New-York tribune., 1905-06-21
OISEAU REDEEMS HIMSELF
wIN.s OYER MUDDY TRACK.
Takes .Ssoift Stakes in Fast Time
BIaqadg's Great Race.

r.,,as q fsradv's colt Oiseau, which went INTO
winter quarters last fall, sharing the t"o-ye'i
ol6 championship honors with Artful' Araui|io
and Sysonby, in part redeemed hlrnseH !eS'
day for his disappointing performance iA nv
broadway Stakes, when he was sent 10 Ihe po''
an odds-oo favorite and finished cis1nai last
As an added starter yesterday ne won 'iie re-
reval of the Swift Stakes at seven iuiiohss y"
.ho r7,turstv course with what appeared TO be
considerable ease, and In fast time conslceIihs
the heavy track. Although the majority CON
,asrsd that his victory was achieved In little
,,o-. than a stiff gallop. there were many
h-a.,s t,rfrneu who contended that Oiseau was
extended 10 his utmost capacity ana that ne was
IS straight as a string at the hnish Inc cohul-
tions of the Swift such that oiseeu' Win Ia
mounds was IN receipt of actual weight from
rhree of his company and met the other two on
evan terms AS the lot he led to the wire IN
oluded Pasadena 119 pounds; Prince Hampurs'
ZIG: Cederstrome, 1l6; Sparkling Star, III, ana
Dandeiion, III pounds, his performance cannot
be looked on as anything extraordinary. None
of these three-year-ods has ever done anything
10 entite him TO be ranked with really high class
nerrorrners and until Oiseau conquers
more distinguished lot the public will still hesi-
tste about inclosing him in the same class with
Sysonby. Tanya Tradition.
O'Nea had the mount on the son Of Ornus, and
Il may be that he showing one Of his ar
tistic cold blooded finishes and that he had more
up his sleeve than was apparent If this was the
case IL was a mastery exhibition on the part OF
this clever Jockey, and one that fooled many a
spectator.
In the speculation Oiseau was an almost pro-
hibitive favorite and the small players had to
look in vain for something to beat him. Many
chose Dandelion and Sparkling Star. and the
10 1 m win
was backed from twelves to tens.
Oiseau made all the running and was a length
In front of Pasadena at the end. Dandelion was
the runner-up head in front OF Sparkling star
and only head behind Pasadena The struggle
for place honors the thrilling part or the
race, although there was excitement enough
when Il was at the turn into the straight
that ONeil was hand riding Oiseau TO shake OH
Prince Hamburg The latter was bumped out of
his stride and ceased to be factor Pasadena
closed with q great rush and took the place from
little Old Blandy''-caned so more from the
genuine affection he is held in by the public
than from the number of his inches-ran one Of
the most extraordinary races that has been
seen in the East this year. With H. pounds
I'D he was one of six starters in a>handicap at
one mile. He was far out Of 1t when hah
the trip through the backstretch had been
made that he had been forgotten as possible
factor. Blandy never forgot it, however, and
when he got into his stride he settled down TO
business with dogged persistence that. by the
tiine the seventh-elghths was reached had put
him in eontender's position In a few more
strides he was g head behind Leonidas and
Wotan, and from that point TO the wire they
fought IL out desperately. Blandy just
ceeded in getting his nose in front of Leon
idas's in the last jump. Wotan was head be-
hind Leonidas.
Security and High Chance, which coupled in
the betting in Mr.. Smathers's name We're the
warmest good things of the day were both
beaten by GallaVant and Vagabond the latter
an added starter. in the renewal of the Zephyr
stakes Tor two-year-olds over the last five and
ohe-haf furiongs of the Futurity course The
pair closed at to on while the price against
the winner was TO 1. Security had speed and
illsht nave been closer up had he not sweryed
hAoly- The form players succeeded in landing
tnree faVor1tes, but two Of these were af
a, saas-oh, the day was not an especially fortu-
nate one for them. -' 'u