New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
DRIVING FINISHES RULE.
DISOBEDIENT Defeated.
Sno1U and Aeronaut Dire the Stake
Winners at Jamaica.

Nothing was lacking to the full enjoyment o.
a days racing at Jamaica yesterday The pro-
grann1e was a good one the finishes close and
spirited and the weather Of kind to make an
afternoon in the open air particular pleasure
crowd numbering fully ten thousand persons
was in attendance, I'm spite Of the counter az
traction Of the steeplechase meet Of The United
Hunts Racing Association at Morris Park: and
If went home wen content Brilliant was the
only pronounced favorite to win. bat four second
choices were successful. which made amends IN
part.
Head and head finishes marked the running Of
the two fixtures. the Oceanus Stakes and the
Tamaqua Handicap snow the Oceanus
and Aeronaut beat Race King By a narrow mar
gin in the Tamaqua- The Oceanus was for two
year-olds at five and half furlongs. Five Of
the original ten carded were scratched. leaving
Disobedi4nt Snow. Zienap. Oaklavn and Father
Catchem to face the starter. Disobedient, on
The strength of his recent good races a
pronounced favorite at odds on. and 10 . was
looked on as fair price by the big speculators
Snow was a decided second choice. but his FOL
lowers backed him for the place rather than 70
win. Father Catchem was quite as neaqs'Fohg
and v,ilful as IN his last start II took some
persuasion TO get him to the barrier at an. and
once there he insisted on doing everything eN-
cent what was expected OF him When the
starter finally caught them in line ne promptly
bottled 20 the outside rail. fully determined not
70 take anv part in such strenuous work "a
trying to beat an odds-on faVorlte
This left only four horses TO fight Tor the pre-,
and OakIawn the 100000 beauty took no actual
part as he was soundly beaten from the start
The other three, however. fought IN desperate
strife over every foot OF the Journey, 1I a. 'Ls
finish blanket would have covered all three, SO
close were they together. me crowd on us
feet cheered and applauded. well approaching
that it was one Of the Iretttest struggles Oh TIE
DisobedIent was beaten. but hardly disgraced
although third vas his portion Perhaps ne mas
- 1{r bur z0,
best in gamest fashion. and never stopped try-
ing Further than that as the race was run It
foot than usual. and raced away from the bar
rier like a quarter horse, with Dtsootsnt at ms
head. Rounding the far turn the Sir Dixon COLI
had apparently raced him into SUBMISSION anu
drew slightly away. but one fight over ne had 10
take issue with Snow. which moved up to him al
the stretch turn. Both went wide. and Sewen
who had only been giving Zienap breather
rushed his mount up on the rail and and again
Joined In the battle. At the last sixteenth pore
all three were head-and-head and driving TO the
limit and so they came TO the wire Diso6edlent
was in the middle. that Ronlanelli was handi-
the outside won bv a short mead with Zienap
the same distance In front Of the favorite-
The Tamaqua Handicap furnished almost as
good a finish. Aeronaut beat Race King head
after long stretch drive. Gold Rose was the
favorite in this race the form players remem-
bering that she had made new track record OF
1:12 a few days ago and not believing that the
extra fifteen pounds yesterday would stop her-
She quit incontinently, however in the stretch
when victory looked at her mercy 0ilS hdd az
parently raced AeronaUt into submission and
was drawing away, when the early pace began
to tell and without a struggle. she gave up the
fight. Aeronaut then came on. and Race King
after being cut of and pocketed IN the early
part moved up fast on the outside First one
and then the other seemed to have slight ad-
vantage but the judges caught Aeronaut nrst
as the all important line was passed True
Wing coming strong, earned third money
The other winners were Monet, which took the
first race; Yorkshire Lad which, from bad
beginning ran around his field and won the
mile and a sixteenth selling race, after his fol-
lowers had given up all hope Brilliant and
Louis H Brilliant was graduated from the
maiden class and Louis H beat Palette. ostrich
and two others in the closing handicap