New-York tribune., 1905-06-24
60 BETWEEN IN A GALLOP.
TAXES THISTLE SIAAEo'
4Lan-a-Dale .SuIts, and Is Easily
Beaten ON the Tart.

The victory OF two actual faVori'es' Oie ~, :.
first choice and a number OF Wen playeu SeCoil1 COM
choices repaid the regulars for the Weatnei
conditions they braved in going to Sheepsheao
Bay Yesterday. AS the heavens kindly relTaiHe"
from turning on their biggest rain splggots' Ihe
crowd went home in prosperous frame oi
mind In itself. the racing was possibly below
the usual Friday variety.
The only stake offering was the Thistle with
calling allowances. for the older horses at one
mile and a furlong OF the original fourteen
that had been named TO start the evening ne
fore six Of them declined when their trainers
discovered the condition of the going. Ihe
track had dried out considerably from the ram
of the night before. but was dead ana hoiollls'
and possibly in a worse condltloh thap oH
Thursday OF the eight starters. the Dusy Htue
relding Go Between. with 1o6 pounds uo was
chosen by the public to carry its wagers' ana
he did it successfully. The opponent most
feared bv the supporters of the favorite was
Tom McDonnelTs flly Geranium ridden by
Miller. She closed in the market at Is to D.
The two finished as they were played. Go Be
tween beating the FLY by four or five lengths.
ST Valentine did not run good a race as his
preliminary gallop seemed to warrant, but ne
easily disposed of the rest or the neId 20 De-
tween. as is his habit, DID not MAKE ms ai taI,
before the turn for home was reached, but When
he once settled down TO business he had little
10 do in picking up his opponents one py one
and showing them the way into camp
One of the stiffest facerS the form players eA-
perienced IN the course of the afternoon was
the defeat Of the old Halma horse Alan-a-Dale,
which has always travelled in pretty good COM
panv and been accounted a fair sort of stake
horse So disguised has Tom Mcdowell, his
cwner been over his performances in the East
this spring that he put him in a condltlon race
for three -year-olds and over, at q mile ana
sixteenth on the turf He seemed to SO over
shadow his field that he was made an odds-on
favorite, despite the fact that Mr.. Mcdowell told
his friends that the horse seemed too unlucky 10
win, and thew had better not bet on him. AT the
last moment Fred Burlew's Migraine was made
the medium of a tremendous plunge and was
played all over the ring at prices ranging around
9 10 / AS was feared Alan-a-Dale Sulked after
making the pace for three-quarters, and when
Jonuui collared him he chucked it up without
much ado. Migraine joined Jonquil, and the two
fought it out hammer and tongs to the finish.
O'NeiIs ability tc outfnish W. Knapp resulted
in neat victory for the Top Gallant colt. The
favorite poor third
In a sprint of five and a half furlongs, for
tTyo-vear-olds H. P. Whtneys Old Faithful got
the decision after George Odom, who rode
Phidias had gone into the stand and protested
that the winner had fouled him. The claim was
not allowed. Accountant ran directly across the
track in this race. and that he did not knock
down half his field is merely another Of the
miracles that happen in nearly every race.
Broomstick. Whorler and Consistent were the
other winners,