New-York tribune., 1905-11-01
HARD FOUGHT FINISHES.
DIAMOND WINS GOW4NUS.
Monet and IsraeHte Bring Sorroso to
Their FoIlo1cers.

Close and driving finishes marked every race
.- Jamaica yesterday, and the sport was III
,-.stine and spirited enough 10 more tnan sat
,. the good sized crowd in attendance. iord
paga and Miss Crawford we're the only WIN
,,g fayorites The defeat of 1sraelite and
,.o,e. was particularly disastrous to the
,.le,t" as both, were heavily supported III
.55e-on. In the case of Israelite, defeat was due
" .bo r,,sfortunes of racing and the putting up
=, an inexperienced boy for the sake OF getting
-,oe Monet seemed to be beaten on ms
-..s although he suffered from interference
- his followers felt that they had q grievance
,r,o+ WAS one Of four starters in the Cow
c,ates n selling affair for three-year-olds
.. o,-ar at six furiongs Diamond, Fustan
- King Pepper were his opponents 1t seemed
=. ba the general feeling that DIAMOND
-..s overweighted with lis pounds. particularly
&C he is such a bad actor at the posi- ana HIS
onening price of Z to 5 gradually lenstheneo 10
n m & Monet in the mean time was paSea
.-or, 6 to 5 to 3 to 5. Fustian and King Pepper
usre the outsiders at 10 to l each Damoho
rss 2 crazy horse at the post, as usual, ana oe-
lsyed matters a few minutes but Mr CASSIDY
broke him from behind and the start was
,s;r one with Monet getting what little ao-
vantage there was
us mas ouicxlv fofned by Diamond on the out
and FuStian on tne ran, aIio eHe eiii GO A1-
head and head to the turn for home. with King
penper hopelessly beaten from the start AS
thew turned the home corner like a troop OF
cavalry J. Martin on Diamond rode the others
nretty close, and Monet was the chief suffere-'
being IN the middle. Diamond then drew away
and won ridden out by three parts of a length,
Will. Monet after crowding Fustian in the last
sixteenth was second Sewell, who rode Monet
hurried into the stewards stand and claimed
foul against Martin, and OConnell. who had the
mount on Fustian. followed and claimed foul
agaist Sewel The stewards then sent for Mar
tin and, after deliberation. allowed the
horses to stay they finished From the stand
it looked as if Fusten bearing out at the stretch
turn was largely responsible for Monet being
crowded at that point. and that Martin. on Dta-
nond was in no way 20 blame. The stewards
evidently thought likewise, and their ruling
seemed eminently fair.
Israelite seemed to stand out as the probable
winner Of the second race at one mile and a
sixteenth even with a stable boy up. and he
was backed almost to the exclusion of the other
three s-Hippocrates. Jack Young and
Athlone- The inexperienced jockey cost his fol-
lowers dear. The boy did not seem TO know
what to 90 when the barrier was released and
Israelite practically left. The boy. how
ever, went after his field slap bang and al
though going wide at the first turn made up ten
twelve lengths in the first half mile and
Joined his field, Hippocrates was setting the
pace, and he showed the way around the far
turn and into the stretch with Israelite at his
heels Then the early efforts began to tell on
the favorite. and he tired while Jack Young anG
At1lone challenged the leader. 1t was hard
drive TO the wire. with the three horses tapped,
and Jack Young proved the best.
Lord Badge ran really remarkable race In
winning the fifth. Knapp slow in getting him
in his stride and he was next to last and some
ten lengths behind the paceElakers the field
rounded the first turn. Through the race he was
cut of two occasions and then had to go
around the others at the home corner. He
closed resolutelys however, and managed TO win
bv head. The other winners were Platoon
Miss Crawford and Cousin Kate. Miss Craw-
ferd won the handicap for all ages after long
hard drive through the stretch with Alvin and
Noyena. She because Knapp saved ground
on the rail when Alvin carried Novena a little
wide ct the last turn. Ostrich a dull race
and never flattered his followers, which were al
most equal In number to those who pinned their
faith to Miss Cra wofrd.
Cousin Kate which won the last race, came TO
life suddenly that the form players stood aghas
In her last three starts she nowhere as the
saying goes Some comment aroused. 6 No.
Ter had the mount. instead of Dickson the regula-
stable jockey. the latter being Tolanda. which
finished second.