New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-12
COLONIAL GIRLS SPECIAL.
cAUGHNAWAGA BEATEN.
HitchcocA Steef9echose Goes d
Coligug IN Driving Finish.

Small fed and q small attendance marked
the opening OF the Brooklyn Jockey Clubs au-
ts,r1sn meeting at Gravesssnd yesterday. pam
was responsible for the small fields. but It re-
mains to be seen whether TO it or to the %
admission can be attributed the lack of patron
age It has always been admitted that the ef-
feet of the new tariff would be felt more
sharply by racing associations in the fall, when
The attendance always falls Of. and those who
have predicted that the present rate could not
profita bly, be maintained throughout the autumn
season pointed TO yesterdays slim crowd as
proof OF their assertion The day. however, was
disagreeabie enough to keep all save the most
fanaticsi regular at home. and it is scarcely
fair to base any prophecies of future attendance
upon that Of yesterday.
The club offered unusually attractive pro-
granme which included the renewals of the
First Special and the Hitchcock Steeplechase
Handicap in addition to the usual overnight
handicap. and condition races Fortunately.
neither the field for the First Special nor that
for the Hitchcock Handicap suffered much from
withdrawals OF the four which were entered
for the first named stake only Broomstick-
which chased sysonby and Oiseau home in the
Annual Champion On Saturdays-was scratched.
and IN the Hitchcock the three that declined the
issue were not missed
the disfance-oue and one-quarter miles-the
public could not hypnotic itself into believing
that John Sanfo-d's good old rater Caughna-
vaga could be beaten. His opponents were Co
lonial Girl. Monsieur Beaucaire ana Water
Light and al even weights ths chestnut horse
seemed TO hold them all safe If Redfern. who
rode him, had shown his usual good Judgment
of race he probably would have Instead
of sending the old horse out in front. when he
found there was little or no pace in the racs. he
waited with him. he has in all his races, ana
when the stretch was reached he fouro that
sevveu on Colonial Girl had quite much left
up his sleeve as he had. and. ride as he would.
he could not overhaul her or make her let go.
A. the finish he was nearly three lengths be
hind Mr. Ro~e's mare. and had TO be satisfied
WITH beating the circus horse Monsieur Beau
oaire. for the place
The winner was second choice in the betting
andsclosed at ID TO 5. Caughnawaga was backed
from 6 to 5 70 ( 80 4 on at post time. Water
Light gave an amazingly poor account OF him
self and after leading on sufferance for the first
sir f,lriongs chucked it up without explanation
OF apology
J. T. widener's Coligny. top weight and sec
i end choice for the Hitchcock Handicap, man
ee.d 10 heat fair field of "leppers" over the
course of about two miles and half. The
western horse Gus Straus. Of which such great
*hi,rs we're expected, and for which it is said
such fabulous sums have been offered by GER
tain steepIechase men. did not have chance 10
distinguished himself. as he came buster at
liverpool and retired through hole in the fence
Dick Roberts also fell. Neither Grantland, VINO
rode him, nor F1nnegan Gus straus was hurt
Mr. Httchcocks Dupont green chaser by ST.
sayiour-veaus Sd. made most of the running
until he raped at a jump in the backstretch
and cut his near fore leg. After that he retired
and Coligny and Nitrate fought 1t out RuIn
pa,t1ar hllsndered at an obstacle in the pack
stretch ana was lucky TO be third At the time
<hs accident happened he looked to have a royal
~bance Oarsraaa and Burieigh were the only
winning favorites.