The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-06
0RT WELLS RUNS FAST MILE,
takes BELDAME'S MEASURE AT
BRIGHTON IN 1855 rs.
Delhi Badly Beaten in Same brentwood.
ford Clay Takes Two Races--Roseben
/ Triumphs With Heavy Burden-Big
| Crowd on Opening Day at the Beach.

The annual summer meeting of the Brighton
Beach Racing Association opened under the
most favorable conditions Yesterday, The
N4Ath>r was all that could he desired the
card bfistled with attractive features and the
crowd. which was close to 10000 persons.
waved enthusias site all the afternoon, The
Brighton Mile. weight forage, was the star
feature, which was productive OF a sensa =
ttonal race and sterling victory by John
A. brakes Ort Wells over August Belmont q
Beldame and James r. Keenes Delhi Drt
Wells had taken part in only one race pre-
vious to yesterdays affair, and In that event
he was third to Broomstick and Proper in n
fast mile. He has been late in coming to
hand but when Enoch Wshard sent him to
the post yesterday the smart men, or rather
some of them. knew enough TO bet, with the
result that the King Eric colt was backed
down to 3 to l.. Beldame. meanwhile. was
always an ,odds-on favorite. while Delhi re-
coded from q to S to 3 to 2. with oxford. the
only other starter. at long odds.
Starter Cassidy caught tho small field at
the post directly in front of the grand stand to
Q splendid send on. although in the quick
rush for an advantage Delhi was pinched
ofand Nicolwas compelled to 90 to the outside
With the Keene colt, who curled up in the
middle Of the backstretch completely done
TO q turn by the fast pace. Beldame. In the
but she never got away from Ort Wells. in
spite OF the fast gait at which she travelled.
It was on the far turn that Sporting made his
run with the Drake colt and he collared the
Belmont mare so quickly that the crowd
cried out in surprise As they turned into
the stretch Ort Wells assumed command
In q lordly way and O'Neill put Beldame
under the whip. but the Drake colt came
on under hard drive and won in royal style
nv = puth n I-5 III
slower than the best record for the track.
hung up by Hermis last year. when he de-
feated Beldame at the Beach in the Test
Handicap. Delhi was six lengths behind
Beldame struggling home a length before
Oxford. The fractional time for the race
was as follows: OI3 o:24 As, o.36 as, o:4s as.
400 As. 1913 9-5. 1929 2-5, as Is.
Woodford Clay won two races during the
after noon. In the Distaff Stakes. for two
second respectively with Running Water
and Sin gle Shot. both Lyme and o'Nell going
to a heavy drive in the stretch and the former
taking the race by half "a length en- ha in io; Ihe
money. James r. keene,'s Voter tlly Bal
lotta, I? to 8. after poor handling by Nicol.
Clay also ''' scored cor with Angler, a to 10
fevor!te,, who graduated from the maiden
glass in the last race at mile I arg sixteenth:
Of mile and then ran over Peter Wlmlmers
Chrysolite 10 to /, and beat him easily by
two lengths in l:4s. with Ismailan. a good
thing head out of the place
Dave Johnsons Roseben. a public idol
nowadays. and a better weight carrier than
Reliable, won the first race, at sly furongs in
and backed of the boards, the big horse
TO the head of the stretch, and then passing
her quickly. he won in a gallop in :i2 2-5, two
ffths OF a second behind Lux Castas track
record. Lady Amelia lasted long enough to
beat Bad News a head for the place. Roseben
gave ten pounds to Lady Amelia and twenty
After a chapter of accidents in which FIVE
horses fell, Mr.. .Cotton's Alamanzor. TO !.
Is to J., finished second, though at
one time his rider was unseated and only
escaped a fall by hanging on 10 the horses
peck. Bacchanal. SO to /, was third. Jim
Newman, Nitrate and Pagan Bey. all heavily
Psoked, ,sprawled over the obstacles and
Hooray. i to S + vorite. made all the pace
n the fifth race. for two-year-olds, six fur
ial. P. H. Mc(arren's St. Estephe. 10 to l.
was second, with r. T. Wilson. Jr.'s, Lord OF
the Forest, 10 TO i. third. Four favorites we're
victorious. The summaries;