The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
SALVA7ELLA WINS BY A NOSE.
THRILLING FINISH IN THE BIL-
LOW HANDICAP.
Presiding Judge Alone Could Decide Il
#. r. Thomas stalwart Takes FRO.
duce-JOckey Heider Hurt In Farcioal
SteeplechaSe--Wind Up ut Brightou,

Steeplcchase--Wind Up ut Brighton
only the keen eye OF Presiding Judge
rr~nr,, m1.5Gowell could select the winner o,
the BlIlow Handicap. at a mile and a quarter
run over thu Brighton track yesterday after
noon He WAS in a direct line with the finish
of one Of the NEST exciting horse races ever
seen on a metropolitan track. and his verdict
favored William Aston CHAMBERS Salvatella
a7to shot, by Il nose. Mrs. l.. Curtis's
consistent mare. Eugenia Burch, second
choice was placed second. with an eyelash
over " Il I.eeds's Hurstbourne. the favorite,
A crowd of 10000 people going wild over the
result 70 many horsemen VINO viewed
the struggle at the wire from various angles,
Eusena Burch had slight advantage, but
Judge Mcdowell was In the best positio n
to decide, and his ruling was undoubtedly
Just,
It was the third OF the Seaside Serials,
and Hurstbourne carried top weight, giving
one pound to Eugenia BurCh ten to Stamping
Ground, twelve to Salvatella sixteen to
Sheriff Bell. eighteen to Lux Custa and six
teen 10 Rlghtful. Stamping Ground went to
the front instantly. and. attended by Lux
Casta, set terrific pace into the backstretch,
tho half being covered In Oas As. tho i've
furlongs in 1901 3-S and the three quarters
In IA. But as they died away. Hurstbourne
and EuEenia Burch took their places. still
maintaining the hot pace. the mile being
turned in l:sa So At the head OF the stretch
Hurstbourne led Eugenia Burch by half q
length, Odom riding MIR. Leeds's colt for all
he was worth. Hicks was busy with the
Ben strome mare. too. when suddenly up
from the ruck came Salvstella. Redfern
having taken the outside.
At the last sixteenth all three jockeys
we're whipping and the horses were racing
q II controlled by q single Bit The crowd
broke into tremendous roar and outside
affairs for the moment were forgotten. A
few yards from the wire Salvatela seemed
to get her nose in front but In the next jump
EuSena Burch. who was in the middle. appar-
emily regained her lost advantage. Hurst
bourne spurted too. and they passed the
Judges so close together that nothing but
the hosting OF the numbers set at rest hun
dreds OF disputes. The time was 2:O4 I-5
one Sc cond slower than Materboy's worlds
record OF 2o3 IS. made in this years Brighton
Handicap.
II was a lucky day for f. r. Thoma s when
B" purchased Stnlwart. the game son Of
j will be. remembered that after the colt
had been knocked down to Mr. Thomas for
t2oO0; Mr., Whitney expressed a desire to
repnrGhase him, TO no avail, sta wart amply
repaid Messrs. Thomas and Shields yesterday
when he won the second part OF the Produce
Stakes for two-year- odd colts and geldings,
the winners share OF the race being 81. 25S
IN the rig. Stalwart carried stake weight.
giving away as much as fifteen pounds.
kediern had the leg up and the colt, opening
Dick Turpin and kohinoor.. added by the
keenes, recedng to 7 to and = to /, respec-
lively Bullman got Dick Turpin. Belmont
fore he had covered a f,irlong Stalwart went
10 the front with meteOric speed.
~, They raced close together t9 the head Of
began to tire, whereupnn Odom moved up
with Orthodox. = to l, also a former Belmont
r r sent. who showed so much game
by length in l:l2 3-5, only three ffths OF a
second behind the track record. Orthodo
finished Two lengths in front of Dick Iurpn.
The Chlntilly Steeplechase at about two
miles and a half was not only travesty
on the jumping game. but also came near
ss the n9Ta s ss x sS1 j. D hd Sefs
Enrisht, third choice. having a comfortable
SAT Sti, Gasear, a coupled favorts with Judge
P tppr wba at r hs ss az BsISn
hiln and both soisel and w. Heidsr we're
sp.eS %fS Along eps H.,s
Al the latter Was in the act Of rising, Gypsic
kicked him in the back Of the head and the
Jockey fell. apparently liieless, on his face.
hHdlul, WIN Iout HSpelC, Was 90 I'M
nerved that, at the, next obstacle he. too.
went on his head. All three riders were mo-
tionless on the soRgy turf. while Enright
Rps hs 70 onv obsr bors
rider
Bernhardt suddenly came to his senses and
and him. H Vent aa on 0f for
to the wire with Bruised f face en and sattered
s 70 had leg and s as% s1ssGasd
rage. Heider. unconscious and bleeding
from an ugly cut at the base Of the brain.
1 pSSsd p an n sna sy to
slight conclusion Of the brain, but with per
feet rest would come around all right. There
Fuller divided the riding honors with Red
fern by handling two winners. too. His best
at mile and sixteenth. on Unmasked
the ? to ! favorite. The son Of Domino had
the extreme outside position at the post. but
whip in the effort and. after securing the
coveted place. he STAYED there In front. keep
ing Unmasked under visible restrai int. The
naad . fbfaHs e. s wnS route aas &
him at tie head Of the stretch It was all over.
EASILY BY length in the fast time Of l4s as,
Haviota, 80 TO /. who was practically lett at
the post ran superby under Tommy Meade,s
guidance. and finished second half length
q front Of Locket, also 90 to shot. Payne,
heavily played at II to S.. was knocked out OF
il at an early stage. and Higgins made no
attempt to proceed after that.
Fuller helped the Weston Stables Pol
Roger, to /. to get out OF the maiden two.
year old class in the first event at FIVE and
half furlongs. the colt running over Rob Roy.
the favorte, in the last sixteenth and beating
him head in / O7 3-5. Lady Mirthful. soto |.
was third, beating The Bowery. backed down
to to 2. by a head
Another thrilling finish wound up the card.
T. D, Morgan's Confusion. the favorite IN the
concluding event. a lightweight handicap
At slx furlongs made the running to the mid
de OF the stretch. where she began to tire.
Then Gay. Boy to /. and Damon. TO ].
Challenged, and in a ding dong drive Gay
BOY beat Damon a head. Odon putting, 1t
over oNeill. Confusion was length and
half away TIL time was i:l2 3-5. -Four
fSorites lost and the layers went away
counting the money. Thus came to close
Vi" fall meeting at Brighton. track that
should be exclusively devoted to racing In
midsummer.
FIRST RACE.
W maiden two year -olds: $500 added: 70 carry
u, l4HIs lve and q half furlOngs:
n h9'" and Age. W. Jocksv. Betting Fin
Rpil, 81 Ri