The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-26
FIVE RAVORITES DEFEATED.
CANTEEN' PROVES a HARD BLOW
FOR THE TALENT.
Little Em Captures the Arnnysnsett stakes
-TwO-Year.Oid Handicap for Merry
Lark---The Huguenot . Surprise nj 80
tol-yiv0na and Druid win At Jamaica

Only one favorite. +. II. Thomas Sunray.
was successful at Jamaica yesterday after
noon, and Sunray closed on equal terms
with Inspiration at 10 / In the last race
The downfall Of the other favorltes was
such complete disaster that the crowd.
or rather Il majority of the players went
home iii sconsolate
The most distressing reverse for the talent
came in the Amagansett stakes at mile
and u sixteenth. when ii. T, Griffins Canteen
was unable to finish in the money. Can
teen, up 10 yesterday. had won Ave con-
secutive races. and she warmed up 80 well
that there was n rush to get aboard. to
being hammered down to to 5, with good
play on Little En- and Dick Bernard for
place When it came to racing. Canteen
ran as IL she had not been out Of her stable
since her last appearance in public. she
had no speed and when Martin went to the
whip IL did not improve her position at all.
Dick Bernard started or well. but he soon
gave way To Little En-, to /. who was full
OF running and gall oped home winner
by eight lengths in 40 as. Lord Badge.
to 1, under drive. took the place by
neck from Irish Witch, ~ to /, with Canteen
three lengths away.
S. S. Browns Agile, with ia pounds, was
made the favorite at IL TO in the handicap
for wo-year-olds at six furlongs. but. like
Canteen, he showed nothing of his accustomed
brand put up fine ride on w. b Leeds's
Merry Lark, , to /, and won in drive by
length and a half Escutcheon. to /. beat
Jerry G.. 10 to /. head for the place The
time was i:i3 As. Diamond. with top weight.
was practic ally left at the post, but ran well
enough to have won with an even break.
Harry Schaff er's Vona. a 8 TO shot took
the second race. at "A mile and seventy yards
She was firing Mt the end but Crimmns
hpr hnme "A before
Ching the favorite. who was not particularly
we'll handled by Burns. Five lengths behind.
Funny Side. Is to /. who led for three quar-
ters, took third money by head from Topic.
The time was l47 rs.
$. s. Browns Druid. to 2. third choice.
was the easiest kind Of winner In the third
race. for two-year-olds at five and half
furlongs. He disposed OF Belligerpnt, IL
to 5, at the head OF the stretch and romped
home with four lengths TO spare. Bell gerent
beating Juvenaga. 7 to s fayorite by half
dozen lengths. The race was run In 1907.
The surprise Of the day was the victory
OF the very ancient campaigner The Hugue-
not owned by Jimmy Rowe in the fifth race.
He went up in the betting TO 80 to l. spurned
by all but a few pikers. but he made good
by lasting long enough to win by nose
from Glisten, to favorite. with Garnish
three parts of IA length back. Old England.
IS to 5. made the running for about mile. and
then blew up. The time was l:49.
Sunray closed with a rush under fine ride
from Redfern in the last race. for maiden
two year-old lilies, ut five and half fur
longs winning handily By two lengths In
SEPARATION rushed up in time to nab the place
by "a he I'd from Witch Hazel, is to !, who
beat Lucy Young by nose. The latter
hud big lead at the head of the stretch.
but exploded as usual. The time was los.