New-York tribune., 1904-09-06
DAINTY WINS THE OCEAN.
WINS FROM ALAN-A-D4LE.
Sapphire for AigIe-CroSrd Picks
Only Tzco Lucky FaUorites.

4 t,rong in keeping with the usual holiday at
tendance made the races the medium for an OBJ
servance Of Labor Day at Sheepshead Bay yester-
Gay afternoon. II was an expensive eeiepratloh
for the semi-occasional plungers who always play
the favorites. Only two OF them succeeded in
bringing home the money, and one OF them, Good
and Plenty. was at price short that only the
professional spectators could afford 10 risk their
money on him
The Coney Island Jockey Club offered its patrons
two stake atures. the Sapphire for two-year-ods
that had not Succeeded in winning A,G00 UP to the
tine the entries closed and the Ocean. the second
II the series OF autumn handcaps for the older
horses. The Sapphire is at five and half fur
longs the Futurity course. and the Ocean at
mile Both stakes brought out fairly repre-
sentative aeds, but in neither of them did the best
horse according to the popular idea, win.
The general public, moreover. was inclined TO
hold Lyme responsible for the defeat OF both IA
vorftes In the Sapphire he rode Sydney Paget's
octsgon youngster Woodsaw, and in the Ocean he
had the leg up on T. c. McDowells Halma horse
.Aian-a-Dale. The latter performer undoubtedly
was carried wide at the head of the stretch and
Eildebrand on W. B. Jenningss hlly Dainty, taking
advantage of it, slipped through the opening and
stole the Woodsaw, with 12s pounds was
hopeIessly anchored. and never ran better than
hfth IN field of seven.
AFTER the withdrawal Of Hamburg Belle from the
Ocean the honor of carrying top weight again fell
TO McChesney. but the public longer had any
esteem for its time idol and he went begging
IN III ID 10 - GllGE OEcit4ti6 Al
the light of his performance the princely sum of
$500. which his owner ironically declared he would
take for him after his fzzlo in the Twin City,
would seem really extortionate.
Having passed up big Mac" the form players
hit on Alan-a-Daie with great unanimity, and
kscked him from TO 10 10 l. c. E. Rowe's
Colonial Girl, the Meddler mare. that beat Hermis
for the Worlds Fair Handicap made her first
bow TO Eastern racegoers in the Ocean. but her
people not at all confident concerning her
-sw-- oEf f,rr a1F
after her long let up and the spectators passed
her by When it was seen that Lyme had got off
vel with Alan-a-Dale they felt reasonably COM
'<ortable. He has shown himself to be good front
rEnner ard it did not look as if anything could
catch him. Rildebraud had Mr. Jennngss little
cid fashioned mare. however, always within strik-
ing distance and when Lyme went wide at the
head of the stretch he was quick to take advan-
tage Of the opening. and sent Dainty into it with
a rush. Lyme tried to stall off her challenge but
did not succeed. and was beaten the post by
head.
Dainty was at the remuneratiye price of 4 to /
s1 the closing betting. McChesney could not run,
or would not. and melancholy last all the
way High Chancellor good left at the
post, but had lot OF speed, and finished fifth
Dolly Spanker was the runner up.
Mr.. Keene added his Kingston COLI. Bluecher, 70
the Sapphire, and Z. B. Van Meter his rugged
good looking FLY HandzarTa- Handzarra with
Us pounds up led 70 the last urlong pole where she
began 70 stop. and Captain Browns Agile, catch
ing her, won by haIs dozen lengths Both Bed
ouin and Hearts Desire beat Woodsaw the Z to
faVorite Bluecher did not show any perceptble
Improvement over his last race. and was outrun
from the start.
The steeplechase was little more than a good
sehooling exercise for Alr. Hitchcock's strapping
big gelding Good and Plenty Five rather indf-
ferent cross country horses opposed him. and
with l5I pounds his back he gave them all
weight Ray. never had to set down and ride in
order to bring him home three lengths in front of
Georgia Pine. East Kelston fell, but was remount-
ed and finished fifth Swamplands also fell and
6nu1 refused several times.
AfrlcdndeF the false han
81 one and a half miles the turf, never had a
look IN, Outcome catching Garnish in the stretch.
Z a1a beat1ng her handily by nearly two lengths
W B. Leeds's Merry Lark, that won the fremont
STAKES az Gravesend last June. beat a lot of cheap
pateTs in sprint. but it his stable dearly 10
Asep hlrn James Butte. who second with
1raTnotoT, bid him up 10 5000 only quitting after
the usual fiTe dollar bid had been made.
SUMMARIZES
xiRsT RACEsteepiechase; 4year-oids and over Short