New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-27

shifting and blending IL curious harrlouies the
sion, and from the infeId the roar that came
Vas Ike that OF a moEsJrOus corupopper The
betting ring was a naeIstron Of rnaniacs
bloortngdale in eruption would have been 4 lit
lie girls lawn party compared 10 IT, Moment
a-ier moment passed, and the field glasses shook
more ylsibIy.
JOCKEYS HARD TO HOLD.
You try thar again, HeIgesen." Mr., Fitzger-
aid was saying, and you get the meeting. Mar
TN straiGhten that horse out. Come up Burns.
Eelgesen. that VIII cost you TWO days The
little blond Swe6e boy on The Picket was try
ing 10 beat the barrier Burns was having t-ou-
DE n persCacing TobogEar u take any interest
IN the game Hurstbourne was in his usual bad
temper, and Martin had his hands full
Suddenly Mr.. Fitzgerald shouted. come on.
ooys. come on The faint shadow that the bar
rier RIBBON had cast across the track was sud
denly blotted out. from the grandstand from
the clubhouse, from the free field there was ST.
ltaneOUsly sent across the quiet green spaces
that mighty slogan OF the turf They're or"
There Is a psychological moment in starting
LoIsefeCes as there IS IN other Uonentous AZ
the experts who sent I'D 10 the gate 10 .-,lI''
the starts FOR the charts could not se- that any
morse q The entire sixteen had nose the best
after the barrier went Up and TobogEar tried
:. - chuck j up after the first jump, but with
lnese Two exceptions the alignment vas perfect
although Il was broken and disarrargea in the
nrst hundred yards. and many a field glass
came down In that first breath .ess rush because
its owner could no longer hold fl 10 his evas
IRISH LAD AND HERMIs LEAD
As the field came booming down on the grand
stand The performers had placed themselves
just as the students had predicted Irish Lad
and Hermis were out in front, making the pace
"galloping the rest OF EN- of their feet" Al
ready the question was being asked. How long
VIII II take 10 kill HerTni> Of Do Irish Lad was
on the ran. and both ho and Eernls darted
around TIE lower turn Ike swallows. Neither
lost an inch of ground
Back q Irish Lad was The Picket and 81
his saddle girth was the three-year-old HiEhbau
doom had placed AfTicander in "A position that
Vas emlnently satisfying 70 those who were bet
ting on him and who knew his effort would
The mighty McChesney was keeping company
with the sturdy Western Derby winner Claude
al The end Of the line. and he seemed 70 be
quite content 70 put ID with the lrI.e chap.
who was merely boy in that COMPANY The
western champion. moreover. never changed
ms mind throughout the tourney. and either
he suked or could not get into his ol5tiue stride
The first decided change came as Herrris and
Irish Lad swung into the stretch. At this point
HighhaH dropped out Of IL with such abrupt
ness that shout went Up. "HighbalIs broke
down The colt however. continued on. and.
making up some Of the ground he had lost I'm
ished in sixth place. next q Eugenia Burch
Through The long backsrretch Irish Lad and
HerIris continued their fierce battle neither
yielding 10 the other although shaw seemed TO
have his mount under more restraint than did
Redferu on the chestnut champion. But always
The Picket remained where Helgesen had placed
him following the leaders stride for stride hold
ing his own al every furlong pole The grand
stand had forgotten there We're any other horses
In tho race Africander was done for. Odom had
ceased to try: little old Claude had left McChes-
neg in disgust, and Big Mac was sttN salts
fed 20 remain where he was
SHAW MAKES COSTLY BLUNDER
Just before Irish Lad and Heruis. the former
still on the inner side. hit the straight Shaw
gave the Candlemas colt his head and he shot
away from Hermis II a fash OF speed so
dazzling that The graudstand-and Hermis-
could only gasp. But il thar one binding rush
Shaw made a mistake IN judgment that many
viii ALWAYS contend cost him the race He
swung around the turn trifie wide. giving
FIelgeseu a chance 70 come through. and the
stolid Swede boy shor into the opening with
aIacri;y.
gained almost srperceptibly al irst-not enough
10 worry the confident followers OF Irish Lad
possibly not enough 70 worry Shaw. who a.
reaav knew he had Hermis beaten. At the six
teenth pole Herrnis had surrendered uncondi-
tionauy. Somewhere up the stretch Proper
was leading the straggiers. but The Picke- was
al Irish Lads shoulder
The grand stand began 10 realize the favor
ties peril and II shouted 20 Shaw in hysterical
fear The Picket could no longer be seen. He
rad drawn alongside but always the flaming
can like tie head OF a cardinal bird rose and fell
and ALWAYS il drew nearer and nearer the goal.
FgAlgeseu was crouched over his mount Ike a
monkey. His whip was falling on flank and
shaw sat rnotiorless Either he knew irish
lad had given him the last ounce Of his strength
and realized that MS only nope idN IN keeping
rim, Straight 10 The end. or else he failed 20 ap-
1reciate the danger he was in hundred feet
from the wire they We're racing head and head
IN alternate strides Racing luck gave the win
Ming stride 10 The Picket. The little Swele bns-
rad forgotten the punishment the starter had
imposed him
PROPER FINISHES THIRD.
Proper The next best good thing. followed
The pair home. three lengths away, and a
head IN 'front.' Of HerInis Africander and Nc