New-York tribune., 1906-09-26
c0Y MAID WINS STAKE.
rrpST IN OCCIDENTAL.
Ace High and Frank Lord Score for
"Big Tim" SuLliCdn.

,,a,s one OF the gamest little mares IN
1-,,o ran right back 20 her last good raee
-, Ss,s ago. and won the Occidental hanol-
- Gravesend yesterday at 10 TO from as
-. field as in all probability will go 70 the
-. arain this season. After rating along IN
f..,,d Mace while Dolly Spanker was olazins
-. nav three or four lengths In front 10 inc
-, for home she moved up strong "heh
heightened out ana. catching the pacemaAer
:, ,bs last sixteenth pole. came away 10 "lli'
-au in hand. by a full length Dolly Spanker'
,-ss ont from her early efforts. had all she couiu
A. 10 beat Good Luck three parts OF length
.o- the place Back Of the three placed horses
-sre Cottontown, winner OF the First Speclai'
,,sn6elion, winner Of the Saratoga HANDICAP
,rs the horse which ran second in the three dig
ming handicaps; Go Between, the hero or the
erbr-ban; Nealon. which made some claim TO
,.-aa-vear-old honors at Sheepshead Bay. and
others.
r4e raoe was at one mile and nlrlong. The
o45,,sI handicapper had. TO all appearances. ad-
,rs.ed the weights so cleverly that every horse
=, fbe aeld had q following. The play. In fact,
mas so well distributed that Dandelion and
Ostrich closed equal favorites at to l. while
csssrstrone was the outsider at 20 TO ]. backed
sovn from 20 At the weights Coy Maid was
,,nnuestionabIy the best horse. although both
nandelion and Ostrich suffered from the Ill luck
:, me race and could not do themselves full jus
sire Ostrich was away badly, and could not
snd an opening until too late to make his pres
snce felt. while Dandelion was so hemmed in
sn6 knocked about In the run around the first
,urn and Up the backstretch that Sewell spent
most G. his time in pulling him of his horses.
When he found clear sailing the race was prac-
ticaIy over.
Cortontown. ths actual top weight IN the race
according 20 the scale. had no excuses beyond
the fact that his irnpost was too much. while
little also could be said IN extenuation Of Nea-
Ions had performance. as he was fairly we'll up
n the early part only 70 drop back hopelessly
beaten before the far turn was reached. He
seems to be showing the effects OF too much
racing. Go Between was a dismal last all the
WAY and this good horse, which was on the tip
Of everybody's tongue, after his run of victories
which ended IN winning the Suburban Handicap.
could hardly raise a respectable gallop and
showed none Of that dash and vim which char
acterized him when at his best It would seem
10 be the part OF wisdom TO retire him for the
season.
Big Tim" Sullivan, who is playing politics at
Buffalo instead of the thoroughbreds at Graves
end, missed an opportunity that may not come
10 him again this year, Ace High and Frank
Lord, running In his name and colors, won their
respective races ace High went TO the post in
the first race al - 10 !, and ran unbacked by
the stable TO any great extent, as he die IN his
last start which he won at the same price
Frank Lord was the favorite in the third race
and won as he pleased from Killochan. which
was played for killing from 10 20 13 to g.
Little Ross. who was thought to be badly in
!urea after the accident at Gravesend last week
Il which Bertrand Freishon lost his life was
back in the saddle again yesterday. and showed