New-York tribune., 1903-07-16
0D0M DAY AT THE BEACH.
HE WINS THREE RACES.
Three SteepIechase Jockeys Hurt
Selling Stake for Nameoki.

Whatever of glory there TO be haS at the
Brighton Beach races yesterday George Odom, the
jockey from Georgia, obtained. He accepted three
mounts. and won with all Of them Only one Of the
three horses he rode favorite in the betting,
and there is a decided question to whether the
other two would not have been beaten decisively
had they been in less capable hands Altogether it
was Odom day at the Beach fve-doar play on
the Jockeys mounts would have netted something
like $500.
In steeplechase over the short three
horses fell in field of twelve, and T. Davy, H. S.
Wilson and j. johnson, three well known Jockeys,
were so seriously injured that they had 10 be taken
to a hospital in ambulances. Davy had the mount
on Samuel WiIletts Howard G-atz, and thrown
at the first jump in the backfeld His horse rolled
completely over him, and he carried from the
field unconscious. The Goughacres Stables Rose of
Sharon fell at the same obstacle, and Johnson, her
rider, had three of his ribs broken. At the next
jump John Ruskin threw Wilson. breaking his col
larbone J. E Widener's bay horse Valdez ridden
with care and judgment by Ray, beat Foxhunter,
the favorite, with considerable to spare. The Queen
City Stables Woolgatherer was third.
six furong selling race for two-year-olds called
the Atlantic Stakes and serving the purpose of
midweek feature, had seven contenders, of which
Frank Farrelrs Nameoki, by Observation-Disclosures,
the to 20 faVorite. Bob Murphy made the
pace to the flrIong pole. where the favorite who
was never worse than second, caught him and won
he pleased. Perry Belmont's Midshipman
third. The favorites were successful in only two
races.
"ODOMITES" WELL PLEASED.
The "Odomltes," and the grandstand seemed
than usually full of them, had their first
ecstatc moment when the jockey, riding with
hands and heels, brought Young Henry through the
stretch in time to nail the faint hearted Demurrer
a sixteenth of a mile from home. The race was
an all aged handicap at six furlongs, and the field
made up such really clever sprinters as Shot
Gun, 124 pounds; Rosetint III; ST. Finnan, n2; De-
murrer, 112; SIidel. 107; Ilyria, 100; Wealth. los.
and Flying Buttress. 100. This company offered an
though St Finnan, at 21A to j. was made favorite.
al 1.-The others received support on the strength of
So long as no one disputed the issue with him
the best of it at the eighth pole but there Young
Henry caught him and he stopped sufficiently to
allow Flying Buttress to pass him also. The Win
ner was held at sevens and his stable sent IN q
outside of the first three.
With only the Atlantic Stakes intervening Odom
and duplicated his earlier performance,
wearing the Canadians jacket again, this time on
of piaters at d mile and an eighth and the players
made the st. Saviour four -year-old Sambo favor
Choice @ at II to 2 Lord Advocate and Black H1ssar
jsms sG B BACK in Fourth place wien doom asked
the brown horse to come on, he responded in the
little difficulty in overhauling the leaders Mr..
Fanshawe's colt hung on and finished second, but
from the winning post, and gave way to Sambo.
was in difhcuIty all the way, and showed none Of
his oldtme speed There was a trlIing @ shower lower
~
il merely served to lay the dust, pronounced is
Ethicss aversion to the wet, that there almost
a stampede among his followers 10 hedge"
THIRD VICTORY ON IRAsCIBLE.
The Jockeys third victory came in the last con-
test of the day, a race for threeyear-old maidens
at mile and a sixteenth. In the brown colt
Irascible the Fleischmanns thought they had the
best of a pretty poor lot, and as their regular
Jockey Jack Martin, is stil the sick list, the
mount was offered to Odom He accepted and won
with greater ease than in either of his previous
races IraScible pounds the best morse, ana
the others were backing up at the END or SIX tur-
longs Hyland, Mirthful colt owned by Frank
Clarkson and quoted at $50 to l. was second. The
second choice, Polite, was third:
sears of many battles and comprising altogether
as rare Il group of equine antiques as is often
seen on a racetrack galloped mile and a SIX
teenth for the edifcation of the crowd. The Re
gent, a fiVe-ye r-old gelding by Domlno-Royal
Gem ridden by the lightweight jockey McCaferty,
led loosely scattered field the entire journey, and
won by a length from Albany Girl. Mary Worth
was third and Blue Victor the fayorite. was no
where,
SUMMARIES
FIRST RACE-Sering; ) years and over; lie miles.
ssBtettinggii7
John Bakers b E. The Regent. by Domino
Royal Gem, .. lo3---.-.. ChcSanerty) l IL s-l
Albany Girl 5, S9..-..--'.-.'.. llIeamer1 ~ =!
Mary Worth. /, 1o6....... Cochran IL 81
Spring silk, ,. 1Ol CCaIlahan), II /
N,cfo Imam % 3 10 rate