New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-01
HORSES In DEAD HEAT
FIVE FaVORITES BE1TEN.
L. Williams Takes MilIer's Place as
Riding Star at Brighton.

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favorites and the riding Of L. williams. the
Negro Jockey. were the chief happenings at the
Brighton Beach racetrack yesterday. Bobbie
nean and Lotus Eater finished so close together
IN the handicap. at a mile and a sixteenth. that
the suGges could not separate Them although
from che stand II looked though Bobbie Kean
bad won by the action Of a nod.
Twelve horses went 20 the post in this race,
Nth Bobbie Kean a lukewarm favorite at Z
70 2, while Lotus Eater. Tyron, Eugenia Burch
and Preen closed equal second choices at TO 1.
Hobbie Kean delayed the start several minutes
by refusing TO face the barrier. but he finally
broke running. He raced The Clown and Preen
TITO submission IN the first six furlongs, and
showed the way around the far turn and into
tie stretch when Lotus Eater moved up strong
and challenged the outside. From the last
fUrlong pole home IL was a long. gruelling drive.
ffrst one and then the other appeared 10 have
snOmentaFy advantage, but as they rushed by
The Judges they were practically inseparabe. and
"a dead heat was declared. The owners Of the
horses decided 20 divide the purse. neither
was anxious for a rln-of.
TyrOn finished third in this race, and might
Rave won with better luck in the early part.
1le was slow TO break and was shut off sharply
IA the rush 70 the first turn, that he
Brad last when turning into the backstretch,
some ten or fifteen lengths behind the pace
-rialzers. Knapp made up the lost ground grad
slally. and the horse finished so strong that his
Followers felt that they had lost winning bet
Eugenia Burch, which was making her first
appearance in several weeks, ran as If short
snd is likely to show decided improvement when
ehe faces the barrier again.
With Miller on the way to Saratoga 20 get a
1ew days rest before the opening of the meet
Eng there. next Monday, L. Williams took his
place and almost duplicated his feat Of last
saturday BE accepted four mounts and won
Three races and earned a dead heat on the other.
BE began by riding Orphan Lad to victory in
she first race. after those who had wagered on
The son OF Fatherless had given up all hopes.
Orphan Lad was far back in the early part,
while Somnus, the favorite. was racing on in
5rOnt as if he would gallop home. The latter
Began TO tire in the last sixteenth, so that Or
1'han Lad, closing with a we'll timed rush, got
up 70 win on the post by head Lotus Eater,
tat the weights. was probably best in the handi-
leap. but T. Williams rode one of his best fin
Fishes Bobbie Kean and earned a dead heat
as told. He rode the faint hearted Robin Hood
and nursed that old cripple home in the most
approved style in the third race, and then wound
ND by winning with Proposer in the last race
in which he again showed all the skill of a
finished rider
PrOposer was played for a killing in the last
race. and heavily backed from to 1 TO ) to 2.
but ran last on both occasions 1t seemed to be
common knowledge, however that he had
worked a mile in lao for this race, and pikers
sfa DlungeTs alike fell over themselves in their
anxiety to bet him even at the short price at
which the layers held him. In the face OF this
strong play Nemesis went back in the betting
from 70 20 20 3. Thanks TO a clever ride
by Williams. Proposer lasted just long enough 20
! win as Nemesis closed strong on the rail and
was beaten only short neck.
The Nautilus Stakes, for three year-Olds and
+ upward, at one mile and sixteenth, a
horse affair between Red FTiar and Garnish, as
Water Tank and BallOtta we're scratched. Gar
s1ish closed slight favorite Red Friar and
for seven furlonss It looked ~ ne would win
ses he pleased. as he gallOping along easily
"a front, while Red Frar being hard ridden
l.tO keep within two lengths of him. GRrnish be-
gan 70 stop. however. when Strengthened out
for home. and Red Friar away to win
feasily by six lengths
LOring plunged on in the fifth race, for
ffTo-year-old hillies. and backed with the Ut
tnOst confidence from to ! to to g. Third
swss the best she could do. however. as Altuda
band Fantastic fought it out all through the
Fstretch. the former winning by neck. Dugan,
"a stable boy. had the mount Altuda. so that
kshe went to the post at TO /. A Miller could
mot have handled her to better advantage, how
Lever. and those who were willing to accept
sDugan profited well on a small investment.
with fashionable jockey up Altuda would
hardly have been better than 3 to !.
Z The beaten faYorites were Somnus Van Ness
f15arnish 10 ing and Nemesis. AS it happened,
t1our Of them finished second, so that their de-
t.eat was doubly disappointing TO those who
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