New-York tribune., 1904-08-05
BELDAME'S ALABAMA.
r ALMOST h W.1LKOYER.
sNoNy Brant Beats Reliable at a Nile
-.StaEzcart ia Front.
tBr rnLEonAru 10 rnE TRlBror.

e.-s,ors Aug, 1-rhe superiority Of Newton
enningtons BeldaIne any Of the fillIes OF her
nge robbed the renewal OF the Alabama Stakes TO
Gay OF all interest and resulted IN virtually ~aiA
s.ey for tie rderfal daughter of Ocagon-Belia-
Soma
The Alabama a. a mile ana q furlong. S restrict
ssa TO year-oid lllies and tho very TACT 'hat
53eldame was eligible and a likely starter kept ti
save four owners from naming their hllies IN the
overnigllf list ard of these four, j. a Drake win
MS Indifferent little FLY Isllana. and = Il.
rhomas with Dimple daughter OF Mirthful' were
fhe only two THAI did not run out at the last mo-
znent.
I August Belmont withdrew Bride Path. and Cap
ifaln s. s. Brown decided 10 keep Audience IN her
harm. Mr. Drake and MT. Thomas might quite as
l&ysu have done likewise Beldarae. with i2i pounds
lssye her alleged opponents eight pounds each ana
that they reached the Judges stand before she was
fslng cooled off in the paddock was due solely 10
EScg courtesy. From start 10 finish there was Ho
EssmbIance OF q contest. but Il was worth the as
sOciztions extorionate price of admission Just 10
tFee the beautiful flly gallon. ONcl never gave
sheP fan swing and pulled her (" a hand ga4iop ia
izha last sixteenth. but as ii she ran the mile
&nd eighth IN 1:5S 30 Dnlple Was as respecla-
Die second rs could be expected.
Simply as q forInalty, The ring made a book
hsu the race. but there little or no play.
kTghen Il was found that there was an inclination
tso accept / 70 5 against Beldame. the price
bsnalcers discouraged IL ny reducing the odds 10
% 70 . against her. This was effective Dimpe
lhgaS second choice at tweves and Ishana went
1zegging az neties.
GIaIs BFant the four-year-old Clifford hlly.
ssyy7ned by John SANFORD. took The measure OF the
EsonesG old spT5nter Reliable in handicap at
iEnlle with an ease which must have brought dis
EEouragement 70 z. r Thomas who paid $1,000
310T the Watsrcress horse at the Ryan sale last
stNesl<
AZ. vosburgh placed IA pounds on Reliable. lOs
iez Nollie Rrant and ia on the Ben Brush colt
.n1lssman. the only other starter. This assign
Enent OF weights brought the three so close to-
xsfher that the players had difficulty in selecting
a faYoTtte. They finally pinned their falth TO
Reliable however, and the closing prices against
his chances were 10 2. The Clifford hlly was
ssaoond choice 81 to o Through the baclstretch
SAnd around the far turn Reliable led by couple
fsf lengths. but Lyme had restraining hold on
AGollis Brant and when he yielded TO her at the
Ehead OF the stretch she came away and won
eleyerly By an open length.
n q contest for maiden tWo-year-oIds At five and
one-haif furIoags. Sanford scored another tri-
ssnph for his Clifford get. with the bay filly Burnt
sEills. out Of Whiplash She ran like good young
iEter. and beat q big Geld without much apparent
difficulty. Captain Browns Broadcloth and James
r Keene's Sinister were the runners up. Salvage.
sfhe favorite. stopped az the END of half mile.
lnhsss over the short course TO divide the three
sneneys. The other flve either fell threw their
spectacle Il. s. o'Neil's geiding Trek ridden by
dayton, finally won after Thomas Hitchcock jr.'s
lof the pace The well named equine rnonstrosity
iDromedarys was third None OF the riders were
r. R. Rogers Brush Up hrst choice in a selling
scramble ior the youngsters. stumbled IA the back
De
lFvas won by William Easton's hlly Dansarse stat
lRaTt ana Beldama were the two successful IA
SUMMARIES