New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28
JOCKEYS DISCIPLINED

The Occidental Handicap seems TO be the particu-
lar and personal properly Of w c. Rollinss sturdy
old campaigner Herbert the best son Of Albert mat
has ever been TO the races hereabouts lie Won
a. last year on the occasion of its inauguration
and Yesterday on its first renewal. he was again
Che winner A big crowd took advantage OF the
,etup in the rain and journeyed out to GraVeseho
70 see the thoroughbreds perform. They saw some
uueer sights but queer sights have been so com
mon al Gravesend recently that raceSoerS "oU'1
think Il queer if they did not see them
A field OF ten was carded for the Occidental 10
which horses Of any age were eligible. but Only
i've answered the bugle- The heavy holdi1g trdCA
frightened out Ethics. Royal and CunaTd; Amy
Williams had the day before and Tar Excel
hence Is away below her form at present but
Isiues Herbert, Articulate, Carbuncle and ArSeha4
remained. and speculation was lively. Ihere Is TO
worse betting proposition than Blues 1t Is lihPoS-
sable to get the slightest cleW TO his mooos' anu
he should long ago have been barred from metro
polftan racelracls IN proportion TO his ability
the average of his is the lowest in the world
Still many hoped ne would repeat his race in the
Second Special and the memory Of that race Kept
his price from going above to l.
Ever since Articuate came East his western
friends have insisted that heavy track ne
was the best handicap horse in the country Alter
he finished second and Herbert third IN the sara
toga Handicap there was much talk Of a match
race between the two. TO be run on d heavy track
for the title OF king OF the mudiarks- For this
reason there was much interest in their meeting
yesterday. The Handicapped had rated Artculate
two pounds better than Herbert but the talent
did not agree with him. and Herbert was second
choice at threes, Articulate being held at tours
The Western horse was never da lgerous-
Arsenal rushed into the lead when the barrier
sprung, and going by the stand Herbert was
last and On the rail The sloppy going Just suited
him however and around the first turn he made
sIp 80 much ground that only Blues and Arsenal
remained ahead of him Herbert and Blues raced
stride for stride through the backstretch, and at
the first turn they oYerhauled Arsenal and passed
him. For a few jumps the Sir Dixon colt held the
son Of Albert but at the near turn he had had
enough, and Herbert waIlowed alone TO what
looked like certain victory Carbuncle, with his
feather weight, closed strongly. but could not get
nearer than q length, and Herbert was that much
TO The good when he passed the judges, arsenal
six lengths back, beating blueS nan d Iehsth I0E
u the show money.
Il is odd how really good horses break down or
go wrong while puDlic nuisances Ike Blues and
Founibert pursue their mendacious careers year
after year unscathed by III fortune It leads one to
believe fn horse hereafter. where such equine
wrongs shall be righled
The Bel stable is in fine fette Just now and
scored another point yesterday in the Flatlands,
which was won by Lady Albercraft in impressive
STYLE at the liberal odds Of TO 2 When Newton
Bennington sold his stable at Saratoga, that con-
frmed yellow dog and gutter, Bensonhurst.
brought twice much Lady Albercraft Ben
sonhurst would be valuable asset to 4 glue fac
tends to start one. Only one kind Of training is
likely to make Bensonhurst win races, and that IS
the kind that the stewards Of the Saratoga Associ-
alton for the Improvement Of the Breed OF Horses
decided Hans Wagner had been subjected to:
Dutch courage is probably the only thing that
.sould ever help Bensonhurst 10 win q race.
But Lady Albercraft is clever, game lilly, worth
many times much BenSonhurSt, and she led
from start finish Of the Flatlands Stake. break
sng like lightning and holding persistently and
courageously through the mud and muck TO the
very end. three lengths in front OF the next horse
Wild Thyme got none too good a ride from Lyme
and made up lot OF ground, though head be-
hind W. R. Condor ar the finish
The steepechase was full of incident. Glenvar-
3och bo1ted the Liverpool the first time around.
carrying section of the railing, and Perion
threw his rider. The other three alternated IN the
lead, but the finish came down to drive between
Rowdy and Draughtsman- II looked as If the lat
ter was going TO win. when RoTdy crossed in front
Of him sharply that he nearly went 10 his knees
There doubt that il was Plain foul and
nine out OF every ten spectators expected that
Rowdy would be disqualified The stewards, how
ever. took action CarSon's complaint and
placed the horses they finished
Just because stable boy named Sheedy rode
Bserta the layers chalked up y TO against her.
but Sheedy was Up to snuff and rode rafting