New-York tribune., 1906-06-08
GO BETWEEN'S HANDICAP
UTNS SPECTACULAR RACE.
cairrgorm, the Facoritc, Rams Third
IN the Westminster.

Ale, shields's co Be;woca tho Westminster
rIsndicap AZ Gravesend yesterday in one OF the
.ost spectacular races TINS year. After being
- most of the way and 10 al appearances sound
!, beaien ar the far turn he closed with \ great
,-st Of speed through the stretch. and got up IN
,,me 10 win by half a length from Eugenia Burch
,-srncorTn and Won Tromp. which We're Tapped at
,Se anish. The time was 2Os Is.
-rhc Westminster Handicap was the feature Of
81. oueuiug day OF the second spring meeting OF
=. rlrooklyn Jockey Club. u had a guaranteed
.lus Of $1,000 and the distance was a mile and a
oyarter. il practically renewal Of the
Brooklyn. and while il lacked the glamour Of that
historic fixture. the field quite good and the
ace equally stirring and hard fought. big
r-owd was in attendance. numbering twelve
,housand persons.
Nine horses went 20 the post in the big race
rrht OF those originally car6ed declined the issue
nut Mrs. J. curtis added ECgenia Burch. with lOs
.ounds up. Sydney Pagets Csirngorm. with Miller
n me saddle. pronounced favorfte at Is 10 10
ar the strength Of his first good race al Belmont
psrk Dainty and Bsndy were equal second
choices ~ 10 ] each. while the others ranged in
mice from 40 GO Between and Won Tromp to
q 10 ] EuEenia Burch, which was the extreme out
sder. Go Between. next TO Cairngorm. had per
hans the strongest following as ne was backed
doWu from high price OF p TO l
The start was prompt and good and Garner took
the lightly weighted Pater 10 the front and showed
the way past the stand the first time with Cairn-
CORN. Blandy. Won Tromp and Bad News following
n close order. and the others strung out with Go
Between last and Eugenia Burck next TO the last
Cong round the paddock turn Won Tromp slipped
through on the rail and moved into second place.
and followed Pater up the hackstretch. Cairn-
CORN. unoer stout pun, and Blandy were next
running head and head and this order was main
tElned 70 he far turn AT that point Crimnlins
took EuEenia Burch through her field with an IN
expected and surprising burst of speed and in less
than furlong she had raced by Cairngorm and
Bandv and gave battle TO Pater
After a short and decisive struggle Pater canitu-
lated and when Strengthened out in the stretch
EuEen'a Burch drew away and aopeared "a tsva
The race safely Won. Rlandy had droppaa hack
hesten and Miller hard at work on C,airngorr,
which while giving OF his best vas not responding
Es his followers were hoping and expecting Grim
mins was hard NJ work Eugenia Burch al the
last sixteenth pole, she was beginning 10 feel
the effects ~ her rush around the turns bur e,-en
there n looked as II she would win. In the mean
tine Go Between was slowly but surely inprovinr
his position, and, working his way through the
tfng field, was passing after another Of mis-
competitors His followers. who had given lp prac-
tcaly AL hope. suddenly woke up and bers, roo,
ing noisily, and almost before one could realise 4,
he was in the thick OF the fight and closing win
that rare courage and bulldog tenacity for which
hs Is famous.
Shaw. his Jockey. guided him safely and ,1,,
through his field but had do little more as hts
mount was racing strong and true. The distance
seemed ah too short for him 10 get up hut inside
the lasi fixteenth pole he raced by Cairngorn
and taxing issue with Eugenia Burch. conquered
her. and won going away by a scaut half lang,b
James r. keene won the Criterion Stakes with
his unbeafen hlly Court Dress. She was an odds
on fsVor1ie IN the betting. Soprano an addsd
starter, mace the running the last flrlo1er Tos
nut Court Dress was always within strikiry dis
enc hho she came away al the end and won
Tooen out ny scant length. Alteration was third
Sno Jersey Lady. which beat Charles Edward in
his first start, fourth III
~ seIles =, ht--ne won another race for maiden
o-tear-0lcs I'm Ballot. good looking cFesrr,,r
colt 10y Noter-Cerito. He won as he DleaSeS 49,
fan he fVe turlOngs in 100 s-5. which was a Sfrb
oi second faster than Court Dress ran the dis
lance IN Tie stake race ~ 0iH
Le'nedtFF took the steeplechase after Fergus
the faV0re, fell al the water 1uuDD in from
slana hfa, White and Blue raced up 10 the Weld
u gtalg on the far turn. and appeared 10 ia "a
I'm saity beaten, but he dropped our OF IN snd,5er
~ aho hnlshed IN the ruck. lie pulled uD lame
"Ao Donahue, his Jockey, explained later ihsr he
STUCK himself IN the third jump from home