New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-21
PROPER No EQUINE ROGUE
WINS WITHOUT BLINKERS.
The Occidental Handicap a Romp
for lIr. Jennings'S Horse.

Proper with blinkers and Proper without
blinkers is a vastly different horse. The racing
public discovered this fact at Gravesend yester-
day when the good son Of Prestonpans' without
being disfgured by the badge of the equine
rogue. won the Occidental Handicap at one and
one-eighth miles in a big gallop from First
Mason. Bedouin and other good overnight han
dican horses to all Of which he made weight
concessions.
On Saturday Proper started in the Oriental
Handicap at one and one-Quarter miles and wore
blinkers for the first time. He had difficulty IN
keeping out of his way, and was beaten
off by at least half his field. After his defeat
Walter 3. Jennings. in whose colors Proper
runs, told his friends that in the future he
would try more blinker experiments on his
horse. and incidentally advised them to forget
his performance and bet on him the next time
he started. Those who accepted this advice
lceiyed aI the way from 2 to l to to 3 for their
money There was no time in the race when the
horse gave them any occasion for worry. He
broke kindly with his field, was placed where
iIIildebrand wanted him. behind Bedouin and
Uncle Urigh, and when these two had had
enough he came on and won as he pleased. First
Mason caught the faint hearted son Of N1eddler
and took the place
Jack McGinnis's star Ruby colt. Buttling, with
100 pounds UP. was the medium of a heavy
plunge which sent him 10 the post the actual
l1ayorite at 70 5. He could not extend himself
however. and after trailing most Of the way
pulled up extremely lame
The conditions at the track were quite as bad
as. IL not worse than. they have been each day
this week, and the attendance was confined
wholly TO the regulars. Only two favorites were
successful. the long shot division being led by
the FLY Azora- which won a Ave and one-half
furlong sprint, with 80 TO l quoted against her
IN q prettily contested race, over the full
course the Western gelding Ruth's Rather
took the measure of lot Of selling class chasers
with the lucrative odds of to 1 quoted against
us chances. Jim Newman, the favorite jumped
N his usual good form. and for a turn and a half
of the field had his speed with him When tho
real tussle came, however he gave wav To his
old ailnent and had to be pulled up Grandpa,
Win 1oo pounds. ran a surprisingly good race
ana TOOK the place from Pious Trek hrol,e
down. and Head Lad refused the second t,,r,r
Inc inability Of old Judge Hines tn take
racing seriously until too late cost the form,
players many a wager that they had placed
cohioenty on his chances in a selling race at
one and one-sixteenth miles AS usual he
loafed and loitered back in the rear euerd ,,r+,1
tne turn out of the back stretch, when he sud-
denly came to himself and set sail for the lend
efs with rattle. Bragg and D Ankle, however
had opened too big gap to be cut down in n
quarter of mile. and although the old horse
was moving them down with every stride he
could never quite get up and they both beat
him. The price against Bragg, the winner was
as high as to at one time
Sam Eidreth's Jake Sanders made hole
dozen or more three-year-olds look decidedly
cheap in handicap over the short six-furlone
course. With 100 pounds the knight Of the
Thistle colt made big concessions to his com
pany, but the handicappers thought he was
It, i'm fret
IN the betting. AT post time he had been backed
from TO to 8 to 8. Hildebrand rated him he
hind Aeronaut to the stretch turn and when fha
latter had had enough. sent him about his busi-
ness and won he pleased