New-York tribune., 1901-08-04
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THE RACETRACk.
OTIS WINS THE NEPTUNE STAKES BIG
CROWD FOR RRIGHTON'S LAST DAY.

OTIS WINS llit Nltfl NJ NiANE'7 ID"
CROWD FOR RRIGHTON'S LAST DAY.
About afteen thousand persons went TO Brighton
Beach Yesterday afternoon To the last days
racing - the Brighton Beach Racing Association
and the last days thoroughbred racing to be seen
near this city until Fu;urity Day, August g.
The card was only fair one. the principal feat
ure OF the day bcng the running Of the Neptune
Stakes Of 5000 for two-year-olds Most Of the
seasons best two-year-olds were eligible for the
race. among them Alan-a-Dale, Compute. Cunard
DE Reszke Goldsmith. Jack De Mund, Nasturtium
and Yankee but various causes. first among them
being the nearness Of The Saratoga meeting. with
fts valuable stakes and purses. combined 10 prevent
the appearance of more than eight starters. Of
these Hyphen most generally fancied, and
when the bucle called the field from the paddock
the Himyar colt was the favorite at : 10 s. Otis
was thought 10 be his most formidable rival, and
G 20 . was the best the layers would do for those
who wished risk their money on Schreiber's colt
Saturday one OF the biggest dsappointments OF the
season p To date. and The Rival were placed on
an equals footing at skies and sevens, with Major
Daingerfeld at a shade higher Peninsula and
Ieonid were thought 10 be outcassed, and were
Therefore the outsiders.
The start was prompt and efficient The field
went away on the first attempt and Hyphen was
the first 10 get his nose in front Within Jew
strides however Cochran had brought Otis up and
wrested the advantage from the favorite- The next
thing Of interest that struck the thousands In the
e,~andstand was the lamentable plight OF Major
Daiugerfeld who last OF all and several
lengths worse off than any other horse His back
ers at once gave him mp. Meantime, Shaw hsd got
10 work on The Rival. and at the three furIong
pole had sent him ahead Of Hyphen. Burns seemed
content with his position and the three raced 70
the head Of the straightaway, when Otis was two
lengths ahead Then Burns began 10 ride but MS
oarelessness was fatal and although Hyphen made
a fine effort he just failed 70 catch Otis, who was
arst al the wire by the shortest OF heads Hyphen
IS q long striding colt who requires 10 be Kept 60
ing once he loses his momentum, as Burns allowed
him TO do il takes time for him 10 regain IT, II
took TOO much time yesterday, so that Ois won
81 90 and HyIhen 500 instead Of the reverse.
Saturday ran the first fair race he has ever run
since the Morrfses paid large price for him as a
yearlinC He got away in sixth place, and man
aged 10 get the show money, length behind Hy-
phen Had he been able 10 get through he might
have done even better. but he not any too well
handled by Michaels. The colt is improving. and
viii bear watching from now on. The time was
good
Lazy Radnor was beaten out OF sight Friday
in a selling race which was by Locket. Her
price then was TO J. and she ridden by
McGinn. The owners Of Lady Radnor were 50
much dissatisfied with McGinn's ride. which was
certainly stupid. if nothing worse that they chose
Mounce 10 ride the hlly yesterday in a similar
race involving horses of no better quality The
result is exceedingly significant for Lady Radnor
her race yesterday at u 10 !. Lady Radnor's
owners have a contract calling tor second call or
have asked the stewards to cance the contract and
10 investigate the circumstances Of McGiun's ride
flly on Friday when she lost and not a cent yes
There was plenty OF fun before the third race
on Kid on the first break Kid did not move bat
Anna DarlinC and Dactyi aid Their riders got
the idea that me starter had dropped his flag, and
they had breathess duel for the lead before they
GiscSyersa cd lhat i & waS me- M go 81 he % 1hr pulled
While theY were coming back the starter thought
it would be prudent notion 70 utilize the time by
ness. He thought It was race. too and fearful
u being caught be took the bit in his teeth and
set out at racing speed. in vain did the midget
then stopped because he thought the race was
over. when the start finally occurred Kid was all
out and and no attempt was made To race him Pleas
maTsIn imaElna9ie mag i5aIoon a :, 10 shot 9aae
and lost only 10y head Gertrude Elliott. The
farorite, was lost in the hacksrretch shuttle Kid
run themselves ont, which accounts for Anecdote
All Gold again demonstrated that the ..hoodoo''
that put in good part of its carly spring tire in
Iadv T-ncas and S-urrv bath lightly laden weTc
The first 70 show. while ogden and All Gold We're
al The other enl Of the bunch ogden. the top
weight. ran faster with every stride. and at the
ms n4lSh ~as a lenFfh ana half ahead Of Al Gold
who was second an equal distance ahead Of
fa16 H5sf l5 5F @ i2ro @ T % p m rlee In s1Sf S; the the
Hmyar Eelding was game. stood the drive best and
was an over the track ana Booker made com
plant Of foul. which was not sustained
The last race Of the day was low comedy. The
Cham4erlain The only horse who might have made
Wax ianer move. was scratched and The Candle
mass only c0Upo'itor~ AlSile and Gold Fox.
II was certain that Wax Taper could lose n
less he lav down and took "A nap the track He
trailec along for threeTuarteTs OF mile and then
loafec into the Lead. winning in walk by length
and q half Ola AlsKe suTJrire1 folks by getting
The place in - drive from Gold Fox though Bren-
nan rode an around NcGinr
TIE SUMMARIZES
FIRST RACE Fog c,i5azs ans GIlIes wears old; ~
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