New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-11
PUT BURGOMASTER FIRST.
Many Experts Figure Whitney Colt
the Seasons Cham piOn.

The running Of the Great Eastern Handicap
at Sneepshead Bay on Saturday did more 10
settle definitely the relative standing OF the
two-year-olds than did either the Futurity or
the Flatbush. and this despite the fact that
neither OrTnondae. winner Of the former nor
Yankee Consul, winner Of the latter. took part
IN IT IN taking up top weights and finishing
FIRST and second. BurSomaster. representing the
colts. and Whimsical representing the FLIES
proved 70 the entire satisfaction of great ma
to"ity Of turf critics they stand at the head
Of the respective divisions
The line by which the handica ppers arrive az
this conclusion is taken through Timber which
made OrmondaIe stretch his neck 20 win tn.
Futurity. week afterward Timber had all the
racing he wanted TO beat Whimsical a half
length in the Flatbush Burgomastsr. in the
Great Eastern. took up $50 pounds and beat
Whimsical with as great ease as she beat
Juggler. The winner ran the three-quarters in
1.12s5. pulled almost to a hand gaIlop in the
last sixteenth
The performance of Mr. whitney's colt was
better than that Of Mohawk II in either the
Saratoga Special or the Hopeful as he defeated
a field that contained far more class than did
either of the Saratoga stakes. Burgomaster did
not start in the Flatbusn because Mr.. Rogers
thought he could safely intrust the Whitney
colors to Timber ana because Of slight wrench
the colt received in preliminary work
Great as have been the achievements OF
Sysonby-and they unparalleled in the his
tory OF the three-yea, dds OF the American
turf-there will always ne a lingering regret In
the minds of his admirers that he did not meet
Mr. Whitneys Artful ID by defeating her
eliminate all qualifications Q his claim of cham
pion- Many believe that Z great son OF Mel
ton could beat ArtfuI as I has beaten every-
thing else this year but { fact remains that
he has not done so. becaus, : has not had the
chance. and the praises III are sung OF hin,
must always be qualified by is fact
Since Mr.. Rogerss annouI tent that ArtruI
could not be got ready for ace at Graves
end. virtually all hope of q m 2 between ths
two this year has been aban Mr. Kaana
it is true, has not said defr that he will
retire his colt. but not one : man IN a
hundred believes he will star gain as a
three-y ear-oId.
Incidentally the race oisea a when h.
finished second to Sysonby in u / Cham
pion is by far the best performs n $50 coo
colt has shown this year Matt A .Js trainer
was not at all sure that Sysol. ouid beat
him. and the optimistic "Dtamoni n" Brady
owner OF Oiseau. would not ackn, .dge defeat
until Sysonby drew away from . solt IN the
stretch and O'Neil put up his VIII
Although there are many weeks Of racing
and some rich stakes TO be run for : = Keene
already has a mortgage first ace n the
list of winning owners for the season The sum
total already amounts to S215,S40. 10 as the
nearest competitor is Sydney Paget v tn some
thing like $4,000 there is poss biIiry OF
any other stable Overtaking him betw aen now
and November 15 when the local racing season
Will END
Mr. Keene's greatest winner. with Sysonby
excluded. OF course. is Wild Mint with s2107e
TO his credit Next comes Delhi, which won the
Brooklyn Handicap, with total OF s16.o5o- The
tWO-year-Old colt Bohemian is third, with a
total of s13,250. Bohemian and Ballotta-the
latter with s1.005 to her credit-are the only
two youngsters from the Castleton Stud thai
have won more than 81 600.
The Keene Stable heads the list OF winners
for the Sheepshead Bay meeting with totaI
of $50. 215. and the OrmOndale Stable. which q
the Futurity with Ormondale. is second. wi
s33.6sO. The earnings of the Whitney Stab (
were S19,43