New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-07-01
GOLDSNITH'S EQUALITY.
uTS FIRST APPEARANCE.
With a Big Pull in the Heights
Beats AfricGnder.

Beats 4fT1c01l06T.
1K,II,aro c whitneys Goldsmith, making his first
anpearance as a four-year-old. won the Equalty
stakes for three-ycar-olds and upward, at mile
over the Sheepshead Bay course yesterday after
noon He defeated field which included Afri-
cander. Yardarm. Proper. Lux Casta, 1gniter and
10rtA Of kendall and the mile, eased up at
the finish in 1,4o-fast enough. horsemen thought
considering the dead and heavy track
The race served the colts final preparation
,or tbe Suburban Renewal. to be run tomorrow
afternoon when he will take up lie pounds, and
his performance undoubtedly made him many
friends It is doubtful. however whether in his
racing career he viii ever again find so soft spot
as he had in the Equality yesterday. and his VIC
.orv was less significant than q defeat would
have been notwithstanding the fact that It was
his first time out. with only III pounds. four
pounds less than the three-year-old Afr1cander
took I'D he had tremendous pull in the weights
and according to the scale the Suburban Handicap
winner conceded nineteen pounds TO him
Goldsmith has been entered in a number of races
This spring including both of the big handicaps,
but he has always been withdrawn for some rea-
son or other, and when the students found that he
was actually to start yesterday they took IT for
granted that Mr. Rogers had him fit and played
him with great unanimity. He always favor
Ate with 10 g. the best that the market offered
against his chances. Africander was second choice
at Il to . but there probably quite as much
money placed on W B. Jennings's three-year-old
Proper who closed at 81 to /
Redfern had the mount Goldsmith and Burns
also M Whtney's jockey-rode the Star Ruby
colt. Redfern rode the better race. When Hack
on E R, Thomass three-year-old Yardarm
rushed his mount out in front. Burns set after
him and with Lux Casta, who, with Yardarm. was
an added starter keeping them company the three
set a slashing pace up the backstretch. II killed
Yardarm first and at the end of six furlongs he
disappeared from view. Lux Casta and Afrcander
had it hot and heavy around the two further turns
and came into the stretch neck and neck.
Just about the time Burns found it necessary to
use his whip keep Africander going Redfern,
who had been waiting back in third position
moved Up, and in the next hundred yards passed
both leaders Michaels also shook up Proper and
passed the in the last few strides. She hung
or long enough. however. to take third place from
Africander- In the run through the straight Gold
smith showed a good deal of the bulldog quality
that characterized his earlier racing career and
the prediction was freely made that he would
fulfil the promise of his two-year-olds form. He
public, but he is still small horse.
TIE players were IN ne form and succeeded in
by SELECTING Wotan 10 win a maiden race for two
F7utgrity Course. In this race Floral King, owned
by W H Rowles, Of New-Orleans. was made the
medium for Of the heaviest plUnges of the
down to ffteens And what is more he onIy missed
Wikerson rooe him, and with older and more
Won shot Gu beat Royal s1mm0n D9est
Highlander won selling race from Arden and
BOD HllllaTd in big field, at and one-eighth
Inll t. .Jocund look nVe ana one-halt furlongs
EP---I ~ tNog l-o-uS aIttI '-dSClie nad maze
mos o. ne running, and Douro repeated his vic
Jib Surnlise. Colonsay and Moroton at a mile and
4 half
SUMMARIES
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Giatthews 10 to and @ j Hands Up. lO4 III. coch-
Ian % 70 ana 20 to Ba!!ycaste, lO4 (Burns) 10 TO
p 10 i Alc1Ia I63 G6'Ee! : 70 and ~ 90 " sb a3d
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s arc e s. t. 3n5 10 Walt i a sS 80 to a ad
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Nc!e 90 ~ :len) 70 n and 10 !; Dixie Paradise,
- lNctaiissTty- 90 70 and 70 TO Miss McKenna 81
oht.. 80 70 and 20 70 l. and Docile. g (Boesen>.
- 70 aa5 u II also ran Start good Won driving.
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