The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-03
SEA HORSE II. A GOOD JUMPER.
ENGLISH STEEPLECHASER I'M
PRESSES THE CRITICS FAvORABLY
Hildsbrand Fined S3OO ny the Stewards
for Rough Ridins Last therry's Wild
Antics Before the NpInaway stakes
Burn Up Q Pile u Money At Saratoga.

Burn Up . Pile " Money At Saratoga.
| SARATOGA. Aug. 1.-The racing to-day was
| replete with incidents OF an unusual char
soter. Horses were disauslihed. a Jockey
lost hls lead pad. another was fined for rough
riding and mischief prevailed generally.
Altogether II was most unsatisfactory days
sport The first horse to be disqualified WAS
Sea Horse H.. the En- Slish steeplechsser.
I who was second choice In the Grand National
stseplechase At Liverpool last spring. IT was
his first start In this country. and a. hls fame
a. . racehorse between the haRs had pre-
coded him. he attracted a gallery" Of critics
In the paddock. They found him to be big.
powerful. chestnut horse. with the near fore
ankle and the on hind ankle white. He ran
well throughout the race, jumped IN excel
lent style and, although badly handled by
the colored rider. Rogan. he convinced the
crowd Of his worth.
Rogans Indifferent handling Of Sea Horse
II. caused severe criticism long before the
horse had returned to the scales. The riders
apathy In the saddle was soon accounted for,
however by his abatement to Clerk OF the
Scales Cornehlsen:
There is not much need TO weigh me. ]
am not In II. have lost my lead pad" he
said. Csrnehlsen weighed him. however.
and found that he was ten pounds short OF
weight. This weight, in the shape OF Jumps
of lead. had been placed In the pockets OF the
lead pad in order that tho Jockey might make
up the requisite amount Of weight. $50 pounds
After the Spinaway Stakes, In which james
r. Keene's Curiosity was disqualified. the
stewards fined Jockey Hildebrand 800 for
rough riding. Just why Hlldebrand 10 per-
mitted to ride roughshod over his rivals
il something the turfmen cannot understand.
This boy has been fined and suspended more
than any other rider In the country for this
kind Of work. There is scarcely day that
i H. H.. xho ~ &hn ,tA1,
and the limbs OF the horses by his tactics.
Frequently In races he changes the results
of race by knocking into favorites and
before ths spinaxsy stake. was dec, , ed
ea wers S sf saddsa snd !" the
s s.rT Se Heavily ssssond
sss R ' ssas sPs Hss
stooS On her snd ass s%s had he specsa
tors in a frenzy Of excitement.
p!e. *. .. 10 f her
had to zig her With n
on ono side. down the other and put under
IL i u aHssd sssin oS.T he head snd axe
ss py .s a SsctS Il sss on
this that kept her. az = bystander said from
.ns Ss.::s =: a s be-. PEE
threw him on three times: In her rage she
10 ss s4oan n u: ns could
Be- k Kept IT. on her back Tom Welsh the trainer,
asked to have her withdrawn. and The stew.
, po.te co as ssI ss.stsr Later %sl.S
vish Eat Cherrr and that he had turned her
over to her owner. Clay woodford. Wood
ford win give her a month or two to redeem
Msdd.n ;oid h h, fist
rs IL e shsS I. TRIAL Sst:s hsseR: 81 =.
eII!ty: Timbs! i in the FuturIty and other
~i:s we'll H n go said Patsy Mocu. Ii. on.
Do .Sn 70, %s ssped
ga Beg "a Sss R5ISS:s H 10!
for. Prince Hamburg led from start to finish
and won y, e; ,Sy .,.v.n hor.., that started in
the eu steepe es e, fe and four refused
the Jumps Russell sage went down At the
clear the obstacle. They threw their Jockeys
over their heads. but the boys were not hurt
and scrambled to their saddles again. They
S:::; "a ~; \: III: : rs "i %
So Rnst Hin siiE, bay Ally two-yesr-old,
/. s' win s. IF ~. III rom sss
the winner was offered for sale At u 800 JACK
Nc(iinns, the owner of the second horse.
bid her up for o.. 900 and got her for that sum,
W. Smith and W. McGill, brother ana
nephew respectively of the late George +.
Smith tPittsburg Phil) were at the track this
afternoon. In reply to g. query whether
he intended to continue on the turf. Smith re-
piled in the negative He said he was through
with racing. that there was no longer any
money In It and that Il was too bard game
why" continued Smith. AL the shrewd.
sharp men who have made money for years
now complain that IL is hard to beat. there
are more horses in a race nowadays than
there were formerly, and there are more
owners. Consea uentIy. the chances Of sue.
cess are all against You. Besides this. u
costs small fortune now to start stable
of raoehorses. as they are six times more
valuable than they were ten years ago.
In order to make the Ruaranteed value
of the Spinaway Stakes Si5. 900. which was
won to-day by Edna jackson. the associa-
ton had to add $4,000.
Racing At Providence.
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