New-York tribune., 1902-05-18

is fit to represent his great sire Mizzen before
the outlooked all the other candidates for
the National Stallion by large margin as
he subsequently defeated them, and when his
jockey last hoisted into the saddle he
had to press the colts nose through rank after
rank of curious observers who simply insisted
on getting a peep at the two-year-old Who IS
now as big as many three-year-olds
In Jockeys the favorites Jared we'll Bullman,
Mr. Belmont's jockey. is a good boy at sprint dis
tances and ordinary one at longer Journeys
but the National Stallion is sprint race. Shaw
who had a leg UP Dalesman is a clever boy
at any distance, is good judge Of pace and
expert in placing his mount well at the start OF
race. For once O'Connor had the mount in
big race on a candidate that did not appear TO
have the proverbial chance on earth" Mr..
Featherstones pepper his mount, and was
probably only started because Mr.. Featherstone
liked to see his colors represented.
The start one Of Mr.. Fftzgeralds best
examples and when the great crowd leaped to
it's individual and collective feet yelling They're
off," and focusing its glasses on the cloud Of
yellow dust that rose at the head Of the
straightaway, the thirteen youngsters moved off
like a squad Of cavalry. They were running as
no cavalry ever ran, however. Artois. the son Of
Golden Garter was the first to get his nose in
front as Mr. Fitzgerald pressed the button. ct
is too bad that one cannot say ''as the starter
dropped the flag" any more These modern in
ventions, electricity and things. are taking the
romance out of everything) Bensonhurst was
al his throatlatch and Mizzen at Bensonhursts
The end Of the first furong saw great change
Bensonhurst then led with Mizzen half a length
behind him. Artois had retired to an obscurtty
from which he never emerged. Love Note ran
third for two furlongs, and after her FASTENED
Daesman, who had got off well and ran all the
journey in a good position
1t was not until the brief and breathless jour
new was half over that Bullman called on
Mizzen and the Hastings colt began to show his
quality. He then moved into the lead, and never
afterward relinquished it. Daesman came after
Love Note and quickly vanquished her, but he
could not begin to catch Mizzen, and a great
roar went up from the grandstand when the
thousands saw the Belmont candidate easily and
steadily draw away from the determined rush
of the Ben Brush colt. At the finish Mizzen was
easily two lengths before Dalesman. and going
further away at every instant It was an ex-
ceedingly impressive and clever victory in a
great classic Bensonhurst ran gamely and
truly TO the end but he could stall off
Dalesmans rush. and the latter got the place
by a neck Mr. Mackay's Mexican got off
too well, but he closed with fine strength, and
was fourth just before Merry Acrobat.
The sums won by Mizzen have already been
mentioned. DaIeSfnan s SECOND meant Sl,0l -
70 Mr. Keene exclusive of any wager the Wall
Street operator may have made Newton Ben
ineton's Bensonhurst won $500 for his third. and
Mrs T J. Carson received $247 30 for nominat-
ing the colts sire, Ben Strome. The stakes were
worth total of S14.1S5, and there is ques-
ton but the best colt The time. O:59l2.
was good. Jean Beraud did better in 1898, with
less weight and Pupil did better in 1899 with
the same weight up. Cunard and Bonnibert
failed TO do as well. But time is of little value
in estimating races between horses of the first
class. - -.
The question of superiority between Blue Girl
and Hatasoo was definitely settled in the run
ming of the Ladies' Stakes, in which the multi
1ude took quite lively an interest they lid
In the National Stallion. Less money m
,oIvad to be sure-much lesS-but, the other
hapd the crowd knew the contestants better,
Iad seen them run before and had formed at
tocbynerts for one the other. There were five
s,artars hut II was conceded from the begin
ning that the race lay between MI Whitney's
Hna dauehter of Sir Dixon. winner of many val
,,ahla sfakes last season, and Hatasoo, the
Jangbtar of Albert, who has shown repeatedly
e,,cb ,ohanonnenal speed with light weight up.
,TI,are ,Ios some question as to whether Hatasoo
1a,Id 90 mile with stake weight up but her
.oreorrnances this spring against good horses
Lo,-a haan eo remarkably good that the bettorS
no,,Id not 6sure her to have chance inferior
70 PIua Girl especially as the latters attack OF
snenanzo af,scG she suffered in common with
so many of MI Wbitneys finest horses last