New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-03
THE RACETRACK.
SIX FAvoRITES BADLY BEATEN AT
GRANESEND
GROUNDS FOR GRUMBIING IN RIDES BY
SHAW AND MARTIN-HERMIS IN
FINE FETTLE

Not a single favorite won al Graveseud yesterday,
and at least three of them Mere beaten under cir
cumstanccs that were far from Cr"dtable 10 GER
tain riders OF owners OF trainers There was bis
attendance, the FIRST sgn Of lair weather after 50
long interval serving 10 brug Out racegoeTs by
thousands but they were poorly rewarded
The most unpleasant occurrence az the day was
the defeat OF DuTazzo. the strong faNorite Tor the
third race. Durazzo should have been an easy
winner on form and was evidently much the best
horse in the But he was beaten, for all that.
and this rs the way Shaw brought n about he
got his mount on all but last when the barrier
went M and then deliberately took him into "A
pocket on the rail- from which he had TO back out
and come around his field on the outside. There
was not soul In the Eraudstand who could not
see what was going 10 happen before 20 did nap
pen. Apparently Shaw WAS the only person on the
track who could not see that ne was thus defeat
ing Durazzo. The colt fun of ruuuinE ana
even after such fearful mIshaudhug was only
beaten by two lengths. finishing a head before
Rngd0ye for the place. Courtmaid heavily played,
got on flying, led an the Way and was an easy
winner. With good handling the fsvor!te would
surely have won ana the hoolIuakers would haN"
been many thousands out OF pocket instead Of tho
public.
Martins ride on BoHtonuiore iu The dfth race un-
doubleday caused the defeat Of the colt which was
also a favorite. Martin went 10 sleep nj the post
and got Boutonniere on absolutely last Even at
that the colt made up boz Of lost ground and was
beaten oniy brad by Examiner SO that Il is cr-
dent that Martins rcmissuess At the post defeated
his mount. Toscan led most OF the way, but Ia
aminer, skfully handled 10y Lyme, carried him
wide at the tu.n and came on IN time TO stand OF
Boutonnieps's challenge al the wire. There was
room Tor claim Of fou boy Toscan's rider against
Lyme. but none Was made. Like Conrtmaid IA
aminer heavily backed by clique that seemed
full OF confidence that their choice would come
ID was a bad day for Martin for ne delayed his
move on Courtenay, the faVorite ln the last race
so long that he could never get anywhere near The
Talisman, who won IN a ronp. after having spread
eagled the entire field Of maidens. The Tslisman
stations get 10 win in the East Martin also put
up weak hnlSn on n Mushl,tF IN .lle ~ NJ y
Musketeer and Dublin. The weight seemed 20 tell
on the former in the last furlong and this coupled
with Martins poor ride, was too much Tor him,
aud thu puhlic's money again went Gown
The one redeeming feature Of a bad day Was the
OceanvieN Handicap. For some Amazing reason
the public seeIned 10 prefer Andy MlIlams, AND
latter however, was always IN full command OF the
situation lie had TO be shout nfiS pounds m m
rail into pockets twice and had 70 take him mp on
each occasion. That the colt had speed ana cour
as he did, shows him 70 be an extraordinary colt
lie won RSIts9 10 ean dr 1S ~ iee le' she
fine Esher nay, Judith Campbell, who was bought
10 he siS eo6 Mr. Whitney last year bought of Mr.
schorr the peerless tWo-year-old hlly Endurance
Nash Turner has signed contract TO ride next
year n France FOR W X. Vanderbilt al a salary
Of $1,000 "a Is understood that James r. Keene
Is trying 10 get Lyme 10 ride FOR him next year IN
ENGLAND and has offered him the enormous salary
from kentucky 10 consider the proposition.
The handling Of Ethics IN the second race calls
for severe apprehension. The colt easily outclassed
his field. Yet his owner did not back him and his
price SCARED. He was trailer an The way. Prob
ably the next time out Ethics viii ms.s better com
near winning Ethics Is owned by NJ T. Dwyer
faraVpzeud