The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-21
ROUGH RIDING AT GRAVESEND
MONET TAKES BAYSHORE STAKES,
CHARGED WITH FOULING.
stewards Unable to Fix the Blame, So There
IL No iiflcation-Handicap for
OEinonde's Right-A GallOp for Oiseau
, Three Favorites Finish In Front.

Rough riding Of q fragrant nature marked
the running Of the Bayshore Selling Stakes,
about six furlongs. at Gravesend yesterday
afternoon. When l.. V. Bells Monet a 20 to 1
shot, was announced officially the winner
OF the race by a head, there were many spec
tators who looked FOR his disqualification
which would have given the large end Of
the purse to II. b. Duryea's Armenia. IS to s
favorite. The race had been under way
for nearly quarter Of a mile when Monet.
ridden by cannon. cut across In front of the
field from the outside and took the rail- In
80 doing he knocked Armenia back. the latter
in turn interfering with King Pepper TO such
an extent that the Kantaka gelding was
lifted clear of his feet and dropped back so
quickly that the crowd. expecting fatality,
cried out in alarm. Had il not been for a
horse behind King Pepper. the old fellow
would have gone down and Travers might
have been seriously hurt. Old England was
also bumped about 80 that he had no chance
As soon rs the race was over, Travers and
Crimmns went before the stewards with
protests but the officials, unable to fix the
blame. decided to let the Official placing Of
the horses stand. Armenia beat Ascension
8 to l. length for the place, with Dick Ber-
nard n head behind. The time was l:i0 SIS
Mabel Richardson was sent to the post a
favorite for the handicap. At a mile and an
eighth, but she was badly beaten, coming
home n"It to last. Sonoma Belle, at the false
price Of IS to l, made the running with Or
mond. hight. IS to S, amidst. Valentine, 7 to 2,
always within reach OF her Al the head Of
the stretch. Lyme came on with Ormondc's
Night and won easily by two len gths in $50 2-5.
SOnorna belle lasted we'll and beat st. valen-
tine n length fer the place. with Hurst Park
TO |. the same distance back
Letola. third choice. made oil the pace in
the trstevent, at six furlonRs, and was an easy
winner by two lengths in 10 3-5. Geranium.
a % to shot. ran into the place and beat
Major Pelham. tho favorite. by half a length.
Liberia, carrying the Drake commission at
twos. finished close to the tail end Of the pro-
Crsston. De-
Oiqeau. 8 to s favorite. ran like l to 10
shot in the second event. for two-year- olds.
at FIVE and half furlongs. When Lyme let
him down he ealloped to the front and
finished length and a half before Blandy.
a: tho liberal odds Of IS to 1. H. B. Duryea's
Heart 8 Desire. 10 to |. took third money.
five lengths away. Handzarra, the Western
FLY. heavily backed. was OF poorly and
never got up. The time was I:07 2-5.
Lucy Young backed down to threes look cd
the winner of the fifth race. for maiden two
year-oid FLIES. five furlongs. right up to the
last sixteenth polo. But she began to tire.
and in smart drive Burns got Santa Catalina.
the favorite. home victorious with length
and half to spare. Lucy Young was three
lengths better than Sydney Pagets Floralia,
IL to 1. who beat H. D. Duryea's Myopia a
head. The time was 1 :0l As.
Joe Yeager's Stuyve. II to favorite, was
an easy winner Of the last race. Mt mile and
a sixteenth. He came home on the bit four
lengths to the good in 1913. Andrew Miller's
Rcveille. backed down TO s to /. got the place
from Nexion, lowered toseyens. In drive by
a length. The latter was a head before
Brooklynite. another good thing. Three
favorites were triumphant and Lyme rode
two winners. The weather was cloudy. the
track fast and the attendance close to the
10000 mark.