The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-30
RAPID WATER WINS GALLOPNG
SMATHERSS COLT TAKES KINGS
COUNTY, HANDICAP.


HIS stable Mate RurIeisb. However, Badly
Beaten in an. OyeJnlglit kyent--Led3
Valentines RoOedale-Fnt. q 100 70
shot, succeeds-six, Pnyorites bosf,
Rapid Water. with Hto, Io1hds on his back
and running IN the coora Of 3 Z ematheTs.
won the Kings County. Had leap. one mhe
and a sixteenth. az Jamatca yesterday, over
A slow track. The bic Rapallo colt was at his
best. getting away from the barrier without
mishap and winning all the way IN the most
impressive manner. Lyme Was easing him
al the end, where he passed The Judges with
two and a half lengths 20 spare In IA. His
performance showed conclusively that, " the
Excelsior Hahdicap, on the opening day OF
the meeting, had been truly run, he would
probably have won II, for as Lyme stated aiteI
yesterday race, Rapid Water stumbled
two or three times after the start In the EX-
celsior which prevented him from making
the RAINING, as in the Kings County. The
talepuaid not fancy MIR Smathersb colt TO any
great extent as he went up In the prices TO
4 10 4 while Alex Shields's st. Valentine was
generously backed Ht II TO 3, With sydney
Paget's Ormonde S Right at threes and
James r. keene's Sinister at TO ?. RAPID
Water gave scale weight to everything In the
race. Including sixteen pounds TO L. q. Suite =
Sidney c. Love, q rs TO 1 shot. who made MS
FIRST appearance of the season In the East,
and. receiving good ride from Hlderbrand'
was a contender all the way. landing the place
by a length and a half from ST. valentine
who was shut OF at several stages, together
with Sinister. The same may be SAID Of
Ormondes Right. who received beating
that surprised those who saw him gailop on
with the Carter Handicap at AQueduot.
But the success Of Rapid Water was ohset
by bis .ktabis companion BuTleiRh. who
carried the Smathers silks in the last race
n handicap at six furlongs. Burleigh, like
RAPID Water. picked up top weight, and was
40 high In tile public favor that be closed a
hot ,fayorite at q 20 5. lie got away poorly
and lyme was compelled 70 work his way
toward the leaders gradually proceeding
that evidently took everything out OF the Ben
StrOnle Eelding, - he stopped 70 hothlhE.
MesnW lille sim Deimels Wotan, who was i1
TaCsjpt OF twenty pounds from Brrleigh and
was 'nlaved at to l. made all the !, inning,
Milef. an apprentice, riding him in.coolheeded
fss ils lRs bTes parts S&t snFR
from New York, 20 TO who carried IeetheT,
and had two lengths over X y. matklnss
baiifp length back. With Monet close behind.
Thestme was i:l3 l-5.
ances ". c. Fessendens Lady Valentine,
u 10 S. second choice managed 20 win her
frst race when she took the hoSedaie STAKES
for tEo-year-old hllies, fonr and a half fur
ionH Burns had her under fierce drive,
however. 20 win by, nose. as ". L GTlnms
AyigfOn, Q TO !, an 0Dued starter, was talcnllH
her With every jump at the end. james X,
Reene's Pythia, otto l. was third. three Ter gths
away Newton BenninEton's tdna jackson,
thefavorite. was outrun from the starr, The
The sport opened with a crushing blow for
the crowd wis had made Nike Clancys
Tommy Waddell the fsyorite IN the inst race
for Three year Odds, six turlongs; Fiat,
100 - / shot. with Diggins, stable boy up.
rot home IA a drive by A length and half,
With the favoTite after hard racing luck, In
the place a neck before The Gadhy. 4 to /,
Wh0tWas repeatedly run into pockets. Big
Tim Sullivan's Hannibal Bey. rs to 1, was
length away. The time was rs.
Kansas Price put Hiliebrand on Uncle
Urish IN the second race at mile and 20
yards and the Mako gelding made runaway
9i coming home " galSp with three
choice az y 70 :. whorler, the fayorite. getting
the place by head from Gold Dome. 20 20 1.
Orly H., TO 2, was five lengths out OF the
Dave Johnson's Evelyn j., backed down to
Ato /, took the dfth race for maiden two year
Odds. four and "A half furiongs. in epyeadea gle
style. She left her Held with a dazzling turn
Of speed and breezed home four lengths be-
fore James r. keene's Guy Mannering. 20 ].
beating "a drew Miller's Cambridge . head
DIT. Cohey, the favofite was knocked about
considerably soon after the start, which was
ragged, and never had an opportunity 10 show
his worth. The race was run In 0.55.
In spite Of the cold, dreary weather, fully
1900 persohs were at the track where the
books cleaned up thoroughly with the defeat
Of six straight fayorites, The summaries:
FtUyr RACE