. WIS so heavily backed that though /; 10 TOD 20
was the general closing price. there we're many
books in the ring that had up to As
ccnson, with Shaw riding, was second choice
was the tip and she was backed down quickly
from twelves TO tons Musidora was In
front after the first few Jumps but she did
dee. Ii to I, was pressing her closely :.
..1d"d T@sp paaS @as hf5a having 9HeH a
her lead to two lensths gt the quarter Car;
was "'f n sue sudden shift' Wu;idors len back and
Lady Sterling set sail after Lady Radnor. As
was rapldly firing, bu, Mounce kept her
going under severe whipping finish. Bren-
nan had Lady sterling under punishment too
that Daly's nlly had succeeded in getting up,
nut the Judges said that Lady Radnor had
won by 4 head and that settled Il Lombre,
who had been heSt to last all the way came
head The time was i:Os s-5.
Another favorite was worthless In tho
second race q, one mile land 10 yards,
oil the way through the speculation. Pleas
ant Sail, opening at 10 S. receded " TO l.
while Md. At 10 !, was said to be out for
several times Then one OF the starters
s'!tant-, gave the Ally sound whaek across
the hind legs with his whip Tho blow was
painful enough 10 make hid dash forward
strong enough TO hold her the MY ran away
n full milo
When she had tired herself out and returned
tn the barrier she was left standlng stu when
The flag sent the others away Balloon.
20 70 I, was the paccmakcr for a quarter OF
mile, when Gertrude Elliott showed in
front. 1t was only a temporary advantage
n" the iayorite, howcver, as Pleasant sail
70, up IN front at the far turn and came down
III stretch in hot drive with Balloon: lt
pl,asant sail got the verdict by 2 head from
u ,tlnrn. with Anecdote. 10 tn I, three lengths
heh"d and n head in front of tho favorte.
III ?, = was l.Ij -.
eo have a chance in tho fifth race for three
y.'r-oll> 9t one mile and an eighth. In
hot N.s .lCh popular favoritn that she
We b1cksd down to II to 20. HIMSELF on
x" other hand. receded from to TO 70 l.
n" "thcr, were not looked at In shot
ildgr- stand for the irst time the Foul Shot
Nlv had " langth. with Himsolf second under
such strong pull that Niles was In danger
.! tumbIlpg over backward. IN shot, had
thu back stretch. and whom tho upper turn
Ier.
- ilst then Niles lot ont the wraps and
bounded ap to In shots side in a my, The
,,',"rt'. was hard ridden immediately, by
tl' udgft. Thompson. but Himself had
W." speed, and the nerve @ keep up the
g2t III the wav down & tho wire. When
Ih1mpson went u tho whip In shot sveryed
nat"r for Himself 10 win in drive by a
iL,i ha,i a length in i5e. Citos. 20 to /. was
,.A; Wax Taper was Jet into the last race