New-York tribune., 1906-07-19
THE VEN US FOR MENTHA
WINS BY LUCKY BREAK.
v;c,oria b. Runs Brilliant Race, but
Just Fails to Get Up.

-unning start was largely responsible for
- .s.fory OF James r. Keenes Mentha. I'm the
=. venus Stakes az Brighton Beach yesterday.
- me same advantage at the start George J.
..,g,s victoria B.. an added starter, would
-.r.hlv have won easily. She was slow to be-
.ns was far back in the run Up the back
t'.-.,1h while Mentha was forcing the pace out
: ,-,-t. but she ran all around her field turn
= sor home. and closed with such a determined
=, that Radtke had 20 ride Mentha out 10 win
tr haR length.
-ss Venus Stakes was for two-year-old fllies.
!. a.. and a half furlongs. with a guaranteed
-.,r. Of s.. 500. Nine horses went TO the barrier
..,rge J. Long scratching Alruda in favor Of
,r.,ona B. Mentha, on the stretch Of her good
- a few days ago. lukewarm favorite
- Clare Russell and August Belmont's
r,,mor. while a heavy play on Surveillance re-
80 her price from as much as IS 20 in places
pesOL
wetha was fractions at the post, so that one
:, .he assistant starters was obliged TO take her
~ the head and keep her from breaking through
"a barrier When the start came. however. she
Aross from behind. but running. and Radtke
,,st no time taking her TO the front. Irvine had
,as,tv Of speed. but Mentha raced her into sub
-ission rounding the far turn. and was quite
-sssv 10 take up a fresh fight when Glamor
,hsllenged after being Strengthened out for home.
as,er a short but decisive struggle she con-
susred The Belmont flly. and right at the end
Fas enough left to stall OF Victoria B. IS brilliant
rush. Glarnor hung badly in the last hundred
,,rss and Yankee Girl Funnin~ strong and
ssrpe earned third money. a. neck behind Victoria
r Surveillance and Clare Russell were botn
rT5uinent for half mile but the former stopped
e IL short while Clare Russell found her heavy
srDost Of l22 pounds too much.
Nentha is a half sister to Wild Mint, which
vas one Of last years good three-year- -olds. but
Vhich unfortunately, went wrong, so that he
tng not been bic TO face the starter this year.
The handicap for all ages, fifth on the card
resulted IN a stirring finish. in which First Pre-
rsum bear Tiptee and Lady Anne after a bitter
SdFe through the last sixteenth Lady Anne.
he favorite, made the running up the back
stretch but Tlptoe raced up to her rounding the
,ufn and they came into the stretch head and
head Tiptoe had Lady Anne soundly beaten at
the last sixteenth pole, but just when it looked
gy Il she would come on and win First Premium
which had been in a good position all the way.
moved up strong on the outside and won by
S5sHt length Tiptoe beat Lady Anne the same
distance while the latter lasted just long enough
70 save the small end Of the purse from Hand
ssra. First Premium had eight pounds in his
favor over his last meeting with Tiptoe on Sat
uF1ay when beaten a, length and half and the
lzart handicappers, who figured First Premium
70 Be the legitimate choice, prOfted well by the
victory as he went to the post at 9 to 3
There seems 10 be disposition among the
Sesplechase owners to ShiTk the races through
wsnt 70 the post in the jumping race yesterday.
TEo OF these. Hylas and Orc, were from the
Eabls Of Thomas Hitchcock, 5r., and they were
hsld at the prohibitive price of 1 to 3. Oro re-
fused jump on the backstretch when running
q font, but Hylas then took up the running
and won rather cleverly, although Ray took no
cAG-ess and kept him gciag through the stretch.
EE Page rode his own horse Pure Pepper, and
i1t for bad bobble at one of the Jumps in the
lackstretch. he might nave forced Ray to ride
Aylas QUE as the horse was running strong
through the last halfmile
Al Powell was always the favorite over Jaunty
n the first race, although the latter was the
tng Al Powell made show Of his field, while
yaunty ran a bad race, compared with his
last effort OF the six starters in this race four
q them were quoted at 100 to / or better
Red FEiar. Miss Rillie and Lancastrian fin
e mile and a quarter. and the victory OF Red
noe and strong finish. Millers effort on Ian
2sirlan was weak in comparison, as, after al
owing his mount to make the running under
s!sps for a mile he let Miss Rillie steal a lead
q Two lengths rounding the turn. Lancastrian
e9sed stoutly through the stretch, but Millers
mistake proved fatal and he had 10 be content
With third money
ocean Spray was graduated from the maiden
ulss n the last race, as McKittridge, the ia
.alte, was so badly outrun and interfered with
= ne nTst six fuFlongs that he had entirely too
aaen ground 10 make up in the stretch He
s.sea big gap, but was beaten head for the
bAoe By Hera-