New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-02
RACING 4 MUD STRIFE.
STAKE FOR G4LL4NT DAN,
-Four Fau01ltes Score Deer SLOPPY
Track at Brighton Beach.

Conditions were better adapted 20 racing be-
tween sea lions and walruses than thorough
treds az the Brighton Beach racetrack yes
iereay. as IL required an animal OF semi-anl-
phihious nature 10 struggle through the mud
and slush and water. The track was like
river when the FIRST race was run, and had every
appearance OF a bog in the succeeding races
A heavy rainstorm. which closely approached a
deluge broke as the crowd was gathering and
turned what promised 10 be a good days rae
ing anto a mud strife that could hardly be
called sport by the widest stretch Of the inn
aeinatlon. The horses raced just the same
however. and as il happened the players picked
out the mud larks with unerring precision
and four favorites came home in front
The Sunshine Stakes. for two-year-olds at
five and a half furIongs was the fixture on the
programme. Fountainblue appeared 70 have
the stake az his mercy. but after the storm ne
was scratched, as also August Belmonts
Don Enrique This left only three TO go, until
Frank O'NeiIl added hts recent purchase, Pen
arris George S. Davis and Penarrfs DIVIDED
the play of the big bettors around 2 TO each'
hut Gallant Dan and Frank Gill were not neg
lected. and both were backed down half point
from , 10 l.
AS II happened the two outsiders had the race
between them all the way, while the two choices
were always outrun three four lengths back.
Gallant Dan made the running up the back
stretch and around the turn. with Frank Gill
in close attendance. When Strengthened out for
home the latter took command for a few
strides but kept hearing out under pressure.
which lost him valuable ground. so that Cal
liant Dan. running game and true under the
whip came away again and won in a hard
drive by a scant length.
Five horses went to fhe post in the steeple-
chase, and after half the tourney had been
run they were strung out a full sixteenth of
yziie. The crowd was in uproar from start
10 finish, as the horses raced through water
ankle deep in places. The only wonder was
that they did not all fall down. as the footing
was so insecure at the jumps that one wag re-
marked that It was like taking of in a marsh
and landing in a lake. Python made all the run
ming for mile and a half, and appeared TO have
the even money favorite Bound Brook, soundly
beaten. He pecked badly at the second jump
from home. however, and Pollock his jockey.
went sailing over his head and landed in pud-
die After that Bound Brook came along and
won as he pleased from New Amsterdam,
which beat ARABIC as far as one could throw a
stone.
Banner and NolIie Donohue were the choices
IN the first race at six furlongs. but Anneta
Lady. because of her known fondness for the
mud, was heavily played from TO 1 to to 1.
She fairly revelled In the going, throwing mud
in the faces Of the others all the way. and
won as she pleased by four lengths. Molie
Donohue, Cassandra and AIoonshine had a stir
ring drive for the place and finished in close or
der named.
Woolwich. Hastings colt owned by the ex-
Jockey. Frank O'Neill, made show of his COM
pany in the third race. at mile and a six
teenth He as il he had webbed feet and,
after being five or six lengths in front most Of
the way. won eased up 10 a walk Demore.
backed from 6 TO / TO Is to 3. chased him for
in disgust and dropped out OF the running
Novena then appeared TO hold the place safe.
but Sonoma Belle closed with a rush through
the last furlong and earned second money by
safe margin.
The handicap, at one mile and q sixteenth, was
cut TO pieces by scratches, so that only four
horses went to the post. Geranium, after OPEN
Ing at TO 5. drifted back to 8 to 8 as Ebony
and Little Scout attracted the play of the plung-
ers. PhalanX, the extreme outsider, made the
running 20 the far turn, when Geranium went
20 the front and, coming away easily won hard
held, by two lengths Little Scout trailed along
In last place some ten lengths behind the pace
mixers most OF the way, IL Knapp, his Jockey
had little or no interest in the race The horse
closed strong. however, through the stretch and
easily disposed Of Ebony and Phalanx With a
more ambitious ride in the early mart ~ Locked
as II he could have forced Geranium out
Euoora, a tukeWarm faVorite in the last race
was graduated from the maiden class after a
spirited drive with Fish Hawk while F,faIl heat
Clio, "a bottled up good thing head for third
money. -'O