New-York tribune., 1906-11-16
END OF LOCAL RACING
STORM MARS THE SPORT.
Go Betreen, the Suburban Hero,
Beaten by Martin Doyle.

The curtain was rung down the racing sea-
son of 1906 in the metropolitan district at Aque-
duct yesterday, under conditions which did not
invite big attendance cause any deep re-
grets. A cold rain. mixed with occasional snow
flakes swas fairly driven into the grancstand
before half a gale of wind, and those who
braved the storm found It difficult matter to
convince themselves that they were enjoying the
last sight of the thoroughbreds which most of
them would have before April Is next The
track was morass. through which the horses
splashed their way as If they liked It. II was
hard the Jockeys. particularly those who
could not make the running. and they came back
to the stand spla.hed with mud and stivering
with cold.
With one exception the fields were small. but
only two favorites were successful, and one OF
these at the unplayabe price Of to g.
Athlete closed about equal favorite however
with Orilene, while Bon Mot and Martin Doyle
were well played second choices, so that alto
gether the bettors had little the better Of their
argument with the layers.
Go Between, the hero of the Suburban Handi-
cap and the winner of other rich fixtures this
year. went TO the post IN the fifth race and met
dafeat He had not started since September 25
ct Grsvesend. but the rail- birds had been talk
ing about his good work, and the Tip" was
general that he ready for killing" When
Alexapcer Shields, MS OlQ owner appeared III
ths ring end placed good sized commission.
the players tumbled over themselves to follow
his lead, and Go Between was backed down from
even money to 20 8. In the face Of this, Mar
TN DoYle and Bad News the only other starters,
went back in the betting.
while the track favored Go Between, the con-
ditions otherwise were all against him The
distance only mile. which is too short
for him 20 show TO the best advantage, while
it wss his first start In long that It was quite
probable he might not be up to a bruising race.
He appeared to outclass his two opponents, how
ever and the rest taken faith.
Mcdaniel. who had the mount Martin
Doyle. outgenerallsd Miller, on Go Between. in
the opinion Of many clever judges Go Be-
tween is essentially rater. and the faster
the early pace the better he shows in the
stretch Go Between was always within easy
striking distance Of the pace yesterday, and
this deceived his followers into believing that
he would come away easily at the end but Nc
Daniel was waiting in front. as the saying
goes. and brought the race down to sprint
through the final quarter, in which Go Between
was no match for Martin Doyle. IF Miller had
forced matters with Go Between, instead OF
waiting when he found there no pace to
speak Of, there might have been a different
story 10 tell Bad News raced with Martin
Doyle for half mile and then fell hopelessy
IN the rear.
Mcdaniel showed excellent Judgment In han
ding Athlete in the Nassau Handicap. He
waited patiently while Ben Ban and Orilene
were racing themselves into exhaustion, and
then came on TO win easily by TWO or three
lengths. Turning for home. Athlete looked
soundly beaten, but he proved much the best
the run. Orilene closed a slight
favorite at 18 TO 10. but Athlete had strong
following and the actual choice in many
books as the barrier was released.
- Leonard Joe Hayman outclassed his field in
the first race and won pulled up TO a walk by
ten lengths. There was a spirited drive for
the place, in which King Henry, the extreme
outsider, beat Dekaber a head. Oraculurn was
a pronounced favorite in the second race but
could hardly raise q respectable gallop and was
disgracefully beaten. Yorkist, at to 1, made
al the running and lasted long enough to win
by half length from PuGslane
A wild plunge on Asterisk which had not
started for more than a year, forced his price
from 40 10 l to j. 20 l in the fourth race
The pikers bet on him 10 a man. as an ILL
found rumor quickly spread that it was the
getaway trick Of the meeting Asterisk fin
ished last. Bon Mot, which revelled in the
mud raced Bowling Bridge into submission
after turning for home and won ridden out
from Luretta, the favorite. New York backed
from 20 TO 1 TO u to l. finished distant
S betting IN
dicsted he might.
Miller, who had been beaten on three favor
ites, came to the rescue Of his followers in the
last race by riding Hancock TO victory with a
margin OF four lengths. Jesse Lewisohn headed
strong play on Troublemaker, which forced
MS price down to to 1 as the barrier was
released, but second was the best he could do
II was raining so hard as the race was run that
me co!ors could not be distinguished until the
Dig helo OF maiden two-year-olds was well down
the stretch.
Even while the crowd was cheering the finish
the band struck UP Should Aud Acouaintance
BE Forgot" and the end had come