Evening star., 1904-07-20
BRIGHTON RACES.
Five Favorites Lost, but Long Shots
We're Well Played.

Five favorites were defeated at Brighton
yesterday, but the books were severely
scorched In several instances In the first
race John McCue's Monte Carlo backed
down from 30 to to tens, won the high
weight handicap at six furlongs, while Ed
ward Monel's Flexion. played from % to
to twelves. took the fifth race, at a mile
and sixteenth. Monte Carlo. ridden by f.
Walsh. broke in front and was never
caught. He carried 100 pounds, the weight
at which he has run his best races, and fin
ished two lengths before Ascension, to 1.
In the fast time Of 1.13. James ", to z,
second choice, was third, three parts Of
length back and a length and a half in
front Of E. r. Thomas Stalwart, the favor
lite. who was hammered down from to to
IL to 5. Monte Carlo was in receipt Of thirty
pounds by the scale from Gay Boy. the top
weight, and James ", and twenty from AS
cension and Stalwart.
Flexion won after one Of the toughest rid
den races seen on New York track this
year. Miles drove him home in clever style
to victory by a length and a half In l. AZ.
Black Socks. 20 to 1, ran into the place,
three parts of a length before Allan, to /.
Prince Salm Salm, the favorite, was knock
ed out of 1t early in the race.
Sydney Paget's Woodsaw a magnificent
looking son Of Octagon-Woodvf was
made an to favorite in the Sunshine
stakes. Tor two-year- -olds. at five and half
furlongs. E. R. Thomas ST. BelIane with
124 pounds. gave twenty to Woodsaw and
was second choice at 16 to 3. 1t was any
body's race to the head of the stretch
where Woodsaw was in front by a small
margin, but In the run home James Nc
Laughlin's Pasadena, by Ben Strome-Blue
Bells. backed down to ives, came away
and won by a length and half In LOT Is.
st. Bellane. Austin Allen. 10 to 1. Wood
saw and Martha German followed in a
bunch. heads and necks apart in the order
named.
E. R. Thomas Palmbearer 13 to 70 favor
lite, met defeat in the handicap at a mile
and a furlong. He was ridden by Trayers
while H. Phillips. who Is not in favor with
Thomas & Shields. though still under con-
tract to them, had the mount on Stamping
Ground. 8 to 2, second choice. Phillips was
whipping and slashing at the Lamplighter
mare as soon the start was made and
she went out with Palmbearer to make a
smashing runaway of it. Those who watch
ed Phillips closely were positive that he did
all In his power to beat Palmbearer crowd
ing the latter to the rails and otherwise
making it warm for him. When Stamping
Ground stopped at the head of the stretch,
Palmbearer had lead of a couple OF
lengths, but he was unable to stall off the
determined rush of Sonoma Belle, to l,
who got up in time to beat him by half a
length in 1.54. 1t was understood that
Thomas was decidedly cut up over Phillips
behavior but whether the boy allowed his
personal feelings to get the better of him
or not was problem that could not be
solved.
Hurst Park was the only successful favor
lite. He picked up 126 pounds in the last
race. at a r1ite and a sixteenth and, clos
ing at 1 to 2 he galloped the others or
their feet, winning rather easily by
length in LAT. The Cricket, IL to s. who
hung to the favorite for three-quarters Of
mile, stopped to nothing at the far turn.
Dinah Shad, 20 to 1, on the other hand, ran
a good race and was second, length and
half in front of Hydrangea, 20 to l, who
was three parts Of length before The
Cricket.
John e. McDonalds Tarpon, 20 to 1, made
all the pace in the second event, for maiden
two-year-olds at five and half furlongs
and won by half length from Gotowin.
to q second choice. Perry Meadow, to l,
was third, five lengths away. Ed. Alvey's
Agnes Virginia, the favorite, got away
poorly, but finished strong. being four
lengths out Of the money. The time was
Los. The attendance was easily 15.0OO, and
the track good.