The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-29
.TANGLE KICKED AT THE POST.
BEATEN IN STAKE BY BLAIR
ATHOL AND ATHLETE.
Oxf0ed Takes Flyins Handicap ut Long
Odds-H Hamburg Belle Wins Hand
sssneiy st . Mile-sidney r. Comes
i Home Heavily Backed ~ sheepshead.

"A Home Heavily Backed ~ sheepsheao'
The performance OF F. r. Hitchcock's
Tansle, regarded as one Of the best fllies
Of the year, In the Autumn Maiden Stakes.
for txh-yesr- olds, Ave and q half furlongs
straishtAway. which was run at Sheepshead
Bay yesterday afternoon. was distinct dis
appointment. Tangle was the favorlte al
thou gh her price went back to II to S because
of the play on II. p. Whitney's Commune.
backed down to ssyens, together with big
plunge on ". shields's Ben Holder who
was hammered from7s TO down to 10 to o.
At the post Tansle seemed inclined to s'iik,
and In . mixup she was finally kicked on the
near foreleg, with the result that she showed
an ugly out near the knee Joint after the race
This mishap evidently took the heart out OF
her, for although Shaw used his whip as
soon 40 the gate went up she refused to run,
and 1t was only through sheer perseverance
that the jockey managed to land Tanya's
sister In third place. Athlete. to 1. an
added starter, made the pace to the bend,
where w. NJ. Sheftel's Blair Athol. to I, q
full brother to Roseben. took command aad
standing q hard drive won the race by
length In 07 l-5 Athlete hung on to the end
and beat Tange half length. with Com
,stone, who quit at the last furlong. three
parts Of length behind. Ben Holder was
outrun from the start.
Tommy Burns had Handzarra. the favorite.
In the Flying Handicap. for three-year-olds.
six furlongs, In several pockets and she came
home next to last. When Preen tire OF
showing the way. at the half mile pole, Ok
ford. neglected at IL to /. went to the front
and won In a gallop by two lengths In ll4.
II was q close At for the place Andrew Miller's
Incarnation, 7 to I, taking it from I. L. Watts
Don Royal, 20 to /, by a nose. with Fl. B. Dur
yea Dreamer. 4 to 1. a head out of the money.
Sydney Paget's Hamburg Belle ran q brill
liant race in the mile handicap. With l24
pounds and conceding Jumps of weight to the
others. the noted mare was a hot favorite
at to TO- and she made good. too, by taking the
lead In the first hundred yards and carrying 1t
to the end. where she was breezing with three
lengths to spare In laO As. Mike Clancy's
Tommy Waddell, a 80 to / shot, npped the
place from James r. Keene's Won Tromp.
10 to /. who would have been second su re
had little Myers kept his head. Monsieur;
ond ead Sidney f. pounded
race for SIX fuIlop hys FbtuEty
from behind in the last quarter and he quickly
settled the c9 H.l by winning by
karsbe ana rho led most pste Of hs %ay
3. J. Wilson. Jr.. Xostremmo. e !; James
short.
Oliver Cromwell. an odds on favorite in
the fifth race, for maidens. at six and a half
furlongs, was off poorly and after being
Duryea Pioneer, 10 to /. had a good lead
for half a mile. but he weakened after that.
o fierce drive in 20 7-5. Pioneer was a neck
before the favorite. who was much the best.
Bob Smith put Telephone. backed down
mile and q sixteenth on the. grass. the colt
making all the, running and coming home
1n the bit four lengths IN front nh OF The Lady
three parts OF length over Don't Ask Me.
10 TO 1. who was kicked at the post and was
also In q jam soon after the start. Loretta NJ.
had leg broken and was pulled up. The
time was LAO 2-5. Four favorites lost and
the attendance was at least ~. 900. The
summarizes