New-York tribune., 1904-09-11
STALWAR1'S RICH STAKE.
WINS 1NNUAL CHAMPION.
Tradition Victor tn Great Eastern
Handicap.

II uftOtCNP.
Follou,tnE CD his victory in the Century e week
ago over ort Wells and Shorthose. the three-year-
old Msdolsr colt stsiwart won the Annual Cham-
pson. az two miles anS a quarter yesterday az
Eheapehead Bay, and in doing so placed $%'VO"
more 70 the credit side OF his account with EDWARD
r. Thomas. his tail young owner. Just how maeh
moro was won on him by his stable In the betting
ring was not made public. The colt was riooen Dy
1Ssdfern. with skill and Judgment thsl hAs@ i0'
bean exoeiled on tie Eastern turf this season
As was expected ths heid for the Annual Cham-
mon wss a small one. and its overnight promise
was apprscfably lsssened by the withara"a Oh
SSrs zisllo ana Ormondes Right. Few would nave
thought the latter COLTS chances worth consider
sng but GxaEiailo on his second TO Beacame in
the September. seemed to be cecdeo factor IN
the morning calculations. He was withdrawn be-
cause of a severe kick he rscsivsd from ocean
TIDE while the horses were at the post lot 'ne
sep.ernoer. and his owners Gid not think IL so-
stszhAA 20 start him IN 30 hard & race
with these two out of 1t, Stsiwart Broomsuek'
Major Dafngerheld and Arrfcander were lett 10
fight for the rich pxize- With these -FOUR meeuhS
tae stake became virtually test between the
three-yssr-olds and the more mature horses ana
q. aassor gJsfngerneid ran second the honors may
% oonsldnred easy. IN the matter OF ~eisht
Afxzcznder, Major Dzizgex1eao and 5talwArt isreo
a3fkz. each bang compelled to take hp three
pounds more thsn the scale provides Tor ana eaen
e4v4ns Rrcoznstiek eight pounds.
Tna hzndtcaorszs were inclined co think thar IL
was ssktng too mr6h Of Stafvart TO give Broom
stack cixhs 2ounds snS they took the htsls Ben
Brush coie "a preference making him nVe-to-
fcur-on fayur1te at post time stslwart was nsnt
IN darnsnd az ODDS varying from to TO 70 D.
Arr4ssndsr was backed down from tens TO eshts
and Msscr Ds.nsernsl6 was the sxtrems outsider
at twsIvss. Broc1astick was extremely rank ana
fresh ana Burns found as soan AZ the barrier
xSnt uu that be had very ctrieuit proposition
on his hands. II be attempted TO rate his mount
hA ~aa IN danger OF choking Sirn~ and IL ne gave
him bis head he woEid geliop himself Into the
ground. The socksy tried q diplomatic middle
,-rouna sne rrobzhsy succsedsd well any
ons Ella. wousd hsvs. 5ut. IN spite OF his EFFORTS.
7roox1Ettck wore himself out. ans. after leading
by three lengths or more for nearly two miles ne
oFouDed back beaten. Sedtern placed Stalwart
6,vsettv t,ehina tha 2soenaker and kept re-
strssuing hand on him until ne saw the leader be-
rayinr s.gns OF Distress and then he went after
him
mia bacsz ana bad succeeded IN getting only
Srsef Kourt ous OF the Star Ruby colt Major
Dssngernel1 had shown symptoms OF suiKins IN
ne run through the backstretch the second Time.
hut Martin whipped st out OF him. and furiong
from ho-ns he came with great clatter. catching
sAs exhausted Broomstick and beating him de-
casfvely fo< the place The was run IN so4 30,
a second slower than the record for the course
made by Isniter a year ago.
Yesterday was the last day Of the Coney Island
Jockey Club's autumn meeting. and the Annual
Cyha.nuion was orly of three stake features
tina. uasrked its close The westbury steeple-
chase Handicap. over the fun course, and the
Great Eastern Handicap. for the t"o-year-oios' az
six rurlongs. on the Futurity Course. were both
rersEed
srALwARTs RICH STAKE.
After Tradition carrying the steadying inapost of
"a mounds had taken into camp the fourteen young
stsrs that accepted the weights Mr. Nosbc1sh as
signed them the Great Eastern. there were many
turtmen willing TO ooncs6e that this daughter OF the
faffz ffv than Ham,
h,rr BELLE IN her best two-yesr-old form Before
the race however there was a good deal Of uneer-
tssuty as TO whether the winner OF the F1atbush
could give John Sanford's Clifford flly fifteen
pourds ana this doubt found expression in the
a2ecalataon- There . moment. in fact. when
burnt EIlls ruled favorite over Tradition When
the stable commissions reached the ring. however.
this vas changed. snd the latter went TO the post
first choice, at to g.
The four Withdrawals were partially offset by the
addition OF F1yback. Councilman and Gamsra In
all fifteen went up TO the starter. Mr.. Fitzgerald
sent them away in good alignment. and as soon as
the colors could be made out from the stands the
Sackers OF Eandria- Dandelion and Councilman be-
came exuitsutly 3ubiiant. Another furlong, how
ever, and their joy was wrapped !n gloom.
F,vsn 20 the most unsophisticsted eye IL became
evident that Lyme had only TO speak to Tradition
10 have her gallop away from them all. He re-
trained from urging her until the quarter pole had
eeen passed but when he called On her the castles
that had been building sll came tumbing. Hide
brand on Burnt Hills. her 30 by, and did
Ehas. Eandris- Both OF them drew their whips
and used them unsparingly, but all in vain. Trsd-
ton length and half in front Of Ssndria, was
goins away ar ths finish Heads only separated
Saadr1a and Burnt Hills. and 6andria's head got
the decision The six furlongs were run in Iii S-5-
q fifth OF second faster than Artfuls time in the
Fa1tur1ty.
There was the hotties. kind of Zip on Sonoma
Belle 70 win the handicap OF a mile and a furIong
on the turf course but the Star Ruby hy passed
sway after leading almost TO the turn for home,
zHd F4sxion took her place. None OF the others
could overhaul him, and he with something
10 spare from I'D TIsTney and Prince Ching.
The Western nIly Handzarra disposed of some
OF her older spF1nting contemporaries in six fur
long dash IN q fashion that pleased her followers
immensely. She had the foot OF Shot Gun Flying
Ship ana the others all the way, and had three
lengths TO spare at the winning poet. The finish
did not bring about any material change in the
general positions. Shot Gun beating Flying Ship
by about the same distance that HandEsrra beat
him Tho latter nlly was a short priced fsvOrite
going 90 the post at IL to 10
.fRtl" DAILY. whose luck has not been OF the best
fox the last two months partially replepished his
Golfers by 6dding Sydney Psget's Teacress up TO
G.co1 sitter running second 10 her with his Re
spleu8ent colt Jerry c.. in selling race at five
and ope-hzlf fursongE- AS the purse originally
was worth 500 to the winner. h- profted quite as
much as though he had run first.
SUMMARIZES.
FIRST .sAcg-THE wEsTgURy sTpDPLBcEAsE:
handicap; tyeaF-oIes ana FUN s,seplechsss
Betting
s-oea and rsnty Stctes ;ss. So gay 2S
spsss baws S:ss WIZ isI ssssrts ....:
znsaeer scha.nbiso ieS gsItah .;a..... 20
wSns9S0mss aiscsci 81: sTs E. Good ana P,sny
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