Evening star., 1903-10-20

Tide, carrying scale weight. was in receipt
of five pounds from Lady Amelia and at
the head of the stretch Mr.. brakes filly
assumed the lead, Wotan moving up under
hard ride from Hicks on the outside. AS
Lady Amelia hung in her stride Flammula
joined her, and Ocean Tide came down to
the last sixteenth with a pronounced lead.
But Wotan re6oubied his efforts. and fifty
yards from the wire it looked if he
might be returned the winner. ONeill
pushed the Drake filly then and Wotan
could not gain another inch. Ocean Tide
beating him a head in LOG 80 eGualing
Eugenia Burchs frdcl record. Flammula
was three parts OF d length back. beating
Lady Amelia by four lengths.
But for clear case of overconfidence
Cannon would prot,sbly have landed River
Pirate winner in the handicap for all ages
ant mile and sixteenth. The boy went to
the whip too late. when earlier efforts
would have resulted in success River Pi-
rate went up to IL to ). while Hurstbourne,
Odom up. adjudged SO sure of winning
that even money was quickly beaten down
to to j. Smfthson made the pace with
Ascension for nearly three-auarters of a
mile, where River Pirate passed the Ben
Strome mare and rushed into the home
stretch a length in front of Hurstbourne.
Odoin. as usual. drew his whip and put the
1ndio colt under terrible grueung. Gan
non had taken River Pirate away from the
rail- which allowed Odom to have plain
sailing. and at the last sixteenth it seemed
as if Cannon had the race. but Odom never
let up, and Hurstbourne began to gain with
every stride Less than twenty-five yards
from the wire Hurstbourne got his nose in
front, just Cannon, realizing what was
up. went to the whip. River Pirate in an
other jump was on even terms, so that
when they passed the judges line of vision
the result was in doubt, many believing
that dead heat had been run. But Hurst
bourne got the official verdict by whis-
ker. his time being 1.462-5 Ascension
hung on well and was third, beaten
Low 4
be one of the best races ever run over the
Brighton track
These who made Gibson Light a to 5
favorite in the hurdle race. at mile and
three-quarters. pinched themselves to see
If they were alive when the race was under
way. as the son of Lamplighter was never
a factor and was disgracefuly beaten.
Cryptogram. Is to 1. on the other hand,
made all the running and won in big
galiop by ten lengths from Ohnet, second
choice, who was fifteen lengths before The
Rival. third in demand.
Boys that had never ridden a winner had
the mounts in the second event for platers
at a mile and furlOng. and the smart men
kept their big commissions in their pock-
cts. Baikal, y to /, ran away from the
others and had six lengths at the end. Blue
Victor. to l. came from the sky and took
the place by three lengths from Cottage
Maid to l. Caithness the favorite after
being second to the head Of the stretch
dropped back because Of weak ride by
little SchOen.
Mamie Worth, 1 to favorite took the
third event for three-year-old FLIES at six
furlOngs. with little exertion. Burns held
her hard she made the running and
never let her completely down. She passed
the finish mark three parts Of a length in
front of Futurita, to /, who got up in time
to beat Confusion. carrying f. D. Morgan's
colors. by neck for the place The time
was la %
Burns was again in evidence in the last
event. for maiden two-yearolds at five and
a half furiOngs. when he put up one of his
characteristic driving finishes on Piquet, 0
to =, who beat Tony Astes Pristina. 5 to
l, by head in los 40 Dutiful. a 30 to l
shot. ran third. John f. Madden's Pan
ique. the class of the race and 3 to l ia
vorite. had poor luck. and Fuller could not
get him clear in time to do anything.