New-York tribune., 1901-09-18
THE RACETRACk.
JUNIOR CHAMPION - A
RAD RIDE By SPENCER BEATS
WATERCOLOR.

Il - saf meeting Of the Brooklyn Jockey Club
"a auspieiously yesterday at Gravesend. where
"ood crowd assembled despite the forbidding
q .bsr 10 see the running of the Junior Champion
q - stakes Of sl50O0 which competed for by
"a that Included several of the best two-year-olos
81 .t,S country. The result CT the VIC
4 - tor William c. Whitney by that plucky piece
,orseaesh. Goldsmith. who after rough and
rtlesome journey and many buffetings and
..r,,nss Just managed to get where he could run
,bx last furlong pole reached. From this
| .,rt m aided by vigorous finish by Turner, he
| rIrn,v ran over the horses in front Of him and
4 .cbed a hard won victory from Igniter, one Of
| ~. reatherstone candidates by a head II was
,,snar.ng exhibition Of speed grit determination
4 - honest unfaltering courage on the part OF
1 Il. little son Of Meddler which won the admira-
sn Of every behoider and stamped him afresh as
crby 10 rank with the very best Of the seasons
yorngsters.
n peninsula Caughnawaga and Eyphen were
-.+cbed Nasturtium's withdrawal, however. still
~ the Whitney stable an overwhelming fayorite
,be betting for 1t hard 10 see how nrst place
lid fail 10 go to either Blue Girl, Goldsmith or
] vng Hanover. One TO was the best the layers
vujd do for the public against the Whitney
.ss but Of course, the prices against the other
usdidates were liberal in proportion Port Royal
| vas added by Mr.. Keene, and Spencer had al
/ -ssay been loaned to ride King Hanover for Mr.
uBinev Shaw had the mount the Keene colt.
4
| ss long in fact as It should have been. soT the
| r,-- was distinctly bad. King Hanover was rrac-
sosy LETT standing still and had no chance what
| ser to finish in the money while. although the
rst of the field was well aligned when the flag
| I'll Golden Cottage was the only one TO get
-uuning start Sims made such good use OF the
styantage that within half furlong Golden Cot
,sge had a lead of three lengths over Emshee, his
NEAREST pursuer with Masterman. Rockwater. Ig-
niter and Otis in a bunch and the others strung
out behind.
Golden Cottage maintained his lead until The
field was halfway around the turn. Then he began
70 .alter and the head OF the stretch he stopped
as if somebody = ad hit him with a club. Isniter,
RcckUater ana Otis swept on 10 dispute the iead'
while slowly but perseveringly Goldsmith began
10 thread his difficult way out Of the second diVis-
ion He vas cut off and interfered with and bumped
repeatedly that he had every excuse for quitting
and there are few horses that would not have been
discouraged. But Goldsmith is made OF sterner
stuff. The more he bumped the more deter
mined he Has to win He ricocheted from one horse
and bounded off another, ran circles around the
Whole lot of them stuck his brown nose almost into
me mud. pulled il out again and gained on the
lsders with every stride until in the last six jumps
hs got of Igniter and kept II there
10 The finish. 1t was a bulldog finish. and both
horse and rider deserved the hearty applause they
cot
Blue Girl got shut in against the rail and could
nU run her race. but King Hanover managed to
run from a bad last at the to sixth place at
the end. Golden Cottage finished absolutely last.
aockWater lasted long enough to get third money,
llength and half behind Igniter
Goldsmith's victory is all the more creditable in
view of the fact that on his way from Sheepshead
Grayesend he fell and his off hind leg nearly
70 the bone. He pulled up lame, but the injury,
while painful. not of serious character. The
track was slow. that the time. 1:l12s.
eelent for the short six furlong course. especially
ss Goldsmith carried the top weight OF 127 pounds
J. B. Haggin's fine three-year-old Water Color
badly beaten in the First Special, finishing alb
soutely last in field of five. AS In several previ-
GUS where this fine colt has been beaten this
Sand & S STLea S vas G a y Specs t an
isat Of Advance Guard, and yesterday Water Color
rms best in front Nearly all of his victories have
been won in that way. In race in which he has
from behind and beat him. Yet Spencer rode him
as as Il ne We're a rater, allowing Ten Candies and
Blues TO set the pace, and when at length he did
pocketed. Water Color was at to 10 in the bet
ting. Advance Guard, 15 to /. proved the win
her He tr2iled all the way to the head of the
be closed like steam engine walked over the tired
neia, ably ridden by Burns. and was first home.
one Of HIS weakest finishes. There lot Of
@ 9g mp soon after the StaT of this race but none
lsia returned to his form in the first race high
sIIl9ng course 1t was q morse race from the pc
ginning Cervera was with the leaders from the
home. but Odom weakened in the drive and allowed
ls mount TO be shut in This boy appears to lack
ne courage requisite to the extricatfon of horse
nom tangle at the critical moment of race.
!sa and Kilogram had duel the end, and the
lanlmany colt was bit the better and got the
money by length
Father BIZ DAILY bought DR.. Eichberg some
cme from J. II. Mccormick. and yesterday, in
steeplechase handicap. the horse made his first
sppearance in Daly's interest. He won at to ],
elt coming the last jump he palpably fouled
lheesenite and was disqualified therefor. The
sn the foul belongs TO the man who sold DR.. Eich-
ierg 10 DAILY. The latters profound.
THE SUMMARIES
FIRST RACIAL ages: lightweight handicap: about
furlongs
TRs''inf s. p
Sullivan & Harriss ch. c. Isia by Tam
nany-Isis. 3. II9...........U. Woods) ] e-1 81
aAoerarn, T. $50. (Mounce) 6-l 2-l
.shice Z. no. .(Bullran) S-1 2-i
Scotch Bush. Il5 SHAW j; Bevino. 1le
u.onnor1- 10 and /; CerTera 12l tOdou). TO
90 &c Connie ia CBrennanO. j also
iNA ~ ie' P s' ~
s1ooND RACIAL ages; steeplechase handicap: about
: II Mccornick's ch m. cheesemite by
~, -cheesestraw. 5.-.-. (Monahan) ! 7-2 7-5
s.s nSsss,ioben aged. l41. .Huestonl 81 2i
~ n'n.A n.A agec. lso-----.-.--- -(DaytonD 3o1 10-l
i,s Ss3Alngaon l53 (Green). even; Musician
o'ee1 100 10 and 30 J.: Mr.. Stonel I32
10 10 and 10 i; Jessie l35 (Carson) 30
j. ~ ~ 70 ]; Deeaneron I39 HIigeins). j and
srSrfew = xarfew Bell. $50 Pending) 30 to and 10 TO l.
sw,.tae lS2 lMaral to i J. Sitter lbs
~s' 90 10 and 10 TO j, also DR.. Nchberg. l54
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