The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-06
-ORT WELLS RUNS, FAST MILE.
TAKES BELDAME'S MEASURE AT
brighton IN 1888 f-5.
Delhi Badly Beaten in Same Event-Wood-
ford Clay Takes Two Races-Roseben
Triuniphs with Heavy burden Biz
Crowd on Opening Day at the Beach.

The annual summer meeting OF the Brighton
Beach Racing Association opened under the
most favorable conditions yesterday. Inc
weather was all that could be desired. the
card bristled with attractive features and the
crowd, which was close to 10000 persons
waXed enthusiastic all the afternoon The
Brighton Mile. weight-for-age. was the star
Feature which WAS productive Of sensa'
tietal race and a sterling victory by John
A. Brakes Ort Wells over August Belmont
Bedame aud James K. Keene's Delhi. Ort
Wells had taken part in only one race pre-
vious TO Yesterdays AFFAIR. and In that event
he was third to Broomstick and Proper In
fast mile. He has been late in coming to
hand but when Enoch Wishard sent him TO
the post yesterday the smart men, or rather
sope OF them. knew enough to bet, with the
result that the King Eric colt was backed
down 10 s TO /. Beldame, meanwhile. was
always an odds.on favorite. while Delhi re-
coded from 8 to 5 to 2 to 2. with OXFORD. tne
only other starter. at long odds.
Starter Cassidy caught the small field at
the post directly in front Of the grand stand to
a splendid send of. although In the quick
rush for an advantage Delhi was pnched
of and Nicolwas compelled to go to the outside
with the Keene colt. who curled up in the
middle Of he backstretch completely done
to'a turn by the fast pace. Beldame IN the
hut she never got away from Ort Wells. in
.pite Of the fast gal, at which she travelled,
II was on the far turn that Sporting made his
run with the Drake colt and he collared the
Belmont mare so quickly that the crowd
cried out in surprise As they turned INTO
the stretch Ort Wells assumed command
in a lordly way and 0'Neill put Beldame
under the whip. but the Drake colt came
on under a hard drive and won in royal style
by a lenet h in i:3ai-s. one-ffth OF second
slower than the best record for the track.
hung up by Hermis last year. when he de-
feated Beldame at the Beach in the Test
Handicap : Delft sxtS lstx lengths behind
Beldame, struggling home, a length before
Oxford The fractional. time for the race
was as follows: oIs o?4 As, o:se 3-5, 04s 3-5
100 as, l:iss. f:2e as. 1898 is.
Woodford Clay won two races during the
after loon. In the Distaf Stakes. for two
year-old FLIES. five furlongs, he ran first and
second respectively with Running Water
es s sssHs f h3 SoR f. lns sRd s?sf
taking the race by half length in ol. The
entry 'Was. the hottest kind OF ehoiee , at enen
money James X keene's Voter hlly Bal
iotta, IL 10 >, after poor handling by Nicol,
finished third, six lengths away;
,aSo 1aKi also Who se1 sTsdua,ed the maiden
class in the la at race. at mile and sixteenth
Lyme waited with Angler for three, Quarters
oil mile ana Ine1t IHll bHtl Ittti
Chrysolite 10 to /. and beat him easily by
Two lengths in las, with, lsmalian. good
:hing head our Of the place. s,,a ,a.,
NOWADAYS. and a better weight carrier than
RELIABLE. won the first race at six fnrlongs. n
and backed of the boards, the big horse
ffailed Lady Amelia. to !. the pacemaker
her quickly, he won in q sallop in az rs. two
record. Lady Amelia lasted long enough 70
beat Bad News head for the place. ,Roseben
gave ten pounds TO Lady Amelia and twenty
After a chapter Of accidents in which five
horses fell, Ar. .Cott9n's Alamanzor. to !.
Won the 81 ,.eprechase without trouble. Cal ora
hatchee, Is to !. finished second though At
one tine si rider waS unsea e b sn hor only
neck. Baechanal 50 70 !, was third: jim
Newman. Nitrate and Pagan Bey. all heavily
backed, sprawled over the obstacles and
Hooray.,7 to S favorite, made all the pace
in the fifth race. for two-year- olds. six fur.
il4. P. H. Mc{ sEren's E 81 EsteYrhe, 10 70 !,
the Forest 10 to 1. third. Four favortes we're
victorious. The summaries: