Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-28
RACES AT sHEEPsHEAD.
Cairngorm Won Bay Ridge Handicap
in Fine Style.

Sydney Pagets Cairngorm, at the liberal
odds of 5 to 1. was an easy winner of the
Bay Ridge handicap, one mile and quar-
ter, at Sheepshead Bay yesterday. Accord
ing to the arrangement of weights, he re-
ceived two pounds by the scale from Ok
ford. and gave all the way from seven to
twenty-one pounds to the others. Colonial
Girl was made favorite at to 2. but Cairn-
CORN was well backed at the last moment
while it might be said that not a horse in
the without support Graziallo
was run off his feet by Cairngorm In the
lrst three-quarters OF mile. Colonial girl
dropping back too. Then Dave Johnson
Joaquin. to 1. who had pull at the
weights. moved up with Woodford Clay's
Outcome. to L. but in the run through the
stretch Cairngorm held them safe and won
easily by a length and half in Eos 10
Joaquin finished half a length In front OF
Outcome, who was three lengths before
Colonial Girl. Oxford. who was In much
demand at to l. ran a bad race.
John A. brakes Ort Wells started for
the first time this year in the second event,
at a mile. in which scale weight was car
ried The King Eric colt was not ready and
went to the post unbacked by his owner.
S. s. Browns Broomstick, to 10 favorite.
ran over his field with ease and came to
the wire an easy winner by length and
half in LAO 1-5. Proper, 13 to 5. was sec
Pulsus, who had early speed. quickly back
ed up.
Jane R. Keene's Early and Often fleet
FLY, by Foter-Cinderela, at odds of 20 to
l. made show of her company in the
third race, for two-year-old FLIES. five fur
longs on Futurity course. and romped
home. with five lengths to spare in O59 80.
She carried 100 pounds and was just one
second behind the track record. William
Lakeland's Cousin Eva, IL to 1, ran into
the place, two lengths In front of CateSby
Woodford's Last Cherry, IL to 1. who beat
E. r. Bradley's vi o a head. H p. Whit
ney's Brookdale Nymph an odds on favor
lite, was anchored by her heavy impost and
received a sound beating.
Ladsarion, running in the name Of the
wife OF Boots Durnell. and backed down
to to l moment before the big field was
sent away, took the first race for maiden
two-year-olds five and half furlongs. in
a hot drive by half length from NJ l..
Haymans Miss Point. 5 to 1. Fred Cooks
Jimmy Maher 16 to 5. was third. under a
drive to beat August Belmont's Lord OF
the Forest. to 1, by head. The race was
run in los
w. H. snyder's Tyron. 10 to 5 favorite.
won the fifth race for maidens at a mile
Baird actually pulling him to a walk at
the wire. where he was eight lengths in
front or Fl. P. Whitney's Comet, to l. Ed.
Alveys Saulsberry. to /, was third
h. r. Thomas Onatas. 13 to 5 favorite,
beat E. E. Smathers Action, to 9, a
length in the last race. at mile and a fur
long on the grass. 1t was a hot finish in
which Lyme put 1t over ONeill, who waited
trif1e too long. Action was only a head
In front of Bill Days Sailor Boy. % to l
shot. Hippocrates, to l. was in front for
part of the journey, but blew up. Tho
time was "a % not far behind the track
record. Three favorites got the money for
the talent. The fine weather served to at
tract crowd of 1000 persons.