The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-16
HERMlS'S POPULAR VICTORY.
WYNS TIE IsLIP HANDICAP AMID
A WILD SCENE.
Beats the Poorly Ridden Buttling Neck
in Hot Finish II Oseben, with 1AO
4 Pounds, Also scores -Bein, Ont's Don
q Diego Takes Rich Neptune stakes.

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Diego Takes Rich Neptune stakes.
Nearly 1000 persons enjoyed an afternoon
Of brilliant racing Mt Brighton Beach yester-
day. The card bristled with attractive
features. and as the purses went to three
favofites and three second choices enthusiasm
was rampant at all times. Il. r, Thomas's
Hermis resestablshed himself a. public
idol and champion wher he won the lslip
Handicap, for three-year. ODDS and upward.
at O mile and furong. with i32 pounds on
his back The crowd in general bet on him
heavily. but the wise men did not care for
him tn any extent because it WAS feared that
he would break down. As a result Hermis.
opening at 3 to 8. went back In the betting to
lsto S, while r. T. Wilson, Jr.'s Dolly Spanker
and Gamara were played at 4 to |. j. l.. McGin-
miss Buttling being backed down to Is to
and James r. Keene's Wild Mint dropping
from Is to to Fights
+. r. Bradley's Bad News was another
magn ct for educated money. too. but Hermis
was the king of them all
Redfern rushed him 10 the front "a soon
as the barrier went UP and the Hermence
horse. running In blnkers, set a smashing
pace. Buttling. who was ridden In bungling
style by Nicol Bad News and Wild Mint were all
hot after Hermis. but Redfern chung to the rail.
shutting of Buttling on several occ asions
when Nicol foolishy tried 10 squeeze through.
, In the stretch Hermis began to weaken
under the great strain and the burden he was
carrying but Redfern nursed him along In
mastery style. with Buttling on the outside.
closing resoutely at the sixteenth pole. As
Hermis neared the wire thousands broke into
terrific cheering and when the champion OF the
year won by n neck, all out, there was
memorable scene. But for his poor handling
Buttng might have carried the day, He re-
ceved eighteen pounds by the scale from
Herms. and took the place by two and a half
lengths from Bad News. who was in receipt
Of fifteen pounds from the winner and beat
Wild Mint a head Dolly Spanker. Merry
Lark and Gamara were punched in the order
named less than a length back. The race
was run in so fiat. the first mile being run
in l:3s As. Hermis pulled up perfectly
sound and will continue to race in future en-
Rsgements
Another great horse. Dave Johnson's Rose
ben. scored an immensely popular victory
In the handicap at six furlongs, Picking
up the crushing imDost OF 40 pounds. this
strapping son Of Ben Strome gave Jumps of
weight to his company. and. a heavily backed
favorite at to 5. went to the front quickly.
attended bv Andrew Miller Is lncaItation, 10
to /. to whom he conceded 20 pounds. ONeiil
had to ride Roseben out to the wire to win
by length and half in the fast time OF 1913
fiat. with Incarnation the same dista nee
DelOre Lazy meas, 10 ], WHO received 30
pounds from the winner. Druid. the second
choice. dropped back rapidly after the start
and was last
August Belmont's Don Diego. to I, second
choice. made runaway Of the Neptune
Stakes, for two-year -olds,s six furlongs winning
in galo,p by four lengths in l:l34,5. P. j.
q length and half before II. p Duryea's
Max to Si e shaw ap d4tprs ss
out OF it 50 quickly that the crowd was amazed.
Chesney's half-brother under the whip. and
he took third money from James r. Keene's
Cspias by a length and a half.
While +. r, hitchcock's Mandarin. 10 to 5
favorte. In the first race for two-year-od
maidens, was badly beaten, W. l., Powers's
who was backed from to down to, fours,
left the field at the post, so to speak. and
won all the o way in h digging STYLE SEEMING
Transit. 10 to | shot. by head. with E. Z.
smathers's Sir ,Carruthers 80 to ! shot
1T Titchcocks good Jumper, Phantom.
Steeplechase in the easiest possible manner.
tSe judges half length in front Of George
B. Hills Caloorahaatche to /. with 4. R.
PesHodYs Rus eek s4fEe s t SECOND Ghooc
new record for the race. " ,'' '
Crowding soon after the start was probably
the cause OF pronta,s defeat In the nth race.
f he mare Vas f avorite at ii to S. but Baird
had to pull her up on the lower turn to escape
. fall. and then. going to tho outside. he took
Of the stretch where Burns nailed her with
Buttons. 0 to 2, and in a ding-donH finish
the latter won by neck in lts 20 Wood
a length and a half away. with ia mes r.
Keenes Masaniello two lengths behind. The
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