Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Africander Won Suburban by
Half a Head.
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HERBERT WAS SECOND AND HUN
TER RAINE THIRD.
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Harvard Defeated Yale
Motor-Paced Race.

Thirty thousand people, 1ncludlnS No
eral proportion of the wealth and fashion
of New York city, saw Africander, three
year-old win the great Suburban handicap
yesterday in one of the grandest finishes
ever witnessed on the Sheepshead Bay
track
With the best and most seasoned aged
horses in training tearing at his heels, and
despite the heaviness of the track, the bay
colt from the Hampton stable took the lead
in the stretch, and for the final quarter of
a mile flew down the track amid shower
of mud at a pace that held the great crowd
mute with establishment.
The veteran Herbert, right behind him.
maintained the pace gallantly but he was
no match for the great three-year-old. and
Africander crossed the wire a head in the
lead.
The time was 2:10 Systematically good
going considering that the track was fet-
lock deep with mud.
Herbert finished second. and Hunter
Raine galloped in a good third, with the
rest of the field strewn along the stretch.
the nearest one six lengths behind.
From sheer admiration of the colts great
work the crowd burst into applause as he
crossed the line winner.
1t was testimonial to merit wholly. for
the winner was surprise and the money
had gone elsewhere. The odds were Is to 1
unawares. and the history of the event
records one more outsider a winner of the
richest stake of the year.
None who witnessed the will ever
forget the finish. At the three-Quarters
Hermit, the Thomas colt. whom thousands
had backed to win, was leading by neck.
Vain Cry for the Costly Horse.
''Hermis. Hermis." cried the crowd, who
were now on their feet, with their arms
nd III In, limo uvif ho
ments of the rapidly approaching horses.
There was then no thought Of Africander,
who was moving along smoothly. Fuller,
his jockey, controlling him under a gentle
pull He was just behind Hermis and
length in front of Herbert, who was rum
ming third
At the next post Lux Castro sprinted and
took the lead, Hermis slowly going to the
rear. Africander still maintained his posi-
ton close behind the leader.
Then the tickle crowd yelled for Lux
Castra But only for an instant Thirty
feet further along Africander suddenly shot
ahead, and roar, almost groan went up
from the crowd Herbert was third with
Hermis, Colonel Bill and Igniter stretched
behind in the order named.
AS they swung into the stretch Herbert
passed Hermfs and drew up on Africander.
The race now became a contest between
the veteran and the threeyear-old
On the stand the crowd swayed and
cheered in admiration of the racers. They
had little sympathy in the matter now
Both of the leaders were outsiders. But
the race was one calculated to stir the cold
est blood on the track. Africander, Herbert
and Major Daingerfield; in that order they
swept down the stretch. Nip-and-tuc
Africander or Herbert Daingerfeld was
slipping behind and was not dangerous.
Gallant Struggle of Herbert.
But Herbert began to gain on the leader
Amid shower of mud he was seen to
creep closer and closer until finally they
seemed almost on equal terms. In the
meantime Hunter Raine took third place
from Major Daingerfield. Few observed it,
as all were watching with clenched teeth
the neck-and-neck race between the leaders
In second or two 1t was over Fuller
raised his whip, and it descended sharply
on the Hanks of the three-year-old He
gave bound forward. Odom struck Her
bert. Too late The blows fell two yards
from the wire
With supreme effort Africander crossed
the wire, Fuller stretching so far over his
neck mat II seemed he was about to pitch
over the horses head
Herbert was half a head behind
FOR full minute there was silence, and
tneh came the applauSe-the great roar of
victory that has swept so often across the
track at Sheepshead and been waited
oceah"ard; but never with greater cause
than yesterday, when the outsider A fri
cander. carried off the blue ribbon event OF
the year.
remarkable in other respects was the
race or yesterday. 4 three-year- won 1t
Tor the first time In the history of the
suburban handicap. 1t is also remarka BILE
that the program number of the winner
was thirteen, Just as Irish Lad when he
won the Brooklyn handicap was program-
med mo. ID"