New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-31
RECORD CROWD At RACES
BIG CRUSH At GR4VESEND
PreaLmess Stakes Won by FIocarf'ne
-OpIu One FarOrite an Front.

-o,,a ,,,itc tho equal Of the handicap multitude
s5ormod the Enclosure at Gravesend ana tiiieu ~
available inch OF space from paddock 10 tiee ie''
u The racing Of thoroughbreds in these men uHie
~ the tu-f can attract 5000 people without any
special attraction the way Of a great ana pop
lar stake on the programme. II Is IldIiAe9NS ~
the interest Of Of racing plants 10 reserHe
their great features for off DAYS The mUiti'1ue
YESTERDAY was altogether Of the holiday sort in ITS
composition. and II was brave In Iumaee anu
-rlfrll of zet-Tich-quick visions. AFTER the r.iH
ming Of the last race however. these visions nc
mo ,,ate-ia1ly rified and many prospective
-,ar-l Vas read5usted on the homeward way Inc
sun1, in fayortes which set in on the opening Gay
- N. ,,resont meet continued. and the hopes OF
regulars as vel as those Of the casual amateur
v-sra l,ovad over in dismal sequence. 1t was not
until Captain sam Browns bold hearted two
,ea~-old Rusl the sixth race. n malaen aIaIi
a avo flrlonEs-in a rafting good drive with sgd
,av Pacet's Grenada that the players cashed on a
fsvorIte.
contrary 10 their usual custom 81 keeping TO
cover on hg popular days. the plungers all took a
3D. hand Yesterday. and tales ~ fabulous winnings
and losses filed the clubhouse and paddock
Dave Johnson is said to have Won $1,000 on
William Iakefand's two-vear-old lilly TendercfeSt.
who won fho Bedford Stakes. selling race for
fr.o-vez~-cld- AT fvo fnrlcrss, With the generous
quotation Of 80 10 I against her chances at post
lime The Ragged Cavalier. 9. n Franciss
Srorriochaerr. was made the medium for big
llarec for the so-callcd educated money and Jesse
Il evf-olln is rcruted 20 have $4,000 on the
against The Ragged Cavalier but heavy commits
sous sent the price tumbng. first to 20. then to
r. and finally . l. and not much OF that
. Was the best offered. There he little doubt
that some one profito1 in large way by the VIC
-0r, Tho last time lie raced through the field the
celdirE Was Jon / and fell early in the chase
N II Tichcuor is said 10 have won $4,000 on his
rhree-,ear-od FLY Focarline. who won the Freak
ness Stakes and Frank Farrell 5000 from Nlliam
t-avan on Tho CIuardsman-
The programme for the holiday consisted Of the !
Treakness Stakes. for three-year-ods who had not
won race of the value Of 5000 up the time the
entries closed. at mile seventy yards; the
Fuuire State Steeplechase Handicap over the fun
course and the Bedford Stakes, with selling cond-
lions for two-y ear-olds. at iveeighths of mile.
There were in addition. handicap for the all aged
division at SIX furlongs. selling race for the
campaigners at a mile and sixteenth, and maid
en race for tvo-year-olds at five furlongs All Of /
the contests well filed. and Of the fields
Were crowded almost to the danger point.
The dozen performers in the steeplechase pref
scented among them an unabridged version of a
comedy Of errors, and Of the twelve that started
only five passed the judges stand. Neponset chose
The wing jump instead Of the brush, and that
eliminated him from the spectacle Lavator. the
favori;e fell at the brush preceding the water
jump. and Mara. who rode. gave a nice demon
Ft-ation the law Of the hunting field which
commands = rider to hang his horse whatever
ha pnens In this case Iavator rolled his rider,
hut Mara hung 70 mis- bride and remounted. Her
cglean down at the same jump earlier in he
struggle. refused. but Heider. who was riding
him did not and shot over the obstacle from the
. back Of his mount Judge Phillips followed Her
,~lllean's example. and Semper Ira ard Mystic
shrner both refused. T. Hitchcocks Fred Acl1er-
man tired 80 badly that ne completely out Of
il tho second around, and the rest were
strung out over SO much territory that one pair
,f owes could not follow them. The Ragged CaVa-
Ter and the aged geIding illuminate were left 10
igh- II out. and the former, coming from back
In the ruck got up to the leader In the last stride
l--77 ny
Senator McCarren's Mackey Dwyer was made
lot favorite for the Preakness. and with Burns on
his back he looked pounds better to the students
than his competitors NJ II: Ilchenors may
F-locarllre well ridden by Cannon, led the pro-
cesson all the way. and although the favorite
closed in the stretch with rush. he was not able
To get to the fllys head. The time la As. beats
-lla record for the distance by second The chest
MT colt Rightful. who had kept F1ocarline com
pany most Of the journey. resigned the place TO
Nackey Dwyer, but came in for a distribution Of
the money.
IN me 1ro-vear-old FLY Tendercrest William
Lakeland furnished the most ghttering good thing
that has gone through since the AQueduct meeting
when Petra II won at 100 !. Tendercrest met
eleven youngsters in the Bedford Stakes and gal
loDed them all to a standstiu. beating Nameok. the
orte, in old fashioned. heart disease finish.
To certain fortunate few the best part about the
ally's victory that they had played her TO WIZ WIN;
in defeating some half dozen platers at mile and
Exhibition Of racing he has shown this year For
more than two-thirds OF the way he was a9so-
lutelv last but when Burns began riding MIN
around the far turn he galloped his opponents
down one by one and caichinG F ne r sin
drive The big commission which the ring conf
horse did not materalize. and Potente went 10 the
post iukewarm favorite at TO . lie was not
Burns ana odon two of the popular jockeys
in the country. put UP singing finish IN the race
Iask a stout hearted colt from Captain s s.
Browns stable. and Burns had the mount Bon On
soon disposed o. Wizard. who had shown in front
Tor a moment. and looked the winner coming into
the stretch Burns. however, broughL OTenada
through in a hurry and the two star jockeys began
Vic Vas 81 TeacIed odom probably had better
colt but it looked to the grandstand as though he
i ii7.G 10 faer There were some horsemen
who asserted that he good q colt as Broom
stick who won both the Juvenile and the EXpecta-
ton for Captain Brown.
SUMMARIES
FIRST RACE Handicap; years and over about fur
r 3 p
rn' p F.r's ms.r Biz 9 GAe 4 Gsssss"as
i s. ~ .... ss:} g g
s5s 3, e = ( Z e +. 81
start good. Won cleyerly. Time. llo1s.
SECOND RAcE-EMPIRE STATE srEEPLEcHAsE:
handicap. years and over; fun about 21s
miles
a. d Franois.s h. z. The. Ragrsa Cavalier.
s :: e. s 5.:s &
Lord .s s443 i25 10 Hs f 20 and and
- @i = 20 A aa5 70 = Judge Pps 49,
hadt . 70 sna 13 70 g8HI Is 1 Ianni PST
20 10 ard tMystc shrlner aged l42 fMauocks.
and J. also ran start fair Won driving Time. |
B,04- FEEL 7F2efusei-
THIRD RAcE-THE BEDFORD STAKES. 2-year-olas;