Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10

usual by the Coney Island Jockey Club at
Its course at Sheepshead Bay. The specta-
tors Travelled through oozy mud and pelt-
Ing rain to get to the track. which might
have been taken for a branch of the Dismal
Swamp in Virginia only for the fence which
surrounded the track and the handsome
surroundings. With the track fetlock deep
in mud and water, form was not expected
to assert itself; yet after the program Of
races had been exhausted 1t was found that
the thoroughbreds had finished closer to
public form than on any other day of the
meeting, with possibly one or two excep-
tons. Two favorites won during the day.
and the. winners in the other four races
were well supported in the betting ring.
The muddy track was responsible for
wholesale scratchings in most of the races
but they were greeted with pleasure by
number Of entries promised to make spec
ulation livelier and slightly less difficult
Dublin. Chuctanunda, Gun1re, King Pep
per, Lux Casta, Musette. Unmasked and
stakes, but Lord Pepper and The Mus
keteer, notorious mudlarks, were added
starters. The Musketeer's tondness for
sloppy travelling made him an odd-on ia
vorite. opening at to 1, and being backed
down to the position of to favorite
when the thoroughbreds went to the post.
There was little betting on the others, the
onlookers apparently having forgotten
Smokes good races earlier in the season
When 1t came to the final struggle in the
stretch Burns sent Smoke to the front, and
the Order mare romped home the easiest of
winners by three lengths Lord Pepper had
little trouble in beating out the favorite,
who finished third. Wealth, Monograph
and Monte Carlo were beaten off.
Rossignol led all the way in the handicap,
at mile and furlong. and won, eased up,
by two lengths. The Rossington f1lly has i'm
proved greatly of late. and the friends of
the Richards stable backed the FLY with
tI1r III
self and Rossignol were almost even favor
ties in the betting. st. Finnan ran. more
kindly than usual and was the only real
contender, finishing two lengths back of
the winner. Huntressa was third and Him
self and Flying Buttress were far back.
Odom worked earnestly on the Daily entry,
but could not make Himself extend his
stride after the first half of the race had
been run.
Twenty-fiv maiden three-year-olds made
the loadstone which started the speculation
In the opening race, and a sorrier lot Of
worthless horsefiesh is seldom seen congre-
gated outside of the winter meetings Sun
Shower was the choice, but was never
dangerous Biserta, The Talisman and VAL
ley Forge had the finish to themselves, the
first named winning in a drive by a neck.
The others were strung out for a furlong,
and 1t would have been a glowing tribute to
racing if most of them had started the
other way and never had come back.
In the two-mile hurdle, run on the turf,
Charawind was strongly backed, in spite
of the fact that he refused his first jump
only few days before. This time Chara-
wind ran kindly, and won in drive by two
lengths from Big Gun. :. The latter Shout
dered his heavy impost of 1859 pounds, and
ran capital race. as the consistent jumper
has been doing for some time. The weight
told in the stretch, and after leading most
of the way Big Gun faltered. Mara con-
tinued to urge him, and Big Gun managed
to nose out Ferocious for the place. Semi
mole threw Barry in front of the stand the
rider landing unhurt on the other side of
the fence. Ohnet's effort was not earn
the jumps.
Vincennes, from the stable of John A.
Drake. was a 2 to 1 favorite and an easy
winner in the selling rae at one mile. Vim
cennes, well handled by Lyme, won, pulled
up, by two lengths. Potente was second
and Ben Battle third. Satire after his re-
cent good conduct, declined the real issue
when 1t came to the sprint for home. Pos
sibly the track, the weight or the betting
did not suit him. The last race of the day
saw the downfall of a favorte African
der, with Smith in the saddle, was a 2 to 1
favorite, in spite Of his allotted weight
consignment of 1913 pounds. Andrew Mill
ers Nevermore, with Odom in the stirrups,
zigzagged his way through the bunch and
led most of the way, winning easily by two
lengths. with Africander second and Shot
Gun third Just as the thoroughbreds were
crossing the line Shot Gun stumbled and
threw Lyme his jockey. over his head. The
Jockey scampered to his feet none the
worse for the mishap. AS Shot Gun fell
after crossing the wire he secured third
place.