Evening star., 1902-09-13
RACING AT sHEEPsHEAD.
Jockey Redfern Cleverly Lands Three
Winners

Redfern's riding was the feature of the
racing at Sheepshead Bay yesterday. He
landed Fleeing Venus, fi1ly owned by his
employer, Colonel Pepper, a winner; won
the handicap on Belle of Troy and brought
the favorite, Stamping Ground, home In
front in the selling race for all ages He
was beaten on Ibold, but not through any
fault of his. The colt was outclassed, and
had no chance to win. Belle of Troy and
Stamping Ground were both popular favor
ties. and Redfern came in for much praise
for the clever manner in which he rode
his mount.
Perfect weather, a fast track and a great
crowd combined to make the racing condi-
tlons absolutely perfect. Two stakes were
run of, the Golden Rod and the Russet
Handicap. The former was won by the
favorite and the later by that mysterious
racing enigma, The Rival. If there were
few more Rivals on the turf it is probable
the majority of the talent would be In
Bloomingdale Asylum shortly, for the way
this colt bobs from last place to first in
all sorts of company and from first place
TO last are enough to make the average
man insane. On Wednesday, Articulate
beat The Rival dozen lengths. Yesterday
The Rival beat Articulate in the easiest
possible manner
Eighteen two-year-olds faced the barrier
in the opening race, and there were tips
flying around on nearly every horse in the
race from Hymettus to Glorious. When
the horses came in sight Meddlng Mary
and Miladf Love were in front, with the
rest of the field on their heels. BY super
ior work in the saddle Redfern brought
Fleeing Venus up and won in the last few
strides by half a length. Sweet Nell, a 100
to l chance. beat Meddling Mary the same
distance for place money, while Miladi
Love was only head away.
OConnor broke his period Of discomfort
by landing Sergeant the winner of the Gold
Rod, race for two-years olds on the
" dali ioht fho
SO much better than the others that he
could trail behind the leaders to the stretch
and then run past them and win the race
amid the applause of the grandstand. He
loses many races trying to win applause
Sergeant was in the pink Of condition, and
ran the six and half furlongs in / 20 As.
making new record for the distance
There was a tremendous plunge on Sail
maker in this race. Several bookmakers re-
fused to take the full amount of the COM
mission offered to them. Sailmaker ran
like bull dog in a pack of hounds, and
never was a factor in the race Lady Jo-
sephine was second and Incubator third
Rocky won the second race from Grail
and Potente, and bid up to $4,000
Belle of Troy beat Ethics, Douro and Ad-
vance Guard in the fourth race The start
was very bad, Advance Guard and Rossig-
mol getting much the worst of it, Belle of
Troy and Himself raced head and head to
the backstretch. where Redfern urged his
mount into the lead and won great race
by length. Much comment was made at
the Improvement shown by Ethics. On
Thursday he was absolutely last. Yester-
day, with an even start, he might have
won.
Stamping Ground won the fifth race in
clever style. Orloff, with any sort of a ca
pable jockey, would have been a keen con-
tender, but DAILY, who recently bought the
colt. had his midget jockey, d. O'Connor
in the saddle and he could not assist the
colt little bit.
His Eminence and Articulate were favor
ties over The Rival in the mile and a half
race on the turf. The Rival opened in the
betting at 10 to l and was backed down to
to l. Lyme on Articulate made the pace
for mile and a quarter, where he was
passed by His Eminence who led into the
stretch. Michaels then moved up with the
Madden mystery and after a short brush
with His Eminence easily won the race.
The stewards did not like the ambitious
caperng of Red Path in the fifth race and
asked some questions regarding the tonic
that had been used. AS Red Path did not
win no harm was done.