Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12
AQUEDUCT RACES.
Three Favorites Won on Wet and
Sloppy Track.

sloppy 1taCk.
Three favorites won at Aqueduct yester-
day, considerable Of a record in its way.
judged by their downfall in the three prev
ious days. when the sum total was only
three From the SPECTATORS point of view
this was the one redeeming feature of the
day, as the air was cold and raw and the
horses raced over a track that was wet
and sloppy. Two close finishes enlivened
the sport to some extent, but in the four
other races the winners won off by them
selves, leaving little to suggest the stirring
battles that racegoers love to see. Alto
gether it was a day that the mud-bespat-
tered Jockeys and the shivering onlookers
were glad to see come to an end.
Jim Beattie took the Oakdale handicap.
carded as the feature. He won In impress
sive style, romping in front all the way
and winning eased up by five or six lengths
before the best two-year-olds now In train
ing. His victory did not please, however,
as the improvement over his last race, on
November 8, was so startling as to cause
unfavorable comment. To make matters
worse his expected improvement was fore
Swallowed In the betting. as he was heavily
backed by a select few, from 10 to 1 to 8
to 1. On election day he was beaten of
by Cairngorm, Austin Allen and Sufferance
among others, which yesterday were doun-
dering along many lengths behind him. Yes
terday he had weight off and the going was
sloppy, and this must be accepted as reason
for the reversal, in lieu of any other. as
the stewards asked no questions as far as
could be learned.
Augur and Oxford were scratched from
the Oakdale field, but seven good young
sters went to the post and each one had
following. Cairngorm was q recedfng IA
vorite at 3 to /. while the others ranged
from to 2 to to 1. Cairngorm broke in
front, but Crimmins rushed Jim Beattie to
the van in the first sixteenth, and there
after the story of the race, as contest,
r11lJS ha confined the fight for the minor
positions, as Jim Beattie just galloped to
a ridiculously easy victory. Austin Allen,
Flyback and Merry Lark were the prom
inent ones of the others to the last fur
long pole, where Cairngorm closed under
the whip and coming on, managed to beat
Flyback scant half length for the place.
Sufferance was poorly handled by Sperling.
She was closing some ground at the end
of her own courage.
Palette made runaway race of the SELL
ing affair." first on the program. She rev.
eled in the sloppy going. and was always
in front. Andrew Mack. the favorite,
closed strong after being in early difficult
ties, and beat Water Pansy head for
the place. The latter ran remarkable
race, as he was a bad last rounding into
the stretch. Emergency and John F. tired
chasing Palette.
Sonoma Belle and Flammula raced away
from the post like quarter horses In the
mile handicap. with the inevitable result
that they were fairly staggering in the
last furlong. Lord Badge then came on
to galloping victory, having been cleverly
rated by Hildebrand. The rest of the field
was strung out for almost sixteenth of a
mile, Sonoma Belle being twelve lengths
before Flammula. After long bitter duel
through the last furlong, of the fourth
race, Glisten beat Aurunlaster a head Hill
debrand and Crimmins, the chief rivals for
jockey honors at the meeting, were the
contending riders and, while Hildebrand
won, Crimmins did not suffer by eompari-
son. keynote, third. was beaten Off
Trapper outclassed his field in the fifth
race. and won easily when Lucy Young
tired, and Alster was graduated from the
maiden class in the last race, Crimmins
bringing her up with rattle on the ex-
IRENE outside and beating Billy Roche q
head.
Lord Badge. Glisten and Trapper were
the winning favorites, and Andrew Mack,
Cairngorm and Arietta the beaten choices