The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-09
1RTFUL WINS THE BRIGHTON.
mars ORT WELLS ON A SLOW
TRACK ~ 2;O4 4-5.
r. r Nhltney's Hamburg Ftlly Leads All
,ne way, with IIIlhrbrand Having H'r
vcu I'm Hand Hcidame Third In the
Gus 600 Handicap AFayOrites Lose.

-,.,. hcr,,,se O. a heavy shower which Tell
,.rore trs race, Harry Payne "hmeF
ne.V aa'yesr-old lilly, Artful. by Hamburg
'.'. If WAS victorious in the $25 600
n MAJ Handicap. one mile and quarter.
p pr ,t the beach yesterday afternoon.
TUT MT thousand persons cheered Arttni
J., tho echo when. pulled almost TO WALK
10 ,as,pd tie judges with Iehsth anu a
,au 10 spurs in 2oA 40, just TWO seconu9
tshind the worlds record hung up oy pFoolh.
I',, ,,hen he beat Irish Lad In this event
t,A ,sor Ar,rul led all the way and was
I'st.,''icro,t,y ridden by Hi!debrand. who
l'at av,cr,lod her beyond keeping an ad-
NV which he secured soon utter the
start. ., .,o., ro,ot,,,n Z,
.,,,,nds from Bsldnme, five from Ort Wells
w., civ rounds from Delhi. an added starter
~ ~, same tire giving fourteen pounds 70
s."s,o,r Beaucaire. six to Dolly Spanker and
,,nlys 10 Adbcll. Because OF the heavy
,,Io,. ON OFT Wells. the favorite. at twos, ana
yoI,,r,c who Was backed down to 10 to 3.
,,,rI Went up In the odds to II to S. her
n,rsr and hs friends declining to bet on
her chances.
n,t Wells who ran second. was under fierce
drive al through the stretch ana hhlshea
.,ht lsnrth- In front of Beldame, with
uonssur Beaucaire three lengths away.
foowcd BY polly Spanker. Adbell and Delhi,
rho after refusing to break at the raising
NJ the barrier, was never factor.
Lr,ful's performance instantly made her
. formidable rival OF James Il. Keene's Sy-
comfy. considered by many expert horse
mon 10 b. the horse Of the century. but as
Irtfl carried comparative feather. while
sysonhT's triumphs have been scored in
almost ever instance under heavy burdens,
the followers Of the Keene colt were not In
cl.ned TO lose their faith in him.
Ivan the Terrible. Ostrich and ST. Bellane
were scratched early in the day. but when
Nr Krcue added Delhi. with 100 pounds
and Lilly. a colorcd stable boy, UP. there was
much speculation as to the purpose OF his
move. Some thought that Trainer Rowe
wanted to get line on Artful. but the chances
cfpelhi were not highly re garded in the ring.
where the layers quoted 20 TO against him
with remarkable lreodom.N
Artful who had never gone the route,
although she had worked over the handicap
distance in o:ll well in hand. did not attract
the support Of the big operators as a whole.
for the reason that they did not believe she
had been seasoned enough to stand grueing
race with such campaigners Us Ort Wells and
Bctame.
Ort Wells. because Of his victory over Bel
came on w Wednesday III tHe DTlgNlpn lNii''
when he ran the distance in rs lis. was
locked upon as the most dangerous horse
i, the race, and while Artfnl went up from
sto 10 II to 3. the Drake colt remained
steady at to i. at which price he went to
tie post the choice. Because OF the slow
track Bedame was thought to have a royal
chance even though she was giving weight
to everything IN the race. and when the layers
quoted TO / against her the rush TO get
sboard quickly hammered the odds down.
Until at post time she was no better than
! to ! in ma ority OF the books. Dolly
spanker, always consistent and in nicely
With III pounds. was well followed at sevens.
but BeauCaire and Adbell were in the same
class with Delhi SO far as popularity was
concerned.
In the Paddock before the race Artful was
thu MA snet for society Mr. Whitney. Her
rlan T. nuryra and others were hand
When John ". Rogers strapped the saddle on
the daughter Of hanburg and gave tinal
Take h., ~ tn front, said the well known
trainer. Then stay there DO not make
too much U.s. Of her, but hold the others safe
Lntil the homcstretoh is reached. and then
.on.e away II YOU have to-.
Bedame received the finishing. touches
from Fred Burlew, and with frankie O'Nell
popular demonstration. OFT Wells was IN
Gate. A. ~, b iIpd;;on, Charles Head
irsii WITH his powerful ice conbInation, and
when Enoch Wtsh9rd gave his orders TO
sper!jng, Drake and hs friends seemed we'll
s4se4 Tn ad COTS %p s s%ea bs Thy by oh the
paddock s4rrps Lyme had the, leg .np on
MMoETS!enr B"auca,,re, wearing the silks OF
NJ R" % M Ndb o ssdd Dolly %SBsnk ,Ss
,he paddock The great crowd. which had been
iTettng IN the heat and had come up com
'rs, burst into applause
The grand stand was iamme ed TO the grooming
po!nt' ne lawn was oyerrun with an army
rieldi whore tie crowd paid 81 a head to see
We ing race, WIS sight To get another
SPECTATOR INTO that enclosure would have re-
1uIeN The Us" Of crowbar and jimmy.
h'd yet, CfoNdoi as we're the stands and lawn,
mere vas perfect order aud the utmost good
,amre As TIE, horses waited up the track
W th' posi- out from the ring rushed the per
Nlfug b9ohnakers and their clerks to tho
Ut,h raj. Wh"r" they had to do the tirtoe
.rlGk with the others who could not find sea Is
t rl were mmIlng up aud down to, get
Himfse row aid hen of the thoroughbTets.
J. " tne barrier, where Mars Cassidy held the
is'gtl electric button. Monsieur BeaucLire
n"faWei Ort Wells Artful and Dolly opanker
Nfstched across the track. the last named
"rlng Oh IN. extreme outside Ort Wells,
."o WAS so lNI Ol ginger that he wanted
WaI'f Continuously, made some trouble,
tid 50 I'D Delhi, who. in spite of all that his
ider could do, persisted in turning his back
w NE webbing. Finally Cassidy caught them
AZ ih me and let the barrier go. on they
Shen N Unison, with the exception oil DELHI.
snO "l,l not make u move until one OF the
hsSr'ei : assistants had cracked him over the
"ss WIN whip.
IT Wells was the quickest breaker and
s' ,n I'VE itad IN the iirst few jumps. but with
ssnfiiiC burst of speed ArtfII went after him.
r 1aI ingehrdud, boring over to tn. inner
idlI succeeded in taking that advantageous
Thul"9 before the first furlong had been
,"''I'". ~ they came down past the judges
ipr the INST tim" Artful was in front by
EpthHeL within a couple of lengths OF her,
!on2"ed by Belriame and Delhi, who had
Ia .p some 81 the ground lost N the start
~ IaSt shr.nting;, liildcbrand took tight
Ihna on the bride before he reached the
W,s urn as Artiui, a natural sprIntrr.
" "'Ta nt running away from tho. others as
quickly as possible Hldebrand did not
s. sl 20 -" lIp her speed and strength thus
haIy u; me race. and when he took the Ham
w Wit nLiy up It was with cool judgment and
i Sr.I . a'd plan to keep in front without ask
NY 700 '11rh Of his mount
lei n,l' We lower turn. therefore, Arlful
We. WIN Only half n length TO spare. 1t
I gas a !"hA mat worried the hackers OF the
r rn's,nnLs lily. but it was held with such
III ;, h'r,n was true queen of the turf.
In ue oth9r Jockeys were restraining their
. 4ur% as they followed Artful into the back
W. N H. where there was a general closing
dernE 1oliy Spanker, Ort Wells and Bel
,u.h n"rieot confidence, however, Hildehrand
tb,,', Nrttul 20 maintain lead OF less
tn d gin right up to the three qua ter
On j. "" kept his eyes open for any move
he We IT, part of His rivals and incidentally had
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