The Washington times., 1902-05-09

NEW YORK. May Sold England fur
ther demonstrated at Morris Park today
that he is a cracking good three year-ol
and win prove a dangerous horse in all
OF the important stake events in which
he is engaged. On Tuesday old England,
after a long drive, won the Toboggan
Handicap in an impressive manner, and
today he captured the Crotona Handicap,
carrying four pounds more and fairly
running away from The Musketeer,
Whiskey King Flying Buttress, and Bal
lyhoo Bey Incidentally the Goldfinch
colt made new record for the race, COW
erng the six furlongs of the Withers
mile in liza.
On form Old England looked to be the
best horse in the race. He opened an S
to 5 favorite. but his price went back to
to i, while big commissions were placed
on The Musketeer at l3 to and Bally
circulated extensively as a tip and was
strongly played at 4 to /.
Ballyhoo Bey Again Disappoints.
Ballyhoo Bey, in spite of his poor show
ing in the Toboggan, and still looking
high in flesh. was backed heavily. Again
he was bitter disappointment, for he
dropped back in the first sixteenth and
was last a greater part of the journey.
Some thought that he sulked. but a
majority of turfmen pronounced the horse
TO be far from condition for a race, de-
spite the opinion OF J. E. Madden TO the
contrary.
Easy for Old England.
After the first scramble Old England
went TO the front. with The Musketeer
hanging to him gamely. AT the head of
the stretch The Musketeer succeeded in
wrestling the lead from the Morris colt,
but as soon as 0'Connor let him down in
the stretch Old England rushed TO the
front and came down to the Judges stand
an easy winner by length and a half.
Whiskey King ran good race and was
third. half length back of The Mus
keteer. while Flying Buttress, the rank
outsider. beat MIR. Whitney's colt by
three lengths.
One for Hitchcock.
The Harlem selling stakes for three
year-olds aad upward, run over the With
ers mile. was galloping victory for Or.
Riddle ridden by Burns in the colors of
T. Hitchcock, jr. DIR. R;ddle was an equal
favorite with J. d. Crimmins. jr.'s lntru-
siye. The Goughacre Stables Moor catch
ing the rest of the talents money at 13
TO 5. Lieschen, at 100 to /. set the pace
to the turn, where he blew up. after
which DR.. Riddle came on and won in a
romp by four lengths. Intrusive beat |
Moor for the place by couple of lengths.
The blue pencil took Bonnibert, Intru- /
siye. Chiffon, Igniter, Kamara, and Pen /
tecost out of the handicap at mile, |
which left the race an easy thing for J.
b. Haggin's Watercolor, who made his 4
first appearance of the season, and shoul- /
dered 125 pounds. Watercolor was nat
urally a prohibitive fayorite at j to 6,
with Ethics at fours. The black son of I
as soon as the bar
rier was lifted. rushed away with mag
turn of speed. He probably could /
have won by city block, but 0dom eased /
him up in the last sixteenth, and he fin
ished four lengths before Surmise, at 100 Z
to j. who fairly ran away from Ethics t
and Himself The time was siA, but it
could have been much faster.
Watercolor Good One.
wstercolor's performance today stamps
him as a very formidable candidate for
the spring handicaps. and If he retains
his present form the horse will go to the
post a heavily played favorite. The pic
ture" horse is certainly fine shape. and
can give anything seen SO far
a beating. 2r
Chiffon, another horse entered in the
big handicaps. the property OF Pitts \
burg Phil" made his first appearance \
since the Metropolitan Handicap, in which
he ran third He started in the first
race and was made prohibitive favorite
AZ odds on. The colt won impressively.
doom was the leading Jockey Of the
lay. winning two races and running third
with Miss Dorothy.
Form players had a good day, five of
he six favOrites getting 10 the wire in
ront. while the third race was won by
Charles Elwood, who was an equal choice
gith Rightful. 1t was the best day the