New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-06-30
THE RACETRACK.
BLUE GIRL WINS THE GREAT TRIAL
STAKES AT SHEEPSHEAD BAh-SIAh
BRIGHT DEFEATS ETHELBERT.

,srsav afternoon at Sheepsheed Bay, one OF the
features OF the day there was the beautiful weath
er To hot and Dusty travellers who raVelled
thither from Manhattan II seemed ~eIlnlSh I'M
possible that the sheepshead Bay track and the
island OF Manhattan could lie so close together A
refreshingly cool and salty breeze blew in from the
bay over the track. and tempered the suns rays
that stroll on the lawn in the broad sunshine or
a half hour on the roof Of the grandstand was
genuine delight A big holiday crowd took advan-
tage of the ideal conditions attending the last sat
urday Of the meeting at this picturesque and spa
cious track.
That fine FLY Blue Girl. owned Jointly by Will
lam c. Whitney and J. Z. Madden, added another
leaf 10 her crown Of laurel by winning the Great
Trial one Of the most valuable and desired stakes
oSen to tNo-year-olGs The field was of a high
class and the race true run one II chnched
anew Blue Girls claim first place among the
tpyo-year-oId fines shown this year and convinced
turfmen that few colts Of her age able TO give
her an argument. The disappointing feature
about the race the absence of Nasturtium, re-
Gently purchased by w c. Whitney from A l..
Aste for a sum considerably in excess Of s50.cC0
though Just what il is not known TO anybody
but the persons most interested. 1t had been as
serted that Nasturtium would have beaten Blue
Girl In the Great American Stakes hut for inter
ference There chance 10 decide the issue
IN the first part Of the Double Event, but the day
was s bad one and Blue Girl was scratched. Yes
terday II was Nasturtium who was withdrawn be-
cause he coughing.
when the card was scanned II was hard 10 see
how William c. Whitney could fan to land part
Of the big stake Of S20000 for not only did h"
own part interest in Blue Girl and Fly Wheel.
an added starter but he also owned Goldsmith. who
was added and was known TO he a shifty colt Tho
Pepper Stable was represented by Whisky King.
who won the fremont Stakes. and Par Excellence
who had done eXcellently in moderate company
flames R Keene put forward Port Royal and Rs-
former, August Belmont Leonid, and S. S. Brown
Hyphen. while Compute. who had worked an eH-
tremely fast six furlonEs represented 4. H. d ID
H Morris Whisky King and Blue Girl carried
fun stake WEIGHT and made various concessions 10
the rest. The Madden entry was naturally made
first choice az 10 . while Whisky Kings price
10 l. showed that the layers and the public alike
had doubts about his ability 10 shoulder
the weight doubts which subsequently,
proved to have been well grounded. Goldsmith was
at TO Also and Compute was the second choice
on the strength Of his fast work As good IL 10
could be had at post time against Leonid while
all sorts Of long prices ruled against the rest
The rail- birds noted with interest that Blue Girl
and Hyphen warmed up like the wind and some
OF them prohted by their observation. The parade
the post scanned narrowly as usual in
the OF a big race. and a handsome lot OF
youngsters they were The delay post
short. and the field unusually well behaved.
Mr.. Fitzgerald caught them all IN motion at the
second break. Whisky King, the fast breaker.
and Goldsmith got into their strides first and
showed IN front of the others. but they closely
only FLY In the ioD. Hyphen. Compute and Fly
on the leaders and it was anybody's race at that
moment. Then Shaw began 10 call on the FLY in
ahead OF her field. All the other riders made
them tried to RESPOND Hyphen and Goldsmith
succeeded best, and managed 10 crawl ahead Of the
running as straight arrow. continued to
e wire b ShP or 723uF eo nd was first S Snd
turn preceded Goldsmith by two lengths. Fly
ss the fa@ed sy EDe IN sab and Sof6 a
Compute and Whisky King were bumped some
was made, and. indeed. 1t would have been din
the mount on Fy Tbee co9 70, H ~ VINO naa
pleased al being relegatec 10 the second string
But FOR his BAD ride IN the c SS32 s snI %s grail
Se9aG scarcely have beaten Blue Girl despite the
oIerence In weights.
ETHELBERTs DEFEAT
The defeat of Ethelbert by Star Bright IN tba
Advance Stakes was not hugely relshed By any
pooy but few professional bettors who wagerea
large amounts on Mr.. Whitney's horse The Ad-
vance Stakes was kept from being two-horse race
oy the entry Of Prince Of Melbourne who was nm
II, ana was apparently entered only for the third
Ioaess o. lor some other purpose equally as I'M
exnecteS b. 'hS betting public 1t was generally
pointed SO many thousands by his bad race in the
ssuapuhhnaa' would win the Advance hands down an6
y IS hard TO see why he should not have been mad
she even money favorite he was. He is partial to
Sno mere was 10 reason why he should not have
that bv Mr. Wb 3eaTfn ne was and ceyery
s az me very start. and soon had an advantages
mile had been covered when oconnor 1noy gS ma
on me faEor1te. and the came into the stretch
pole when coanor drew h5 R VI the ana last fgTong
e , or twice simultaneously Ethelbert began To
stop ~ may be that he would have stopped any.
~ Os , oo5 70 many Il looked as il he simply declined
ollshI crew away with case. and was first
that oconnor was badly oulrdden by Tir T1.se
G1ne.oerts jockey made his a bit too soon al
was forced to stop straghten out his mount ana
~ rac 70 0 ne Nilp when ii was too late After
h seIn JUST aiier me start, Spencer had bumped
him rear Il was true ths G SO nsq b, f9rSed d
go 70 SOP Etheoert al this period Of the race
but oconnor was clearly outridden in the stretch
spectators who have been co1necfid e., Nv, mo
with the turf and who have intimate relations with
ing on Eastern tracks are reported 10 have made
5 psse sums by the defeat Of Ethelbert. TIE time
rack record IoT mile and half made by the
Another horse trained by ]. H. Mccormick. the
trainer Of Alcedo. who public form so
Tooth, who likewise when he won az. a race on
eon,pan,ons by coming in first IN the second race
az ne fancy price Of 20 10 /. There was as good
but he was quickly backed down and closed al The
nsure mentioned II Was a horserace from nagfan
apart lsidor. the favorite was very bad third
enoibsr - P0gnes enc was UNEQUAL 70 The tasA
$500 N cay sprinf Tor selling platers oifagen and
but Shaw outrodc DOOM and got the verdic- by a
nsao while Wild oats a; long ODDS. was only half
ably more times than any other two-year-oid in
Two Jockeys were thrown in the steeplechase
which was won by Passe Partout. aud one OF
mem Owens owe, who hsd the mount on Higbe.
BARR, who rode Mseic Light claimed that Rnes
him from winning, bur the claim was not allowed
Baroeito, az 70 10 ], won victory IN the rousing
n. hrf tas