New-York tribune., 1903-07-21
ASTARITA WINS STAKES.
TAKES THE SEA GULL.
-Four Horses Fau in Different Races
at BrightOn-The Results.

Two horses each running in fiat races, and
horses in a steepIechase marked the beginning OF
the last week of the Brighton Beach midsummer
meeting yesterday by falling down and pitching
their riders unceremoniously their heads. In
the first the three-year-old colt Nodo running
in Alexander Shieldss colors stumbled sixteenth
of mile from the wire. and Quinn, the apprentice
boy who had the mount the colt was hurled
violently against post Of the inner rail fence. His
injuries not serious. and he will probably be
exercising horses again in day or two.
In the fifth the bay gelding Bouvier, owned
by George H. Avery, jr., fell in the backstretch
and Shea was painfully bruised and shaken up
that he had be taken TO hospital Woolgath-
erer and Gold Ray both went down in the steeple
chase, and although neither of their riders was
hurt the latter horse stunned by the fall and
was very lame when taken from the field. The
track had dried out, and almost fast.
In the Sea Gull. at three-quarters of mile the
three year-old FLIES had the stake fixture of the
day reserved for their exclusive John Boden's
Rosetint and J. G. Follansbee's Astarita, with 121
pounds each. gave away weight to the other four
starters in Jumps ranging from Z pounds to
Fnuturita and Stamping Ground. TO nine pounds to
Mamie Worth and Our Nugget. OF the field named
overnight, withdrawn. Jacob Worths
chestnut FLY Mamie Worth made favorite at
to 10. Those who supported her loud in their
criticism of Redferns handling of her but although
she may not have had the best ride imaginable, it
is very doubtful whether, with clear sailing, she
could have overcome the rare fight of speed which
the Bathampton filly displayed. She made all her
running, and Hicks had merely to sit still on
her back. The favorite, after breaking in sluggish
fashion, into a pocket in the backstretch.
and Redfern never succeeded in finding way out
F1turita, the bay flly by His Hghness and the
property of James R. Keene a very good race
and finished second TO Astarita- Rosetint showed a
fash of her old speed for an eighth. but in the
stretch stopped badly.
RACE KING A DISAPPOINTMENT.
To the surprise and discontinue OF majority of
4F,e q 7, tWO-Vear-Old
colt Race King finished third, instead of first, in
five and a half furlong sprint for youngsters
Pentaur, running in 7. L. McGinnis's Jacket won
in a hard fought finish from Latheron an Atheling
colt from the Goughacres Stable. Race King was
an s to first choice.
The name OF J. G. Follansbees chestnut horse
Roehampton in the last for three-year-olds
and upward at a mile and sixteenth. evidently
frightened the other owners off. and OF the ten
who had entered their horses only ]. L. Holland
sent the post to meet Follansbee's fast son
of Bathampton Counterpoise, also Bathampton
colt carried Hollands blue and orange. and for a
mile Roehampton tolerated him and they side
by side After that Roehampton and
he pleased He at / to 6. the IA
vorite players did not profit in any big way by his
victory.
Neither the players the layers believed that
Billy divers gelding Lord Badge. which won
race at mile and eighth in the mud Satur
day, could repeat his performance at the dis
tance yesterdays track. against the six middle
they made Father Bill's'' Himself first choice.
Lord Badge not only repeated. beat his field
about as handiy in his previous victory. Him
self and w r. Condor had a long. hard fight
through the stretch for place honors Days horse
beating the colt by nose in the final jump. the
first turn the bay hly Interval tried to find hole
In the fence, and although O'Brien kept her on
the track she lost much ground that she was
not in the after that
Eight steepechasers that had won $1,000 this
year galloped over the shorter course all save
two Of them stood and finished. AT the middle
jump in the back field Gold Ray fell and at the
next obstacle the bay gelding Woolgatherer who
had been taking his fences nicely. went down and
lay where he landed for almost ten minutes The
CHESTNUT horse Bob Alone, who refused the last
and when they retired Thomas Hitchcock's brown
geloing Tankard came through and by a half
dozen lengths from ohnet. who many
lengths IN front OF Bob Alone. Woolgatherer was
very lame when taken TO his stable.
ROSTAND WINS FOR TREUBEI.
In of those contests framed for the benefit
of the maiden jockey the useful selling platter
Rostand. running in the Hampton Stables colors.
brought Treubel his first set of brackets The
race at a mile and a sixteenth and the win
ner was one in field of fifteen. The aged geding
syrlin LED until the turn into the stretch, where
Rostand and Albany Girl. The favorite Kingraine
was unplaced
SUMMARIZES
FIRST IaACE-selling; years and over; l-l6 miles
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Syrns aged 1o4 ---.-.---....... lamb 81 2-l
Kingraine; s. III OH. Fisher II and even; Early
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