New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-10
SYSONBY THE CHAMPION.
RACES TO EASY VICTORY.
Burgomaster Plays scith His Field IN
the Great Eastern.

In winning the Annual Champion at Sleeps
head Bay yesterday James r. keenes Sysonoy
brought to climax a three-year-old career that
IS without parallel in the history of the Amerl-
can turf. The money he has won since he ran
q dead heat with Race King for the Metropoh-
tan Handicap last May amounts. in the gross, TO
s14s1so. and the stakes he has won include the
Century. the Great Republic. the Brighton
Derbv the Iroouois, the Lawrence Realization,
the Commonwealth, the Tidal and the Annual
Champion If the Metropolitan Handicap be IN
cluded these stakes represent distances OF from
one mile to two miles and a quarter, ana
sysonby has run them all-wth the exception
of the Metropolitan when he was not keyed up
i'm the same effortless frictionless fashion.
All distances and all corners look alike to this
unconquerable son of the English horse Melton.
He has beaten his fields by breaking the hearts
of his opponents, and he has done this both by
waiting behind the pace and by blazing the way
so far in front that only his nearest rival could
see his plates glimpsing somewhere off in the
heartbreakng distance
OISEAUS GOOD RACE.
The opposition yesterday consisted only of the
Ornus colt Oiseau and Captain Sam Browne
fsroomstick but it developed unexpected strength
from an unexpected quarter. After his last race,
when II took his life to beat the maiden Oliver
Cromwell at one mile and a quarter, Olseau
abandoned
,naaned in the list Of starters for the Annual
Champion he was held in such poor esteem that
the ring made him the rank outsider and posted
even money against his chances of beating
Rroomstck and IL TO / against his chances OF
winning With 107 pounds, he was in receipt OF
eight pounds from Sysonby and met Broomstck
on even terms. according to the scale OF weights
From the raising of the barrier ne was Ine
one and not Broomstick. that tried 10 dispute
sysonby's way. 1t was a futile attempt. to be
sure. and even when he succeeded-as ne aio
once In the second mile-in reaching Sysonbys
saddle girths. the crowd only laughed and wall
ed to see the brown colt draw away as ne al
ways has before when anything came near MN.
And It was not disappointed. Nicol gave him MS
head for a fraction of a second, and when ne
took him ND again Oiseau was three lengths
back and wondering how it all happened. He
hung on. however. with far more courage tnan
he has shown this year. and while he coulo not
get within three lengths of Sysonby at the IN.
fsh. he galloped Broomstick into the grouiiu
and beat him twenty thirty lengths
Sysonby ran the two miles and quarter IN
3.54Etwo-ffths of q second slower than the pest
time for the race, made in 1913 by arthur
Featherstones Iqutter Had he been calied
upon he undoubtedly could have beaten thlS
time.
The renewal Of the Annual Champion Stakes
marked the end Of the Coney Island Jockey cups
autumn meeting, and, in addition to this stake
the Great Eastern Handicap, for two-year-olos'
at six furlongs, and the Westbury Steeplechase
largest that has been to Sheepshead since Fu-
turity Day and, aside from Sysonby's perform
ance. it saw some really brilliant racing.
BURGoMAsTER BEST OF HIS AGE.
In the Great Eastern Handicap, Burgomaster
groved that Mr.. Vosburghs estimate of him was
not erroneous by taking up his crushing impost
of 100 pounds and leading brilliant lot or
YOUNGSTERS down the Futurity Course in III 30
The Orlando FLY Whimsical, which the official
Handicapped also considers the best Of her age
and sex was the nearest TO him at the finish
and demonstrated quite as decisively as did the
colt her superiority in her own division She
and Burgomaster had the race to themselves
virtually all the way, their nearest opponent
being Jacobite, which gave way when the pinch
came and surrendered to Juggler and Bill Phil
Inns The former had lot Of speed when once
he found his foot and, closing a tremendous gap,
took the small end Of the purse from Bill Phil
fps. tit ,so .,,.a
MI Cotton's Jimmie Lane, with loo pounds
nm won the Westbury Steeplechase, but he had
his work cut out for him all the way, and had
nick Roberts been ridden with a little more
Judgment he probably would have beaten the
son Of His Grace. Phantom. the favorlte, ran
far below the expectations of the form players
and was beaten for third place by Pagan Bey,
one of the outsiders. . z
Merry England, Sysonby, Burgomaster and
Israelite defied the tradition that favorltes can
not win on a getaway day