The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-09
.BEDO|N WINS THE
CENTURY STAKES
Captures Nice Prize of Fifteen
Thousand Dollars
DEFEATS THE FAVoRITE
Fine Cloth Is Second and The Picket
Third-The Field That Started
In the Race Is Said to
Be Poor.

| New York. September S.-Bedouin' at 3
70 (. won the $4,000 century stakes at a
mile and a half at Sheepshead Bay today,
defeating the favorite, Fine Cloth' WIN
The Pickett third The field that started
in the race was, perhaps, the poorest
that has ever battled for this rich stake
of which such horses as Sysonby Stall
wart and Water Boy were among pre-
vious winners Only four horses went
| To the post, The Picket, Bedouin and
Fine Cloth. all being heavily played with
the latter favorite at II to TO- The start
was good. and Fine Cloth took the lead
Passing the stand the first time the Ia
vorite was leading, but Miller was Try
ing to pull him back. In the run around
the lower turn Fine Cloth led by two
lengths, Bedoun second and Inc PICKET
| third. This order remained IN the run
| down the back stretch. AT the 1ar turn
Hildebrand sent Bedoun up to the lead
az and In the stretch Bedouin gradually
caught Fine Cloth, ana IN a urNe won
| by half length
| To the surprise Of the big crowd De-
| mund easily won the $4,000 Flat Bush
| stakes at seven furlongs. In this race the
futurity winner, Electoneer' Fountain
| blue. one of the best 2-year-olds or the
wear. and a number of other good ones
started but at no time ana lheS ever
! threaten the winner.
John NJ. p, the imported English
Jumper. won the $4,000 Great Autumn
steeplechase over the full course OF TWO
and a half miles. He carried l62 pounds,
and made a new record Tor the distance
by stepping it in sos the previous record
being 5:O6 3-5, made in 1904. John M. +.
was an odds-on favorite
Elliott, in the first race was played
for a good thing, and in his victory the
ring lost about $4,000. He opened at
30 to l. and was pounded down to 10
to at the close. Two favorites won.
First race, selling five and half fur
longs-Elliott. 80 (Koerner). 10 to !, won;
! They're Off, 1O2 (Freishon), Ii to ., sec
ond Eldorado, 9S (Pope), to l, third.
Time, 1:07.
Second race. Great Autumn steeple-
chase. about two and a half miles-John
M. p, 1872 (Stone), to 8. won; Agent,
1a2 &C. Wilson,. to !, second; Altar, 14l
(Finnegan), 80 to l. third. Time. 800
Third race Flat Bush stakes, seven
furlongs-Demund, 100 (Radtke). u to L,
won; Ballot. lis Knapp, 10 TO l, second;
Dinna Ken. 102 (Koerner) 10 to l, third.
Time. lbs 40
Fourth race, Century stakes. mile and
half-Bedouin, 1913 CHildebrand), to ..
won; Fine Cloth, lis (MilleD, II to 10,
second; The Picket 1875 (Radtke), IL to .,
third. Time, 2:3S S-5.
Fifth race, six furlongs-Watergra
100 (Horner), u to l. won; Deutschland,
124 (Dugan) 6 to l. second; Sliokaway,
1903 (Miller), Z to /, third Time, lib 2-5.
Sixth race, five and half furlongs.
selling-Royal Lady, "a (Miller), to D.
won: Stray, 81 (Horner), Is to ., second;
Tileing. 1O2 Freishon), to l. third.
Time, LOG 40.
Seventh race, selling, mile and six
teenth on turf-Macy Jr., 80 lEnglander).
20 to /. won; John Lyle. log (Miller), s
to /, second Leonard Joe Hayman, "a
(Freshon), 20 to l, third. Time. 1:41 10.
shepshead Bay Monday Entries.
First race, five furlongs. futurity course
A-Garcantu, Commodore Arson, High
Glass King Brush. Senator Clay, Joe
Miller, Wilton Lackay, Ladon Langdon,
Col. Jack, Rockstone Ben Trovato, IL;
Common Sue. Roxie, Miss Letter, Lady
Warrenton, Qualify Hancock, theodore.
VIII Do. 109
Second race. selling, six and half fur-