New-York tribune., 1905-06-03
SMATHERS BUYS ADBELL.
MAP START IN SUBURBAN'
The Colts Impressive Race Tester-
dan Led to the Sale.

c. ,-,n-essed was E Z. Snlathers with the
performance OF John E. Maddens Aooeh III d
han6icap at one mile and a quarter at Eia'e
sand Yesterday that when the colt was 'ohei
hoc,, into the paddock he promptly hunted up
-ba Kentuckian and asked him 10 put d P1i0o
on his horse This Mr.. Madden ola Win eq"'N
,,,,oron+ness and the colt changed hands then
and there Neither the buyer nor lhe seieA
,-o,ld saw what the purchase price had neen
-. :. ,,as generally understood to be in the
,,to-boo6 of $1,000. Adbell is still an eIgl-
bla for the Suburban, and it was the general
,-eern,ntion that Mr Snathers had bought MIN
&, order IN have his colors up in the running Oh
the handicap.
with 11s mounds up AdbelI defeated Kehailan'
Red Knight Major Dainserfeld and three otners
On fashion that could be called Impressive
without much exaggeration. 1here was li'eie
class in the field TO be sure. but there were
horses with recognized turn Of speed ana ola
Red knight carried his company SO fast for q
mile and an eighth that the entire distance was
,,,, I'm 2-o61-5 fifth of a second faster than
Delhi won the Brooklyn Handicap The latter
II is true. took up more weight, but the track ne
carried # over was considerably faster than that
Of resterdey. and all things considered AdbelFs
nerforrnance compares favorably with that OF
the Ben Brush colt. He will have nine pounds
less In the Suburban than he took up yesterday
and the prediction made that with this
in1post he was likely to become potent factor
IN the next running OF this classic
Adpell IS a. brown four-year-old colt by
Plaudit-Nahma, and was bred by Mr.. Madden
at his Kentucky farm, Hamburg Place with MS
burden Of lis pounds he was in receipt OF weight
concessions from Major Daingerfeld,' Kehanan
and voladay. but he had little difficulty IN ols-
posing Of them. Red Knight set q sizzling pace
xIaat sns he had had enough
and began to back up. Fountain. who rode Ad-
bell kept him close to the pace all the way, and
when he called upon him he got an Immediate
response and sent the colt first under the wire
without having touched him with the whip
Kehailan was respectable second a length ana
q half in front of Red Knight Old Major Dain-
eerfield the post time fayorite, after showing
his hackers that he could run If he wanted to.
sulked in his tent and refused to take any fur
ther interest in the struggle.
What little class there originally in the
field for the May Stakes. a sprint of about six
furlongs under selling conditions, was pretty
thoroughly eliminated by the withdrawal of
C,zaraphine and Oliver Cromwell Even with
additional scratches company Of nine went
to the post, with Quadrille and Glen Echo about
equal choices fl the betting. Both were outrun
from the start. and had difficulty in getting
within haiiing distance of Aeronaut, which went
ouL from eIo EdASiiis ol tIis parrief ana fld1e
every post winning one. At the finish little
Miller had him well in hand three lengths in
front Of Jerry C. Quadrille beat Glen Echo for
tie small end OF the purse by g scant head
Aeronaut was backed down from is to 1 to
u to l.
There were nine starters IN the fifth race a
sprint for two-year-old FLIES at five-eighths OF
mile. and eight separate and distinct tips. Tho
one concerning the pair which Woodford Clay
started was by all odds the hottest. and at post
time world of money had been wagered on
thelr chances- The result showed not only that
1t was not an idle tip but that in Running