New-York tribune., 1904-09-04
CENTURY FOR STALWART.
DEFEATS ORT WELLS.
Tradition Wins FIatbuah from
OiSeau-R0yeILe's SteepLechase.


tremendously. when he the rich Century, the
Coney Island Jockey Clubs great weight for age
race at one and half miles. He defeated both Ort
Wells and Delhi supposedly the best three-year-
Ole colts in training. and reduced the track record
for the distance. made by the marvellous Water
boy. a year ago in the stake from 2:31 3-5 to
2:3I 10 His victory was tremendous surprise to
all save his owner. who backed him heavily that
the prices tumbled from skies to to 2
II his victory was a surprise the defeat of Ort
Wells a shock. The winner of the Realization
and the Tidal looked on as almost invnci-
ble and when the ring had the temerity to lay
10 against his chances il was snapped up so
greedlly that the bookmakers found il eXpedient to
rub and II 10 20 was the best on offer at post
time. Only the three colts already mentioned and
Major Dainger1eld and Shorthose took part in
the Century's renewal, but so keen has been the
rivalry between the three-year-old that a great
contest was expected.
The Flatbush. which next TO the Futurity brings
greater renown 70 the youngster winning il than
any other two-year-old stake also run. and
throng only a few thousand less in num-
bers than that which saw the 81 urlty of the
Saturday before made the journey to :he beautiful
Long Island inclosure.
MANY CRITICISE O'NEII
1here were many who inclined TO criticise
oNdl- who had the mount Ort Wells for the
1aVorites defeat. He did not, it is true ride
brilliant a we'll judged race but whether Ort
Wells could have beaten Nj. Thomas colt with
the bes- Of handling is a question that the two
1@euons viii probably find a source of argument
Tor the rest Of the racing year. As was expected
Oeih had all the early speed. and also as was
expected. he could not hold it long enough 10 win
for mile and quarter. however. he blazed the
way Tor his field, and the furlong poles reel
Ing behind him fas. that the sight OF them
made old Major Daingerfelds head swim and
after holding for almost a mile with unexpected
speed and cheerfuness he surrendered uncondi-
tionally.
After the turnout Of the backstretch had been
do fNTasl
spectators decided it was all over and ASSURED
one another that they knew all along that he would
gallop home As matter of fact when Delhi
quit he quit all over, and he was going back so
fast that O'Neils rush seemed more precipitate
than it really AT the head of the stretch he
had the Ben Brush colt safely disposed Of but
stalwart was stin TO be reckoned with.
Redfern had been bding his time, knowing that
he had horse under him that would give all he
had honestly and courageOusly, that he would
faiter or swcrve under punishment and with only
a short quarter of mile yet he asked him
the question Stalwart replied with promptness
that brought the crowd up gasping, and O. Neil
10 the whip in sudden despair.
From thc sixteenth pole to the judges stand the
struggle foT supremacy a terrific one but
Stalwart finally had his way and by short
head Delhi died away TO nothing. and Shorthose.
coming with his usual stretch run, took the small
end of the purse from Major Dangerfeld. The
Gates-D~ake combination. it was said lost thou
sands of dollars the race.
GOOD FIELD FOR FLATBUSH.
After Hot Shot and Waterside the Madden entry,
ard Biz Daly's Amberjack had been Withdrawn
and the Western colt Oiseau had been added, the
field for the Flatbush was made up of seven high
class youngsters. Traditions performance in the
FutuTity when she took up 127 pounds and
second to the lght-weighted ArtfuI. beating the
great Sysonby decsively. impressive that
II difficult to select any one that seemed to
have even remote chance of beating her Mr..
Duryea finally selected the brown Sandringham
hlly Sandria, formerly Cricket, carry mis- coors
instead Of Tanya, but the stable evidently thought
less of her than did the ring. and when il was
found there was commission coming in her
price receded from fours to twelves. The hlly was
In with all the allowances and carried 1O2 pounds
She was very blithe and gay going to the post
and repeatedly tried TO put HiIdebrand over her
head The seven fhrlongs took it all out of her
Mr. Pagets hlly was always the choice of the pub
lie and was backed from 3 to ; to Il to 90 In all
ms races MI Thomas's ST Gatien gelding St Bel
lane has shown ability to race over a distance OF
ground ana the form players made him second
choice at skies Sandria was the only one thar had
any advantage in the weights. the others carry
ing the imposts provided by the September scale
when 1t came to racing Tradition was the only
OHe III H. allhough Oiseau on the rail and
St Bellane or the otner side of her ran we'll I'm
She had them both driving. however while she
nersef was running easily. At the sixteenth mole
IL looked from the stands II Lyme was taking
some chaIices with her. and her hackers began to
Eer monoer why he old not draw his whip The
fg,s1tzs IoMeFef' knew better than they how much
s nis louhl mao eft and a hundred yards from the
WIRE he drew away and by an open length
tain Bro|ns eo S roaSeot ansl6 Sf st st. BsaGe Bell Cap
Nooisthorpe. was fourth The time 25 Is is a
22eng made by Highban, when he won the Flat
bush year ago.
CHAMBLET ENTRY RUNS oNE-TWo.
Royelle and Dromedary carried the cherry and
white hoops of Mr.. Chamblet one-two in a steeple-
chase handicap over the full course The pa,r
coupled in the betting was sent TO the post favor
lte al 10 o although there was plenty of support
for MI Majors Fhe Ragged Cavalier at odds
ayersging lS to Mr., Hitchcock's little brown
morse sea Gull led his six opponents a merry
Royeiie was always within Striking dtanf d put
wren Weir sat down 10 ride him he went TO the
Henry on Mr. coit Amar ost f hs n'S ro3s Gsn If "ay 6a
nrst jump and chopped back last. He recovered
ne the tsackstretch and gave Vetch good bit of a
hght for the place. The camelback horse had
Gagged Cavalier fenced very badly and never gave
blundered at a brush iumn and tbreu, CeIPrtaSS' -
pulled up extremely lame. '-'
Watersde. the great big duffer colt which John
T. Madden bought at the Bennington wedding out
sale, has been long enough in the wizards hands
handicap FOR all ages three-quarters Of a mile
he galloped the fast Lady Amelia into the ground
dock whispering that to-day was the day' was
needed, and Waterside backed from Is to lO
Lady Amelia gave him eighteen pounds but the
public thought she could win even with l2s pounds
coupled IN the betting with Ancestor. was tho
John Z. Madden's Councilman showed his ususJ
faist- -heartednesss IN a two-year-oid soriEf ara
stopped when caiTngorm got 10 him He was a
6 10 arst choice was beaten head bv Wlig
Thyme over enc ana one-sixteenth miles OF the
SUMMARIES
TTRsr RAcEs.es splecha.e handicap; <-year-oids and
ia Horse Owner VT Jockey ss'"ps Sc p
4 Reir