New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
LAST DAY At JAMAICA.
SHERIFF BELLS FOREST.
Race King Wins a Stake at Good
Odds-Tzco Faoorites Successful.

he Long Island Railroad necesstates. and. cling
f-r 10 straps and platform ratings made the trip
- the racing plant at Jamaica. Somewhere be
-,-es- fifteen thousand and twenty thousand per
- u,e-e in the Enclosure at the time the horses
,-a-+ n the post for the first race.
--re Metropolitan Jockey Club presented as its
.-+-g for the last day Of its short meeting. and.
fz.--sllv the last day of local racing until the
- performers reassemble at Sheepshead Bay
= .,-q71st 30 two stake races, in the form Of han
- They were the Forest, for three-year-olds.
g mile and an eighth, and the Ridgewood Handi-
= far tuo-year-olds. at six furlongs The rest
- the programme was made up OF overnight races
I'D selling races As two favorites and a heavily
Tare5 second choice won, the students had more
--ofrable time than they are accustomed TO on
getaway day"
sheriff Bell. the big bay Ornament colt, running
., II L Hayruau's colors. won the Forest Handi-
-, IN 2 rafting good finish with Duke Of Kendall
The Sheriff was at threes in the market. and was
second choice 70 o. L Richards brown colt Iugal
E7ev against whose chances Il 10 could De had
81 all times. The field for the Forest Handicap
numbered seven. the only withdrawal being H. E.
RoweUs Arhelroy. With l26 pounds, Duke Of
kendall gave Sheriff Bel pounds Tugai Bey 1s.
" r Condor s. Colonsay and Chicle g. The
concession was too much
TugaI Bey was the first 70 get into his stride, and
around the lower turns and through the backstretch
be swung along in front at z pace that kept his
rivals on The jump Tie maintained his advantage
10 The head Of the short stretch. where Sheriff Bell
and a second later. Duke Of Kendall both took his
--az zr~e The Ornament colt appeared have
TIE race won between the eighth and the sixteenth
poles. but McCue put Ip one OF ms oIq IaShloneo
jea5e- at every jump. He hung fire hundred feet
from the wire, however and the Sheriff won out TO
the last ounce The fayOrlte was a poor third
DISAPPOINTED BY PENTAUR.
A half dozen youngsters representing the middle
ground between platers and stake horses made up
the field for the Ridgewood Handicap. Pentaur
and Tin Payne. the former with l2l pounds and
the latter with II. represented J. L McGinnis's
stable Race King. with 126 pounds, Ishlana, I5
and Ned Moore. IL. were the others. Pentaur at
t-acted most OF the speculation and closed favorte
At 9 10 g. Race King. who has not shown any de-
cided ability 70 take up heavy imposts, was rather
aur made The running TO the turn into the stretch
Be- s and he 6ef was over AZ the Sixteenth
Hardwood and Race King had II hot and heavy TO
Ihe wire. the latter getting the verdict BY narrow
HICKS. on Virgin soil. in selling race at three
quarters Of q mile, rode his fourth winner in two
lac ne MOUNT man because oI any
choice. Petra Il. Our Nugget and Neither one led
4-o ICES GIG TO, 40 Ia 80 5I - EIa 1 ne a9
won comfortably by a length and q half Choate
Had tie 5e-- players Who Backed april Shower the
day he ran third TO Agnes p and G. Nhittler re,
tanned enough Of the confidence he shattered m
that affair TO support hin again Yesterday {aeE
Wogla nave pEoAled haI1-s Iaety- ne met orc
Of others in an aI-aged handicap at one mile and
cams. --.7 - - $50 - -
stretch For two-year-old Sailor Knot
surprisingly good race. and was not really beaten
until the end Of q mile Leipslc died away with
The younFster and Gaviota finished third-a length
or more behind Satire
MISS LITTLEFIELD'S PONY WON
In the fifth race WIkerson won the pony which
rf--1a f+r-z eli off 10 he Jockey