New-York tribune., 1906-04-24
RACING In DEEP MUD. |
FIVE F4VORITES BEATEN.
Hermitage ReUeIs in the Going and
H7ins Peconic Handicap.

There vas come snow. some hail and plenty of
rain driven across the inclosure by cold north
east wind. AZ Aoueduci Yesterday IN spite OF
,,lese discomforlng conditions however, SOME four
thousand raoegoers made the journey to the track
"a see iha horses smash their way over track
that was deep IN sloppy mud II was poor
apology for sport and five well played faVeil'es
went down te defeat II was hardly profitable DAY
for those vino coutted pneumonia for the sake u
seeing the horses run
Hermitage won the Peconic Handicap. race for
tfree-yesr-olds at seven furlongs. 1t was the
feature Of the card although hardly Of TIE f'elhS,
as the son or Loyalist fairly spreadeagied ms leu
and won easily hy two lengths. lie went TO the
pos: ~ 3 to l. having been backed down a poi'''
from s 10 J. Tnauisitor. which making his 1rst
aprearance of the year. was the favorIte. lie was
,,rpged on and backed from TO 10 : 10 on ihe
strength Of a fast workout and ms KNOWN lNii'e
for a heavy track. ISRAELI was strong second
choice but even Battle Axe was preferred to Her
sntago
The start was good. but hermitage rushed to the
front and opened up sap Of two or three lengths
from Ava. which led The others. Israfel olo ho'
have tre foot he showed his first start a fe7
DAYS ago. and dropped back to last place leaving
Inauisitor 10 GO on and chase Hermitage it was
= stern chase however. and fruitless one, as Her
Intace ga Hoped along in front and won with plenty
~ srare ISRAELI settled down to racing in the
stretch when II was too late, although he forced
Miller 10 ride Inquisior out 10 save second money
Battle Axe and Ava were beaten OF.
The hsld for the steeplechsse was cut in two So
that oniy four starters went to The post. Tom
Cccan. with Ray up. was always an odos-on Ia
vnrite but he ran like 100 10 shot ana tncse
who had accepted the short price so far forgot
themselves rs 20 jeer Ray he brought the horse
home third = fuH sixteenth Of q mile behind Red,
White and Blue and Saline. which practically
had the race between them all the way. Belliger-
ent rhe only other starter hung himself on the
last iump but was remounted and finished Red.
end qlrt-oT- hell
race safe. Saline made p game effort 70 overtafe
him in the last half mile that Walcott resorted
10 the whip in the last sixteenth and drove his
mount out
C1an'bo the tRn-yesr-old which in the colors
these who had invested on his chances had an
anxious few minutes even after he had got saiely
had ridden Isdore Hirsch rather close all through
The last sixteenth so that Sewe on the latter had
TO pull up sharply just before the finish II looked
Ike foul. bot the stewards after hearing Sewells
lov7ed 10 stand as they finished. The biggest field
81 ihe day went 70 the post IA ms ra9e & nnI none
indicate that they were worth the n1ce of start
FEATHER Bill DAILY won his first race Of the
meeting sgth Neronese IN the opening handicap
fsces cor OF his se three @ eoPetitors ali the way He
swerved In and out IN The stretch. cutting or Mo,
for the third time At the meeting, but once more
proved = bitter disappointment. B. smith who no
more interested in getting out Of the shower Of
mud than anything else
MasanieNo and Fay were the other winners.
Masanielio took the ffth race after bad break
and Z humping match all through the stretch with
Colossal. the favorite. A youngster named Gerdes
had the mount he had his hands full in trying
keep the big horse straight colossal raced into
long lead but he is so faint hearted that even
Miller unable 10 him home. and Law
senian beat him for the place.
In spite Of her two good races AT the meeting.
Fay back in the betting to 10 in the last
race while Clare Russell was backed odds-on.
Fay won under Radtle's clever handling by a
short head, bur Clare Russell was probably best.
IS She Went wide AZ the elbow and ran green but
was slowly but surely wearing the winner down at
he