New-York tribune., 1906-06-28
FOUR FAV0RITES LOSE
,gFPM.4ID FOR PERVERSE.
4agIer, at a Fancy Price, Wins
Long Race on the Turf.

: good sized crowd. some ten thousand per-
.ons went down TO Sheepshead Bay yesterday TO
-. the racing, and incidentally escape the heat
. the city They had every cause 10 congratu-
,ste themselves. as the cool breeze of The ocean
made i perfectly comfortable for those who
were content 10 sit still in the granGstand, while
me sport, aside from any particular feature. was
vel UP 10 the standard. Only two favorites
von and one OF these was ct q prohibitive price
"a .hst the day hardly profitable one for
rinse who follow the fortunes of the choices
The Mermaid Stakes. for three -year-old fllies
vss The drawing card. but It was the least in
,sresting race Of the day. Only four horses went
70 the posr. and Harry Payne Whitneys Per
vsrse was held At such a snort price that even
the big spectators hardly felt justified in wager
ing on her chances Lotowanna had worked so
vel for the race that she was backed from
SOL 10 : 10 .. Sahara and Homoscne we're the
extreme outsiders. Sahara had plenty Of speed
ana showed the way for mile. with Perverse a
length and half back. and apparently doing
her best 10 keep within striking distance. Those
vino had accepted the short price or Peryerse
were beginning 20 get uneasy as they turned
for home, with Sahara still running easily in
front, but when Lyme called on the Meddler
fly al the last furlong pole she quickly moved
10 the front. and, coming away Won easily by
two lengths. Sahara, under the whip had little
trouble in beating LotoWanna four lengths for
the place The latter could never ger within
striking distance and sadly disappointed her fol-
lovers
Fifteen tWo-y year-olds went to the post in the
first race. five and half furlongs Frank
Lord and Monfort attracted most Of the play
with the former closing e slight favorite. They
had the race between them all the way and
ran Ike team TO The -ast sixteenth pole. where
rrwern
hsd 3 little humping match al The last furlong
Toe tor which Frank Lord seemed most 10
blame. i. Williams, his jockey. thought other
sce, ho|eA q, and went into the stand and
claimed foul against Miller. The stewards de-
liberated for some time but took no action and
allowed the horses 10 stand as they finished.
Eeasllp was plunged 10 win the second
race al one nile, and for seven furlOngs ne ap-
pesTed 10 have the race at his mercy. The dis
tsnee vas 100 faI' however. ana ne stopped so
badly il the stretch that Glorifer was ble TO
get " and Win by half q length. Single Shot
goI third place in the last stride. after appear
Ing 10 be hOpeessly beaten a the far turn
EthOn which such good race with Ballot
and Water Pearl in the first half of the Double
Event, showed himself TO be a clever young
by winning The third race He was shut
Of il the early part, and had 10 work his way
through the big field TO reach a contending DO
silion. He won easily al the end, however.
Montgomery and Royal Breeze both had
strong following il this race. but neither fin-
lshed in the money Montgomery had some ex-
cuse, as he suffered from more or less inter-
ference
Harry Payne Whitney's Ironsides won the
handicap at SIX fUrlongs, fifth on the card but
lucky 10 score. as First Premium which
finished fifth, would unQuestionably have won
With better racing luck. He was pinched off
az Tie far turn, and again AT the last sixteenth
pole when Sewell took a desperate chance and
rled 10 squeeze his way through a narrow open
ng the rail.
Genecho. Yorkshire Lad Lancastrian and Leila
we're al heavily played TO win the !aSt race
az one mile and half the turf The vic
9ry was not Tor any OF them, however.
lucrative price OF u 10 !. Sewell had him in a
eood position all the way. and he easily went
70 the front in the stretch. when Glenecho be-
gar 10 tire. Angler equalled the track record
for the distance Of 2:33 %.