New-York tribune., 1905-06-02
JUMPS FENCE, But WINS.
INOUISITOR'S WILD FEAT.
Nuck to 4muse and Entertain at
GraUesend Yesterdag.

mere evidence at Gravesend yesterday that
- thoroughbred is not without a sense Of hllnnor
ite OF the fact that portion of the great sport
- nablc looks upon him as a mere get-rich-quick
4s Inquisitor q fippant young son of Inspector
= rave the occupants Of the granGstand the most
solsnt attack OF that popular malady Of the race
,ss known heart disease il has suffered in a
.-r dime Then Bronze Wing a veteran. plenty
a ssough TO know better. became so strenuously
<rtsaslastic after running Palette to a head in a
ss q mile and furlong that he kept right on
ar rTo miles more in spite of all his jockey could
IA 70 convince him that the was over and that
ss betting ring would pay of on him if he kept
ID bis gdcy whiri for the rest of the afternoon.
there was some doubt as to the motives which
,-spired InCuisitors gratuitoUs performance. Some
hsld that he stl cherished grievance toward the
.;sses who failed TO see that he had beaten Ham
-,sraway for third place ia race at Belmont Park
and decided that they couldn't make monkey OF
hiz again, while others contended that he knew
bp was so much the best Of the lot he was meeting
;bst he merely took this rather unconventional
means Of drawing attention to It
whatever his intentions may have been he sue
cseied in producing complication Of heart disease
aad nervous prostration IN the erandstsnd that
kept that structure wIping the moisture from its
bstband long after the danger was over. He ar
rived at his determination while on his way to the
pose and after q plunge had been made his
chsnceS-wlich Were coupled with those of the
fTy Marshnaallow-that left many bank roll in a
fourteen maiden youngsters that were asked to
run hve-eighths Of a mile. and from paddock to
fed the message was passed along. There amt
nothin 10 it but InouisitOr" And pikers and
plungers alike needed the whispered wisdom and
got aboard at any price they could find At post
the odds had been hammered from TO to {
70 3. and many books refused to lay anything
against kim
After he had crashed through the fence and
left O'Neil stretched on the track. there was a
Wild stampede to transfer the wagered wisdom TO
something-anything- but the book1nakers
grinned anG stood pat The grin was transferred
4 moment later, when InQuisitor. having been
caught, experienced complete change OF heart
and showed the maidens the way TO the deciding
post hy two lengths. HIS wanderings through the
his followers home ea iling in EarruIous de-
tai how they knew all along ne could beat that
Although the Criterion Stakes. which has been
won by some distinguished two-year-old FLIES was
renewed and brought out fair representatives
bring about the most exciting finish Of the after
noon They were starters in race one mile and
iurlong, ana after the chances Of The Gaotiy had
apparently been ruined in a humping match he
joined Palette and Bronze Wing in the final strug-
gle ana The three were SO close together at the
little stretching-would have covered all of them
Palette never relinGuished the lead she had OBJ
and, although uring, squeezed home in front Of
Bronze Wing by head To atone for his defeat the
latter Kept right on for couple OF miles. The
G6dfy came with rattle when he got into his
stride, and was four lengths IN front OF Wizard.
Flip Flap, one Of the outsiders in the speculation
thorpe, Sue Smith and four other fllies about as
she pleased. WatergTass. said TO he one Of the
snaTtest Niles Sydney Paget has in his string was
left al the post
Champs Eysees won jumping race from a poor
1eId, Ehlcn was reduced in size by the falling Of
was pulled up. -----e' e--0