The Washington times., 1902-05-07

NEW YORK. Nay 6.-Arsenal winner
of the Metropolitan handicap, met defeat
this afternoon in the Toboggan handicap
at Morris Park, when another good three
A., year-old colt, Green b. Morris Old Eng
land. by Goldfinch- Queen Bess. beat him
by length in hot finish. MIR. Feather
stones colt took up sixteen pounds more
than his impost on Saturday, and was
ridden by Winnie o'Connor. He ran a
good race but Cid Endland won on his
merits.
During the winter campaign In Cali
fornia Old England was the best three
yesr-old on the Coast, and when he was
scratched from the Metropolitan on Sat-
: urday MIR. Norris told his friends that his
4 horse would walk away with the Tobog-
gan. There was as good as to i about
. him when he went TO the post, while
at the opening Is to / could be had. Mr..
Whitneys Ballyhoo Bey made his first
+ appearance in this race after more than
! years absence from the turf.
Ballyhoo Bey the Favorite.
Reports OF his recent work and his su-
|, pcrb appearance when seen in the paddock
yesterday convinced the betting fraternity
that the horse was good and he was ac-
cordingly made a strong favorite at IL
TO .. Arsenal, meanwhile, went up in the
betting until as much as to / was OBJ
tainable. while both Couburg and Cervera
! were played down. The handicap was run
over the Eclipse course, about three-quar-
tiers OF mile. The start was made SO
far away that few could see it. Ceryera
set the pace to the bend in the track a
& length In front of Namtor who was cou-
pied with Brigadier. Ballyhoo Bey even
at this early stage Of the race was the
biggest kind Of disappointment. The
pace seemed to he too much for him and
he fell back at every stride. Coming down
the hill to the wfthers crossing Cervera
still had 4 slight lead. Namtor hanging
on second and Arsenal. on the outside,
a good third. Old England came with
great burst of speed, and Woods, rid
ing him vigorously. the colt responded
nobly. Couburg was close up. with the
others strunk out. Turner already at work
on Mr.. Whitney's horse, who seemed in
clined to prop himself.
All the boys were driving hard in the
last furlong. and Cervera swerved into
the rail under punishment. Fifty yards
from the wire Old England had head the
best of it, which he increased to half a
length at the finish. Arsenal collared
Ceryera in the last jump. and beat him a
short head for the place. with Couburg a
length back. Namtor was fifth, with
Delagoa close up.
Pulled Up Lame
Ballyhoo Bey was next to last and pull
ed up quite lame.
The Larchmont Stakes for th7ee-year-
olds at seven furlongs OF the withers
mile resulted in case of rough riding.
J. B. Haggin's Water Boy, the favorite.
ran a remarkable race. and finished first
in a head-and head finish with Mcdowell
and Grand Opera. but was disqualified for
foul.
Water Boy was backed down to II to 5,
with Metalbert well supported at 5 TO 2
Mcdowell Was also a tip. Flying Buttress
was neglected. water Boy had UP 122
pounds. conccding weight to every horse
in tie race except Mr.. Wilson's colt. He
gaS AWAY slowly, and for a time looked
TO BE- out of it. Mcdowell showed in
fropt almost Immediately, with Flying
Buttress Metalbert, and Grand Opera |
punched behind within striking distance |
At the head of the stretch Wonderly sue |
ceeded In getting Water Boy up from the /
ruck, and then cut across Flying But |
tress. Mccue having to pull ur Mcdowell |
and Grand Opera were neck and neck in |
front. when Water Boy made his run.
wonderly went to the whip sixteenth !
from home. and Mr.. Haggin's colt bumped |
into Mcdowell with so much force that .
Grand Opera was crowded against the
rail- The finish was so close that blan-
ket could have covered the riders OF all
three.
Winner Disqualified.
Water Boy got the verdict by a nose.
while Mcdowell was head before Grand
Opera, with Flying Buttress six lengths
behind. McCue. Odom. and Bulman i'm
mediateiy went before the stewards and
lodged protests against the riding OF
wonderly. The latter was sent for, auS
when questioned he said that he cut
across Flying Buttress but did not touch
him He admitted that he bumped Nc
Dowell but declared that 81 was unavoid-
able. With this evidence there was moth
ing LEFT for the stewards TO do but dis
qualify Water Boy, the race going TO Nc
Doweil Grand Opera and Flying But
tress being placed second and third, re-
spectively.
The stewards also suspended Wonderly
Tor four days.
crowd of 10000 persons witnessed
the days Fport. and aside from the dis
qualification the racing was interesting. 4