New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10
T0BOGGAN FOR MlZZEN.
WINS HANDICAP EASILY
zrticulate Beats Old England IN
SpeciaI Race.

Special Race.
-,.,,,. ,.s..e-ssy,s attendance as basis Of com
.,arIson II is rather interesting to speculate on -
number Of persons who would nave "4e0leN -
running OF the Metropolitan Aan0lCaP "0A -
race been run on a Saturday half hohoay lli9'O
<s a s,,sy weekday On Thursday ii was esuina'eu
that there were between 5000 and 4eo" peoPle a.
Morris Park. Yesterday afternoon uere 49,,
multitude that easily numbered s0'V'o' AM -
Che programme was excellent from the point u Wv
.. owners and the day-in-and-day-out regulars
there was no feature of it that even appfoacNeu
fhe Metropolitan in popular interest -o..s
The crowd quite overwhelmed the suburban roaos
md the trolley lines and the coaches OF the ioiii
-. literally hacked TO the roof Even the heaps
If soft coal on the tenders Of the locomotives were
transformed into great hills OF humanity 0'A''
perso--s were counted one locomotive tenoer-
The afternoons outing was not profitable from q
,rope+arv standpoint and the homegong pilgrims
were absorbed largely in those might-haVe-peeh
sancIes which al times have characterized the re-
xuruins tourney from the racetTack- Only two Ia
sor1tes won the other winners oelng QUoUeo IA
acme instances at fancy prices.
In addition TO the usual six contests. there was
IN additional race between two OF the conspicuous
performers in the Metropolitan Handicap or Ihnrs-
day. The affair really match race between
Green 3. Morris's bay gelding Old England VINO
xan second IN the handicap and w. ( DE B. Lopez
bay horse Articulate. To avoid the appearance OF
O. match" which the State frowns upon, the race
was scheduled on the programme as "a special re-
ewal Of he METROPOLITAN Handicap. for horses that
ran IN the race on Thursday, May Z; to carry he
game weights in that race. BY SUBSCRIPTION O.
r. 900 each half forfeit to the winner, with Sl'SD
added Old England and Articulate TO start, or no
race"
This special renewal was the result Of one OF
Chose latter it's all over arguments which oc-
eurred between the veteran owner Of Old England
eho ran second TO Gunire in the Metropolitan. and
~Bob" Smith. trainer of Articulate who finished
fourth In the same race. On that occasion the
Goldfnch gelding carried lis pounds. and Mr. De B.
zopez's handicap horse III pounds
To the public that dearly loves a fight, the con-
rest between these two horses was possibly more
interesting than either the Toboggan Handicap. the
thirteenth renewal of which was run as the fourth
race. thaennth running Of the New-York Steeple-
chase AS is generally the case in such match
races the result cannot be said 10 have changed
any ones opinion regarding the relative merits OF
Che two horses Nominaliy. the conditions were the
same. but matter Of fact. they were vastly
different from those which prevailed on Thurs
Gay. Old England pounds a better horse then
shan yesterday. The effects Of the gruelling
drive he received in the stretch on that day were
etin apparent yesterday. and in his preliminary
Eallop he worked very stiff and sore.
pullman moreover substituted for Shaw,
who had the mount Old England In the handi-
cap. Bullman is not Shaw's equal in the saddle
His efforts yesterday were not such as to add ma
ferislly TO his renown. He took Old England out
from the first jump and set a terrific pace, as the
nrst quarter in less than fourteen attests I'm
ooubtedly he was riding to orders. but at three
separate points IN the mile he took his mount back.
as though he undecided Just what to do He
Jed by three lengths up the backstretch. but in
the between the upper and lower turn Larson
brought Articuiate I'd to Old Englands SADDLE
eirth and kept him there until the top OF the
strecth- There he slet the St Andrew horse down.
and in the vocfferous vernacular Of the free field,
there was 'nothin' to it, after that Old England
was beaten off by four lengths. The betting was
& TO on Old England and TO against Aruculate.
August Beimonts Mizzen. who as three-year-
old seems not inch bigger than he was last
year. when he won the Juvenile. the Eclipse and
the National Stallion Stakes. and for Fame's little
day enjoyed the title Of ''the two-year-od Of his
pear" had not much trouble yesterday In adding
Che Toboggan Stakes his list Of triumphs. The
field opposed TO him was not replete with Guallty
or class and for the most part the eight horses
that Haunted the silk Of their owners past the
eran6stand were rather ordinary lot Mizzen
carried IL pounds and was ridden by pullman The
| others were: The Al5emarle Stables Invlnclble'
o. end Wealth, 90: NJ. II. Tichenors Elsie l., 103
Il r. schafer's Demurrer. 1e4; ". c. Days Il
1yr1a, So: ]. B. Higgins Parisienne. IS; w. B.
Leeds C;nqrevalH. 90. and J. A Wernberg's Royal
Summons. g.
pullman found II necessary to ride Mizzen out in
the last furlong Of the Eclipse to forestan
the persistent ard quite unexpected bid which Il
1yria made for first honors. AS ii was. the Daily
colt finished good second. with 1nvincible snatch
snE third place from Elsie L In the last few
sumps The Toboggan Stakes this year were worth
g 500 to the winner.
With w c. Whitrey's Blackstock In a handicap
et six furlonss the Withers mile. the first
race became OF more than passing interest. The
winner o: the first Jamaica Handicap was asked
60 carry l26 pounds conceding all the way from
twelve 70 thrty-siX pounds 20 MS field OF thir-
teen. and IL proved too much Of a burden for the
Hanover colt In a hard fought drive DuraZzo
Blackstock and Lady Uncas finished heads apart
Many thought that Lady Uncas reached the wire
ahead OF Blackstock but the judges placed them IN
that order The Bouquet Selling Stakes down the
last Eve furlongs Of the Eclipse course went to
@ L Richards's rather shifty youngster Race King
Sc won handily from Nameokd, who was an II to 10
fsrorite. The other winners we're Extralaw. Lava
resulted in another exhibition of ground and lofty
fumhing There were fourteen starters. and nve
81 them fell Judge Phillips. evidently deciding
chat he would vary the monotony. bolted, anc In
that way succeeded in Riding himself of his cum
sockey. 1-avator took some OF his FENCES
ffte 3 nolevaulter but he Old not rap them, and
won easily None Of the jockeys thrown sustained
serious injury
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