New-York tribune., 1905-06-09
RELDAME HERSELF AGAIN
WINS STANDARD STAKES.
Qualities for Suburban. Handicap in
Beating Cdirngorm.

After the withdrawal of Sysonby and Oiseau,
the supposedly two best representatives OF the
;hree-year-oId group that had been named to
start in the renewal Of the Standard Stakes at
Gravesend yesterday, the race lost much of the
class it might otherwise have possessed and not
little OF the interest it had aroused among
racing folk. The withdrawal of these concededly
high class colts reduced the stake to a three-
cornered affair among Beldame, Cairngorm and
Major Daingerfeld. Save for the fact that the
distance and the weight scheme afforded the
public the best opportunity it Will have between
now. and next Thursday Of obtaining a line on
BeldaIne. so far as her chances in the Suburban
are concerned. the running of the stake would
probably have been voted commonplace enough
The Standard is q weight for age race at a
mile and a quarter-the same distance as the
SuburbaI-and was first won in 1901 by Perry
Belmont's Ethelbert-
As Beldame's last public trial for the Sub
urban the renewal OF the stalze-robbed as It
was Of numbers and OF much of its quality
created the utmost interest, and the final victory
Of the great daughter Of Octagon provoked more
heated arguments as TO its bearing on the handi
cap than any other contest that has been run
this year. The mare beat Cairngorm by one and
one-haf lengths in fashion that the turf critics
characterized as 'cleverly," and ran the one and
quarter miles with 121 pounds up In the al
most remarkable time, considering the condi-
ton of the going. of 1907 S-5. Her stable made a
radical change in the method 1t has always pur-
sued with her in race. and instead Of being
sent out TO make the pace and gallop her op-
ponents off their feet she was rated behind the
leader-which in this case was Csirngorn-and
did not make her challenge until more than six
furlongs had been run.
She did not sulk under this restraint. nor was
rI7a ot,o l-aS
called on her she assumed the lead and gradually
increased it to the end. It was the manner in
which she won her victory and the obvious DIFF
fculty she had IN making Cairngorm relinquish
his place in front that made her success less
impressive than 1t might appear by mere
process Of figuring" It plain to every one
that O'Neil had to hand-ride her to the best Of
his ability TO take the pace from CairngorTn. and
il equally apparent that she lacked the
brilliancy and dash which characterized her
performances last year. She fought 1t out stub
vornly enough to be sure, and at the end.seemed
comparatively fresh, but the old confidence and
arrogance. the imperfous assurance and sublime
disdain OF year ago gone, and she won
her race as though the winning Of il were more
work than pleasure
The difficulty Of disposng Of Cairngorm either
makes that colt better than the public has be-
leved him TO be or else placed Beldane q lower
plane. From a time standpoint it makes the
first assumption the most plausible one. Cairn-,
gorru made all the pace for the first three-Quar-
tiers Of mile and at the mile only head
behind Beldau1e. He the first quarter In
OBS %, three-eghths in 036, the half in o: 40,
fve-efghths in 1:02, three-quarters in ia 4-5
and the mile run In 1:41 3-5 None
colt Of more than ordinary ability could have
made this time with q mare OF Beldame's quality
galoping at his heels, and many were inclined
TO admit that they had underestimated him. The
cuppy. dead track. moreover, quite
favorable to him to Beldane. At whatever
angle racing folks may look at her performance
there can be no argument point. Bel
Of the public When she returned to the Judges
stand the crowd received her with unfeigned
affection, which found expression in hearty ap-
plause while the band echoed it with that joy
Gus and appropriate pecan. There's only
girl in this world for me-
Major Daingerfeld evidently found no pride
in being restored to genteel company. and was
never a factor in the race running last all the
way. Beldame was the favorite throughout the
entire period Of speculation, and sent to the
post at 10 to on.
The racing was not above the standard of the
meeting, and while little rain fell. the
weather raw and disagreeable and the at
tendance small. Alamansor owned by Mr.. Cot