The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-19
AfRICANDER THE WINNER.
THREE-YEAR-OLD WINS THE
 GREAT SUBURBAN.

Also Takes a stake of SI6,69O-Thirty
 Thousand See the Race but Few Back
 Foul for Being Bumped In the Stretch
 hut it is Not Allowed.
 New York, June 1S-For the first time in the score of years of its history the Suburban Handicap. greatest of Amer ican turf events, was won by three year-old to-day. Africander, swift and game, son of Star Ruby-Afrie Queen, finished first in a splendid field of fif- teen, to thirteen of which he was giving weight. His victory was marred by a claim of foul made by George Odom, rider of Herbert, the second horse, but the judges decided that the winner had earned his prize and let the race stand as run. Charles Dwyer and Simeon Deimel, proprietors of the Hampton Stable, in whose colors Africander ran, won $l6,69O in the stake and made a generous present to little Fuller, the New Orleans graduated jockey who pi- loted their horse to victory, They had also backed the horse at 100 to l in the winter betting, driving his odds to Soto l. Thirty thousand persons saw the race, and few bet on the winner.
 Horsemen, although agreeing that Africander and Herbert bumped in the -c otnid hnlinf that the best horse won, and that Afr1- cander would also have been first with clear sailing.
 Thirteen hours of steady rain had turned the track into a deep muddy swamp. The tine-2:10 2-5-was the slowest since 1887.
 To a prompt but not good start the field got away, with Articulate slightly in the lead of Hernlis, Lux Casta, the added starter, close alongside. Herbert, near Major Daingerfield, the to fa- vorite, was far back, while Colonel Bill, Africander and Ignitor formed second division behind the leaders.
 Hermis, in spite of his 12S pounds bur- den, went to the front passing the stand, close-lapped by Articulate, Lux Casta and Africander.
 Herinis made the only pace in the race. but tired himself in the destruc- tion of his rivals
 Afrlcander became most dangerous factor when the three-quarter mark was passed His heavy inlpost, swift pace and the deep mud told on Hermis here, and he began to falter. African der headed him, and Herbert, too, dash ed past MT. Thomas S6G,0o0 horse. Heno was in the middle of the field while Ma jor Daingerfield was creeping up. Af- ricander and Herbert spun away from the tiring Hernis as they reached the last turn, and the race was plainly be- tween the two.
 Odom took Herbert wide into the stretch for the better going near the outer rail. To the astonishment of on- lockers Fuller cut across with African der to the outside also, and the two horses bumped together, Herbert on the outside and almost against the outer rail, a sixteenth of mile from home. Then rose cries for good old Herbert" so, many times contestant in great handicaps.
 Fuller called on Africander for his last effort and his response was instant. The sturdy three-year-old leaped for ward, swerved for a stride in front of Herbert and then ran straight and true to the wire, winner by a head from Her bert. Hunter Raine was third, four lengths behind Herbert and six lengths in front of Major Daingerfield. City Bank, John E. Madden's candidate, was fifth, neck in front of Ignitor.
 Hunter Raine's splendid race was 8 feature of the contest. At the first turn. as the field swung wide, he was carried over almost to the paddock gate. When they strengthened out he was last by two lengths. but when the male was run the Shields dogged little boy, had picked up his field one by one As they turned into tlie stretch he had reached sixth position from fifteenth, and was coming on with a great rush of speed was third at the wire.
 Yardarm was fifteenth and last, with Articulate and Herlnis fourteenth and thirteenth, respectively. Goldsmith and Irish Lad, the Whitney entries, were withdrawn on account of the mud dy track.
 Africander opened and closed at 15 to l in the betting, Herbert opened at 20 to 1 and closed at 15 to 1, and Hunter Raine was backed from 15 to F to i.