Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-29
RACES AT AQUEDUCT.
Horses Disqualified in Bad Mix-Up in
Last Race,

The practical disqualification of three
| horses in six-horse race tended to relieve
the tedum of raciiiG routine at Aaueduct
| yesterday. The incident occurred in the last
contest of the afternoon, a race framed for
| three-year-olds that had not won 81 200 this
season. The starters were Oarsman, 113
| pounds. and a 1 to 3 favorite: Stonewall 1O6,
20 to 1: Bob Hilliard. 1O7. % to l. Squid, 90,
100 to l. Akela. 113. 10 to /, and Payne, 1O7.
s to l and to &.
Through the backstretch the company ran
in close order, with the exception of Akela,
| who was two lengths In front The brown
gelding showed the way into the stretch.
where Oarsman tried to crowd through on
the rail and was caught in pocket for his
pains. Afterward there was general
crowding match. in which Stonewall Akela
and Oarsmen appeared to be the principal
Offenders or sufferers according to the
point of view Of the Spectators At the
finish StonewaIl was a head In front of
Oarsman. and Payne a short neck behind
the second horse. Two jumps beyond the
wire Payne was again crowded into the rail,
and so violently that Higgins was thrown
off.
Redfern, on the favorite. lodged a claim
OF foul against Boiesen on Stonewal and
the judges finally allowed It. Payne thus
took second place. but why third money
should have gone to Bob billiard who An
ished absolutely last. was riddle to the
CIo"u ELNeu IL Akela, VINO finished
fourth, was guilty of fouling. Souid was the
next horse home and separated Bob Hil-
lizard and Akela. The most plausible reason
for the judges action was that they had
quite overlooked "Bll'' Days horse AS
Payne was favorite in the place betting the
disqualification met with general approval,
l.. v. Bells bay geldng Emergency won
the Bellerose, for two-year-olds, the only
stake race of the day. in record time The
distance was five furlongs and to beat For
Luck, the favorte. Emergency had to run
it in 100 As. taking fifth of a second from
the best previous time. BIytheness. For
Luck and Emergency led most of the way
Gideon's youngster stopping at the end fast
enough to let Monet into the money
w. l.. divers four-year-old geiding, Lord
Badge. in an all-aged handicap at one mile.
reduced the track record from 1:41 to
40 %. Most of the glory of the race how
ever. went to Fred Burlew's two-year-old
youngster Hello which gave Lord Badge
thrty-two pounds under the scale and
forced him out to the last ounce. The geld
ing. in fact, just managed to get home a
neck in front. Moharib made most of the
pace in the first part. but died away in the
journey around the long curve into the
stretch Colonsay was third. The two-year-
old was giving weight to everything in the
race, and was favorite in the betting.
The Hampton Stables Wotan won a six
fur.ong scramble from a dozen youngsters
that have not won S1.50O. but Flarnmula.
running in the cofors of w. III. Kraft her
new owner made it extremely uncomforta-
BILE for him, and had him plainly in dis
tress at the finish. The Whitney castoff |
Reliance. was third Both Merry England
and the three-year-old FLY Confusion
who was supposed to have hopelessly
broken down at the Morris Park spring
meeting, beat Ice Water. the favorite In a |
for all ages at six and one-half |
furlongs. Troxler's ride on the favorite did |
not appeal to the critics and they accused |
him of being unnecessarily absent-minded |
in not keeping the filiy straight long enough |
to at least beat Confusion. Afterward Trox- |
Ter was called before the stewards and ex- |
planned his weak finish on the ground that |
he mistook the little shack in the infield |