The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-07
TRADITION WINS GALLOPING.
FACETS MARE TAKES GAZELLE
STAKES IN THE MUD.
fish Lad Makes His Dow. but Accom-.
piishes Nothing-Gcorse &. benhe.'
Trimmed by Phidias in the TWo-l car
Old Handicap-Ftye FaNorites Lose

Old Handicap-F1ve FaNo'Nes H'''
The racing At Gravesend yesterday orlsteo
With features that were not entirety sa'e
factory to the crowd OF regulars tnat pau
the high prices The rain fell at times IN
sheets. driving everybody to cover, ana trans.
forming the track into auaemire tnrous'
which the horses ran with jockeys 80 com
uletely spsttered with mud that their coiors
could not be dlstin euished. The Ave favorites
were badly beaten In the going. the only
successful choice being sydney rage.
Tradition. who won the Gazeiie STAKES. lot
three year -old hllies. at mile and sixteentn'
In a common canter. Tradition, VINO was
regarded by some as the champion two-year-
old last season, made her first appearance
of the ycar in this event. She has grown into
a magnificent mare. powerful as to strloe
and stamina and with the speed of whlr =
wind With prohbitive odds on her. she
ralloped ont in front OF a small field oil tne
vay once on the far turn. when three
ouarters OF mile had been covered. the
Eenilvorth sta BILE s Coy Maid. second choice.
looked az IL she might catch the famous
slaughter OF Goldfnch--Reclare, but Willie
Dayis was only foolinR, for when he let out
link Tradition drew away In the most I'm
nressiye manner and won In a romp. with
half dozen lengths to spare. In 1884 rs. coy
Maid was the same distance before the OneoK
Stable 8 Kiamesha. g to 1.
George G. Bennett was beaten In the handi-
cap for two-year- olds, five furlonRs he was
not disgraced. He had several obstacles 70
contend with. among them poor start anu
the condition of the track; yet with 20 pounds
ND he made up lot OF ground In the stretch
and took second money. The winner. VINO
made a runaway of it, was Phluias. gelding
by Bathampton who went up In the betting
to IL to / aud was in receipt Of five pounds
from Bennett He won in big gallon by
Aye len sths. in l:o2. Bennett heating hndT rev
latter closed with rush and took third money
from Newton Bennington's Green Room. the
opened on equal terms with Green Room.
went back in the betting to to 2
bo hs Ar s Ras fei
In the first appearance of Irish Lad this year.
The great Candlemas horse. who was as fay
and fmb. had the top impost. l2s pounds.
and was warmly supported second choice
to s se asG so e sh sEf"fk pssd
on her back, gave scale weight TO everything
in the race except Irish Iad from Thq Tn.s she
stoppi Ing to ea nothing and the latter Receiving
s,bs IL e ride S oS 81 the the s,ne,eA
Lad was in a pocket quickly. and after Lyme
had tried in vain to get him out Of i he t Ss
Sdeni meanwhile. took, Shot Gun. 70 !:
TO the 'front.' at the head OF the stretcn, ana tne
Artillery horse won under dr. We by half
2 length from Hamburg Belle, who chung to
who had a pull at the weight. landed I'd
money with odds of IL to about him. The
race was run in 40 As.
jockeys WHO had never ridden. a winner
had the mounts in the second race, for platers,
at q mile and a sixteenth. Flyback. the "a
vorite. did not get away any too well and. after
being made too much use of by little Moesel.
was third. G. T. Johnson's Arsenal. IL to !,
made a show of the big field from the outset
and galloped home winner by ten lengths In
1850. Possession, backed down to 8 TO I. had
o firm grip on the place.
With the smart money on Won Tromp and
Bank In the last race. for three year -olds. one
mile, and 10 yards, cederstrome. o to g
drive by length and half In I:ts as. Won
TO s,to ayorite beat. Bank, lowered to to S:
by half dozen lengths, Don Royal, backed
Harry Morriss Evening, 20 to shot. was
victorious In the fifth race, for maiden two
year-olds, Ave fnrlongs She came to the
Isolation, rs to I. Fred Rurlew's Lawsonian,
u to I, was close third. The time was I: O3 Is.
The attendance was about l0,O0o, The sum-
maries: