New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-23
DOWNFALL OF FAVORlTES.
BUT ONE IS FAITHFUL.
Or. Sprs.u Beats Rose Of DaSof 81
Sec Bree3e Stakes.

The racing pendulum swung the other way
~ith a vengeance yesterday a. Gravesend' ana
sne regulars who came to the Enclosure puffeo
f.ail Of pride and dollars over their success OF
THURSDAY. when they picked four winning IA
vorites and TWO second choices. went home Win
saeir 7-sds AID Their pockets both punctured'
7, only o..e Instance were they able 10 select
savor1te that diG not fail them, and as that was
IN the last race OF the afternoon. the relief for
many came 900 lata
ostensibly eae feature OF the programme was
the running Of the Sea Breeze. a selling stake
for three year-olds. at mile and sixteenth
4 handicap at mile and q half, however not
only brought out higher class field but proved
a far more attractive race. great majority OF
the spectators preferred the three-year-o4h
zelding Hume to any Of the other six starters
IN the handicap. and this. in spite of the fact
that Mr.. vosburgh. in assigning 126 pounds
asked him 10 concede from fourteen POUNDS TO
Yorkshire Lad, to twenty-eight pounds to Bill
oal1rs Sailor Boy The son Of Eddie Jones
proved UNEQUAL TO the task. and was beaten by
James Curtis OLD horse, Bragg, which made most
of the mace and withstood Humos challenge in
the stretch
some critics considered Lyne's method of
handling Humo entirely wrong and held him
responsible for the defeat of the favorite
After letting him sail along in front for nearly
iEhree-QuarterS OF the distance ne TOOK MIN PACK
10 give him a breathing spell, and when he at
ranpted TO go on with him again, he found there
was nothing left TO go on with. These critics
conteode6 that IL would have been wiser had
Isyg1e waited behind the pace with his top weight
and made his run in the stretch. 1t is to be
doubted however, whether Humo could give
Bragg twenty-five pounds and a beating, how
ever faultlessly he might be handled The Win
xer had the confidence OF his stable If not of the
kuhiic and was played generously at prices
ranging from fours TO Fights Miss Crawford
second choice to Hume. also found her impost
OF log pounds troublesome and beaten
easily for the place by the favorite.
I The Hamburg FLY Rose of Dawn which has
than selling platter. was made pronounced
$svor1te over the trio of three year-olds which
Iznet her in the Sea Breeze Stakes. and 8 to
ION was considered generous price before the
race. Afterward 100 to ! would have been looked
upon SIS stingy.
After racing out in front with Rubrtc for sig
Surssags. Rose Of Dawn stopped as though she
had suddenly forgotten something Her follow
lers said IL all Shaw's fault, and accused
him Of putting up worse than weak ride. The
Hilly, however, has never been famed for her
EtoutheaTtedness and it is not improbable that
the hoof beats of the insistent DR.. Spruill ring
disappointing performance. The Dutch Roller
colt took the lead the head of the stretch. and
gust lasted long enough TO beat Orc. Tbs latter
was running the strongest perhaps at the end
and would have beaten DR.. SpruilI in another
ounp.
5 Ocean Tide was the successful favorite This
good daughter of st. George started in selling
race at one and one-sixteenth miles, and showed
her field the way to every furlong pole. winning
in e gallop from Lord Badge and Shawana.
= The Delaware Stables old mare Astarita was
the longest winning chance of the afternoon
Some layers quoted 100 to ! against her. but
a handicap for all ages at about six fur
longs