Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
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the Jamaica track yesterday, where they
found the course fetlock deep in sloppy
mud, although u was drying out rapidly to-
ward shutdown. Three favorites won, while
over the defeat cf another, Pirate Polly, in
the third event. for two-year-old fillies, five
and a half furlongs, there was a great howl
of rage from those who plunged at to 10.
Pirate Polly came from the Canadian and
western tracks few days ago, heralded as
a speed marvel. Yesterday she made her
fiji appearance, and Lucien Lyme had the
mount. All sorts of money was bet on the
flly by the wise fraternity, while Andrew
Miller's Coy Mad was allowed to go up to
+ to because it was thought that she could
rot negotiate the going Flinders, a daugh-
ter of Hastings was backed down to 5 to
l, while Myopia, Duryea cast-off, had nu-
merous followers.
No sooner had Starter Fitzgerald let the
gate go than Pirate Polly broke in front,
but she quickly dropped back, some of the
sharp-eyed spectators declaring that Lyme,
for some reason, had taken her up. She
continued to lose ground rapidly until she
was absolutely last on the far turn. At the
head of the stretch Lyme went to the whip.
but the 1liy had no speed and was beaten
head for third money. Coy Maid, Hide
brand up, had made the pace almost from
the start, and under the whip, won by a
length from Flinders, who was five lengths
before Myopia. AS Lyme came back to the
scales he was greeted with boots and Kisses.
while the comment on all sides scored him
severely. Yet the stewards said that no
official action was called for, while Lyme in
Lis own defense said that he could not ac-
count for the flly'S remarkably poor show
ing.
She simply jumped up and down. said
the jockey, and would not get into her
stride, touched her with the whip at the
three-furlong poie and then put her under
a hard drive in the stretch. From what 1
Lad heard Of her 1 did not see how she
could lose!'
The incident was clearly the most sensa-
tional of its kind that has been seen on a
race track for some time. The crowd talk
Ell of nothing else on the way home.
M. l.. Eayman's De Reszke, 6 to ), IA
vorite, showed consistent form by winning
the Garden City stakes, at mile and six
teenth. He was perfectly at home in the
mud and lad three lengths to spare at the
end where he was timed in 1:49 %. Little
En-, to ], secured the place by a length
and half from Lord Badge, to 1. who
just nosed New York, % to 1, out of third
money.
L. V. Bells Grenade, who receded to even
money, took the handicap for all ages, at
nile and sixteenth with great ease beat
ing James F., II to 10, by two lengths War
Whoop, who was well played to beat the
first two, was outclassed. The time was
10.
EFT Tu Brute, to 5 favorite, eased up at
the end, won the first event, at six fur
longs, by neck in 1:15 Palette, 80 to 1,
from Sais, to |, by three parts of length.
Ballycastle, to 1, reeled home winner of
the fifth race. for platers, at mile and
seventy yards, by a head. He was so tired
that he would lave dropped in his tracks
lad the race been longer. Joe Yeager's
Conceit. to ], could have beaten him in
another jump, but had to be satisfied with
the place. two lengths before Brunswick
8 to l. Maie Hanlon, 0 to 3 favorte, was
dlsgracefully beaten. The time was ] %
Ranger, backed down to to /. won all
the way in the last race, for maiden two
year-olds, at five furlongs. Shaw rode him
with SKILL and the geding had length and
half to spare at the wire.