The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-05
YELLOW TAILS GREAT RACE.
uI\S yHE MONTAGfE STAKES
Ar ODDS or 30 TO I.
1oo Nuch Use Made ~ Injunction and a
Poor Ride on Africandcr-FlaEst afr
Provides u KillinE for the BoOtblack
;Lrg--Our Fay crit es Lose AT Jamaica.

Wh,-originally looked like an easy card
,,,n.d ont to be heart-breaker at the ia
,na,ca ,rack Yesterday afternoon. Four
heavily supported favorites were defeated,
,ne lavers getting back much of the money
,bey dropped on saturday A crowd Of
no persons turned out to SEQ the sport
and enjoy an outing in the bracng spring
weather
The racine WIS very ordinary with the
e,cepticn Of the running of the Montague
stake, for three year olds apd upward ut Il
mile and a sixteenth. which provided the most
sensational finish of the day and u big upset
INTO the bargain There were no scratches
and six horses carrying weight for age oc-
cuped the attention OF the talent Africander.
the three ycar-old Star Ruby-Afric Queen
colt for whom his owners. Deimel 4 Dwyer.
recently refused $4,000. was always the
fuyorite at u to 3 W. s Fanshawe's four
,.ar-od memo was next in popular fancy
attn to s. with Foxhal p. Keenes Injunction
osrryins bushels OF money AT 9to2
The hackers of Africander and Heno figured
that Injunction was the horse they had to
beat. aud IL Cannon had not made too much
r.e OF him he would probably have landed
the stake Africunder received bungling
ride from shaw, who had the colt in num-
erolS pockets and did not get clear sailing
until tn. stretch was reached.
The false price OF 10 to was quoted against
the California sprinter Yellow Tail. who
took M top weight. 100 pounds. On his
race of Saturday. when after a poor getaway
from the post he ran The Musketeer to a
driving victory. he deserved better support
than he received.
After two breaks the field was sent away
in good order and Cannon quickly took the
track with Injunction.
The Keene colt entered the back stretch
with Yellow Tail a length behind him. Right
full. Africander. Heno and Andy Williams
trailing out behind. Waterbury took elbow
Tail up to the leader half way to the turn.
but Cannon drew away with Injunction.
opening up gap of a length and a half
10 low work on 7, eiiow Tail and the Watercress
horse. handling his weight as II it were a
tenther: overh,anled /. Injunction at the last
with every stride and Cannon. seeing that
the jig was mp, went to the whip. but with
roTerful acton and great sameness fellow
ment and won grand race IN drive by q
length in l.i6 rs. Injunction finished aneck
in front OF Heno After the race Shaw came
in for q general scoring from those who
was rama made ava warm fasorite in the opening
event, a lightweight handicap at five and
hall f,ronys ao He took UP 40 pounds and and
sending large commission into the ring.
Armeath got away slowly and was soon in
a pocket and Hoar had to take him to the out
side Although he got his head in front.
too much use had been made OF him and Ben
defeated him rather easily by three lengths
in los 2 s. Armcath finished two lengths
before Taps. IL IS to shot
While the smart bettors were making Miss
Nancy, "A > to favoritc backed down from
~, TO in tho second event. for two-year- olds,
king, and number Of big punsers got busy
who was hammered down from as much as
20 to / to is to S. The start left St Roche
and Moorhen. the latter played down also to
10 to 5. standing still at the post. Miss Nancy
looked like a winner in the last sixteenth. but
Flagstaff. with the apprentice Pollok sitting
by a length in 02 with Miss Nancy a similar
distance before Silver Dream.
Father Dill Days lllyria. a. TO favoritn.
had an easy time capturing the third event.
richards ROYAL Pirate. the outsider in the
Betting. was second, six lengths before Ella
snyder.
Luck gain went against the talent in the fifth
event. for beaten NV -year-old FLIES, at four
and haH furlo ngs. when. with only three
petunia. brought up the rear. Ter beating
was due to the slipping Of the saddle when she
was ont in front foXhnll =. kecne's Cypr-
emo was IN close attendance upon Petunia to
the last furlong, whore Buhman got John W.
S,horr's Mordella up with II rush and won
by n len 9Th in O:54 as.
Frank Farrell : Colonist was ITO 10 favor
te in the closing event for maiden three
ar-olds. ut n mile and seventy yards, Colo
mist Won easily by len 9Th. with Black Hussar
SIX lencths before Sir Roche. a 20 to | shot.
The time was 1916