The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09

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With Jersey Lady and Old Faithful on
Way II, scoring his first notable success OF
ZEE year. Miler's great ride on +. n.
Iitchcock's Mandarin also helped that
90 Tito take the Var Nest Stakes, $3.50 to
Sam HildAth's Security hung up a new
track record OF 1888 on May IS TO beat
GraPple a length and a half in the New
hochole Handicap at seven and a halt
Mrlongs, q race that Melted 81, 745 to the
former. But these figures were lowered
tho next day, when Roseben, 1888 pounds
covered the distance in 1852 i-5. MI.
keene's star flly Court Dress. a fleet daugh-
ter OF Disqualification Belle, made her
first appearance that afternoon in the
Fashion Stakes, s3,24S to the winner, which
proved to be only a g~allopfor her, with Clare
Russell, Jersey Lady, Boola. Doilie Dollars,
Soprano and Irvine left behind from the
start. On the same day Accountant, with
Martin up and fighting il out with Mr..
keene's Bohemian all the way, won the
classic Withers. for three-year-olds, one
mile, by a neck In ISS as. This race was
worth $3.50 to W. H. Brown, and Diamond
Jim began to open negotiations for the
famous Fihgrane colt, who turned out TO
be easily the best three-year-old OF the
campaign.
A A SURPRISE IN The BROOKLYN.
Gravesend's first spring meeting opened
on May n. Mr.. Keene's S0perman, a splen-
did looding colt by. Commando, surprised a
big crowd by taking the measure Of the
widely touted De Mund by three parts of a
length. This success in a measure was due
to the fact hat W. II. Daniel and De Mund
were taken to the front and practically
raced into the ground. Superman earned
IS $50 as his share Of the Expectation Stakes,
which was only an appetizer for the Brook
lyn Handicap, one mile and a quarter, the
next ace on the gard for that day. This
historic race proved a stunning surprise
when the Texas bred mare Tokalon, u
rs to l shot, beat Dandelion, 4 to l second
choice, a neck in a sensational finish. Rose
ben set a hot pace for a mile and practically
killed of Dandelion, whose Jockey, O'Neil,
went out to race with the big son OF Ben
Strome, so that he had nothing left when
Tokalon, nicely rated all the way by Bedell,
challenged in the middle of the stretch.
The Picket ran third, two lengths back.
while Merry Lark. the favorite, was never a
factor. The race was run in 2O5 3-5, the
other fractional times being O:233 -5, OBS 2-5,
O:47 AS. 100 SIS, l:l3, l:20, t:39 2-5. Tokalon's
share was SIS 800, her owner. j. W. Fuller,
winning 500 900 besides in wagefs. There
were fourteen starters,
Whimsical, one Of the best three-year-old
ma-es in training, won the Preakness
Stakes, 81 800, on May %, beating the Sir
Dixon mare Content, afterward sold by
Woodford Clay TO the Newcastle Stable.
Mr.. Keene's Gretna Green, by Ben Brush
after running second in his first start, won
the ManhaIset, s. $50, on May %, beating
Conville, McC arter, Sewell and others and
at the same time attracting much attention.
About this time John 4. Madden succeeded
in finding a purchaser for his two-yeor-old
Frankfort colt, Bat Maste-son, In NJ. l..
Schwartz, who paid Sl0,O coo for the youngster
and quickly won him out. August Bel
mont's Blandy was the winner OF the Park
way Handicap, 81 Sos. on May rs. the Hast
ings colt beating the barrier by "A couple OF
lengths and winning in a gallop.
Balzac, who had to be- destroyed as the
result of a fall at Aqueduct in November,
car tured the Emrire State Steeplechase,
s., $50. on MAY 20, after which Gre tina Green
an odds on Gavorits. was successful in the
Hudson Stakes, 81 $3.50. and Mr.. Whitney's
Burgomastsr. going to the rOst for the first
time since leaving winter quar- ters, ran away
with the Carlton Stakes, one mile. which
he covered in I:4I 3-5. The race was worth
a. $40 to the Hamburg colt, who having led
all the way. beat The Quail, Pegasus. Bel
mere, Bohemian and others lin such a manner
thai some turfmen dubbed him a second
Sysonby.
faced the barrier once before, won a race at
four and a half furlongs on a sloppy track
on Nav Is, the opening day Of Pelmont
Parks second spring meating. The Water
cress colt was quoted that dav at 10 to l,
but never again. Mr.. Pehnont's Okenit",
n s1n of Hastings. took the Laureate, t2,f75,
and the Newcastle Stables Inquisitor, the
medium for a Killing, won the Cosmopolitan
Handicap, $3.50, the sanre afternoon. In
cidentallv Go Between, who was undergoing
a preparation for the Suburban, won the
last race On the card, a handicap at a mile
and a ~furlong, in such easv fashion that the
wise men quickly tabled him for future
reference. WOodford Claws Content ran
a fast mile in the Pav Charter on May 20
and easily beat First Premium.
O AND PLENTY's WHITNEY MEMORIAL.
On Decoration Day Fred Johnson's
Aeronaut, a rafting good spinster, turned
Handicap from such good ones as Tiptoe,
Oxford, Halifax, Consistent, Bohemia.
Dolly Spanker. Juggler and Bedouin. The
Whitney Memorial Steeplechase, 1880 to
eallop, while Burgomaster, a 7 10 10 favorite
was victorious insthe classic belmont Stakes,
worth 81 Z o to the superb Hamburg colt.
The Quail peat Accountant a head tor the
place. Go Between further strengthened
the belief that he had a chance Tor the
Suburban when he beat Kiamesha in a
big gallon at a mile and a furlong in 1852
on Nav g.. The next a Flip Flap, an
other good three-year-old filly, equalled the
track record for six and q half furlongs,
ils 2-5, when she won the Claremont Hand
leap, s2,14O. She beat Dolly Spanker a
head, with Oxford third. Other features
that day were Ginetta's mile in l33 rs
and the first appearance Of C~airngorn, h
with top weight won a handicap at a mile
and a sixteenth in a public prep for the
Suburban.
Already discouraged over the showing
of De Mund, young Rainey received a
seye q shock when the t45 600 colt was badly
beaten in the National Stallion Stake
This event was worth 81 1851 and the winner
was Sydney Psg4's Charles Edward, a
Golden Garter colt who Was backed down
to 7 to /. He beat Mr.. keenc's Superman
by a length, at the same time giving him
FIVE pounds and meeting De Mund, who
was third, two lengths away, on equal
terms. Superman was coupled with h
lander at 10 TO S, while the Rainey colt was
a 7 to 10 favori.e. the stable commission
amounting, it was said, to s25 600. II. P.
Whitney's Meddler FLY, Perverse, first
time out, was hard driven to win the Ladies
| Stakes, for t~hree-year-old FLIES. from
Belle Of Pequest by the shortest Of heads.
In fact the Belle would probably have
won with better racing luck. Perverse,
a I to 3 favOrite, ran the mile in 1889 40
and picked up 81 800 for her owner.
Mr.. Genes Court Dress, in her second
start, won the Gaiety, 81 800, from BarbarY
Belle, Alteration, Saghalien, now dead,
and Mintberia. But It was not an easy
thing for her. as Radtke had to drive her
nearly all the way. This occurred
June I, the same day that Whimsical made
q runaway OF the Jockey Clubs weight
for age race, n mile and a furlong, which