New-York tribune., 1905-06-13
RACING IN MUD AND RAIN.
ASTORIA FOR SUE SNHH.
Wotars Outfoots Suburban Ehg10ies
IN Bad Nezus and Wstfut.

-,o ,ef.,+ of the nisera bic weather was sno"ii
-. c,-.sa,,3 yesterday in the lack of spectators
t-,5 ,,erforn,ers alike. The former was coliiiie
..rictlv 70 the regulars and the latleI ~
i,,orsee that have shown ability to wade throus''
-, - Withdrawals in many cases cut the
original field in two, and from a ols'aiioe 'H0
,.,rendstand looked almost wholly deserted.
Fortunately, the renewal Of the Astoria 9'sfeS'
i.o. tvo-year-old fllies, was not seriouSAy
harmed by the blue pencil, ana lhe aoai"0 -
r,,errs Iorillards Nil almost brought the heio
:. 80 ,+s original strength. The absentees were
- C,o,obacres Stables Indra and the Oneck
le..,,o.e Flaming Star. The Astoria, which is
!. SIC 4urlongs and is restricted to hles' Is
Lone of the thorough sporting features Oh Hio
tcs,eserd meeting, and is virtually s"eep
stake. Its subscribers are generally coniiIeu -
,be most prominent members or the luF-' Oi4
s<o-n, Cyaptain Sam Browns MaZetto My 9uo
isroi+h seemed so much the best OF the quarte9
k.bst speculation on the race was rather hsH@
srrhe makers of odds never offered oetter 'h'H-
!.1sn money. and at post time her price was
- =, Roth Bekste and MI found some sup
to~+ ana were each backed down g point the
tsar IRON, K to 10 to / and the latter from
6 10 I to to L
! sue Smith was so superior to her opponenIs
t-hst the stake was devoid Of any exciting nci-
Edeuts. Jack Martin got her into her s'r1oe ai
j4nost immediately the barrier went up eno 'ah
hing her out make the running Kept hef Ia
front 10 the finish winning easily enough Holh
51noorrfgibIe by FIVE lengths. The added starter
..stteupted to give Sue Smith some argument
.sud succeeded with degree Of success unsii
fthe home turn was reached, when she gave up
,+h. task in disgust and ran out Hekate did
mot show the mud running qualities that were
Iexpected Of her. and after g. sharp struggle gave
eli A a
hhe value of the stake is supposed to be ex-
tyen6ed in g. dinner TO the subscribers. Captain
Sam Brown will have the pleasure Of playing
l1ost some evening this week.
The condition of the track changed the plan
of Mr.. Duryea to give Irish Lad another trial
before the running Of the Suburban, and he was
withdrawn early in the afternoon from a handl-
cap for horses which had not won at the meet
sng The great son OF Candslmas was only one
of half a dozen that blnked the contest. ana
the field was repleted both in numbers and class
both E. r. Bradley's Bad News and E. E.
sSrnatrers's Witful two candidates for the han
dicap were left in. and the contest therefore
was not robbed of all Its interest Both the
FLYING Dutchman gelding and the Mfrthful mare
will have to run better in the Suburban
than they did yesterday to seriously endanger
the chances of the other horses. Sim Demiels
four-year-old colt wotan. with 1o3 pounds up
and ridden by Miller, showed the way to the
finish OF the mile and q sixteenth route, and won
with something in reserve from Captain Brown s
hay colt Agile. In their calculation for the
Suburban. however, few of the form students
will be willing 10 accept the race Bad News
ran his correct form.
In the classic elegance of the talent there
a strong suspicion that they were only kiddin' -
with Bad News. If they were not, little Kelly.
who had the mount him, ought TO have q
pint of nitro glycerine some other equally
powerful heart stnlulant administered to him
when he rides the horse again At no time
would he have been conspicuous In & funeral
procession Miller, the other hand, gave q
capital exhibition on Wotan. and succeeded in
following Bill" Dalys threadbare advice wait
out in the front" with admirable results There
were times when he had the colt under double
wraps but when any challenged he shook
them of, and won from Agile in a clever fashion
by couple of lengths. Martinmas was the
runner up, beating Witful by nearly two lengths
Bad News steadily dropped back until he fin-
s1shed last
To the surprise OF his owner, the Star Shoot
colt Cary, won a maiden two-year-oid race at
iSTe and half furlongs, from Billy Bannister
F95iA Phillips, and six seven others Cary had
70 close lot OF ground to beat his field and
only won by a head from Billy Bannister
quorum. the fevorite. again disappointed his
the Judges first -