Evening star., 1905-09-05
RACES AT SHEEPSHEAD.
Three Favorites Won Before a Big
Crowd

Although the rain fell steadily up to 2
o'clock at Sheepshead Bay yesterday 1t did
not keep away holiday crowd of $4,000
turf enthusiasts. who took advantage of
the Coney Island Jockey Clubs hospitality
and spent what proved to be an enjoyable
afternoon at the track. The going had been
transformed into a sea of sloppy mud. and
as result there were many scratches but
the sport. on the whole. was excellent, fea-
tured. as it was. with three stake events.
The red-letter event was the Ocean handi-
cap, for three-year-olds and upward. one
mile, In which good field sported silk after
ten OF the original starters had been
scratched and two. DfShabille and Gold
Enamel. had been added. The Goughacre
stables Spring was made the choice at 5
to 2. with w. B. Jennings Proper the top
weight, Well fancied at ) to l, and much
support for Dave Johuson's Joaquin, H. p.
Whitney's Prince Hamburg and E. w. Jew
ett's three-year-old Bedoun, who was the
actual top weight. according to the scale.
1t did not take Bedouin long, with Shaw
up, to assert himself, and he proceeded to
set a fast pace closely attended by Spring,
Coy Maid and Workman. with Knapp hav-
ing Proper in a nice place in the run up the
backstretch. Workman, handled by Miller,
went up to Bedouin on the turn and raced
linn into submission before he reached the
head of the stretch. At that point there
was general closing up, and Knapp got
ITODer through an opening SO quickly Iidl
he had the race won at the final sixteenth
pole. Proper passed the wire two lengths
in front of Gold Enamel, 80 to shot.
who came with a rush on the outside and
beat Coy Maid, u to /, by the same margin.
Workman a head out OF the money.
Spring stopped at the three-Quarters pole.
while Joaquin never had a chance. The
mile run In 1.41 Is.
Plunger Charley Ellison's Lady Navarro,
II to /, was victorious in the Sapphire
stakes. for two-year-olds. five and half
furlongs, Futurity course. 1t took long.
hard drive on the part of Burns to get the
tilly up on the extreme outside Of the track
to win by a nose from Z. r. Bradley's VI o,
6 to 1. The latter was also extended to
keep the place from w. B. e. Lockwood's s
Deviltree, a 30 to shot, by a nose. Ben
Holder and Oak Duke We're knocking at the
door. but the two choices. Woodford Clay's
Single Shot and r. H. McCarter Potter's
Belle of Pequest. seemed to be anchored In
the mud. The race was run in 100.
1t required another terrific driving finish
by Jockey Perrine to land NJ. l.. Hayman's
Right Royal. to l favorte, the winner of
the Labor Day Handicap. one mile and a
half on the grass. Perrine was apparently
out of 1t when he finished the mile, but he
did not let up. with the result that Right
Royal gradually wore down Leila. 10 to l
shot. and beat her In the last stride by a
nostril In 244. Leila had three lengths over
Charley Oxx's Possession, backed down to
to l. after the latter had stopped short
when in the lead at the top OF the stretch.
Ruth's Rather. 8 to favorite. had every
thing skinned to death in the steeplechase.
Finnegan did not begin to ride in earnest
until he had only half mile left to go.
when he just romped away from Black
Death. IL to /. who had been the contender
from the start. At the end Ruths Rather
had half dozen lengths to spare In 4.31.
while J. w. Colts Pathmaster. % to ].
made up lot of ground in the final quarter
and beat Black Death easily for the place.
Valley Forge, who was heavily backed at
IL to 5, fell at the second jump and then
ran away four miles before he was caught.
Always fond Of the mud. Collector Jessup,
to 1, fairly reveled In the going In the sec
ond event, for all ages. at six and a half
furlongs. Fountain took him to the front
as he neared the far turn, after which 1t
was simply romp, with a margin of two
lengths to spare over I. d. Sullivans
D'Arkle, ) to /. The latter had several bits
of tough luck to contend with, otherwise he
might have won. AS it was, he managed to
inish half a length before Belden. a two
Syear-old, backed down to 8 to favorite.
THE time was 1.22.
When Monterey won the fifth race, for
maiden two-year-olds, five and half fur
longs. the ring got an awful jolt, as the colt
was backed from to l down to II to IA
Vorite. II was not until the last furlong
that Monterey looked to have chance. and
then O'Neill put him under fierce drive
which got the race for him by length and
a half in 1.O9. Peter Winners Larabie,
therefore, which he took from the Oneck
Stables Benevolent. backed down to sevens.
by couple of lengths. John Sanford's
Johnstown. hot tip. ran out at the bend
and was nowhere. Three favorites won and
the ring on the whole was loser.