Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-05
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Good Racing in All Events
at Aqueduct Yesterday
ELECTION DAY GAM ES
BALTIMORE MEDICAL COLLEGE
WON FROM COLUMBIAN.
Central Had Close Contest With West
erns-Basket Ball and
Bowling.
ELECTION DAY G AM ES

On one of the closing days of the late
Morris Park meeting the stable OF john
Sanford was reduced by auction. Several
of the horses were led out of the ring with
out a bid. One of them attracted the atten-
ton of John L. McGinnis, the club house
commissioner. who offered 500 for the colt
when informed that Mr.. Sanford had de-
clned an offer of $50. He is yours" said
the turfman, and yesterday the colt. Tribes
Hill by name, captured the first race at
Aqueduct at odds of 60 to l, and won for
his new owner, whose own career Is turf
romance more than $1,000, for he admits
having a commission of $50 straight and
$3.50 to show at odds of 60 and -.
The race in question saw the well backed
Ascension off so badly that all who looked
at the race admitted that she would have
won with an even break The finish for
this event was one of the most thriiiing OF
the meeting. irrespective of the class OF
the contestants. The winner was ridden IN
excellent style by an apprentice lad named
Scott
All In all, the racing at Aqueduct yester-
day was spirited. No event was won with
out a desperate struggle. Beginning with
the first in which six horses were heads
apart. the second saw Young Henry, heavi-
IL supported, win by length under one or
Lyne's hardest drives. in which short turn
into the stretch played no small part
Again in the third event 1llyria, st. Dam
iel and Boutonnere We're short heads apart.
The winner was at 80 to l, and was well
handled by little Dreamer. Cochran, how
ever, made such excessive use of Sweet
Alice that she was certain to come back
in the stretch, which she did. The fayorite,
Injunction. dropped out of it as usual. But
from the manner in which Boutonniere
closed in the last quarter few were willing
to deny that he was the best in the race,
which. by the way. was fast-six furlongs
in l. IA %
The Roslyn handicap. with 1O40 to the
winner saw four horses heads apart at Inc
end, with the much messed-about Dom Paul
finishing like a lion at the heels of the sud
denly improved Rossignol who defeated Tx
tirguisher by a head, he getting off very
badly Northern Star now trained by
"Curley" Brown. showed his usual burst of
speed for half a mile. and the damned grand
stand echoed from end to the other
with the exultant cries of those who fol
lowed the money" and played Redfern s
mount from down to to l. But Northern
Star was overhauied in the stretch RosSig-
nols performance appeared to be a reversal
but for the fact that she was in at light
weight. and the weights were allotted by
one of the stewards who saw her races day
after day at the Aqueduct track.
Shaw resorted to hard work with the whip
on Rigodon when that colt was well into
the stretch and was running second to Jack
o. Lantern in the fifth race. Those familiar
with his style of riding were surprised to
see Shaw use the whip SO persistently, but
as the gigantic colt eventually won by half
a length from Jack O. Lantern criticism was
disarmed.
Jack" Martin rode one of the best fin
ishes of his life on Early Eve in the last
race, and succeeded in winning on the
second best in the race, for Animosity, who
lost by only head. was crowded complete
ly out of 1t on the first turn. and must have
made up at least dozen lengths. Olio,
the favorite, was In a pocket well up the
stretch. but seemed outrun after that. Hon
oiulu bolted on the first turn and again in
the last part of the race.