The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-18
DOLLY SPANKER VICTORIOUS.
WINS PIERREPONT HANDICAP AT
THE JAMAICA TRACK.
McChesney Runs Third-Reliable Trimmed
by Cloten. n IL to I Shot. by . Head
Four FavOrites Go Down 10 Defeat be.
fore Big Crowd on the Opening Day.

McChesney Runs Third-Reliable Trimmed
by Cloten. n II to I Shot, by Head
Four FavOrites Go Down 10 Defeat Be-
fore Big Crowd on the Opening Day.
Magnificent weather and highly interest,"
ing programme drew n crowd Of nearly 10000
persons to the Jamaica track when the Metro
politan Jockey Club opened Its fall meeting
yesterday afternoon. But SO far as picking
winners was concerned the crowd expert
enced a series OF hardships that enriched
the books immensely.
The Pierrepont Handicap. for all ages.
at nine furlongs was the feature. Stalwart,
Broomstick and High Chancellor we're With
drawn. The sharp players selected Dolly
Spanker to carry the money, and the nRston
gelding was made a pronounced favorite
at 8 to 2. McChesney. who was said to have
regained his old form at last was generally
played by the crowd at to ?. while II.
b. Duryea's Mineola and Sydney Pagets
Ormonde's Right were in demand at
tours and nves. respectively. Sonoma Belle.
the outsider, went to the front at the start
for a heartbreaking race with Mneola, They
ran close together to the head of the stretch.
and then both blew up. At that point Dolly
Spanker took command. attended by Or
monde's Right while O'Neill moved TO the
outside with McChesney for bold stretch
run. Big Mac, however. was nothing like
the old champion, and strugg led home In third
place. Dolly Spanker winning easily by two
lengths and a half in 1868 2-5. new track
record. Ormondes Right was length and
half before McChesney. who had similar
margin over Sonoma Belle
Reliable. with 1874 pounds. was the favorite
at IS to in the handicap for all ages. at six
furlongs. He led from the raising OF the bar
rier. but fifty yards from the wire he stopped
and Cloten, ~ to shot. who came from
nowhere. beat him head on the post in
1913 is. Reliable was a neck in front Of
Damon, backed down to to |. who In turn
beat Race King nose. with Gay Boy and
Crown Prince less than half length behind.
Taking it all In all. 1t was an excellent piece
OF handicapping by W. 5. Nosburgh.
Newton Benninaton's Blandy. hot favorlte
in the first race. went to the post very lame
and finished nowhere. This event was a
Ave and a half furlons dash for two-year-
Odds, and Trapper, a to 1 shot, collared Water
Light. second choice. In the last one hundred
yards. beating him by three lengths In 0s.
Water Light beat Austin Allen. 20 to !. a
neck for the place. the latter mailing Incense.
eto /, In the last stride.
ton OF money was lost on Monster In the
second race. at a mile and a sixteenth. He
was favorite at to O. and led all the way until
fails, 8 to l, overhauled him in the stretch
and won. ridden out. by three lengths In l:4s
Monster kept the place from Gravina. ~ to 5.
by aneck
Juvenaga to 5 favorite. spreadeagled
his field in the fifth race. for two-year olds.
six furlongs. but he tired In the stretch so
that Willie Davis had to 20 at him with the
whip. Then he won by three parts of length
from Monacodor. s to who was gaining at
the end and beat X. l.. Johnston. s to 1, a
head. The time was ll3 S..
Water Pansy and Ben Crockett were prac-
tically equal favorites in the last race. Tor
maiden three-year- olds. at a mile and a SIX
teenth. Tide. o to l. made all the running and
won easily oy Two lengths. with water Pansy
was run in l4s is. Four favorites went
down to defeat.