Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-11
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS.
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| night willing to bet their bank rolls that
| E. r. Thomas Flyback finished second to
! Coy Maid in the first event instead of his
| stable compa MON, Niblick. Flyback was
ridden by Travers, who said he got the
| place, while Mr.. Thomas racing partner,
Alex. Shields not only insisted that F'lyback
was second. but asked Andrew Miller to
protest to the stewards of the meeting, p.
]. Dwyer and w. S. Vosburg in his behalf.
Mr.. Miller went into the stand after the
red board had made the official placing of
the first three horses final, but the stewards
refused to make any change
That an error was committed there was
| little room for doubt. Flyback was distin-
| guished from Niblick by a broad magenta
sash across the Jockeys gray silk Jacket
and also by the fact that the former colt
wore binkers, while the latter ran without
them. Noting these facts, those who watch
ed the race as closely as possible from start
to finish were positive that Flyback and not
Niblick made nearly all the running.
At the point opposite the betting ring
Flyback was in front, with only small
margin over Andrew Millers Coy Maid.
Hildebrand rode the latter, and he put up
such terrific drive that Coy Maid grad
ually wore Flyback down until, as they
passed the judges line of vision, the
Thomas colt was completely shut out of
view. Presiding Judge Clarence Mcdowell,
who, under the rules, is held responsible for
the first horse only. but is expected to as
III Inc pldCiIS O1 the Ol0eT TWO IL pOS-
sible, decided that Coy Maid had won by
couple of inches. He was unable to see who
the second horse was but called Escutcheon
third Assistant Judge c. H. Pettingill evil
IDENTIFY called Nibick second, with Escutch
con third, length before Flyback as there
could be no other solution of the puzzle. At
any rate, when Niblick's number. which
was !, appeared second to that of the win
ner there was CONSERVATION on every hand
crowd surrounded the judges stand con-
hdent that the mistake would be rectified.
dred other turfmen who had closely watch
ed the finish. The men who call the horses
LOT the newspaper charts all agreed that
Flyback had been the second horse and
when Travers said that such was the case
there was great howl.
Nlblick and Flyback had been made hot
favorites at II to 10, coupled in the straight
betting, but the place quotations were sepa-~
rate, 1 to being Niblick's price, while 6
TO was the offer against Flyback. When
the red board went up the crowd lined up
to cash, and half dozen of the leading
bookmakers expressed their feelings in no
uncertain manner. One of them, in the
heat of the moment threatened to bring
suit against somebody or other for his
money he had paid out on Niblick for a
place when Niblck actually finished fourth.
Judge Mcdowell was asked if he could ex-
PLAIN how the mix-up occurred. He said:
Il cannot say. AS is always the case I
am held responsible for the placing of the
first horse only, although 1 can assist in
calling the others If possible. The finish
was 81 ClOSe tldI Coy Maid completely
shut off the second horse. Whether it was
Flyback or Niblick l could not state. but l
called Escutcheon third. That is all know
about the matter"
Judge Pettingill would not admit that a
mistake had been made, nor would he con-
sent to discuss the tangle in any way. The
incident caused nothing but gossip the rest
of the afternoon Coy Maid, the winner
conceded weight to everything in the race
and, although she opened favorite at to s.
she went back to 8 to 2 because of the
heavy play on the Thomas pair. But the
Kingston filiy showed her class and consist
ency when she ran the five furlongs over a
slow track in 0.59 As, a fifth of a second
behind the track record
M. L. Hayman's Orthodox, prohbitive IA
vorite, won the Nassau handicap for three
year-olds, seven furlongs, just breezing and
beating Mineola, II to 3, by two lengths in
1.2S 1-5.
Ocean Tide, to 1 second choice. ran up
to form when she won the handicap for all
ages at a mile in sharp drive by head in
1.42 Shaw rode her with skill, allowing AS
cension, the top weight, a 10 to 1 shot to
make the pace to the middle of the stretch,
where Ocean Tide challenged and got away
with it. E. r. Thomas ST Valentine, II to
5 favorite, ran third, two lengths back, and
length and half before Graceful to
2 good thing.
Funny Side, to 1, ran away from a
big field of mares in the second race, at
six furlongs, and was a handy winner by
two lengths in !. Is 3-5. Clear the Arena,
to 2, got up in time to nail the place from
Princess Atheling, Z to !, by nose.