Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04
RACES AT sHEEPsHEAD.
Eugsnia Durch Won Again in Very
-. Close Finish.

The blue Of Yale and the orange Of Prince
ton blended In q racing Jacket were quite
the most conspicuous colors at Sheepshead
Bay yesterday afternoon. When the two
eldest sons OF Colonel Clay, the founder of
the famous Runnymede stud. were gradual
ed from college-Catesby Clay from Yale
and Woodferd from Princeton-they formed
= horse racing alliance. and selected for
their suit the colors Of their universities.
For hues that. when blended on heid or
track. have never produced any notably
harmonious vibrations. they have proved an
amazfnaiy succession combination on the
brought first to Saratoga for the eastern
season, 10 in the name OF Woodford Clay.
and consists OF four or Eve two-year-oid
FLIES and the three-year old marc Flying
Ship. Yesterday the brown ally Lady
Amelia, By ben Brvsh-I.a Col0nia, bred by
Catesby Clay, carried tho colors to q we'll
earned victory in the Dash. nve-furiong
scramble, as its name implies, for the
youngsters down the Futurity course.
In winning the Dash Lady Amelia defeat
ed some right smart young ones" In field
that numbefed-after SIX candidates had
been withdrawn and three aGaded-just six
teen. The FLY was started in the Futurity.
and although she had been taken from the
cars only q couple Of days before. she gave
Hamburg Belle all the racing She could
comfortably handle for four furiongs When
the held struck the deep going on the main
track she stopped badly. and was in the
ruck at the finish.
pressed with her performance. and In the
Dash she was made an equal first choice
with Ormondes Right and Grenade. Sydney
Paget's pair. The Ormonde colt, with 127
of his company. and 1t proved too much Of
a burden for 1t. J. e. Madden added his
Hamburg col. Gettysburg. 1O4 pounds; the
Mexican stables Gay Lizette, and e. r.
L. N-<1~ f,,l
the FLIES took up 101 pounds-the same i'm
post Lady Amelia carried.
The Ally slipped her field right from the
barrier. and for the others the race was a
stern chase all the way. Down the hill Fox
hall P. Keene's gelding Dolly Spanker and
the Paget colt Grenade made 1t mildly in
teresting. but the FLY always had the foot
of her company. and at the end beat Dolly
Spanker by couple of lengths. The Keene
geldfng overhauled Grenade on the fiat and
took the place from him by comfortable
length. .r-I
Flying Ship. three year-old daughter of
Flying Dutchman, also sported the Yale
Princeton combination IN an all-age handi-
cap down the full length of the Futurity
course. and, meeting HurstbOurne, the ia
vorite, at even weights under the scale and
giving 1t away in Jumps to Lady Uncas, Sir
Vorhies, Stroller. Stamping Ground and a
lot of others, beat them all In the fast time
OF LIS 3-5. Damon, carrying r. H. Nc
Carter Potter's colors. ran conspicuously all
the way, and took the place from Hurst
bourne. - - +,sn7It,.s 1it-s.
The Reapers. a mile and three furlong
stake for three-year-olds. was not provoca-
tive of much amiable comment after it had
been run and won by the Ben Strome fllly
Eugenia Burch. In spite of her race the
other day. when she beat Proper and FauI-
conbrtdge, the spectators could not disa-
buse themselves Of the theory that she had
won by fiuke and that, with the difference
in weights, one or both of the colts could
turn the tables on her. On Tuesday she re-
cefved thirteen pounds from Proper and
nine from Faulconbridge and, beating the
barrier by length, won in a head to head
finish from Proper. after Faulconbridge had
been killed of by a very bad ride.
Yesterday she gave Proper two pounds.
Faulconbrtdge twelve and beat them In the
same sort of a finish. Sheriff Bell, with 121
pounds, was the only other starter Faul-
conbridge tried to slip his field, but could
not last, and. at the turn into the stretch,
Proper and Eugenia Burch were on even
terms and had a terrific drive from there to
the wire. the filly winning by a nose with
Sheriff Bell third. claim of foul was
made against Fuller on the winner, but the
judges would not allow 1t.
In fOur-hOrse steeplechase for qualified
hunters Jim Newman won by-some clock
ers" said fifteen minutes-at any rate, the
other three were hull down when he finish
ed. The other winners were For Luck in
two-year-ofd selling race at three-quarters
OF g. mile, and Mabel Richardson in another
selling ahair on the turf