New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-04
THE RACETRACK.
ILLUMINATE FIRST IL THE HITCHCOCK
STEEPIECHASE
GAME ADVANCE GUARD AGAIN A WINNER
BAD RIDE BY LYNE-POOR START
KEATS KING PEPPER.

class Was distinctly lacking On the programm, al
Grav,seud yesterday. but fair percentage 'f ia-
vorites won. though two of thcm were az odds ON.
several of the fields were large and urN1rldN, aAu
of them resulted iu start SEQ bad thar ~ beat
King Pepper who. being IN the mood in rum "dS
plainly the best horse iu the lot
The only MIXTURE down for decision was The Hitch
cock Stceplcehasc Handicap As the course had
dried out considerably The exhibition ot ~tteple-
chasing was not quite dsEracoful as those that
have given tho Gravesoud course black eye but
Il was bad enough, On an conscience. Mr.. cham
blet' seems 60 have concluded that the only way
10 win stroplochase az Grayes,ud was 10 start aa
entire stable and hope thar uae of them would
stand up. Ziuziber. Adjidaumo and Scotch Bush
represented this stable hut j. d. Widcn,rs Ful-
inmate slight iaVorIte. and Mr.. MIdcucr.
who was present had the pleasure OF seeing his
colors come home trst Sam Dcyorr horse just
shade more hopelessly Incompetent than most of
the jumpers that turn out nowadays for sJceple-
chases. was among the starters. His entry has
been refused, hut the refusal could not apply To
stake in which De had been entered long time
ago He promptly ran out al the second jump and
ran circles an around tnc hedges Tor ten minutes
Adlidaumo ten "a the FIRST jump, and Terion al tho
SECOND. Donohue was rather badly cur about the
head The resolved itself into Ca duel between
Scotch Bush and Fulminate, and. though Scotch
Bush gave good account az herself illuminate
had no great trouble "a win by length.
The stecplechase game has fallen on evil days
There are about four good jumpers On the country.
The rest jump like hrokeudown hackneys The
stseplechase jockeys NOW riding are, with few eX-
oeptions, Incompetent the horses. The
Gravesend course Is Ear better adapted as "a
cranberry bog than as "a steeplechase course If il
A. desired 20 save stecpleChaSing IN this country
from utter ruin something VIII have 70 be don,
promptly.
Advance Guard is far from his hest IL present
and he had CLOSE can iu the AN ar, handicap al a
mile and an eighth satin, rau our "a the first
turn, and 81. Furau took the lead DAILY and Adj
vance Guard moved zap together and Odom had
] hard work % 81 the old horses nose in front in
q lync Is 20 ho worth $4,000 or yzooo "a year ne
TIE f4Toytt, III a.. , 5hn h' Gld oa i4ggloT
on last. and when De- had a chance set ZAP iu the
stretch took him On behind tho rest where BE-
could not Eet through. allowing Interval 10 I,at
Forward length. SQUid. al l0n a. n lei for fa1r
finish.
Judith camr@e won her arst race in ". C. whit.
h,As 'olor-. Though % was distance 81
ground. the two-y'ar-old nlly was hot fav5rit,..
IN mont OF iiomgst,sd 5C5nnor rie. n, II rs ~
Mantea hls release circus was going great guns
wheIe he had no chance. II Is apparently the rule
the part of hgh salaried Jockey is punishable
STAR BOYS are occasionally suspended Tor inCompe-
tencc bal crack JOCKEYS never.
The keene coIors have not seen much victory
.1ley. nut lonca, th' son ot lroguois for
Ponca ran SECOND 40 WveHe,d for faur fuTiSggs
then took command. and in fierce drive finished a
neck In front of Phaou, Who beat Wyeheld by an
The start for the last rae, was so had ,t., KIM
Pepper had 90 make un eight lengths before he
Sond SCI in front is eid d, tn three fUrlgngs and
the early pace, " hen Clarta moved up ike "A ia 81
kantaka geiding that b, could not stall OF The
post and The starter huei Doggcu s2l5 and sts-
.1it1soors PHI backed Ponce heavily at the last
moment anc won about $4,000 ou has victory.
THE SUMMARIES
FIRST RACc-ssl..ur. masl,u gear ol!s. sf.., C. ,.r
longs.