New-York tribune., 1901-05-05

a flyer on the son OF Farandoie. His price conse,
not carry a vast amount OF money when the nag
astars while long odds were be had ng against a
Sidney Lucas. Raffaello. King BranOie anu ~
Sixteen the judges IN thouPhf fho M
| to withdraw Voter the topweght. and T. r; "a Mon
Sas9 wisely scratched che The added Water
cure to the list The parade was watcheu nIto9sn
Winner to his hi baeers But of all the cavacade
made more impressive oya9sd 5rile a Mr.
Nsciav's horse trod the ground so lightly that he
muscles ripped beneath his glossy coat like knotted
cords beneath sheen Of hment SIX, ana , every every
tcity More than one observer after looking
ef egTy is spped ii e DOWN to the betting ring place
a last bet on the horse that looked as if he had
Banastar has the reputation OF possessing an
ugly and for few minutes nut at the as G9s
He obstinately refused to break. kept his tail
end. OF trouble. It took Mr.. Fitzgerald four
teen minutes to get the racers off. On the first
fectiy but Banastar never moved and it looked as
If the starter was in for long struggle with the
Banastar suddenly took It into his beautiful
head 20 run. and the field was sent away to good
start.
THEY'RE OFF"
They're orr' shouted thousand voices at once
the yellow flag fell and instantly every soul got
TO his feet and every glass was leveled upon the
runners. "Contestor leads!' was the cry. and,
sure enough, the son of Galore had poked his nose
a bit ahead of Sidney Lucas. at whose shoulder
appeared the brown nose of knight OF Rhodgs-
These three made the running down the b4ek-
iario Tnmasked. All Gold. IIeliobas and Ogden,
Odom meantime, sat still on Banastar which
leaders on the far turn his rider urged him Just
the least bit, and he responded SO instantly ina! III
Bright Ogden and Bellario who was even theh
Meantime Contestor. under the vigorous guidance
of McCue had maintained his lead although
Heliobas had forged toward the front, making his
bid at the time Odom let out link on Ban
astar At the far turn h2Teyer, Mp pnd do 59
more for him. and he fell back into the ruck hope
essy beaten NEGLECTED by 2 s fbe Turned for
the last breathess dash down the stretch , =,
did not raise his hand, and the game horse again
RESPONDED AS the leaders cleared aed he end Closed
rapidly upon the bay colt that had not been headed
''Banastar!;' "Banastar." roared hundreds Of
voices the big horse erept up to the saddle ssa
well tapped upon the pursued and McfHe, Tar1Sa Sa
bubdsr p of boof BEHIND him went to the whip on
Contestor the final struggle began Stin Odom
mons If ned bad not vet arrived slowly slowly
TO shoulder, from shoulder 10 throatlatch, from from
@ to and the two were
Now the supreme moment, Well and truly yy
Banastar was running. he could do the least bit
better, and three strides from the wire Odom drew
the racers fanks and the splendid horse responded
with last desperate effort 1t was enough: an Ban san
but he flashed past the judges short head before
Three lengths behind flew All Green, coming with
a rush from the ruck in the last furlong. He got
ting the show e money by length from Sidney
Lucas. who also finished strong.
CLOSE FINISH INDEED.
So close was the finish between the two leaders
that at an angle from the wire it was impossible
4hn prUl-
bers went up that a great shout hailed the victor.
He got great reception when he cantered back
for the weighing in. Most of the spectators had
lost their dollars S on the ; co but The m
LAP. cannot be considered in any way fast on such
canoe in thoroughbred racing, and had BanaStar
been forced earlier I'm the he could doubtless
The running of Heliobas, Unmasked and Brlgadier
disappointed many Jhousahds; % & SaTrsTa
unable to explain his poor showing. All Green was
m+ro5olton ty,ic iames Keene was d"UbtIess
M ~ ~ % Ial IL, o,r H.,
showing. AS Henry was getting into the saddle in
the paddock the hnancier stood by and said: You
ought 10 win, sure. Don't lose you head, boy"
But Unmasked was not dangerous after the half
Next to the Metropolitan the chief feature of
tvoIessroIds over the last i've furengs of the
Eclipse course. The talent regarded the race as
Girl bY Sir pxen0Bonnie Blue II showed head
in front ridden out breaking the track record for
the distance in 059. Hyphen pressed her hard for
the decision all the way down the stretch. The
winner stamped herself a two-year-Old of prom
Use, and there several others whose appear
ance was fanced by good judges among them
Whiskey King a Kantaka colt. and Hanover Queen.
THE FIRST RACE.
Water Color had no trouble in romping home an
easy winner in the first of the day with King
Pepper. a long shot, a bad second. Frankfort, a
full brother of Hamburg, made his first appear
ance and behaved like the green horse he is. COM
ing away last flag fall and finishing in the same
worst OF the day, although the starters work was
good for the most part
Hesper made I TO 10 faYorite in the seven
furOng dash for three year-olds, which he did not
prove 10 be by any means, barely snatching vic
tory in fierce drive from Petra III in the not very
fast time Of l:2S1z. Moor ran unexpectedly bad
race. and was never heard from
Meditation proved rather good thing in the
two-year-old dash over the last half Of the Eclipse
course, winning in hot finish in the fast time of
0:46aS, with Evelyn Maud, a rank outsider, head
behind her.
All the talk about raids be made upon the
track bookmakerS, at the instigation of jealous
poolroom keepers, appeared to have been composed
chiefly OF hot air.. About the only visible result
the absence OF many of the bookmakers'
stead. Programmes were also used in place of the
customary slate Some thirty-fve warrants were
said be the track ready to be served, but If
they there they remained in the pockets OF
the process servers Several of the bookmakers
Were prepared furnish bail a moments notice
year-olds owned by John E. Madden is reported
have been purchased by William G. Whitney.
one of them Is Blue Girl, who the Juvenile
Stakes yesterday. The others Bockstock, a