New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-07
RICH PRIZE FOR RAGLAN.
TAKES SPINAW4Y STAKES.
The FiUy. in Dir. Gebhard's CoIors,
Wins Herself ont"
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ps-Isn won the rich spinaway Stakes here this
afternoon defeating field Of eight eooa nIIes ana
racing in the cerise and golo OF ieueiio eDi4iN'
- .,,oz, owner il was brought home rather Nlo-
- - Iob, + Madden that a bird in the hand Is
NOT necessarily worth two in the oush
III Yesterday this shrewd dealer in racehorses
ovrred Raglan. and in two races al SheepsIleau Day
80 rad shown her worth as winner. When Mr.
C-r,,r5 came 10 the Springs last Tuesday and in
.,-,ste5 that he might BUY the FLY Madden told
him he could have her along with her engage
voer+s for 5000 Nj Gerhard bought her theh ana
.fare Her. first agement was the Spinaway, and
her new owner lost no time in winning II. AS II
IS worth $4,000 il requires no extraordinarily
ao5te mathematical brain TO see that Raglan al
500 was a fairly good investment. Nheh the
5saIer sold her 10 M Gerhard he conhded 10 MIN
thar he was getting nice little FLY, not the pest
q, the turf but one that would beat more youngs-
tiers than beat her
The question among horsemen tonight is whether
Madden did not underestimate her qualities IN
winning the stake to-day she was called on 10 eN-
bir those two essential ingredients of hlgh class
runner courage and speed. and she failed in neither
Her most formidable opponents to-day were Little
I'm Memories and Dovecote. Both the kecne and
tbe Lakeland FLIES, in fact preferred by the
snerulators and she closed close third choice at
ITO both of the others being held at threes.
POOR START FOR RAGLAN.
she left the barrier with five of her field ahead
NJ her and did not improve her position until the
first half mile had been run. when Hicks dropped
her in behind Memories and Little En-. The Clay
flIv who had shown the way through the back
stretch was first to reach the homestretch, and
Raglan had to be ridden hard to overhaul her
Little En- joined in the chase and the two of them
caught the leader a hundred yards from the Wire
O'Neu could not keep Memories up to her work.
and she gave ground at the last Raglan got home
only head in front OF Little En-. The start
was one of Mr. Fitzgerald's worst. and August Bel
rnont's hlly Fine Art was left standing when the
barrier was released Dovecote ran into pocket.
and Cannon could not extricate her in time TO
make her d factor in the final struggle.
The weather was cold and disagreeable, although
no rain fell The spectacle of a grandstand half
fun Of shivering and women on an August
day is not one that brings joy TO the association for
the Improvement OF The breed OF horses; WHAT
promised TO be a rafting good contest between
Hermis A1Ticander, Chunct anunda, huIslpouIl.e,
MaseIman- Flying snip ana runners ~ d IaCe a.
one mile aNinQed two horse AFFAIR between
K E5T55aT of ma town he halls from put it all
over Mr.. Belmonts horse. He was under
pull all the way and eased up by a half dozen
lengths IIasterman odds-on favorite:
CAV Boy carried Nj. Geohard's coors to victory
in The nrst race defeating Cobourg. Rigodon and a
couple OF others III six furlong sprint Florham
queen, meeting a cheap crowd, in a mile race. had
trouble in oSpOslug OF them. she was the only
ana Cottage Maid, the latter being at p TO / The
summaries.
SUMMARIES.
FIRST RAcE-Highvetght handicap: all ages; fur
longs S., Betting r.
T. Gebaar5.z b. Gay Boy, ny St -. -
fE555s i is, cannon si1o55} 05I 6S
orion g. Jos Nlichaelsl. - 10 /. and Sparkle
ne Los sge' 7 I'm 10 dHa % 10 also ran start
SECOND RAcE-sentng; syear-olas and over; I-1s
n-52 s-4ss n W Fla Il oqss9 by ITO
i,-55 J. I: :sifsr5 ID t
carroll p ? 49, : % (oaBFisn 70 and to .. and
good. Won handily Time. l-46-s