New-York tribune., 1904-09-25
BELDAME LEADS AGAIN.
BROOMSTICK is BEATEN
Second Special Easy for Fast F'''y
-Forhunter's SteepLechase.

- borses want the lovely hlly Bedame had as
much right after the running of the Second specal
st Ciravesend yesterday 10 shed as many anu @S
bitter tears as did Alexander the Great some geal
eco He merely conquered a Torld-pat "a H. -
s-haentaliy wholly lacking in class Beloarhe Gun
60 +toro,,gbrress and all the class and in
f.ripritv that the turf possesses are ahhe TO heF
Sic reduces them ali 10 the same leFei' 6'OoN'-
stick Captain Browns doughty htue shAihp'on
WIS The cn.y performer OF her own age tiial sue
hal not laid low and yesterday she met MN III
che ssrond Special. distance one and one-hai nlie
and showed him no consideration tnah she
has the rest-GicChesney. Africander, Causnna-
>vaga Stalwart-au the survivors, in fscI OF inc
seasons campaign. -
The presence OF Captain Browns colt in the lists
.n5 the eaditional fact that the Octagon fly, be-
Cause OF her victory in the First Special week
before was compelled TO give her older r7Vais h'e
pounds scale weight. induced a throng OF SOia'
fifteen thousand racing folk TO patronizo the brO0A
Ign Jockey Clubs inclosure ~,
In addition 10 Broomstick Afr1oanoer anu %. -
C-besrev were the only performers whose owners
thought Il worth while TO let them folio" III 'No
dlly's footsteps. Each OF these owners hloi %
Uss quick TO disavOw any idea that ne nhsH' W
starting in the remote hope OF beating beio"iile-
Men NAV chase rainbows but this becomes ="
,ional ana 6ignfaed pastime compared with ciasins
. chestnut hIly named Bedame. secoho pl@oe ~
her would quite satisfactory.
Possibly the most unnccountable feature OF the
race wa the fact that enough men anu "Siiie' -
suaded themselves into the foolish fiction thaN NC
Chesney could beat Beldame to pound his price
from eights to skies The opening ODDS IN the 'aSe
Of each OF the others scared as the market oe
velopsd Africsnder went from hves TO SKIES anu
Broomsticlz from hves sevens The few layers
bo haa ,ts courage 10 offer 10 against the
nIly hastily rubbed this quotation from theiF Sia'S
and posted 3 to / on
The additional quarter OF a mile had no elect U Oh
BeldEme's speed or stamina second az .ie ne
nag went up the other three were ehasliH '4Io
vtll-o'-the-wisp in the old hopeless fashloh.
She naunted her heels at them in the same ola
way and when they tried TO get within speaking
distance she fitted away like phantom: ATT
cander and Broomstick divided the task OF keeping
her in sight between them and MeCheshey piuseeu
earnestly along IN their wake.
rnlv once did O'Neu make any attempt to ride
her and that was at a point on the turnout OF the
hackstretch. Her stable is nearly opposite ihls
point and the Jockey the second time around rear
ing that she might want 10 stop. prieked her once
with The SPURS She hirteG her tail defanty ano
drew away so rapidly that the others all appeared
70 have stopped to Craze by the waysloe- IA 'ne
,tretch Africander gave it up. but Broomstck hung
q, and although he beaten hopelessly oy
ys.I6snne he reached the goal in front OF McChes-
nev The old red horse made a bold attempt 10
duplicate his famous stretch run. and so far suo-
ceeded as 10 beat his younger rival Africahoer
The time. 2:S5 2-5 was slow rather than fast. Du'
81 must be taken into consideration that Beldame
was never extended and that she won In canter
To Newton Bennington who leased her racing
qualities from August Belmont year ago. and to
Frederick Burlew who has trained her this year.
the race possessed sentimental as well as Imam
cial interest Her owner had decided that the
Second Special was to be her last race in his
colors. and he naturally wanted 70 see S her be 5rl
she switched her tai a. the point a6eddy spIaeR ae
OF the trainer turned ms @ DaeA sToI1nd @ him assured
him that she had the race won The second
Special was FIRST run in 1885 and has been won oy
such horses as Hanover. Kingston. Judge MorTow.
Lamplighter IMP Ben sem PTusS by lfcs,besneW T5e
FOxHUNTER FAVORITE IN sTEEPLBCHASE
The only other stake feature offered by Mr.
DIVERS club was the Kings Highway Steeple-
chase Handicap over the full course. Most Of the
stables prominent in steepIechasing started their
best cross country horses its renewal. and the
seven that made up the field brought so
close by the handicapper that before the contest
Il seemed a difficult matter 10 bit the likeliest
winner. Mr.. Hitchcock's Foxhunter was finally
chosen and backed down to even money. The
chestnut horses old rival. St Jude. who gave
him four pounds by the scale. was second choice
in the speculation. coupled with the English bred
horse Delivery.
With o Brien on ST. Jude and Ray on Foxhunter
the former was nothing like a four pound better
horse, ana, although he hnlsned second ne had 10
head. Ray. the other hand. had his mount
the stables scheme to send Delivery out 10 wear
FoNhunter down; ana then come on with st, Jude.
that Ray ineonsiderately decided to leave them
both and go about his business. None OF them
ever GOT them after that although they
81 out desperately for the place honors, and St
jude Royelle and The Ragged Cavalier were only
heads apart going under the wire. Maiden fell az
Liverpool and Mara had MS game shoulder blade
hurt again.
Hiidebrsnd rode Bud" Mays three-year-old colt
Major Pelham in his Odtme hustling fashion in a
lsndicap for all ages at about six furlongs and
never gave those behind him a chance TO catch
him Le0nidas the favorite. gave his followers a
for their money and only a scant length
away AZ the finish. Collector Jessup, the top
weight. the runner up.
i Y. Bells Grenade. who in previous races had
not been able 10 get out OF his own way won a
handicap AT ono and one-sixteenth miles from Or
Tnondes Right and Martinmas. after making all his
running. He lyeavily backed By some one.
Czaraphine and BulwaTk We're the other two win
ners.
SUMMARIZES.
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