The evening world., 1904-06-16

Hermis won the Suburban at Sleeps.
head Bay this afternoon. breaking Gold
Heels record of 2.05 la for the race ::
60000 people went wild with delight when
the outsider came home In front OF
he heavily backed favorite, Irish Lad
rhe Duryea colt was wearing blInkers
or the first time and 1t probably inter
fered with his running He seemed 10
have all his speed FOR the first mile and
was lying in good position to the
far turn. where he started to run out.
lie could never make up the lost
ground and even faltered in the rul
lome.
Irish Lad was one of the most
deavily backed favorites that ever
went to the post In the Suburban.
The public did not see how ho could
lose. and they cut the strings In their
bank rolls and sent It in for keeps.
This does not mean that Hermis and
The Picket were not backed, for they
were strongly played.
When the gate lifted Redfern at once
took Hermis to the front. Irish Lad
laid second and the crowd was congrnt-
ulating itself on the fact that Irish Lad
was being restrained. The Picket laid
third.
Others Were Beaten orr.
They ran this way to the far turn,
With no change except that The
Picket moved UP closer to the leaders
and Irish Lad closed on Hcrmls The
others were beaten of at this time.
When Irish Lad closed on Hermis
the cry went up "Hermls is done -
He was not done. however, for with
the move that Shaw made on the
favorite Irish Lad began to run wide.
Redfern. peeping over his shoulder,
saw this, and at, once called upon
uermis. He drew away several
engths. Hegerson then went to work
on The Picket and that game horse
was soon on even terms with Irish
Lad.
Into the stretch Hermis was three
lengths To the good. 'Hr will surely
stop" yelled the crowd when they saw
Shaw and Helgerson riding their mounts
desperately. Steady as Il clock HermIs
came along with not sign of faltering
and amid tremendous cheering won by
two lengths. The Picket and Irish = I'll
duplicated their GraveSend race, run
aing head and head to the last few
Jumps, where The Picket forged to the
'front.' and got the place by neck:
Proper was badly beaten, as were all
the others.
Time n Record for Suburban.
Tie time. 2O5 was the fastest ever
run In the Suburban. Gold Heels held
the record of 2,0i 10
Long before the first race was started
Shorthose was scratched out OF the
Suburban.
Evening World Far Ahead.
The Evening Worlds automobile car
-ying hundreds of copies of The Eve
alng World containing the story of the
suburban left this Office at AIS o'clock
this afternoon and reached the race
track twenty-siX minutes later IL vas
far ahead OF the autos which carried
other papers, and The Evening Worlds
sold rapidly.
Reliable shut on After start.
The talent took Reliable in the first
ace making him favOrite at even mon
~. Mamie Worth was well played and
these two were played to the exclusion
against the others. Mamie Worth
jumped away in front while Reliable
shut off right after the start. Mamie
Worth made all the running, followed
by Mizzen and Dalesman and they held
this order to the stretch, Mamie was
never caught. winning In Il drive by a
length from Mizzen, who was SIX
lengths in front Of Reliable
seymour WINS the second
Bobadil was cut loose In the secoHC
race. J. A. Drake sending in GouC
commission. OF the others Seymour
and Letola were well played Bobali
did not connect. He ran a bad race
, Letola cut out the pace. followed by
Seymour. Judge Denton and Greencres
@-I .iley ran In this order to N,
stretch There Seymour forged to the
front and won by half length irCn
Iatola, who beat The Southerner tht
same distance.
sOng nnd wines Double Event.
Bennington's stable, Song and Wine
being added, was a strong favorite n
the Double Event. They were heavily
hacked at short prices. None OF the
others outside of Veto was well played
except for show. The addition of Sons
and Wine was lucky. for Blandy ran q
bad race. Song and Wine made all the
running, but was all out to win by {
length and a half from Sparkling Star
10 to chance. who was played stronl
and beat Councilman a length and {
half for the place.
uEamsna FIash Takes FiTth.
non Royal made the running TO ths
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