Evening star., 1905-11-11
RACES AT AQUEDUCT.
Four Favorites Won and Bookies Hit
Hard

Four fayorites won at Aqueduct yesterday
and the ring suffered heavy loss The Abe
marie stables good mare Santa Catalina,
a 2-to-1 favorite. ran a mile in 80 4-5 and
captured the Nassau handicap for three
year-olds In gallop by five lengths. Miller
had her In a nice position until he reached
the head of the stretch, where he cut her
loose and she came home in a blaze of glory.
st. BelIane, the top weight, who went up
to 10 to /, ran n fine race and finished
second. two lengths in front of Cederstrome,
another 15-to-1 shot. Coy Maid 10 to g. had
no speed and was badly defeated. while Ton
gorder, 8 to /, who led for half mile or
more. died TO nothing
Willie Shaw rode three winners In clever
fashion. He began with Hermitage. 8 to 5
favorite. in the opening event. handicap
for twoyear-oids, six furiongs. but it took
all the strength in his right arm to whip
Hermitage to victory by a scant length as
Sydney Pagets Waterwing, top weight an
S to l chance made a bold bid for the race
all through the home stretch. Tim Sullvan's
Caprice, at 20 TO /, ran third, eight lengths
away, beating Meddling Daisy o to l. rather
easily. Tambeau, who went back in the
odds to 5 to ?, was never a factor. Hermi-
tage received eight pounds from Water
wing, but conceded weight to everything
else He ran the distance in liza 3-6.
Pretension, carrying a comparatively small
wager for his owner. Jack Bennet, and also
receding In the odds to to l. made all the
pace IN the second race, one mile and a six
teenth. and lasted long enough to beat
Roycroft, a hot favorite, backed from 6
down to . to 2 by nose. Lord Badge. to
1, dropped into third place, six lengths be-
hind. The time was 1:4S.
Shaw rode his second winner when he
brought John Hynes' Massive, to 1 favo-
rite, home in the fourth race for maiden
two-year-oid fillies and geldings, five fur
longs. Massive led all the way, but Shaw
used his whip to cinch the race, which he
won by length from Miss Ogden, backed
from Is to 8. NJ L. Hayman's Lena j.. play
ed from 100 down to 20, was poor third
Massive ran the five furlongs in 90 fiat.
j. e. Seagram's Scotch Plume, neglected
at 10 to l, came from behind in the last fur
long and won the handicap for mares and
geldings of all ages, one mile by q length
and half. in 40 3-5. Sydney Paget's Flor
ALA S to favortte, used up much energy
in racing Emergency, the top weight into
the ground. as the latter made the pace un-
til well into the stretch, The Paget filly.
therefore, had nothing left when Scotch
Plume doomed up, but she managed to keep
the place from Lindale, 10 to l. by three
parts of length. Flammula played down
to . to 1, was outrun in the early stages
Shaw's third triumph was with H. B. Dur
yeas Pioneer, who closed on equal terms
with John Boden's My Bueli, at II to 5, in
the last event, for three -year-olds, six fur
longs. On the way to the post My Bueia ran
away a mile and O quarter which killed
her chances. Pioneer broke in front and was
quickly joined by the Keene cast Off Buch-
er, 16 to 8. But the latter soon backed up
and Shaw came home with the Hamburg
gelding. with a length and a half over Maid
of Timbuctoo. 10 to 1. Nathan Hale, 10 to l.
was head back. closing fast. The time was
1:t4 20 The attendance was 10000. as
usual