The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-29
.TANGLE KICKED AT THE POST.
BEATEN IN STAKE BY blair
ATHOL AND ATHLETE.
aOxford Takes Flying Handicap At Long
Odds-Hamburg Belle Wins Hand.
someIy at . Mle-sidney r. Comes
Home Heavily Backed at Sheepshead.

The performance Of F. r. Hitchcock q
Tangle. regarded as one OF the best FLIES
of the year, in the Autumn Maiden Stakes,
for two-year- olds. Ave and half fnrlongss
straightaway which was run at Sheepshead
Bay yesterday afternoon. was distinct dis
j appointment. Tangle was the fsvorite, al
though her price went back TO II 10 because
Of the play on II. P. Whitney's COMMUNE
backed down to sevens. together with . pig
plunge on W. Shields's Ben Holder. who
was hammered from to 1 down TO 10 TO D.
At the post Tangle seemed inclined TO sulk,
and In mixup she was finally kicked on the
near foreleg, with the result that she showed
an ugly cut near the knee Joint after the race
This mishap evidently took tho heart out OF
her, for although Shaw used his whip a.
soon as the gate went up she refused to run.
and 1t was only through sheer perseverance
that the Jockey managed to land Tanyas
sister In third place. Athlete. 9 to l. an
added starter. made the pace to the bend
where ". NJ. Sheftel's Blair Athol, 7 to I. .
full brother to Roseben, took command and
standing q hard drive won the race by .
length in O7 lis. Athlete hung on to the end
and beat Tangle half length. with Com
mune. who quit at the last furlong. three
parts of length behind. Ben Holder was
outrun from the start.
Tommy Burns had Handzarra, tho favorte.
sl1 furlongs. In several pockets. and she came
homo next to last. When Preen tired OF
showing the way. at the half mile pole. Ok
ford. neglected at ~ TO 1. went to the front
and won In q gallop BY two lengths In g. IA
IT was close at for the place. Andrew Miler's
Jncantation. 7 TO 1. taking 1t from T. L. Watts
Don Royal. 20 TO 1. by . nose. with H. B. Dur
yeas Dreamer, TO I. head out OF the money
sydney Psget's Hamburg Belle ran brill
liop In "a mil hQndiCQn
pounds and concedins Jumps Of weight to the
others. the noted mare was . hot favorite
at TO 10, and she made good. too. by taking tho
lead In the first hundred yards and carrying 1t
10 the end. where she was breezing with three
lengths to spare In 1A0 A-6 Mike Clancy's
Tommy Waddell. 80 to shot. npped the
place from James r. Keene's Won Tromp
10 to 1. who would have been second sure
had little Myers kept his head Monsieur
Beaucaire. after . poor beginning. closed
strong and was a head back
Newton Bennington Sidney f.. pounded
down to o to 10 fayorite captured the first
race. for two-year. olds sI furlongs, Futurity
from behind in the last quarter and he quickly
length and half in Ia ,p Peter Wtmmers
i. r. Wilson, Jr. 5, Nostromo., t9 /. james
" gne ssr y Sy
short.
Oliver Cromwell, an odds on favorite in
the. fifth race. for maidens. at six and . half
interier s,d with he finished third. H. B.
Duryea's Pioneer. is to l. had q good lead
for half a mile. but he weakened After that.
and Suffice, also Is to /. beat him Q nose In
q fierce drive in 20 rs. Pioneer was a neck
before the favorite. Who was much the best.
Bob Smith put Telephone. backed down
nile and 2 sixteenth on the. grass. the COLT
making, all the, running and coming home
Rohesia, Is to S 7avorite. The latter had
three parts Of a length over DOM Ask Me-
10 to 1, who was Kicked at the post and was
also in a Jam soon after the start. Loretta NJ
had leg broken and was pulled up. Tho
time was lA9 2-5. Four favorites lost and
the attendance was at least Il. 900. The
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