New-York tribune., 1902-05-21
RACING.
HENO AND BLUES BOTH GO DOWN IN
DEFEAT
DIR. RIDDLE BEATS THE BROOKLYN HANDI-
CAP CANDIDATE AND MAKES A NEW
RECORD-THE AMATEUR CUP
FOR MIR. MACkAY.
FOR MIR. MACKAY.

RECORD-THE AMATEUR CUP
FOR MIR. MACKAY,
Racing at Morris Park yesterday Z. ...-
prlSes Foremost of them all the defeat of
Blues who is at the future favorite for the
brooklyn Handicap be Gravesend
Saturday. by DIR. Riddle. The next most surprising
thing was the victory o. Sister Juliet over LUX
Casta, who was odds-on favoritc to win the
seven furlong race for mares and fes three years
old and over on top of these two upsets
the defeat of MIR Mackay's good three-ye ear-old
Heno. in the Pocantico Handicap. by Dixiene,
III the difficult mile and a sixteenth journey
the hill
DIR. Riddle not only defeated Blues Carbunce and
kamara, but he did it handily. and at the same
time created a record for the course, cover
ing the mile and a sixteenth in 1+6 fiat, thus chip
ping quarter of a second the best previous
time. made by EtheIbert in 1899 with l22 pounds
up. Yesterdays race adds to the high opinion Dr.
Riddles race of last week won for him, when he
beat field Of good handicap horses at a mile and
an eighth The Iroquois horse carried eight pounds
more yesterday and this coupled with the fact that
Blues had been working well in training. induced the
talent 10 neglect him in the betting. He closed at
to !. The outsider of the Kamara had also
worked well. and was at twos, a slightly shorter
price than that of Blues. Mr.. MaCkay's mare beat
the barrier length and half, but Blues soon
went up TO her and took command. Going over the
hill DR.. Riddle drew up bit. but Blues was
good length and half ahead until the field were
only a 1ul lc' from nome. AL tnlS point Burns
took his mu,.i.t across behind Blues, and, letting
him down, Grtw rapidly to the front. and. despite
the punishment Martin gave his mount, Mr.. Hitch
cocks horse easily left him. and was first Al the
wire by a length and half. Blues gave the i'm
preston of being a bit short hut the time of the
race is sufficient proof that DIR. Riddle a
mighty good horse yesterday. II does not yet ap-
pear just how good horse he is. He has not
carried stake weight yet, but he is built 10 do H.
and it is likely that the Handicapped will give
oh he II will be quite
a jump from the $500 selling plate class to the stake
division.
Heno's defeat is encouraging TO those who
look to see him win the Suburban. toward which
he is being pointed. He carried 126 pounds and
Burns managed get him into the lead at the
top OF the hill, away over toward Fordham; but
after Dixieline had got into the forefront. and
Burns went to work with his whip, Mr. Mackays
colt did not respond with the power that is ex-
pected of a stake colt. He tried hard There was
no mistaking his gameness. but he could not get
fore. by a neck in good time. Michaels gave
Smart Set fright of ride. This boy seems to be
getting worse all the time: He Is not within twenty
The experts had figured out sure thing for Lux
Casta in the third race. but she ran very badly.
dying away to nothing in the stretch when Rossi-
with a determined rush that just landed the race
by head QConno@r rode Petra II with bad bad {&udg &
of speed. and likes to rate along in the early FUR
longs come with that one rush at the end.
O'ConnOr took it all out of her at the start.
The Amateur Cup ought to be renamed Much
announced under the title OF The Amateur Cup
all racegoers would recognize IT at once. AL All the
weight most of it than dead weight Every
that is everybody except the gentlemen riders who
participate. 1t is no joke to them: What good
m rider riders ARE ARE all very W %e m in he
Grand Opera outcassed the field in the Amateur
the amusing time of I:46a. Mr.. Clark. on Seminole,
cou Whapks with his whip the track ran
all the way down the stretch. Strange 10 say,
Grand Opera was entered at the absurd price of
$500 and l. NJ; Megargee who go owned and rode the
bid $ and retained him -,ous e., ,,a
first race, and brought Turnpike home a winner
by a neck, at the remunerative odds of p to
THE SUMMARIES.
fli'FT Fdeh R1Sh6TPs BY apprentices 10 IL % faTionrs
81 Re''lnf; Fl
r. ws2n s Ethel Il iGS rnnS % snda s5 al ID
Wolfram Wolfram IE4rTsT I89TseT, u -
semper WAX lc5 Smith. 90 to and 90 to !; Judge
Fulton 100 Henderson, 100 to and 80 TO l. Walbro2k
inghcs 125 3r4snes to y and ' @ to 1erS 1Andsa
10 ana to becoraion Dc 100 MecaGeTty to >
Fns 1snSa T9D 20 81 to Ge and % to 'i E sad % %
and . / and Petit Blue, % III Callahan = to and
Time. me o:5514
SECOND RAcE-serling; for 3 year-olds and over.
HfFsS 2GSnps5s sius. sr- @'52rs' %
Asessr.; IS. :. %i;:i: a$-f Il
DR. Preston. los SHAW. : 70 and > 20 J. Knight Of
IRONY and 50 to |. SATIRE.
io6 tO'C'onnor1 and > Musi1ora 1o3 d!ooker)
% to 'en oHard lo2 ic9aes Nj 59 20 T., TO
dInce Tuis a7 (AicCinn) and so 20 l. Trentham
g. IViIersnn 100 90 T. Lncket, H3 tCreamer)
o5 70 and 10 l. Ondurdis. % M. thompson. 100
and to ]. also Start good Won easily hy
4 lengths Time, 1:ll1z.
THIRD RACE-Mares and fles years and over; 7
furlongs
W Smiths h Sister Juliet by Esher
W. C-Iar 2 iO3 ....... CWonderly) Al TO
Rossgnol, ,, 1i3 ----............. lSurhsl % II
Lux Casa. B. ti'ooker) d ll--V -
petra H. 1is (O'Connor). 20 10 and to l. also
start good. Driving by a head. Time, l29A.