New-York tribune., 1904-10-11
RACING IN THE MUD.
For1R F4VORITES BEATEN.
Collector Jessup First in Westchester
uoudicaD-Odom's Strong Finish.

..i, chat was even sloppy in places. In
. -, 5etracted from a good days racing az MOI
- rort Yesterday In spite Of many scratches.
- - 80 a-s ~ good size and wen balanced Head
- tsgf finishes in three Of the six races served
49, - ere onlool1ers to more than usual entho-
y -. ara even though four savorites went down
sos-s -. .,o crowd had cause TO go home IN sooo
- - 7-te somewhat startling Improvement OF
80. ana lanes F. in their respective races can
81 accepted as legitimate. perhaps on the e0r0iloh
OF the going -. ..,s,..n the sAcopd
80, -s-ss, haneicaps, was the only fixture on
- ~ -osernr,e. II was run over the last SIX ana
% ulo -. ~ the Withers Mile, and arter the
.,4cbes were all in eight good spfin'elS ',nee ~
e. +al,a issue Wotan, opening at 10 l. was He4NiIy
s,onorted in spite OF rather poor Fsee " Gay -
80 ana he went TO the post equal isVOrlue
Two Sso eto1 That WOtan did not win
- - "a a poor break and 10 the faet that
- .o,id not cope with ocom IN driving
-. l,Ileotor Tsssl1p won. but only by the short
ert OF heads and the Judges only cou4u sspai'A'e
-. tvzo horses as they rushed uncer me WIRE
rrh star+ was only fair. with Leonidas on IN
IL 80 v,otsn last " Davis took Lady Uncas
- - make the running, but Collector Jessup was
,o,s ,r striking distance. some TWO or three
'a,o+ts before a struggling field. Coming into the
stretch Collector Jessup raced mp 10 Lacy Ohcas
and disposed OF her in a brief Struggle anu COM
s,e aEsv looked like an easy winner at the last
vrorEed his way to a contending position and'
.i,sing strong on the outside, gave battle TO the
AEcGinnis colt Odom saw the danger. and, draw
me his v,bip. sat down for one Of those brilliant
,s1,sbes fo- which he is famous Foot by foot Wo-
.sn gained on the flying leader, AID IL was fur1-
s arrive through the last sixteenth, the two horses
cling head and head. but Odom would not be de-
NED and Collector JessuD lasted long enough 10
ern the decision.
New-York closed fast through the stretch and
took third. running four lengths behind Wotan and
f.yo lengths before the fast tring Lady Uncas
Ieouidas and Castalian ran below their form
Geranium. favoIite in the opening race, was well
handled bv Davis and won rather easily by two
lengths from King Pepper and Old England King
Pepper was away poorly, but Travers took him up
"a The pacemakers so fast that he had little left TO
withstand Geranium's rush in the stretch. Asia
rita had early speed. but stopped badly and seems
20 be far from her best
Myopia was graduated from the maiden class in
the second race. beating Campo head. Hide
brand clearly outrode Shaw in the last few strides
Lacy Young made the pace, as usual but stopped
when the real strife began in the last furiong. My
Bueia always well up had no excuses. Alan-a-
Dale had little more than a good exercise gallop
10 win the third race. Jocund made brave EFFORT
90 make contest at the head OF the stretcn ~, put
70 no avail and ne had 70 be rldoeh out 10 peat Inc
Lady Rohesia for the place 49,
ORC, at so 10 ], scrambled home head before
Navajo the fayOrite. IN the fourth race he hao
only started before, and on that occasion was
away badly as 10 give no indication OF MS
In the last race Africander had to acknowledge
0efest once more-this time 20 the lightly weighted
SeiS -ace5 beeS ana head for seven -furlongs at
ich point James F. took command and opened
up winning gap Africander closed with his usual
gameness, but had 10 be content with second
money.
SUMMARIES.