The sun., 1903-09-10
OMNIOM FOR HTS EKINENCB.
FRED EEBHARDS HORSE ESTAH.
LISHES NEW TRACK RECORD.
James u. keene's knight Errant. 10 to Il
Takes the Autumn stakes-Jlm Kelly
Wins and Breaks DOwn-Tankard'a
OakSiaIe Cup-FOur FavOrites LOse-


With McChesney, Waterboy and Hermis
declining the issue. the Omnium Handicap
at "A mile and IA furlonR, run at Sheepsheao
Bay yesterday, was only ordinary. yet II
provided the most sensational finish OF the
day and new track record. John Sanfords e
Mollie Brunt was the choice of the talent at
to with Eugenia Burch. Fuller up. next
in demand at threes. both receding point
as W. b. Jenningss Proper and Fred
Gebhard's His Eminence were backed
down to fours. Proper was in receipt OF
eleven pounds by the scale from the favorite.
while His Eminence. with only %. includ-
ing four pounds overweight. was literally
ptchforked into the race
Himself. setting a swift pace. served to
kill of Molle Brant at the three-quarter
pole where Higgins. who rode His Emil
nence with rare skill. took the lead. Redfern
moving up quickly with Proper for hard
duel down the stretch. Higgins kept his
head. however, and clearly unfinished W.
e. Whitney's S4O.O0 Jockey. His Eminence
getting the verdict by head in l.j2 l-5. one
fifth of second faster than the track record
hung up two years ago last June by Gold
Heels, carrying lOs pounds Mollie Brant
pulled up very tired. feeling that took
possession of a majority Of the spectators.
W. c. Whitney added Mercury to the Au-
tumn Stakes. for two-year-olds at six fur
longs. Futurity course but the colt could not
secure better than third place Jimmy
Rowe trainer for James X. keene, sprang =
good thing in knight Errant, handsome
brown colt by Trenton-St. Mildred. who.
with 10 to | about him and well backed by
those "in the know" led all the way and won
rather easily by two lengths in 1913.
Gentlemen riders had the mounts in the
Oakdale Cup steeplechase, run over the full
course. +. Ambrose Clark rode his own
gelding. Rowdy. who took up 40 pounds and
was fayorite at o to5 r. Hittoheock. Jr's.
The M doy qysS Msnt na'k radsn
D, X. Kerr. was played down to to 2.
with Manilian. a hot tip. reduced to to l..
At the third jump Woodpigeon threw Mr.
the jump opposite the paddock Manilian un-
seated Mr., Mabee. who was severely shak en-
up. Then riderless. these intelligent AMI,
Of the jumps neatly and actually, finishing in
front of Tank ard. who had made all of the
running. and who won by, two lengths from
Rowdy, Mr.. Clark driving him home length
ridden by his owner. The time was 5:22.
Jim Kelly. who under the conditions of tho
TS I race sSepg aaT for
was not TO be sold and took up a l5.pound
penalty in consequence, won IN gallop by
lessly., DR.. Frederick W, Ashe, who ex-
amined the colt after he bad hobbled back
to his stall. said that he had fractured the
sesamoid bone in the Off foreleg and had also
ruptured the ligaments. necessitating his
retirement from the turf. jim Kelly was
favorite at 7 to 2, on equal terms with Bath
Beach. and he beat 70 san. to 1. by three
lengths, the latter finishing two and half
lengths in front Of Bath Beach, in spite OF
Fuller's efforts with the Ben Strome colt.
The time was l08 2-5.
Jockeys that had never ridden a winner
had the. leg up in the Nth event. for pla.ers
at mile. Frank Farrel's King Pepper and
John F. Schorr's Stroller ruling first and
second choices, respectively The first part
of the race was tall sprint. the half being
run in 0;48 4-5, with Stroller leading King
Pepper by length. The others were lost
In the shuttle then and there, but in the stretch
the boys. on the two pacemakers were so
exhausted that neither was able to put up
strong finish. Stroller was the winner by
three parts Of a length The time was l:40 2-5
Andrew Miller's Wild Thyme. backed down
to to 10. made. a runaway Of the last race
at mile and sixteenth on the turf. winning
pulled up by four lengths in l:49 -. Two
favortes got home successfully and Redfern
had two winning mounts. The crowd num-
bered 10000
FIRST RACE.
Selling for two year -olds; $500 added u pounds
becT the scale: horses entered not to be sold TO
carry l5 pounds extra: last live and half furlongs