New-York tribune., 1905-04-26
SPILL IN EXCELSIOR.
FULLER and KELLY HURT.
Preen Disqualified and Race Goes to
Santa Catalina.

The third renewal Of the Excelsior Handicap.
tho stake feature with which The Metropolitan
Jockey Club annually begins lis spring meeting
al Jamaica, resulted yesterday in of the worst
mix-ups ever seen on 6 raceCCurse. That It did
not terminate IN a tragedy is one OF the miracles
which are always happening in racing. As it was.
two horses fen directly IN front Of the grand
stand IN ful view Of = 600 people, and their riders
Grover Cleveland Fuller and J. Kelly were car
ried bruised and bleeding from the track in the
arms of policemen, and-as it appeared horri-
fed thousands -mortaIIy wounded.
rapidly firing colt and n :iny apprentice boy.
even more thoroughly exhausted than his mount
were directly responsible for the accident.
Early in THE afternoon, a. G. Weston. who IS the
trainer Of the Goughacres Stables second string
Of runners. decided that IL would be worth while
70 add the three-year-old colt Preen to the field
for the Excelsior. and as the Handicapped had
placed only IS pounds the colt II was necessary
10 hunt up some lightweight boy 10 ride him. A
little chap named Kent finally engaged. The
cot had the No. Is on his saddle cloth. Although
he has been unusually successful at the smaller
meetings, 10 one considered him a potent factor
n the sort of company that made up the field for
the renewal OF the handicap. and his being added
10 it-so far the average racegoer thought
neither added 10 nor detracted from the prospects
q the race lie was a good little horse at five
sighths and three-quarters IN ordinary company
but at a mile and a sixteenth. in company with
nine pretty shifty performers his stable was OBJ
Viously shooting at the moon-which IN this in
stance was worth between $500 and 5000.
The form students dismissed him from their cal
culations and the tookmakers offered 10 TO against
his chances and when that failed 10 entice raised
che figure % afteens. The public preferred J. H
McCormick's chestnut colt crown Prince which
Mr.. Vosburgh had placed IS pounds. ana backed
him from fours to Is 10 D. There were ten horses
IN the fel5 that finally faced Mr. Cassidy, and Of
these Rapid Water and the hve-year-od chestnut
mare Witful carried the brown and gold OF E. E.
ernathers, and were coupled IN the betting. The
starter had splendid luck with them at the post
and sent them away in almost perfect alignment.
Preen always shifty as cat on his feet, was on
Ike fash. and before fifty yards had been run
Kent has him in front and nicely placed close TO
the rail Rounding the lower turn. Sinister and
the favorite Joined him. and Mcdaniel on the for
ner BUSTED the brown colt out IN front and took
the coveted position from Preen- Hidebrand also
moved up with Crown Prince and through the back
etretch these two blazed the way for the rest
EEttIe Kent. however. always had his mount with
sn striking distance. and going out Of the back
stretch Preen was ganoping hard at the leaders
heels. Behind these three were Ormondes Right,
VVitfuu ana Rapid Water. with the rest almost
bscured IN the cloud OF dust that the pacenlakers
raised Suddenly. Just before the short stretch run
gas reached the crowd was electrified to see Kent
shoot the colt out IN front ana take command.
while Crown Prince dropped back, beaten
Il was Just At this point that it had decided 10
have Preen quit Instead. he was going great
Tsn draw Ge ter " bles ana we're me rd3g N dead earnest
Sinister was plainly tT5ng and OrIa9nqes dlgn5
throat latch Rapid Water, Nitlul and St Val
enEine were racing heads apart and scarcely q
length back. With the goal not more than q hun
dred yards away. Kent drew his whip. ana az the
Grst blow Preen swerVeG TO the Tail and almost
g1t CTmonde's Right over the fence. me iaLler
colt literally stood two LEGS, and Hitful erasE-
II seemed as though Fuller had been thrown nIly
feet When he finally struck the grounQ ne was
actually the hnish line Jo5Illile fAel4y an
ether dfminutive apprentice boy, had Deen trying
70 get Sir I3Tiliar through on the ral ana WileIl
fhe mare down he could not eA-f4cate ms
mount from the tangle, ano Sir ET11lar also IeIL
Trrne was compelled 10 pull Rapid water up sL!aFp
cnd Santa Catalina, ridden BY A14leI, passed MN
end finished second TO Preen.
The crowd all at sea as 20 now the horses
finished and the judges evidently shared Its un-
Certatntv. They promptly oisquahhed freetl ana
save Tie race Santa Catalina. placing Rapid
water second and Sinister third A IlaJoIlly oI
@bee IN the press stand thought St Valentine had
srisbed fourth and he so called IN most OF the
~harts Ia the confusion however, 1t was lTnpossl-
viE thought ne had beaten Sinister, and went oe-
fore the stewards with a protest WIllch was not
riiowed- Both Fuller and J. Kelly were promptly
carried the Jockeys dressing room MLeIe y
S-ss found that the formers leg was severely cut
go hrTfsed lust above the knee. he was taken
iarer 70 81 Nary's HOSPITAL IN an ambulance. Be
and viii probably be able 70 ride AGAIN n a rev
Gazs lad Kent sat sIi instead OF trying 10 draw
his whip and thus letting Preens heao drop ne
TrotJa bly, would have won the race anu pIShSL4teo
$be erciSent Santa Catalina's stable backed the
CIV f~orn tens 70 eelts. Sinister was also played
down TWO points from the opening quotatlon o.
1he EfetroDolitsn Jockey Clubs meet although II
Numbered fifteen thousand was rather be4oW eN-
gecrations. Il had no luck WhsteEeE "a plcA!hg
winning favorites and the layers nad Z cean score
- rlle e-d az tie day. Aside from the Excelsior,
the racing was OF an ordinary sort
SUMMARIES.
FIRST RAc-Handioaps for thTss-yeaF-O'aH ana over