Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-22
GRAVESEND RACES.
Funnyside Finished First in Alder
marie Stakes.

marie Stakes.
Superb racing weather drew $4,000 people
to Gravesend yesterday, where four favor
ties were vanquished. The track was fast,
but the fields were not unusually large.
Little Miss Thelma Walden Littlefieid' s
game flly. Funnyside. at to 1. won the
Albermarle stakes for two-year-old hll1es
at five and a half furlonss. getting splen-
did ride from Tommy Burns. who also ham
died Mamie Worth In the last event sue
cessfully. The Mexican stables Flammula
was the choice in the Albermarle at II to
10, with w. B. Jennings Letola heavily
played at 2 to 1. They got away from the
post at tremendous clip, running close to-
gether to the middle of the stretch. But
the pace was a heartbreaker, and when
Burns came on from third place with
Funnyside, the two leaders could not stall
her of. Burns put up one Of his best fin
ishes and took the race by length and a
halfhalf in LOT To- Flammula beating
Letola by short head.
Mamie Worth was the favorite in the
sixth event, a handicap for three-year- olds
at about six furlongs, but big money was
placed on J. B. Haggins Parisienne, John
A. brakes High Chancellor and w. c.
Whitneys Girdle. Burns made all the run
ming with Mamie Worth, the latter winning
in drive from High Chancellor by a length
in LOO 45. Parisienne and Girdle stopped
i I,
took third money.
Stamping Ground, one Of the most con-
sistent performers in training, won the
handicap for mares of all ages at a mile
and a sixteenth with the liberal odds of y
to / about her Eugenia Burch was the
choice at ID to 5, Ada Nay, LUX Casta and
Mollie Brant fancIed in the order named.
Stamping Ground made every post a win
ner and stood drive from little Higgins to
win by a length from Eugenia Burch, who
hpf0r0 tYna
was 1.46 3-5, only three-ffths Of a second
behind the track record.
An excellent field took part In the Stee-
plechase handicap at about two miles and
half. Tankard and Step Lightly. equal
favorites, went amiss. the former going
lame and the latter throwing Ray at the
paddock jump. Then Mcmillan. 80 to l.,
had the race apparently at his mercy when
he reached the last obstacle, but he fell,
and ]. E. Widener's Borough. to 1. went
on to an easy victory by three lengths In
5.07 1-5 Baron Pepper, 20 to 1. took the
place from The Ragged Cavalier, II to /, by
eight lengths.
The hardest blow received by the talent
during the day occurred in the first event
when ]. e. Madden's The Minute Man, the
conqueror of McChesney. went down to
ignominious defeat. Maddens colt looked
to be fnvincible against those who accepted
the issue. and was a hot favorite ut Is to
90 But. although O'Neill got him Off WELL
The Minute Man showed nothing OF hiA
former dazzling speed and was unable to
finish in the money. being beaten a head in
the last jump by Sails. 20 to 1. Fuller put
up magnificent ride on e. R Thomas St
valentine, to l. who was returned the
winner by length and half In LILO As.
w. G. Whitney's Mineola running second, q
head before Sails.
Newton Bennington's Embarrassment lad
no difficulty in taking the fifth race at q
mile and furlong. He was a favorite and
Higgins scored his second win If the day
by bringing him home five lengths to the
good. Mabel Richardson, to 1, was SEQ
ond. length and q half before the 20 to
shot, Stonewall. The time was 1.53 Is