New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-03
,FRIGiNDER'S GOOD RACE
~ RFfTS HURST PARK.
e.s,,romits Wins the Criterion
Wotan First in Canter.

~a Hurst Park six pounds yester-
Ate seo,sive beating over the one mile and
az - course at CFrayesend. FREDERICK Gep-
sAs't-- ,.ar-o1d brown FLY Raglan. was the
aaiu - starter. and she did not count Because
only Olle- ,5,ss races the Kingston colt has been
- With all kinds OF weight ana more par
rlli-s ,,ersuse of his victory last Tuesday IN a
tell"-@ r,iIa and seventy yards with l29 pounds
iA's - racsoDed a worthy competitor Of the
up =. -, If star Ruby yesterday, and his defeat.
49, without detracting from his own reputa-
a-ras TO remove some Of the pessimistic
-. N which Africander has been held since the
,.arring Of his four-year-old form
ST.-lss Dwye- the owner Of Africender. and
80 miller. his trainer. decided a number Of
% ago that the only way they could work their
~ IS n race him. and his contest yesterday
{, line with this policy. The fact Is Africander
-. rsod 10 about all the available work horses
- Eanpton Stable has on hand. and has made
te NJ those who have been sent out with him
4 his morning trials.
I, -eouired almost the entire distance FOR Afri-
.ar5er TO shake of Hurst Park yesterday in going
49, was decidedly to his liking, and the game
Inter set him rafting pace for the first seven
sybtbs. Just before the straight was reached. in
act Hurst Park drew away and a cry went up
.hst Afrlcander was beaten. but Fuller had some
,sI,r in reserve and in the run from the quarter
aols last years champion outfooted Hurst Park
and won all out by an open length.
n Was the best race OF the afternoon, in spite Of
ne fact that it was to all intents and purposes
o rorse affair, and the result satisfactory to
ne ,uhlic as the winner was a hot favorite in
the betting.
Eight two-year-old FLIES Of class were sent to the
most for the running Of the Criterion at five fur
iongs 2 stake whi1h has been won in other years
br Can and Bells, Mamarl, Hamburg Belle and
oiher distinguished young ones. Schulamlte. the
brown Plaudit FLY owned by W. ). Fanshawe was
added 10 the Criterion list OF winners yesterday
sfter her owner. her friends and portion Of the
public had backed her down from 10 10 even
money
4 Il Follansbee's FLY BeIlatrix originally was the
faYorite in the quotations. but the play on Schulam-
i vas so strong that the market closed with Bella
triK second choice She never was in the hunt, and
lsf in front Of Pierre Lorilard's Chrysirs at the
irdges' stand. ~. d. LeeosS Simplicity, uncom-
monty nice looking hlly by The CommOner, beat
Salt and Pepper which in Bill" Days colors.
instead Of J. z. Aadden's for the small end OF the
stake.
The Hampton Stables Wotan had field Of nine
three-yeaT-olds standing on their toes TO keep him
IN sight IL q handicap at mile and twenty
was dismissed from the picture, and the public
merely waited TO who would be the next home
AdOrten and Palm bearer made a heads apart finish
IOT The place, the HanoSel colt getting It.
Cock Robin, W. c. Hayes's restored steeple-
chaser. won a selling race through the field from
Walter Cleary, who made the pace to the last
put BeTnhsrdt on top OF the brush: East Kelston
went down at the same jump and Upton refused.
Astarta LED a big field Of platers from start 10
finish in a sprint at about six furlongs and VIOLA
day, played all over the ring by z. r, Thomas
won maiden race for two-year-olds at five fur
longs
SUMMARIES.
FIRST RAc5-seiing; thFee-ysaF-Olds and over About