New-York tribune., 1904-08-11
SIGLTGHT TAKES STAKES
JUST BEATS JACK LORY.
.Nadden's Colt WinS al 80 to L
Good Finishes.
fUv rr-EGaApH TO TIE TRTBUNE,

S-,,o.s y Y Ans. fo-The finish Of the Grand
un.oa Hesel Stakes to-day brought about one OF
those disoooe-tins optical illusions over "hoh me
pubMc and the officials invariably disagree IN
srfs instance tire public saw toe little brown colt
Jack Lory win tho $1,000 Grand stakA 10y com
Portable head although he was not its choice a
aerEe percentsge or the patrons wers emhehtS
sstishsd The Judges. however, saw Mr. Madden 5
bsv oolt sialight an appreciable fraction Of time
before the diminutive brown colt crossed their
vision. and they gave the rich prize 10 him
To bewilder yet further the grandsfand, the name
NJ shaw who rode Sparkling Star. was placed
trst on the Jockey board thus s3srfying that Mr.
wilson's good colt had finished Zrst This how
ever was merely error Of ths msn IN charge 2f
the number board and Was at once corrected II
drought no relief however, 10 the followers Of
Jack Lory. who asserted, with the charming
eandor of the racetrsck, that they thought they
hsd besn erievously and prosarely 'ouacoed
There may have been q difference o. opin''n a.
70 which youngster won. nut there WAS lone ~ ~
the remarkable performance ~ S's-i-h'- ~
one oS seven starters IN ths thTd renewal ol 'Ils
stake, and incidentally MAS the extreme ou,Slde.
~ 90 10 J. With 10 pounds ha met JHnq'nl anu
tslenecho on even terms, and was IN rec7if' "
twelve pounds from Sparkling star sew"
sron lack Lorv Won Tromp and CairnsHrm- me
lstter with JonGuil as the rage euNN' ,
coupled in the betting were deoioel n'sO e'''''s'
81 II 70 10 ~ - e
When the barrier went UP SpsrkhhS ~, 80 -.
n.,lnest IN his stride but shaw AZ once tooA ILl"
nnHp
latter youngster set rafting pace ana hao hs
.-o,,n,rv All on tptoe an effort 10 keep Wlthlh
striking distance AS the held went out oi NJ
ssol< stretch SElight, who had been running ihi"'
.sroppsd back 10 last place 50 suddenly taat man
Thought he had been thrown into the ran q h9'
sa-sr sowD He feu out ~ it so competely IN
saot that TIE spectators forgot 81 aoout nun anu
-urned their attention to Jack Lory ana sparNlIs @
star, who had taken Sleneehos place ana w.
ssz1nT IL out hot and heavy all through me
stretch. .
TbilIips had not become DISCOURAGED. however
ana when his mount reappeared as suooenly as n
ssd disappeared and shouldered his way up 70 ue
se-s+ eipht the ersndstand could scarcely beheNe
- ,s-sss Odoro rode a terrific finish on Jack
a ,rv and made Sparkling Star let 60 slEteeh'h
of q nile from the finish. Just Where ana nov
eiglight passed him IS . question the raoesoeIs
we've asking themselves all the rest Of the after-
moon. The Pagst Stable had declared - win Win
Jonauil bat both he and Csirngorn ran aisappolh',
snK races. end the lstter's third 70 siglsht snd
Jack I.ory vas the best the colors could DO
W c HAYES with his three well known leap
s-s Hark Forward, Cock Robin ana 'Iranopa- tns
1sttsr running in the name Of his brother n r.
HAYES ran one two, three in steepleohass over
,he short course for horses ridden by gentlemen
The eplendor Of his victory however was some
what uarred by the fact that Philma Paxton, the
only other starter broke down after hlundering at
the Liverpool. and had 10 be pulled W. Mr
Hayes put Mr.. Holland the well known Canadian
amateur, on Grandpa, F. Ambrose Clark on HsEk
lrandmaster geding had all the speed Of the party,
fenced as bold as lion, and won as he pleased
from Cock Robin. Mr.. Holland had only 20 sit
Erill 10 win
accident occurred in q selling race al a mile Ehen
Irepan. ridden by Redfern, and Irascihle. with
Itdeorand up, came together near The three-quar-
pole with such force that both went down
The boys We're sturned.s and were both stretched
the grass when the ambulance reached
them. They came however, an1 beyond 2 1ew
bruises were none the worse for their tumble. The
race was by CSreencrest.
With his two Hamburgs. Dreamer and Afftni.
H B. DEryea ran first ana second IN maiden
race for two-year-olas 81 hve and half furlongs.
The pair were always IN front and without
any difficulty. Cd Caughnewsga gave enc Of his
good old fashioned performances and won a hano-
cap al and three-sEteelths miles as he pleased
from Claude. Dslesuan and couple OF others.