Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18
teams viii play as follows:
sHEEPsHEAD RACES.
Three in Front Split the Card for the
Betters.

Fully Is, 600 persons saw the running OF
the Coney Island handicap. six furlongs, at
Sheepshead Bay yesterday afternoon A
splendid field Of sprinters went to the post.
with E. r. Thomas Lady Amelia and Stall
wart ruling the choice at II to 8. Matte
Corbetts Hurst Park, with 1876 pounds. was
second in favor at to 2. with 8. 8. Browns
Broomstick at skies and A. Featherstones
Ingold backed down to sevens. T. L. Watts
Lady Uncas. who won this race last year.
was an added starter. and with Kuntz,
stable boy. on her back. she went begging
at 30 to 1. Lady Amelia broke in front,
but Lady Uncas followed her. closing to the
middle Of the stretch. where Mr. Thomas
FLY began to stop. Lady Uncas then went
on with the lead. but it was drive to the
end for Broomstick. who was shut in dur
Ing the early stages and also tried to run
out at the head of the stretch closed with
a great burst Of speed as soon as Burns
got clear sailing Lady Uncas won by
head. but Broomstick would have beaten
her in another jump 1ngold. who was away
slowly. also made up lot of ground in the
run home and was third. half a length be-
hind and neck In front of Divination.
Then came Hurst Park and Lady Amelia
close together. The race was run in l. 13 As.
E. r. Thomas colors were carried to VIC
tory in the Daisy Stakes. for two-year-olds
at five furlongs on turf, in rafting finish
in which st. Bellane. coupled with Niblick
at to l, got through on the rail at the
head OF the stretch and in a fierce drive
beat the odds-on favorite, Sydney Pagets
Diamond. a head on the post. Diamond
made the pace from the start, but began
to stop when Odom called on him. He fin
ished two lengths in front of Niblick. who
had half length over r. T. Wilson, jr 8.
Gamara. James McLaughlin's Pasadena
whirled when the gate went up and was
left The time was 1.O1 80.
Newton Bennington's Right Royal, to
10 favorite, had no trouble in winning the
first race. for two-year-olds at five fur
longs, Futurity course. John E. Maddens
Wild 1rfshman, half brother to Yankee,
was second choice. and he started off in
the lead only to stop to nothing. ONeilI
let Right Royal down at the elbow in the
track, and he raced to the front, winning
by two lengths In 1.02. J. w. JOhnston's
to shot. was second. a length before Da-
vid Gideon's Golden Sunrise, @ to 1. with
Sydney Paget's Torchello a neck back
s. s. Browns Audience: 4 to favorite.
won the handicap at mile and furlong,
but only after terrific drive all through
the stretch. The Sir Dixon filly was last
on the far turn. but H. Phillip went to the
whip at that point. and she gradually over
the pace for three-quarters of a mile, gave
way to Brigand. and the latter kept IN
front right up to the end Of the route,
where Audience got up in time to win by a
couple of inches in 1.54 Is. Brigand was
two lengths better than Colonsay, who beat
Little EN-, well played. by length and a
half.
H. B. Duryea's Mercury, a prohibtive IA
vorite, graduated from the maiden class in
the third race. at six and half furlongs.
Hildebrand had the mount. and as soon as
he cut the Meddler gelding loose it was all
over. He won. with length and half to
spare, in 1.20 4-5. T. l.. Watts Lady Pru-
dence, 90 to 1. was second. the same dis
lance in front Of H. J. Morris Auramaster,
Is to 1.
In the last race, at a mile and sixteenth.
on the grass, p. Ryans Ben Mac Dhui, to
2 favorite. closing on equal terms with
Sails, made the running until he began to
weaken in the middle of the stretch. Then
Hyland, to 1. caught him and won in a
heavy whipping finish by neck, in As 3-5.
Ben Mac Dhu was five lengths before Sill
yer Days, Is to /. sails was never in the
hunt. The track, owing to rain during the
night. was dead. Three favorites were VIC
toriouS