The Washington times., 1902-06-15
latter Has ROUGH ] IIRHhY
Contend Sets Hot Pace, and
Race IS Run in Record
Time.
$4,000 PEOPLE SEE THE RACE
Advance Guard, Popular Choice, Runs
Wide and Loses Ground-The Victory
OF Gold Heels Pleases the Crowd. the
Largest Ever Assembled.


NEW YORK. June lin a ,nagrii.
cent finish and in the fastest time or
record for the race, Gold Heels, the not.
ed four-ycar-old colt. By The Bard Hee
and Toe. won the SO. 900 Suburban Uandi
cap at mile and one-quarter this af.
ternoon By half q length. Shouldcring
Ia pounds and showing all the good
qualities OF a high class thoroughbred
Gold Heels ran the distance in a:O5 Is
which was one-ffth of second slower
than the record for the SheoDshead Bay
track made in 1890 by the grea; Salra-
tor, then a -year-old with L2e
pounds on his back.
The triumph of Gold Heels was not only
source CT satisfaction to his owners.
but also to the great betting public. for
the reason that the ccit was the favorite
In the speculation at the very liberal
price of 3 to l. John E. Maddens three
year-old colt, Pentecost with 20 pounds.
was second in the last few jun2s by
half length. after encountering a series
of obstacles that made his performance
all the more creditable.
1t was in the backstretch during con-
siderable crowding that Pentecost. when
in good place to have it cut with the
leaders. was shut in. Then Redfern had
to take the colt around on the outside
for a run down the stretch with the re-
suit that he finally caught Blues. who
was third.
Field Strung Out.
These three horses distanced the
others. so to speak. for ten lengths away
came Sadie s. Watercure. Advance
Guard and Arden. close together with
Monograph, Herbert. Reina and Con-
tend strung out behind in hopeless fash
ion.
1t was the pace that kills Contend,
with only 80 pounds UP, set it around the
lower turn and into the backstretch.
The four year old son of Galore had the
speed OF a whirlwind for half a mile, but
he could not draw away. Then Blues,
with 124 pounds to lug, was rushed to
the front by Shaw. opening up a gap of
two lengths at the beginning OF the far
turn.
It was at that point that Wonderly let
out couple OF links. and Cold Heels,
overhauling Blues in the twinkling OF an
eye, raced with him on even terms to the
head of the stretch, and then. under
heavy drive. he came on to the wire vic
torious.
Pace Is Hot.
So hot was the pace that the field
was literally run into the ground. No
body looked for such a heart breaking
gait. and many of the jockeys believed
that Gold Heels and Blues. as they
raced ahead at top-notch speed. would
come back to them and be beaten. But
such did not prove to be the case, and
when the race was over there were few
turfmen who did not readily admit that
the best ho:s Sc won. AID that Cold Heels /
tCf9- = a-3F without a peer.
He.Je!t. Advance Guard and Water /
cure were practically cut of ii before |
q quarter of a mile hao been covered /
All three of them ran wide at the lower /!
turn, thereby losing so much ground |
that ii was impossible to make 1t up be-
hind the rapid pace.
Reina. who wen the Brooklyn Handi- |
cap, found i: impossible 10 repeat her |
performance, although she was up with I
the leaders for quarters OF a mile (
too. O'Cornor eased her up in the (
stretch. Contend was also pulled up by (
Cochran, as he was a badly tired horse (
when seven furlong5 had been covered.
Sadie S. Runs Well.
Sadie S, with 98 pounds. ran true to
form. and a better race than her own
slowly. was shut in for three quarters
Of a mile. and then coming through in
the stretch finished fourth Arden
might just as well have been kept in the
stable, for he was outcIassed and was
the chief cause of the humping along
the backstreteh which served TO impede
the progress Of Pentecost Barring this
the race Yves free from any unpleasant
features, and the result of il was so
popular that there was no fault finding
after IL was over.
The track. which was quite heavy in
the morning, dried cut under the rays ,
OF the sun, so that al the time the
Suburban candidates were called to the
post il was fast. Yet It could have d,
been faster, and if such had been the :
case. Gold Heels might have lowered ,
Sal"dtorS record lof the course.
Record Breaking Crowd.
As had been all along expected, the
crowd was the greatest that ever as
sembled at Sheepshead Bay. In fact,
old-timers said it was the largest gath
ering that had ever been seen AT an
Eastern racetraCk. The Coney Island
Jockey Clu6 made preparations some I
time ago for the accommodation OF a. I
09o per sons.
Before the Suburban was run IL was q
estimated that more than this number
had passed within the gates. 1t would
NJ. se stretching n point TO say that
nearly 80, 600 men and women saw Gold $
Heels finish in front. $
II was Just 4 o'clock when the bugle e