The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-09
BIG GUN, PAV0RITE, TUMBLES.
,ur\ SEMINOLE, 10 TO 4, WINS
ST. \I(HOLtS M RDLE RACE.
,,ro,d Takrs the LarchmOnt stakes, In
which z. u. MOrgan's Confusion,
ura,il, Hacked. Breaks DOWN..
r wilson Jr. scores In TWO Events.


Ais Usually the case after big open
inc iav. there was falling of in the attend
400 and in the quality OF the racing at
vorr,. Park yesterday afternoon, Still,
tho warm weather and the general enthu-
.iasm which holds the public In vise-like
grin :. rved to bring out crowd Of 1000
persor,s, who made speculation lively on
syery race, and though five favorites we're
,ea,en the ring did not escape without a
s;ngeinr because of the backing accorded
avery winner but one.
The uncertainty Of jumping races was
xeI illustrated in the first event, the st.
Nicholas hurdle at a mile and half, in
which Big Gun was a warm favorte at II
to 10. with confident backing for Gould. Ben
Battle and Ohnet. Coming down the stretch
10 the last hurdle, it looked as If Mara would
land the money with Big Gun, for the Ar
nlery gelding was running easily and
had been jumping finely throughout the
race But at this last obstacle Big Gun
stumbled and fell. sending Mara sprawlng
m his head Then F. Ambrose Clark's
Seminole, a 40 to shot, who had received
a patient ride from Wilson, went on and
won easily by three lengths. with Gould
carving of second money three lengths
in front Of Ohnet.
Cigar fell at the top Of the stretch and Brady
was So severely shaken up that he had to
Mara was also cut up about the head but
he will be able to ride again in few days.
The time was PSI. Mr.. Clark won this race
lat year with jim Megibben.
The crowd was visiDy disappointed at
the result Of the Iarchmont Stakes for
G M ~
OIL the Withers course because of the hope
less breakdown of the favorite, f. d. Nor
san's three-year-old filly Confusion, by
Henry of Arnica. 1t was the
second appearance of the flly, her first
race proving a, galloping victory. and the
ing to 5, A. Featherstone started lngold
Radiance, who was backed down from 20
TO to tours, and who made all the
running, winning in a whipping finish
from James Galway's Brigand, who came
nose. Though Love Note swerved badly
in the stretch. when Michaels put the whip
TO her, she finished third length and half
away. Confusion got away quickly and
held to 1ngold for nearly three furlongs;
then she stopped as if bullet had pierced
Of the procession with her.
The tily had bowed tendon and had
also torn several ligaments in her of fore leg
and when her rider dismounted she was
in visible pain. After the race Trainer Boden
said that he believed her career on the
turf was at an end. Ingold Is time was l:27H
which equals Kilograms record for the
stake.
The colors Of R. T. Wilson, Jr.,- were
carried to the front in two events In the
course Mr.. Wilson's Highlander with Burns
up was backed down to threes while Frank
Farrell's Minotaur, who opened favorite
az TO S, receded to twos. Andrattus was
the first to take the track. followed closely
by Mercer. Highlander and Minotaur.
Minotaur was bumpd and knocked to his
knees. Martin pulled him up and pro-
ceeded to ride him with all his might, but
the accident cost the Farrell colt the race.
for sepsha s ss1 rSuEh . IL .hs
Inent he could not; overhaul Highlander.
who, under a drive from Burns, won by a
length in 1:14. Minotaur was length and
a half before Andrattus.
Again in the fifth event, at seven flirlongs,
Mr. Wilson's Carbuncle proved a genuine
good thing for he was backed down from
threes to 8 to second choice, and after
receiving a clever handling from Burns
he came on through the stretch with a
great burst Of speed and won by neck
from Stevedore. the favorite, who had made
punishment from Bullman: Flying But
lress was third, three lengths away. The
race was run in 1891, which Is three
quarters Of a second slower than Chucta-
nunda track record.
Though there we're sixteen starters in
the fourth event for maiden two-year-olds
a. a half a mile down the Eclipse course,
the form players would have nothing but
High ball who, with pullman UP, ran in the
colors of the Gayoso Stable. Highball
carried a a ton of money at 8 to 5, and he
had no trouble in landing it, leading from
post to wire and winning in a gallop by
three lengths from Sydney Paget's Gre
NADIA. II to /, who was head better than
H NJ Ziegler's Luxembourg
There was another big field In the closing
event selling race at a mile. Remorse
ard Pageant, equal favorites, finished
outside the money. Knight OF the Garter,
30 10 l, set a fast pace for three quarters,
and then little Wilkerson took H. 7. Griffin g
Embarrassment, o to 1, up from the ruck.
and, riding him in the cleverest sort Of
fashion. captured the race by short
head from Lord Advocate, with Knight OF
the Garter length back. The time was
l4l
st. Nicholas Hurdle; for four year Odds and up
ward 81 900 added; 10 pounds under the scale
one mile and half over six fights:
Horse and Age. w. Jockey. Betting Fla
Seminole 8. -, ISL G. B. Wilson 4o-i lo-i |.