The sun., 1902-10-08
CREYFRIAR'S MAHRON STAKES
r. n. HITCHCOCK'S GELDING WINS
AT WESTCHESTER.
Acciull Runs Third. Beaten Also by the
Aeenrs' Surbiton-Eugenia Burch
take, the Race for Fillies-Jerome
Handicap for Hermis--2O 900 Present

TuSn,v thousand persons went 10 the
.csv.tsu Morris Park racecourse yesterday
y.... the fall meeting Of the Westchester
p.i-r association was inauRurated with
.,t N.h-class sport. The interest was
...,-,d IN the running OF the Matron Stakes
lg 'Wu-ycar-ods, VIII Ch was decided In tw o
I.i-.nns down the Eclipse course In the
m for colts and geldings. whitney 4 Dur
..a'. ,.riull by Mlrthful-Myrtle Hardness.
oh, WON the Junior Champion Stakes at
.r .nd and since then has been regarded
:. rr host two-year-old in training. was n
70 nyorite r r Hitchcocks Grey
r.,.r b, ~ George-Una b, who won the
r,7r.I. 'rion Hotel Stakes and the Albany
I.rt.qr at Saratoga. in each instance bent
,. ..YI Hcds was second In favor. going
d, ,l,. o-' with to about him. There
were ...y.u starters and when they took their
,..l'',r, ~ the post they were practically
.r, n' -Igh' 4 cloud of dust informed the
U,.. .rovi that the race was under way and
a., ,hr Nithcrs crossing or what is called
.,r. .d.p lt was seen that j. r 4 +. 2.
Eeero', Surhiton. by Kingston Virginia
Vrt,- who had never started in a race before
,ya. In front holding slight lead over Grey
Fri,- who carried l2t pounds and was giving
49,, bounds TO ACefull and big weight to the
o,nrr, ,ccfuli was back in the bunch. from
w-.rE Blue Ribbon had bolted over to the
'".lr.u put Acefull under the whip at the
beginning OF the last furlong and the Mlrthful
,ol, lrit his compan} lh n rush 70 Tt the & wirs
.I M 10 within scventy-hve yards of the
.udses' stand. where Turner. putting up a
superb finish. landed Grey Friar winner by
4 'o-, Surhitou. IN spite OF n weak drive
from shaw, finished head before Acefull.
Mo Wis siN lengths before Fire Eater. The
rae. VtS run IN lllE
Eo- inr hlly division of the Nlatron. Mrs
Currls- Eugenia Burch. who conceded
,s,gft to her company, was an odds-on favor
tc, Win big backing for + Madden's Merry
Diana. an added starter, led for half the dis
ialcn and then stopped to nothing After
hat Tugenia Burch. .cleyer y handled by Odom.
came on and won easily by half length in
~ Bells great three-year-old Hermis.
nm odd--on ia voritc. took the historic Jerome
Hahdicap without trouble. The distance
was "A mile and a quarter over the hill and
Jacob North's Dom Paul made the running
untiI wcll into the home stretch. followed
loosely Al the way hN Ro Perry Belmonts l1n; AM Mn
h was ali over, for the Hcrmence colt rushed
IN The tlS e'tsSCeieTt time Of 200 Hunter Raine
and Ud Ken EsHt II i from rom Dom Paul by head
K.nr Pepper, the iavorite. took the Man;
haitian Handicap for two-year-olds and
inward over the Eclipse course in a fierce
drive, Redfern getting him UP in the last
few strides SO that he won by head. The
time was il?.
Rediern also rode j B. Haggins Remorse.
a favorite, 10 victory in the first race. for
beaten horses at seven furlongs. IL was
har-raising finish, Remorse beating Emshee
hy a neck in / 2si.
the last race, for platers at a mile. Keynote,
mo favorite got away poorly and was half
a dozen lengths out of il TO the turn But
lie ran around his field in the last half mile
and was second, beating Essene, 10 to /, bys
neck The time was Al.
FIRsr RACE.
For beaten three .year. .ods and upward; 20