The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
ROLScRER,S BRIGHTON cur.
Cheap Platter vim $4,000 stakes From
Zip Fap.

The running Of the $4,000 Brighton Cup.
q weight for age race At two miles and a
quarter, At the Beach yesterday provided
one Of the biggest turf surprises In many
years. William Shieldss three-year-old
Holscher. a cheap selling platter who gradu-
ated from the maiden class only the other
day. ridden by an inexperienced exercise boy
named NOone. was the winner. He was
quoted AZ rs TO I and was played by many
for small wngcrs. On form II looked like a
laydown for W. y. jennings big Preston
pans horse, Proper. who was victorious In
the Cup Preliminary last Tuesday. and a.
Proper had only suffered one defeat in the
mud during his turf career the wise frater-
nifty thought that any price against him
was a good one. Accordingly = TO 5 was
gobbled up by the big SPECTATORS while Whitley
LAngdon's three-year-old nlly Flip Flap.
another good mud1srk. who was supposed
10 be Proper's most dangerous rival. was
heavily pla yed at ITO S. George Brown. Jr.'s.
The Clown. ut 80 TO I, the fourth starter. was
also nibbled at.
At the start Miller vent, 10 the front with
The Clown. who was lighting for his head "a
he rushed down past the Judges for the first
time. l.. Williams had q tight hold on Proper.
the big fellow gallopinR along In second
place with gigantic strides, while Flip Flap.
Shaw up, was third and the despised. Holscher
q bad last. Going into the backstretch
Proper, who waDted.to run, passed The Clown
and set a good pace. At the end OF a mile,
still under wraps. Proper was going easily
with The Clown second. Flip Flap third and
Holscher still the trailer. Round into the
homestretch the second time rushed Proper,
Williams sitting still and never making q.
move. This order was maintained around
into the backstretch again until a mile and
~three-uuarters had been covered. when Shaw
made his first move with Flip Flap. As the
Handspring Ally reached Proper's side Will
Jams began to ride the P~restonpans horse
for all he was worth. but In the next furlong
Proper chucked II up like a hound. II looked
like Flip Flap on the far turn. but in a Jrny
Holscher, who had been cut loose. made q
quick dash for. the Ally. who could not stall
him on. Holscher and Flip Flap ran like a
team after that until they got we'll into the
homestretch. where both Shaw and Noone
went 10 the whip. They put the punishment
on thick, but Holscher had the greater amount
Of stamina and gradually drew away inch by
inch while the is 1000 spectators yelled In their
excitament. a. the end, still under the lash,
Holscher was the winner by three parts OF a
length. with Flip Flap twenty lengths in
front Of the disRracefully beaten Proper,
The Clown being an eighth OF a mile back.
The time was $50 I-5.
The other stake feature was the ChantilIy
Steeplechase, about two miles. There were
only three starters. Mr.. Cotton's Jimmy
Lane. who went up in the betting from 3 TO >
to even money. won in a sharp drive by two
lengths from J. T.. Widener's Caller. 7 to ?.
T. Hitchcock. Jr. Is. Orc. backed down to ? to 1,
burned up a flood OF wise money by refusing
one Of the obstacles on the backstretch the
FIRST time around. The race was run in 40.
The sport began with an upset for the talent
10 the first race for two-year-olds,h five and 4
half furlongs. when the Pa%tchogue stables
Belle OF Iroquois, 3 to 5 favorite, was beaten.
Miller rode her and set the pace TO the middle
OF the stretch, when the Palestine Stables
Tileing, a Hastin "a filly, at IL TO l, ran over her
and won in a drive by, 2 length in I Os 80,
from Russell T.. 10 TO l, by a scant length, The
latter Was a head in front OF Ace High, l5toI.
3 70 faVoTite. was easily the best in the third
event. for platers at a mile and q sixteenth.
J. Hennessy handled him cleverly. going to
in a Saiiop by a length and a half in I4s is.
lengths beore Mandarin, 20 to !, who, beat
made some Of the pace. but he did not ike the
j.. ]. Walsh's Arimo. Alto 1. ran away from
furlongs, b~reeyinR home the easiest kind Of a
winner by six len gths in rs. II was a smash
ing drive for the place, E, r. Bradley s Barinso.
) to I, taking IL from the Palestine Stables
Fish Hawk, 3 to I, by a nostTil.
After leading for more than half a mile in
the last race; a handicap for all ages at six
furlonRs, Halifax. the top weight, at 4 TO I,
died away TO nothing because OF the mud.
Then Miller went 20 the front with W. W. Oar
de1's Mamie Hodge; backed dow to . to 5,
I:i4 As. In a scramble fer the other places
Gambrinus, backed down TO Z. ran second. a
hsbIlle' : TO 1, q head back. after making up \
lot Of ground in the homestretch Four
favorites lost and the books won heavily on
the day. The summaries: