New-York tribune., 1904-10-21
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GREETING FOR CANTEEN
MERRY LARK'S STAKE.
GleneckO Loses Hampstead by a
Hsad-FauOrites Fare Badly.

,,-..n Carteen won the handicap for mares OF ell
- =. one mile and seventy yards. at Jamaica
.sc-say tie crowd IN the stand gave her greet
- thai Is rarely accorded TO any but the really
., horses OF the turf. There was hardly moro
=. demonstration when Broomstick and Irish Lad,
,-ed IN desperate strife. fought out the issue IN
"a Brighton Handicap. Canteen Is little runt OF
! sorse. hardly larger than good sized goat She
s.s none Of the striking characteristics Of the ap
moved thoroughbred. but she is SO honest. game.
,nsigtsnt and. withaI speedy. that she has earned
warm place in the esteem OF racegoers.
There were shouts Of encouragement Cor her as
.be battled through the stretch. which turned into
ne-fect bedlam as she won by a neck and then
.ts noise Only subsided Till she came back 70 the
srspes' stand when II broke out afresh in hearty
rree,ing She was not tho favorite, nor yet the
s.eond choice but few there were who did not Join
me applause Canteen not only won, and I'm doing
50 scored her fflh consecutive victory, but she
,sn the mile Rnd seventy yards IN l:G 80. a full
s.roud better than the track record OF la S-S.
-,sse last November by Mamie Worth. with les
pounds up.
r-ogranirne Ascension was Odds-on favorite
:, q 10 70 while Rosetint had a strong following
at ;sto 3 Canteen was held at to /. while Irish
witch and Raglan were the outsiders at 30 10 and
% 70 ! respectively. Rosetint broke in front but
Ascension quickly rushed 20 the front and showed
-. vrav TO the stretch turn by two open lengths
F7oset,ut vas The rurner-up the far turn, when
Davis brought Canteeu gP from third place. quickly
disposed OF Rosetint and went on 10 challenge the
LEADER She caught Ascension when Strengthened
out for home, and IN long. hard drive to the
v-ire oltgsined the Ben SfrOn1e mare and won by a
neck Rosetint stopped 10 nothing and Irish Witch
Wss ar easy third.
and this resulted in another driving finish, IN which
Merry Lark beat Glenecho short head The field
~ 50 horses ran in close order 10 the stretch, with
Bank ano DArkle alternating in the lead end Merry
lax and Glenecho trailing. Coming into the stretch
1gmmins on Glenecho moved up on the outside and
was carried wide. while HildehrRnd rushed Merry
lark through on the rail. saving two lengths at
ieesr When Strengthened out Clenecho closed in
raueFt manner. but lust failed 10 get up. Bank
wss third. two lengths back. GleDecbo was much
tie best and win a little luck and better handling
would have won cleverly-
Waterght, at s 10 !, beat Tandzarra a neck in
fhe opening race The Haudsel nliy was a strong
levorite but CrimmIns made too much use Of her
IN the early running and size tired al the end With
stronger handing Escufchecn would have been
third but Odom on Austin Allen. made tennessy
look Ike the VeTest novice in the drive AT the end.
Young Henry won his first race this year IN beat
sng an ordinary TeId of eighteen hcrses in the
ord race and Gsrnish, al 5 10 J. and Stolen
Moments at TO J. accounted for the other two
races. The two last named showed such startling
srrrovernent over recent races that the crowd went
homo in anything but good humor- For the fourth
day this week only TWO faForites were successful