New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-09
PROPER AT HIS BEST.
WINS OMNIUM HANDICAP.
Whimsical, an added Starter, Takes
Golden Rod Stakes.

Walter B. Jennings's Proper, the f1ve-year- old
Prestonpans horse Of which such great Things
were expected when the racing year was young
and the great stakes were still TO be run. made
further restitution yesterday TO his owner ana
the public for his early failures by winning the
Omnium Handicap at Sheepshead Bay. He beat
q feld that. considering the lateness Of the sea-
son. was almost brilliant in its composition.
The Omnfum was the last Of the serial autumn
handicaps. and. as Proper had already won the
Ocean. the second in the series, he more than
wtped out old scores by his achievement.
He took up moreover. top weight, and with
his impost of 127 pounds made concessions to
such overnight handicap horses as First Mason.
Alan-a-Dale Monsieur Beaucaire Coy Maid.
Sinister and others
Few of the form players thought Proper could
carry this burden over the one and one-eighth
mile route OF the Omnium. and both First Mason
and Sinister were taken in preference to him.
AS a result the quotations against him receded
from fves in the opening betting to sevens at
post time At the post the Jennings horse de-
voted all his time and energy to attempt to
spoil the start and finally succeeded, after Mr.
Cassidy had devoted almost a quarter of an
hour in trying to catch the field IN alignment
When the gate was finally released Sinister was
LEFT standing sideways and McDaniels made no
effort to go on with his mount
Proper was off with the first flight. and around
the paddock turn and through the backstretch
waited In a comfortable berth behind Grazialio
and Coy Maid. In the last quarter Hide
brand set him down. and. overhauling Coy MAID
made her let go after a sharp, game struggle on
her part. At the end he was we'll IN hand anu
had the Kingston mare beaten. by three lengths
The renewal of the Golden Rod. one OF the
few two-year-old stakes on the turf. was
won by the good FLY Whimsical, which 7. j.
Gaynor decided TO start early in the afternoon,
after declining to enter her in the overnight
list Both Kinleydale and High Chance were
withdrawn which left nine youngsters to fight
st out over six and a half furlongs of grass
going.
Whimsical was a logical favorite, and was
promptly backed down from to to 2 to l.
Blair Athol and Kings Daughter were the only
two that found much support aside from the
fayorite. and each Of these played in a half
hearted fashion There was no time IN the race
when Whimsical could not have gone to the
front had Hildebrand so desired, and when he
finally made his bid the FLY galloped over
Kings Daughter and Blair Athol. and reached
the Judges a half length to the good King s
Daughter hung on much better than many
critics expected her TO do, and beat Blair AthoI
by a half dozen lengths.
Captain Sam Browns Broomstick frightened
out two thirds of the original field for con-
dition at a mile, and those that started
might as well have remained at home. The Ben
Brush colt had only to gallop over the course TO
beat Bryan. Shawana and three or four others
He was an odds-on favorite.
Fortune which has turned her face upon the
tirneworn Bill Daily so long, beamed yesterday
In her old fashioned way in the first race, which
: his FLY Listless won with the remunerative
odds OF 80 to 1.