New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-20
MUD LARKS IN THE VAN.
HOORAY,S STAKE VICTORY.
Beats Kings Daughter and Others IN
Holm Handicap.

The tvyo-vear-old chestnut colt Hooray, which
early in the season was sold by John E Mad
den TO Fred Buriew for $4,000. and when later
came into the possession of A L. Aste' the
"Bootblack King" won the Holly Handicap at
Gravesend yesterday from field that possessed
both quality and quantity. With III POUNDS
UP, Hooray ran an amazingly good race, and
outfooted and outIasted the smart Ornament
FLY Kings Daughter. which the form players
had made TO ] favorite for the race
The favorite was compelled to give the win
r1er seven hounds by the scale, and in the mud
the task proved too much for her. although she
ran q COURAGEOUS race and stood terrific drive
from the quarter pole to the finish So re-
mote did the regulars consider the winners
chances that the opening price Of s to receded
to II to IN the last quotations
The track was in even worse condition than
on Monday when IT was knee deep in mud, and
the fields for the six contests We're made up
wholly Of performers with known fondness
for such going Two favorites only were sue
cessful
James Curtis Retropaw, by Bitter Root-Ve-
rona was the longest winning chance Of the
afternoon coming in in front OF lot Of two-year-
old platers with odds of 80 to l quoted against
him Neither In his races nor in his work had
he shown his owner anything that would JUSTIFY
any substantial support in the betting ring. ana
he was practically permitted to run loose George
J. Longs Eloisa, the choice of the public. was
snothered in mud and had to be satisfied with
the small end OF the purse Sir Caruther5 taxing
the place.
Baron Esther. an odds-on favorite. made lot
Of cheap maidens look the part in a race at one
and a sixteenth miles. After opening a gap of
half a dozen lengths in the run through the
backstretch he began to back UP. but as the rest
Of the field did the same ONeil was able to
keep him in the lead to the deciding post. Sauls-
berry took the place from Aucassln-
7 l. Haynaan's brown colt Yorkshire Lad
with the light impost Of ninety-nine pounds Won
an all age handicap at one and one-quarter
miles at price which made his victory pleas
fngly renuneratfve to his followers The public
thought the distance too far for the brown son
of Dinna Forget, and took Voladay IN preference
70 him. At post time to 1 was offered against
Yorkshire Lads chances. while Voladay's price
reoeded to tvos. Perrine kept the Hayman colt
in front all the way and had Voladay smothered
IN mud at the end of a mile. From that point
on the winner had little or no opposition, ana
finished well in hand two lengths in front Of the
favorite.
The ancient Ben Strome gelding Big Ben
which came East early in the season with d
great reputation as a weight carrying Splinter,
succeeded in making good finally by beating a
lot of bad platers in dash of about six 1ur-
longs. He has run below his reputation so many
times that the ring took some liberties with MIN
IN snite of the fact that he meeting
cheaper lot than usual, and offered as high as
6 10 / against his chances Martin got MN
away well. and he went to the front wneT nuSn
began TO tire and gave none of the others
chance to splatter mud in his face. Keator, ore
of the best played horses OF the AFTERNOON. nay
ali Kinds of trouble and after being cut Off ana
pocketed innumerable times almost went 10 ms
knees at the head Of the stretch Col!ectoF
Jessup and Rusk were Big Ben Aeaies W
ponents at the finish.