The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

,o4 fifth Avenue, M'di'On square.
the Carter Handicap with Willie Davis I'D.
| sPuddin's Mcdaniel, Mr., Ksenes light
weight jockey, had the mount on James
| McLaughlin's Oxford, while Sim Deimel's
| Wotan, who had been played at long odds
had j. Kelly astride Of him.
RACE KMo TIE REAR GUARD.
The Albemarle Stables Santa Catalina,
| a fast Ally who recently won the Excelsior
! Handi .ap at jamaica, came next with j. l..
| Hollands Kehailan, ridden by Kent, a
| stable boy, while Race King generally
despised. brought up the rear.
As they walked up TO the furlong pole
and then turned about to go 10 the post the
| crowd wached them in comparative silence.
| There were no cheers nor was there hand
| clapping, but the babel Of voices denoted
! the amount Of interest that the spectators
| were taking, especially as a wealth Of gold
hung in the balance.
IN THE STARTERS HANDS.
The starting post was located across the
| broad green infeld nearly opposite the
] clubhouse end Of the huge grand stand.
! There Starter Cassidy, with his assistants
armed with bull whips stood waiting on the
| rail with the barrier raised aloft. Beldame.
! still held by an attendant. had been watt
/ ing, too, and when the post positions had
! been assigned the horses were placed in a
! line across the track beginning at the inner
monde's Right, Race King, Beldame, oxford,
/ Kehailan First Mason, Wotan, Colonial
! Girl, Dolly Spanker Joaquin and Sysonby
on the extreme oLtside-twelve starters In
all.
AwARNrNo TO THE JOCKEYS.
Mr.. Cassidy, as a preliminary warning.
| lost no time IN telling the jockeys that they
would be held accountable II any disorder
! occurred.
sNow walk your horses slowly up 10 tn e
/ barrier as you are aligned cried the starter
| and then stand ct III until tell you to 60"
In an instant the horses were walking
| gingerly over the soft loan in perfect
alignment, but as soon as their noses
| touched the webbing and they came TO
/ stop the jockeys became excited and the
! horses nerved up 70 the highest pitch,
! began to plunge and whirl.
COLONIAL GIRL AND OXFORD FESTIVE.
! Colonial Girl and Oxford we're the worst
offenders for they went under the barrier
| on several occasions in spite of all their
| riders could do TO restrain them. Starter
/ Cassidy however was in no hurry to let
the field go and no rcoared az the boys until
( he was red in the face. Several minutes
/ had elapsed with this sort Of thing going
/ on when suddenly the sta rter's quick eye
/ saw that every horse was standing still
ready TO go.
Tome on! ne yellcQs ana instantly ne
pressed the button which he held behind
| him. Up went the barrier, and every horse
| sprang forward as II struck behind with
| painful whip.
THE STIRRING CRY, THEY'RE OFF
They're OIL" yelled men and women
| from clubhouse to field. The stirring cry
was repeated in the betting ring and thou
sands came tumbling out upon the lawn
only 10 find that their view had been cut
! of by an army Of spectators that had taken
the vantage points before them.
! simultaneously with the swapping OF
the barrier the colors OF 0. l. Richards,
| dark blue and cerise. were flashed in front
! by the doughty Race King, but before the
/ little colt had gotten into his best stride
( the Keene colors were seen looming up on
the extreme outside.
KEENE coLoRs IN FRONT.
! Sysonby, lightning breaker, had rush ed
| TO the front after the first fifty yards had
! been covered, and at the furlong pole he
/ led by q scant length, Shaw taking him
| gradually over toward the inner rail. With
! Race King the runner-up leaoing Beldame
| by a half length and Wotan the same
! distance back. followed by Colonial Girl
/ ana Dolly Spanker heads apart, this order
was maintained TO tie quarter pole.
Race King will blow up before he has
| gone another furlong," was the comment
! Of a bunch Of trainers who we're Angling
/ over the rail.
hANE hlNu n4lAko ~ lhE LEADEh
'Sysonby will run them all TO death
said the wise men who were watching the
! Keene colt through their Geld glasses. but
I as Race King hung on the crowd heoan
{ TO marvel, for his speed was a reve alton
ard the mere fact tlat Sysonby the great
] could not shake him Of in spite Of his tall
/ sprinting caused hundreds to wonder
| whether the Keene colt was at bis host or
not.
Mr.. BELNoN-'s MARE LOOKS DANGEROUS.
! As Beldame was within striking distar ce
| Of the two leaders a great shout arose from
/ those who had backed her in spite OF IN
| warnings Of the track sbarps. Mr.. Bel
/ mont's mare seemed 20 have much Of her
| old speed, hut close observers said that
she lacked the snap AID dash OF former
| occa sio~s.
The furlons had been run in o12 2-5 and
the quarter in 0.25 5-5, and when Sysonby
neaTed the half mile pole which he passed
/ in O49 he had increased his advantage
| 70 a length and a half. At that point Race
King still led Beldame by half a length
BELDAME BEGINS TO LAO.
The mare was carrying actual top weight
| giving three pounds TO Sysonby and thirty
/ to Race King, together with various con-
! cessions 70 all the others, and possibly for
| this reason she found her task a difficult
one, for in the next furlong she began
/ 10 lag.
Coming around the far turn sysonby
/ the rail by this tinno and he still led by a
/ length and a half Race King meanwhile
! had drawn away from Beldame until he
/ led her by two lengths, while the Octason
mare, stopping gradually, was a head in
| front Of Wotan.
PACE TOO FAST FOR sEcoNDRArERs.
Less than a length back Colonial Girl
| Dolly Spanker, First Mason and oxford
! were running in a compact bunch, heads
and necks apart. with the others hopelessly
| beaten at this stage.
The crowd had an excellent view OF
Sysonby's leadership when he swung into
the stretch for he came out Of the turn
with Raoe King directly behind him, q little
more than a length back.
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