New-York tribune., 1905-08-29
RACING OF THE BEST.
OXFORD WINS FLYING.
blair .4tkoI the Other Stake Winner
TGstcrdGy.

The crowd, as is always the case after great
popular race, was conspicuous by its absence
yesterday Sheeps1ead Bay, and the regulars
had the inclosure much % themselves. Incident
ally they mad some racing Of a quality that is
not often vouchsafed them on an of day
The Coney Island Jockey Club offered as It's
stake atttac actions the renewals of the Autumn
Maiden and the Flying Handicap. As the ilrst
IS for two-year-old maders at the time Of closing.
and the second FOR th-ee-s searolds only, the older
division had 70 be content with overnight handl-
caps and condition races. Both the running or the
Autumn Maiden and the Flying Handicap brought
about expensive surprises to the form players.
and were only rernunerative the wise and linn
ited few who knew things
The field for the ITlying-shich. as its name inn
plies is n sprint Of six fUrlongs over the main
track-was increased from hve starters TO eight
by the addition OF Sydney Paget's Cairngorm. An
drew Miller's Incantation and T. l.. Watts Don
Royal. The three had little effect IN Withdrawing
popular allegiance from the fast Handsel filly
Iandzarra and although the prices against her
chances were more generous than they would have
been. the majority were not frightened of and
accepted TO / with great confidence With the
exception Of CairngorTn. with IL pounds. the FLY
carried top weight, with 1l2 pounds on her back.
Either this weight or the ride she received from
Tommy Burns discouraged the fllv and II
apparent to the most optimistic of her followers
after the first furlong had been run that she would
have TO do some tremendous sprinting to be in the
hunt a all
While Burns was hauling her from one pocket to
another. Preen and oxford were blazing the way
out N front with Dreamer and Incarnation lead
ang the others. At the stretch turn the Atheing
colt let 60 as he has a habit OF doing when hard
pressed and for the rest OF the journey Oxford
merely gauoped. beating Incarnation by a wide
margin. The latter seemed 10 get her loot IN me
last sixteenth, and closed with rush that would
have resulted in victory had the distance been
longer. oxford so little thought Of that y to
could be had against him at any time. Those VINO
recalled the pace he set for three-quarters IN a
race ct one and one-eighth miles, at Saratoga
yroated by his victory Don Royal, one or the
sdded starters. heat the rest home after Aubuchon
had taken him the long&st way around.
OF the eight youngsters which made up the held
for the Maiden +. r. Hitchcock's Tangle was in
stalled favorite with the Waldeck Stables castoh
Ben Holder. next in demand. The clubhouse
crowd however, followed Mr. Scheftel whose colors
rers carried by Blair ArhOl and sent heavy COM
missions into the ring at prices ranging from los
70 Is. The Ben Strome colt broke IN front. and
after hard tussle succeeded in beating Athlete
which hung badly in the last hundred yards. After
being cut down. Tangle ran good race and finished
third
Suffice. at Is 10 J, was the longest winning shot
OF the afternoon. He was one of lot Of maidens
that were asked to go six and one-half furlongs,
End his victory due principally to the fact
that Oliver Cromwell got away badly. The last
NAMED the particular good thing OF the
afternoon, and at post time even money
fRVOTife.