Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-02
II. j. Morris ADMINISTER. in the Reapers

H. J. Morris Aurumaster. in the Reapers'
stakes, for three-year- at one mile and
three-sixteenths at Sheepshead BAY YES
terday afternoon. There were only three
starters, Ormonde's Right, closing at to
~. with 3 to l against Ed. Tierney and 20
to against ADMINISTER. Ormonde's Right
set good steady pace with Ed Tierney
leadlng Aurumaster in the run up the
backstretch. 1t was on the far turn that
Aurumaster ran over the second horse,
and. with little Cummings riding him with
whip and spurs, the Octagon gelding chal-
lenged Ormonde's Right as they straight
ened out at the -op of the stretch. AS
Lyme drew away easily he looked back
and then went on, keeping the Paget colt
under firm hold. But Crimmins kept his
Aurumaster had gotten up on even terms
with the favorite. Lyme thought that he
could draw fine finish. but the Paget colt
could not gain a foot. Then Lyme went to
the whip when he had fifty yards to go. AS
he did so Aurumaster, stiff under severe
punishment. bore in trifle on the fayorite
at the same time getting his head in front.
AS they passed the judges both boys
were laying the punishment on thick There
were boots and Kisses for Lyme from those
that rushed down to the judges stand 1t
was a demonstration that made the Jock
eys face turn bright crimson. The race
run in 200
The Dash stakes for two-year-olds, five
furlongs. Futurity course, bristled with in
III X.
yeas Dreamer, to 10 favorite while at
the post, ran away quarter of mile be-
fore Hildebrand could check him. Then in
the race, after leading to the bend in the
track, he began to stop. AS he was fight
ing 1t out at the last sixteenth pole with
James R. Keene's Wild Mint, 8 to 1, John
E. Maddens Councilman. to /, rushed up
on the outside and clearly interfered with
Dreamer. Wild Mint won in a drive by
half length in 1.00 with Councilman beat
ing Dreamer length and half, and the
western filly, Handzarra, 6 to l, four
lengths away.
Sydney Pagets Zeala and My Buela,
coupled favorites, who were backed down
to 3 to 8, ran first and second, respectively.
in the opening event, for maiden two-year
old fillieS, at five furlongs. Bill Daly's
Raiment, 20 to 1, was third, beating Prin-
cess Eris head. The time was 1.O1.
After riding Zeala. Lyme repeated in the
second event, for all ages. at six furlongs,
when he won with 7. c. McDowell's Alan
a-Dale, Odds-on favorite, who had length
and half to spare at the wire. Flying
Ship, 6 to l, made up enough ground in the
stretch to beat Tramotor the Indio two
year-old, 20 to 1, by half a length. The
latter had lead of four lengths as he got
around the turn. but the pace was too much
for him. At that, he finished three lengths
before John A. brakes Ocean Tide. The
time was 1.13 20.
The Hampstead cup steeplechase was a
bowling farce. There were five starters,
and all of them fell with the exception of
zontal, 25 to 1. who fell at the jump oppo-
site the clubhouse was remounted and got
second money several minutes after the
winner had finished. Daffo-Down-Dilly.
second choice. would have won easily if he
had not fallen at the last jump. The acct
dent was partly due to the riderless Bon
fire, to 5 favorite, who went over the
course and actually came home in front of
Libretto Daffo-Down-Dlly was caught by
stable boy near the paddock and was
ridden back to the spot where he fell
There Donohue climbed back into the saddle
and ran home for third money. The time
was 5.25 2-5.
Crimmins put up splendid ride on Eagle.
backed down to sevens in the last race,
and won by two lengths from The Lady
Rohesia. played down to to l. Prince
Ching, to /, was third head in front of
Joe Yeager's Irascible. % to l.. There was
a heavy plunge on Tantalus Cup. the odds
dropping from SO to to IS to 5, but the
horse was incompetentiy ridden by Coch-
ran and never had look In. The time
was las. Four favorites went down to de-
feat, Lyme and Crimmins dividing the sad
die honors with two winners each. The
track was lightning fast and the crowd up
to the average.