Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-04
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Six Favorites Lost Before
Holiday Crowd at Aqueduct.
TRACK RECORDS WENT
FINE BOWLING b INTERIORS OF
DEPARTMENT LEAGUE.
National Guard Basket Ball League Fiz
Schedule-Fitz Eavorite
Over Gardner.

A typical holiday crowd attended the
races at Aqueduct yesterday afternoon
nearly 10000 persons passing through the
gates and swarming over the Enclosure TO
an uncomfortable degree. AS far as the
players Of favorites were concerned.
slaughter took place, as the choice In
each race was defeated and served to In
crease the size Of the layers bank rolls
But, at that it may said that all OF the
winners, save one, received good support.
1t was q magnificent day for the sport
and the track was In splendid condition
The fields were compact and the ring nan
died more money than on any previous day
during the present meeting An appro-
pirate fixture was the Election day handi-
cap, for all ages, at a mile and furlong.
with seven starters, all of whom were load
ed with the public's wealth, except Gayiota
and Florham Queen. In spite OF previous
disappointments the talent again made
Foxhall Keene's Stolen Moments the favor
lite at to 5. but the Kingston fily ran
worse than ever. Her crushing defeat,
however, was partially due to the fact that
she was carried wide at the stretch turn by
Lux Casta, backed down to sevens. who
thus gave Redfern chance to not only
steal the race with R. T. Wilson. jr. g, Car
buncle, lowered to 8 to 2, but also to gain
so much ground that he won in drive by
half length, hanging up the new track
record Of 1.52 3-5. Higgins made a strong
finish on Stamping Ground to 1. beating
Lux Casta by three parts of a length.
Gay Boy was selected to win the first
race. a handicap at six furlongs, being a
steady favorite at 6 to 5. There was wild
plunge on E. R. Thomas Buttons, who was
hammered down from 10 to 1 to fives. with
Merry England and River Pirate in consid-
cradle favor at 8 to 2 and to 1, respect
lively. Tommy Burns, always alert at the
and, after killing off Northern Star. he
withstood the determined challenge Of But
tons and beat him in a fierce drive by three
parts of a length in LIZ As, the fastest
time ever made over the Aqueduct track
Buttons was six lengths before Gay Boy.
who was outrun from the jump.
Burns was in evidence again in the sec
ond race, for three-year-olds, at a mile,
when he made all of the running with
Akela. backed down to fives. and won
rather easily by length from the favorite
Gravlna, who, under Fuler's drive secured
place money from Payne, to 1, by head
The time was 40 3-5.
A poor start made it impossible for the
choices to do anything in the third event, a
handicap for two-year-olds, at six and a
half furlongs, for when Starter Cassidy let
the gate up Wizard, 20 to l, beat the others
by several lengths and was never in danger
of being caught Cannon rode him out
however, in order to beat the favorite and
top weight. Dolly Spanker, by length and
half in 1.20 3-5. The latter ran great
race, coming from behind in the long
stretch and beating Monet, 8 to 1, by
length The latter was a head before
Wotan, second choice, who again gave evil
dence of overwork.
Somebody cleaned up bunch when Gar
nish, good-looking colt by Rapallo-G arni-
ture, took the fifth race. for maiden two
year-olds. at seven furlongs. with 80 to
against him, having been quickly backed
down from 60 to 1. He rushed into first
place at the head of the stretch, beating
Dutiful. Is to I. by length in 1.2S 1-5 The
latter was neck in front of Prince Salm
Salm. to 1. who beat Sonoma Belle, the
favorite, by head.
AS last resort the talent plunged on The
Guardsman, in the sixth event, at a mile,
making him to favorite. But Ella
Snyder. to 2. took his measure by two
lengths, The Guardsman standing a hot
drive from Higgins to beat McWilliams 8
to l, neck The time was LAO Is. Wild
ow's Mite was backed down from to 1 to
to 2, but got weak ride, finishing two
necks out of the money.