Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-07
GRAVFSEND RACES.
Tradition Won Gazelle Stakes in Com
mon Canter.

The racing at Gravesend yesterday
bristled with features that were not en-
tlrely satisfactory to the crowd of regu-
lars that paid the high prices The rain
fell at times in sheets. driving every ody
to cover, and transforming the track INFO
a quagmire through which the horses
with jockeys completely spattered witn
mud that their colors could not be distin-
guished. The five favorites Were badly
beaten in the going. the only successful
choice being sydney Paget's Tradition, who
won the Gazele stakes for three-year-
Glles, at a mile and a sixteenth, in a com
mon canter. Tradition, who regarded
by some as the champion wo-year-old last
season, made her first appearance OF the
year in this event. She has grown into
magnificent mare, powerful as % stride and
stamina and with the speed of a Whirlwind
With prohibtive odds on her she galIoped
out in front of small field all the way.
Once on the far turn, when three-GuarterS
of mile had been covered the kenllworth
stables Coy Maid, second choice, looked as
if she might catch the famous daughter
of Goldfinch-Reclare, but Willie Davis was
only fooling, for when he let out a link
Tradition drew away IN the most impress
sive manner and won in a ronp, with half
a dozen lengths to spare. in Isl %. Coy
Maid was the same distance before Oneck
stables kiameSha, to /.
Though Fred Cooks great western colt
George c. Bennett was beaten III the handi-
cap for two-year- ODDS, five fu-longs. he was
not disgraced. He had several obstacles to
contend with, among them poor start and
the condition of the track yet with l2j
pounds up he made up a lot of ground
in the stretch and took second money. The
winner, who made a runaway of 1t, was
Phdias, a gelding by Bathampton, VINO
went up in the betting to u 20 ] and was
in receipt of five pounds from Bennett. He
won in big gailop by five lengths, In %,
Bennett beating Andrew Milers lnqufsitor,
~ to l. length. The latter closed with
u, ov,1 fnrlr Vivid . n
Benningtons Green Room, the favorite, in
the last few jumps. Bennett, who opened
on equal terms with Green Room, went
back in the betting to to =
Interest in the first race, handicap for
all ages, at about six furlongs, was centered
in the first appearance of Irish Lad TINS
year. The great Candlemas horse, who was
as fat a pig though perfectly sound as
to wind and limb, had the top impost. 12S
pounds, and was warmly supported sec
ond choice at to 2, the favorite being sgd
ney Paget's Hamburg Belle, 3 to :. with IL
pounds on her back, giving scale weight to
everything in the race except Irish Lad,
from whom she received one pound. Nc
Chord and Toscan were the early pace
makers, the former soon stopping to moth
ing and the latter receiving bungling ride
through the stretch that helped to keep him
out of the money Irish Lad was in a peck
ct quickly. and after Lyme had tried in vain
to get him out of 1t he eased the famous
racer up and brought him home covered
with mud far back in the ruck Odom
meanwhile, took Shot Gun, 8 to ], to the
front at the head of the stretch and the
Artillery horse won under a drive by half
length from Hamburg Belle. who chung
to his TANKS nearly all the way. Race King.
who had pull at the weight landed third
money with odds of II to about him. The
race won in 110 40.
Jockeys who had never ridden a winner
had the mounts in the second race, for plat
ers at mile and sixteenth Flyback.
the favorite, did not get away any too well
and, after being made too much use of by
little Moesel. was third. G. T. Johnson's
Arsenal, IL to l, made a show of the big
field from the outset and galloped home a
winner by ten lengths in 1.5O. Possession,
backed down to to !, had firm grip on
the place.
With the smart money on Won Tromp and
Bank in the last race, for three-year-olds,
one mile and seventy yards Cedarstrome,
to 2, third choice. made all the running and
won in a drive by a length and half in
Las 3-5. Won Tromp. who opened at evens
but receded to 6 to 5 favorite beat Bank,
lowered to to 5. by half a dozen lengths.
Don Royal. backed down to mines, was
practically left at the post.
Harry Morris Evening, % to 1 shot,
was victorious in the fifth race, for maiden
two-year-olds, five furlongs. She came to
the judges length in front of w. B. Jen-
nings' Isolation. Is to /. Fred Burlew's
Lawsonian, u to l. was close third. The
time was 1.03 10 The attendance was
about 10000.
Turf and Track Notes.
Imperialist, the jumper who broke his leg
In Mondays steeplechase at Gravesend,
was shot several hours later.
Rostand, winner of the Excelsior handi-
cap a year ago, broke down hopelessly in
the running of the first race at Gravesend
Yesterday He ran the property of c.
v. Croft.
A big shipment of horses to Buffalo for
the Kenilworth Park meeting there. begin
ming next Saturday, was made from the
Long Island training grounds yesterday.
Among the notable horses that were
shipped were oxford, Gamara, Kehailan,
Spring and Rosetint.
Another formidable Suburban candidate
doomed up yesterday in The Picket, who
worked a mile and quarter in the morn
ing at Gravesend in 2:0S. He was pulled to
a walk at the end of the journey, and a
olocker who saw the performance said that
If the Suburban could be run tomorrow in
stead Of week later there would be moth
ing to it.
Willie Cannon. the jockey, has returned
from short stay in Austria. He says Dali
ron an English bow is the star rider there