New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-02
STEWARDS ODD DECISION
DrSoUALIFT GRAzIALLO,
qoectotors Thought He Should
HIRE Been Placed First.

- o, the stewards in disqualifying a
I'D rjacing him last when nlnety-nine per
- IN every one hundred thought the same morse
sons - - raced first through the disqualification
"o"U -. rorse was an incident of the racing
u --ane,,aad Yesterday which threatened to
5,..rb eeriously, the mental equilibrium of stu
Ants and patrons If the classic three card monte
re5 hser nIsved on them and they had just dis
covered they had not picked the ace, thev eouiu
,,+ have worn a more vacuous expression
- f~,i5ar,+ occurred in an overnight handicap
. - md tbree-eghths miles, the field for which
Nc ,,,o5e I'D OF five horses Of the usetrl type.
r. +brse which were used by the stewards in
.tet- Ii+tle exposition of three card monte We're
,.razialIo Brigand and Maize Hanlon
c-azfalio was the ace which the students old not
ii, on his previous excellent performances he
a,ed to be so distinctly the class Of the race that
,be majority Of the players had little hesitation in
supporting him. in spite OF the fact tnat win no
pounds he was giving away weight ana that the
LAYERS held him at the short price OF 70 TO u on.
Male Hanlon. an ancient mare racing IN charles
2 Hills colors blazed the way for her company
for more than two-tlirds OF the journey with the
favor!te the only OF the others that seemed
within striking distance
lust before the eighth pole Of the journey was
raaohes the trouble began. Martin had swung
rather wide with GraZiallo, and was calling 10
Crimnlins 10 keep in. al the same time oVerhauLng
the mare at every jump. When he was apparently
clear Of her he took his horse closer TO the rail- but
Eildebrand had brought brgand through, anu al d
few more strides the two colts were lighting II out
between Iae1n Suddenly Brigaud swung his head
and bit Graziallo twice in vicious attempt 10
savage him The three-yearold, thoroughly fright
ened swerved out, and, refusing 10 come on again
under the whip. was beaten by thTee-QuaFteFs OF q
length, Douro being third
Brigand's attack on the fayorIte had peen seen
by everybody IN the gTandstand, whereas the lat
ter's foul in pinching of Male E2nlon had been
generally overlooked. As consequence. the
erandstand waited for Brigand 10 BE disqualified
and the favorIte TO be placed first 1t waited in
vain and when ii the final placing-Brgand
first, Douro second and Maze Manlon third-it was
too benumbed 10 resort 10 its most cherished
swear word.
This incident. however. was merely one in an a.
ternoon that was made unusually lively with
Earnest and patnstaktng as they invariably are
lie, the gentlemen riders have rarely succeeded
ters' Steeplechase 1t is appalling to think what
might have happened had the race been open TO
was put on over the shorter course. but it terved
The only trouble being that they refused to stay
three Of them fell and the other was hull down
on the horizon when Mr.. Page arrived or Pure
Pepper, his victory may be termed a complra-
lively easy one. Mr.. Clark, who had been thrown
who had gone down at brush jump remounted
from the place where he fell. his efforts would
nave Oeen IN vain IN case ne laG beaten BOnIre.
Interest which it otherwise would not have pos
sessed was lent TO five furlong sprint for maiden
tUoyear-old FLIES because OF the presence IN It's
field of the Whitney bred fly Bundle Bee. by
Hamburg out OF Eespers. II the first time
she had appeared in public. and as she is said TO
have beaten Ianya IL her work. she looked
over by all the critics with uncommon amount
Of care She IS Il remarkably handsome and well
furnished out My, and the way she squandered her
Dig field Demonstrated that the stories concerning
her speed had not been exaggerated.
The 3-year-Cld FLY Ancestor, entered In a SELL
ng race. reduced the 6i2 furlong record ,ls So
and won the race from & big field with odds or
- 10 quoted against her.