New-York tribune., 1903-04-18
P0TENTE WINS A STAKE.
TAXES THE ROCK4W4Y.
Senator McCarren's COLors IN Front
at 4Queduct.

Senator Patrick H McCarren's venerable geld
ine Poteate. by Racine-PoV WOW took ND 100
pounds. and. carrying II seven furlongs, won the
Rcckswzy Stakes az the Aqueduct Racetracb yes
reTday afternoon II the one stake on the pro-
eramre. and. with the withdrawal Of H. R Schaf-
fer's Demurrer. ". L Lykenss Tioga and T. D
S1IHvau'S Setauket a field Of eight horses was left
- 60 the pest.
Pore1te came from seventh place. where he had
been running through the backstretch with ap-
parertly little chance Of improving his position
s1d challenging Duelist IN the run home made
thst faint hearted sprinter surrender uncondtton-
ally The Lanplighter colt NeverInore, whom the
sPeculators had made favorite. hung on with a
+eraCiTy worthy of his name until in front OF the
CrandsJand. when he. too gave IT up. and WiIker-
son brought Embarrassment along in time to beat
Nevernlore for the place
The elation Of the McCarren Stable over its first
'-ictorv Of the season materially tempered
when Il. T. Griffin. the owner Of Embarrassment.
Potente UP % S1.6eo-s4ao more than he was
tered be sold for The horse retained by
his present owner for sl66- In his preliminary
gzIop before the race Setauket got away from his
bov and ran nearly two miles. The judges con-
scented 70 his Withdra ~al after this performance
The marked Improvement in the weather
Sufficient in itself TO increase the attendance
that q the previous cay. and between thou
sand and eight thousand patrons passed through
the gates The track, although not fast. in
better condition than II has been. and should be
thoroughly dried out this afternoon Three IA
were victorious. and the efforts Of the form
specialists were consequently not in vain.
The wItchery Whicn the name of successful
rlunger exercises over a crowd mace Up almost
wholly Of regulars was illustrated in the first
race. when ''PiTtsburg Phil" started Grand Opera
The opening quotation OF TO was reduced to
= e in moment and when the black colt went
- The post he carried the money of the multitude
with him. He had little difficulty IN maintaining
the lead he got after the first fuTlong. and
easily from Futurita and Lord Badge On the
hack turn Shaw who rode MS first Aque
duc- yesterday on Grand Opera. took his mount
from The outer the inner rail. and interfered
somewhat with Futurfta- No claim Of foul how
ever, made.
The second race. 3 sprint Of four and half fur
Iougs for maiden two-year-olds furnished an ex-
hfla-atfng contest in the stretch between Charlie
Fisher the Favorfte. and Foxhzu P Keene's Palm
bearer. The two raced side by side greater part
- the distance. and not until the last few strides
did + Cochran succeed IN getting the favorite's
nose II front Nameoki ran third After the race
Cannon asserted that Cochran carried him into the
-su but. although the judges called the latter
5ockey into the stand the claim Of foul was not
allowed. The start IN this the poorest OF
the da-- and Atwood was practically left at 'fe
ros-
I5-tie Wilkerson rode an energetic race Oh Mrs.
? Bra5Iey's Ahos in the fourth contest at SIX
<urlones and defeated field Of thirteen Pittacus
was backed from = 70 : 10 70 I, and went 10 the
1os- an equal favorite with NJ F Dryers Rostand-
ne finished second. FIVE lengths behind Ahola ana
p neck in front Of Duke Of Kendall The work OF
he souza an apprentice. in Past in race OF 2 ME
1oe5fi5r ITtiI veil into the stretch when he came
swsr. and won in a well fought drive from LQro 2
E2esE who t & defeated F + b bwye4 S9fmSSF mSorthBTook fS
winner of the last race, bid up 10 slbto a1teI
- -ee- ana & - fr three days bv the starter for
breaking through the barrier on Rostand-
SUMMARIES
FTRsT Handicap, = years and over 81 fur
''s' 7Psr'lnFFi7 b 3
7-zz7sr"f5szn1e s-l'f Bird ! ia .shavp 2':-l =
Ts5ss. gs.us , s.; .I5429R, 56 Ssf u e
wealth IL 'oso and 70 J. Ea[y Eve lgS lIS
H-s7. % ana az 70 / also nan start good Won
al tae way Tine, 1:o91s-
SECOND RAcE-aIai5en 2-year-ods; AZ furonss-
Prank = Jones.s b. C. Charlie Fisher. by
La1ghtgh1-Nss Lexington II e5 IL
EsH sa RssFs5 lo7 isi III 81
roai.aus lo7 Il aliohae 60 to and 20 to T. A5 AZ
Ha Rice and 70 1 ch9Sk@y0f4; 5{6 "a Bzrns 49,
u = j sr5 : 20 J. and sungnt. lo7 Alinder 10 TO !
ana 70 ! also ran. starr p22r Driving Atwood Prae-
-sezlIy left a. post Time o.5I-
THIRD RAcE-TFFE RoCFlAwAy STAKES. years and
over furfonss-
P y M-csrrens b g. Poten'e. y Rag.ne Fs. Il
s=;...1sas 4s, nss 5 .!s5s5, III III -
suueral 10 coNeg to and % 70 l: Morokaais
10 q Martin 20 70 and % I,nsIs -. 'iiosT5 arr
sas Ben 59ysr sTs f:r los 4,rs E E'l5a Tm % so g anu
FOURTH RAcE-8 years and ovc-. furlongs
NJ P BrstIeys b Ahoa ,S-,iIersca, "a Alonza 81 p
55l.5 ,eas IS E.5sa = 5o5 ios Burns, 81 .
TaIs q Martini co 70 and 20 to ! = e bsrna6S'
50 ] 10 /. Colonses JOG Gennonl 10 70 ana
~ a5g 80 70 and a 20 70 T. Gsa4eT Is, s
@ 5e9fTn ~ g5 Io 3 @1 az sis ran S1art fsiT Driving
fy leagth. Time 1-l6-