New-York tribune., 1906-12-01
MILLER at HIS BEST.
NEW YORK WINS Il CUP.
Tom Wright Outrides the Other
Gentlemen Jockeys.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


washington. Nov. 30-MrIer. the jockey, who
,.8ad to ride a winner on Thursday. redeemed
rl,,sef to-day at the Benning racetrack. by
lrineing Temmeraire, Cabochon and Avaunteer
home IN front and finishing second on Lord OF
che Vaie and third on How About You The
feature 0T the DAY, next 10 Mlers riding, was
the race for the ANA eur Cup, which New York
vou ron Niblick and four others. Tom Wright
C srxteen-vear-old youth from Baltimore. han
cted New York ike a veteran. and had the salts
action u beating such accomplished gentlemen
,,e<avs as Dion Kerr. Chester Kerr, Cortlandt
smith ana Mr.. Deveresux.
The Amateur Cup was q race al six furlongs
-4th gentlemen riders UP. New York, NibIck
and Quadrille were in strong demand. the first
~ar7ed closing q slight favorite at s 20 d Qua
5-iEle forced The pace. with Niblick in close at
tendance 10 the turn for home, where AIr
v-riEEt brought New York up the rail and
challenged the leaders QuadrilIe the first
- drop back beaten. but Niblick hung on well
snd forced Mr. Wright 10 ride New York out TO
~ r-- -7yo lengths. Gallant. with Mr. Nicholas
Ii. was practically left at the post, while Idle
Dream and Ava were never prominent after the
frs -aTS mile.
Miller began h. riding John f Madden's
Te-nerai~e 70 victory in the first race. The colt
vas r pronounced favorite in the betting. and
after ~a-lng Belle StrOme into submission came
away ard won easily from Zienap. which closed
strong fl the last furlong. Lady Vera, backed
from 70 l TO 70 2, was last most of the way.
and Er-ner. who had the mount. came in for
scr-H -1fav0-ab.e criticism
vor1sr was plunged on in the second race.
md backed from 1 to ! 10 8 10 5 P Wilson
rushed liU I'D so fast asound the turn from a
naC beginning. that he had nothing left 70 finish
with and James r. keene's CabOchOu. well
handled ry Miller came away IN the last six
teer-h ID win rather easily by two or three
f.aF00FO7 - good looking colt by
Disguise and 3 70 l was liberal price IN view
II his clever VlC-0aE few days ago Lee Har-
-sr1 II and Umbrella raced each other into sub
mission. forcing the early pace
Clo.s-e-ess was graduated from the maiden
class il ire fourth race, after trying all the
wear 70 earn brackets She was ali out at the
end -a heat Wate-Dearer. which closed with Il
an ayo~t-=, stopped after racing head and head
with Closre-ess TO the last sixteenth pole.
sv7u7-gs and Pretension opened equal IA
-o-it=s - 10 IN the fifth race but the former
closed n even money, while Preuensiou went
ha-- 70 e 20 The form players were right.
IS Miller had AvaUnteer in front all the way and
-yr- easily ~ TWO lengths IN the fastest race
q The meeting. while p Pfetension stopped under
the weight and finished IN the rUCk-
Ce5ars--ocle. one % the hard luck horses Of
The vsaL won the last race. after a spirited bat
tie with Lord Of the Vale. The latter hung
under pressure, and the Ben Stroue horse drew
away n the stretch. 20 win handily. II was
practically g Cwo-hOrse race, as the others were
never within striking distance Of Jhe leaders
SUMMARIES
rRe- RACE -EfEHveight handicap: .or al ages. s4oo
60 -,-a -i52z %. v-iTrer ~ 49, PaIv5oa
Be--E-ss Hamburg. Owner, :. z Madden