New-York tribune., 1901-09-10
THE RACETRACk.
TWO LONG SHOTS FIRST AT SHEEPS-
HEAD-LITTLE GEN, AT 60 TO
AND LONGER-TEN CANDLES'S
OCEAN HANDICAP-SHAW
INQUIRY BEGUN.

II was a day of long Shots upsets, reversals Of
form and dsappointmonts for the specuiating pub
lie Sheepshead yesterday. Only one favortse
won. while the ssfuI horses included Modrine
l. Little Gem which opened at from 100 to 200
and closed at 60 TO !; Pretorus, at 10 ], ana
Maid of Harlem. at TO j.
The biggest surprise Of the day. and in fact OF
several days, the defeat of the crack order
FLY Smoke, in the first the card The dis
tsnco was six furlongs. and Smoke asked
carry only ilo pounds it looked to be nothing
more than a pleasant afternoon stroll for her But
Smoke asserted the prerogative of her sex, and
chose be coy. if not suky. Belle OF Lexington
led for five furlongs with her customary speed over
that distance. and Smoke followed her At the
head of the stretch Modrine slipped up from third
place and simply walked by the Others winning by
The comfortable margin of three lengths In good
time. oConnor seemed TO do all that was possible
with Smoke. but she either would not or could not
get going in the last two furlongs
Ethics the good selling platter which Mike
Dwyer is supposed TO OWN, although he runs in the
name OF c. F. Dwyer. was the sole favorite to re-
ward the talent. With Intrusive scratched on ac-
of death in the Crimmins family. he looked
best and closed at lS TO 20 or thereabouts
He after a moderate drive down the straight
length before Hammock. The Black Scot led the
field for three-quarters of mile. but the enort ex-
hausted him and he finished away back
The main feature of the card was the Sapphire
Stakes for two-year-olds. to which the conditions
admitted Lux Casta. second in the Futurfty, and
Shower.
was a Z to favorite in the betting, as 1T was
thought that Otis Gay Boy and The Rival were
overweighted, as indeed. they proved to be- The
race was preceded by long delay at the post
caused by the obstinacy Of several OF the Jockeys
each Of whom seemed determined to spoil every
break unless he got the best of it. For refusing
repeatedly TO break with Gay Boy Turner was set
down for three days. while Spencer, Shaw, doom
and Cochran were fined SIS each for disobeying the
starter The start was a good one when it came,
and Pretorius Emshee and Homestead led most
the way. In the last furlong these three MADE
an exceedingly pretty of IL, which threat
ened, however, TO terminate in disaster for ALL
owing to the recklessly foul riding of Burns on
Pretorius This boy rode his mount apparently
without regard to the two he erowding against
the rail and that all three did not down was
merely good luck. O'Connor made complaint
against Burns. and the latter's mount should
plainly have been disqualified. but the stewards
took no action. possibly thinking that Mr. Whit
ney had had enough hard luck OF late Lux Casta
apparently is not in form.
Herbert was much the best horse in the Ocean
Handicap. When. after a long delay owing TO Ben
MacDhurs obstinacy in refusing to break. the
field was sent away in struggling fashion. Herbert
had just been kicked by Musette and tried to prop
himself at the hagfall. When he made up his
mind TO run he was ten lengths behind the he last a
,bst pm 1-lieford Ger . not mace un the back
stretch. followed two lengths back by Ten Candles
and Gold Heels Ter Candles was fun Of running
went up TO Mr. Whitneys horse soon after the
frn IoG ZONE, ana ap o,d dio Heels ~ wss third but
not much in front of Herbert, who had been prac
row, and his race yesterday proves that he can
carry weight The time lss 3 was only frs fTae.
record for 9 mile b Gn crenlaT a track TsS went through
n the nth S0on Tace H for IN S niles under
selling conditions The winner was Little Gem
De-t OF the start, which was Dad one, and ac-
cording TO the judges. won by hands hreadth
Father aiiy got UP in the last stride There
and her owner and his friends played her in small
esned u 9uI beT from tS e o So eSs On he
victory.
hSs 9 P at Of s ha hF' een en @ to to the rsee
Toddy. after getting off badly in the last race
yesterday. 70 the front stayed there half
e % and heG died ed away to nothing Maid Maid Of aar
m f e n 9no 9n @I PenDe ws in peod ess ta rree
& stewards va yesteEday st began 4 their cir ieDestiga
ers were sent fer and scrntnized and u other in
quiry was made. So interested did the stewards
g. IN the case that when the horses were at the
stand. All were at the meeting in the clubhouse
After two false breaks had been made, the stew
The sAaw inquiry is yet uncompieted.
THE SUMMARIES
FIRST RAcE--An aFes furongs
3 SseIss q Moa!ins c%slsh' Ss 81 lo .
seiiaro Hlass IIs Gsnnor F0r1 1Si
Belle Of Iexinston 10 Woods, u to and II to 20
~ s1 saa snsh ss F'2a fine dss ils by sS'A pace
SECOND RAcE-selling; s-year-olds and over; mi
pIyers 3. c. Ethics. by S charsxus =. ., -,
-Ethie- 3 ~. -----.------- -ts'oclfanl l9-Zo ou
hsislIs3 hsaR9'k = 70 io2 yanSsII2 5s51R IL
Alfred vargrave JOS C1yoods) to and to 5: Little
Daisy. s. Martini. 70 to and TO ]. and The Blacl
seod Driving by length: place same By half length
THIRD RAcE-THE SAPPHIRE STAKES: 2-year-olds
" q WhisSey's b c Pretorius. by
Tithonus-Yoriyille Belle los. tBurns) 81 2-1
Eomestead, a. los Cwonderiy5 8 so-t 10
shower. los oOaom) 10 Z TO 8: Pearl
Finder. Io5 shaw. % 70 and 70 i Lux cssta ic5
Sc and 10 to Cav TO boy b rHs rs THs Rs y o sad
= 2 OH. - ec9caran z to anS 5 70 ]. ans The
IN y a head; place same BY head Time ios
FOURTH RACE-TIIE OCEAN HANDICAP. of So ooo 8
T. Z Wiaeners b c. Ten Candles 4. I22
Paul ciifo-, oFonderiy3 l5Ei 81
Gold Reeis. g. Burns) 3 i2-5 Ii
aa & IS % sa aS' E9f' % sa fnf Ben 'S Nae e bSa H1n
zoo 'coersn % and 70 o., p Reina ioa CocOnnOr):
10 70 J, and Herbert l2S Smith &c and 10 /.
ength Time. I:3s%.
FIE5 EAc1ss,lips ,; 2ysa5ola car q nss M. furlonss
son@e:arotts 94enderson, COL ao-1
Iss Lssy ssssas sgBat jos .sMss, 5sba%, 81 al
L-esehen lOa CBeauchanp) 30 TO and 10 10 sedl-
ton % cmth). 20 70 and 70 I Zirl 90 Cochran.
. J: Fonten!x. % eMuIhOiland). 20 and to i:
s % % and 2 70 l. aha lay + Tom 9 dssr sH. u u
Rics. 10 and % TO ]. and Bijou % ccreishton,
nose: place by a length. Time. I;oI
SIXTH RAcE-HandicaD; years and " miles. on
'seeols stables si. p Maid Of q asras@ By
RsS.ls s,ssa Ss5PsT ; Ti,SS5o esSss$, ;sS:s, =
sI f s9 Rso ss i aSe 40 a sns ana TODD; f.
Spencer. and 10 /. also Start fair Easily
" lengths: place driving BY l1 lengths Time. 2:asa
sHEEPsHEAD ENTRIES FOR TO-DAY.