New-York tribune., 1901-06-14
TIE RACETRACk.
MANY SURPRISES AT THE GRAVEsEND
TRACK-ONLY ONE OF THE
FAYORITES WINS.

ana most Of the favortes in the betting were iaue
such in decided fashion. Nevertheless only one :,
them was successful. King Pepper. VINO "Pp
Cor tho first time since Morris Park ana prohe lne
- .oora Cor the short six furlong course
r,esnite the double attraction OF the broohiy
Tsrnv and the fremont Stakes In each OF "hion
purses Of $4,000 hung up. the crown - ~aS o
larger than has been present al Graveseho On 80
OF the off days Probably the p'o
Suburban accounts for this
Interest IN the Derby was lesseneo pE '"e
pecsed withdrawal Of the great coiiiiai'ro, r,,t
"a nursing a sore heel. and All Green anu De'
who seems he entered NOWADAYS ~ -,
the purnose of scratching him. Bonnioert Won 'He
hsz ,,rtze with great ease and 10 DO SO ne hau
70 show an Improvement over his previous iaD
little short Of amazing. This colt starleu !" '
MefropoIitan and the Withers ana hhlsheu a""'
q, the rear His last public appearance before yes
-, mas an Monday when he third to Ten
-o,dles and All Gold over mile and a sixteenth
and altogether his work this season had been oau
in the extreme for high class colt. Bnt ne "oh
,,,.b ridiculous ease yesterday. and not only won
f,t esta blished track record Tor the distance
He was outside price, too which IS inter-
esting
The Parader was generally expected TO DO the
trick and ne closed the fayorite at TO o. Whle
Blues was the second choice the strength OF ms
good race with Commando in the Carlton Stakes.
Mr. FITZGERALD whose work with the red nag
showed much Improvement yesterday, sent the
three away 20 a good start on their long journey
and Landry at sent the son of Longstreet OUT
in front a questionable policy in the minds OF
many turfmen Blues came next. three-quarters OF
a length back while BOnnhert trailed easily along
behind The pace hot for the first three tur-
longs and the three passed the stand the first time
in the order given above. Going into the BACK
stretch Blues raced up aiorSside The Parader' ana
Ronnbert held his original position. Thus the
,breo ran 70 the head OF the stretch, when The
Parader swerved in rank style and ran ont almost
20 the rail despite Landry's efforts TO keep him
straight Blues ran somewhat. too. but Spencer
bugged the rail with Bonnibert. and called on him
Cor his host effort The Albert colt responded so
well al th last furlong pole that he had passed The
Parader and even terms with Blues VINO
had also passed I.andry's mount After that II
was simply question Of the margin for Bonni-
bert continued gain, and passed the wire merely
gallaping six lengths the good. The Parader
rallied a bit but could catch Blues The time
sSs4-S a shade under the best previous time
for the track made by Petruchio last year.
The Paraders hackers were loud IN condemninS
Landry's ride. His mount had the top weight.
conceding fifteen pounds 10 his opponents, but
Landry forced him make the running and could
not keep him straight when it was vital 10 do so.
Spencer on the other hand, rode a capital race.
and nursed Bonnibert's strength until the precise
moment when il most needed 1t may be Of
interest 70 note the fact that Bonnibert wore
straps on HIS fore feet in yesterdays race. Prob
ably his owners will contend that this re-
sponsible for his entire reversal Of form. The
viii doubtless do so. He seemed none the worse
for his race.
The other fixture Of the day. the fremont Stakes
OF $4,000, raced for annually AZ this meeting by
rwo-yesr-olds. furnished more OF shock 10
the anticipations Of the crowd than did the Brook
lyn Derby. In this race. which over the short
six furlong course. eight colts and flly were
entered and all hut went TO the post. The
two colts scratched were Mr.. Madden's Alabarch
and the Pepper Stables King Edward. neither Of
ried ny Blue Girl the only hlly in the fact
which spoke with sufficient clearness of her recent
victories. The Morrises' Hanover colt Saturday
most liked by the sharps who had observed
the good race he Saturday in the Great
American Stakes. finishing fifth from a iatfooted
start, and the layers took money on him al and
10 5. Blue Girl was the next choice despite her
heavy impost, and Meridian third in public
favor at fves Whskey King a long price in
all the hooks 20 to being obtainable. but the
average price being 10 TO !.
The race one Of disappointments The field
behaved fairly well when they lined up the tape.
with the exception Of Saturday. who appeared
tremely fractions and kicked Major Daingerfield
while on the way The post. narrowly missing
Cochrans leg. After that the other candidates
Gave him wide berth. and Odom Whskey
King who had drawn the neighboring berth created
some amusement by the care he took keep out
OF the reach Of the nmble heels. Spencer on SAT-
urday spoiled break by pulling UP when the
rest or the field went OFF together and Mr. Fitz-
sfTsa a So put him down in his black book for fne
~ the next trial however. the lot away to-
sether, and saturday and Major Dangerfield
the hrst TO strike their strides and forge 10 the
front The hackers Of the favorite drew long
breath for their horse well off. and that was
al they wanted. Golden Cottage and Blue Girl
and The Goldfnder and Whiskey King came he be-
; nIno mem. Meridian was last and stayed there
consistently; Burns did not send Rlue Girl along
any too well. and Saturday and Major DaingerieId
stretch with Golden Cofare % ra9ns nea6 On OF bnn the
slowly The headers had scarcely Strengthened out
on me Dash home when chestnut streak doomed
~ WLlld WWshlhd them In moment IT identified itself
e. %, niksHey KING, and with burst Of speed that
SCI thousand persons shouting the son Of Kan
taSs shot 70 the front as If Saturday and his at
Al he last furlong pole the Pepper candidate
was so far IN front that Odorn eased up and the
home winner by two lengths Rhind f bm nsma
sue Glrl IN less electric fashion. sure but
With so much superiority 10 Saturday and Major
Daineerheld as 10 give some ground for the belief
dens fast y hag nbf maze % MS ride sooner Mr. Mad
me race for the honors and the money H. indeed
Major Dangereld were So red @ in bn sra3n an6
that they could not stall off Golden Cottage
Jockey placed his mount third The Goidfinder
the Morris co, fpPsh % , 10 poke his nose ahead of
ATTEMPTS AT EXPLANATIONS
AS soon the crowd had realized that the
despised outsider had really captured the biz event
the air was fun OF queries and attempts a, ex
plantations. On form the Kantaka colt had NOT
chance in the world. Had there been no horses
but The Goldhnder and Golden Cottage in The 80
should beat Blue Girl or Saturday or A5eTid,ap no
Which hsd been fe2% ais PFsViSHs @
a@ppolnung @ ing No such speed nor anything approach
nuhlsrons NJ starts To be sure. he ran I'm had luck
badly messed about but nobody thoneht bo an s Mss
na,tS Won or nad chance TO win that race except
30 OBVIOUSLY the race demanded explanations One
sas Sad just Rai6 besn Of OsSy eSax.s SpGksd
~. ths.rnng IN oad luek. which had just Changed ,n