The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-22

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Grayesend yesterday afternoon, Tokalou.
a fve-year-uld daughter Of the famous
Tammany out of Enid. With % TO I about
her was victorious in a smashing drive by
a neck, with p. r. Hitchcock's four-year-
old Dandelion, by Hamburg Pansy, I to 1
second, choice running In the place. Two
lengths away was the siS-year-old Ths
Picket. by Falsetto-voltsrio carrying the
colors Of the waldeck stable and closing
at odds Of 10 to l..
But for o~veranSiety on the part OF Jockey
Iah aN'lll1 "dN w 'p'ihDn VI many
competent judges that Dandelion could
not have lost. while other critics maintained
that by reason Of the hardest kind Of racing
luck The Picket vas prevented from carry
ing the day. O'Neill used up much OF
Dandelion's stamina in going after the
pacemaker, Roseben, entirely too soon, and
when Tokalon came with a rush at the
end the Hamburg colt had nothing left.
The Picket, who was knocked about soon
after the start, was twenty lengths behind
the leader at the lower turn. Going up
the backstretch he was shut OF repeatedly,
and on the far turn, just when it seemed
as if Radtke had found an opening for him
near the rail. he was cut of again, But
through the stretch the Falsetto horse ran
with indomitable courage and was gain
ing steadily upon the two leaders as the
race ended.
The ~favorite in the big race was the New
castle Stables Merry Lark, the four-year
old Jim Gore colt, who, on the strength Of
his impressive victory in the Exoelsior
Handicap at Jamaica, ruled the choice at
81 to 1, but like The Picket he struck numer-
GUS snags during the running Of the race
and was pocketed until it was too late to
get anything. w. b., Jenning s's Proper, who.
with James r. Keene's Delhi, picked up
top weight, trailed for a greater part Of the
distance. but was closing resolutely when
he finished fourth.
DAvY JoHNsoN TAKES oAMBLER's oHANCn.
Delhi, the winner OF last years Brooklyn,
had the heart taken out Of him in the first
three -eighths of a mile by Roseben, with the
result that he came home absolutely last.
Roseben led for a mile and then collapsed,
proving once more that in long distances
events the big sprinter has no business; but
Davy johnson started him simply to
takea gamblers chance, for the plunger who
Is broke again, stood to win S25, 900 In the
future books and also sic, 900 which went to
the winner. So Roseben. game and honest;
went as far as nature would permit, while
his specializing owner watched him with
high hopes until his chances went up In thin
air.
Instead Of feeling convinced that Rose
ben would be an easy horse to beat in hi
stretch, O'Nein, who chased the Ben Strome
gelding up the backstretch with Dande-
lion, became too eager to wrest the lead
when he reached the far turn. AS a result
he made his run with Dandelion too soon,
the Hamburg colt dashing up alongside Of
Roseben before they had become straight
ened out for the run home. That effort
took too much away from Dandelion and
though he was game to the core and stood
a tremendous drive he was forced to sue
cumb to the Tammany mare. The mile
and a quarter was run in POS SIS, the first
quarter in 20 s-5, the three furlongsin 80 rs.
the half in AZ As. the fve-eighths In
100 8-5, the three-quarters in 1918, the seven
eighths in 1928 and the mile in 1880 rs.
Last summer during the Providence
meeting Tokalon could not win a race.
but this spring her owner and trainer, j. w.
Fuller, concluded that with the right sort Of
preparation he had a cha noe TO win some
races on the metropolitan tracks n pos
sibly the classic Brooklyn. So when Fuller
nominated Tokalon for yesterdays race he
scraped together $500 n bet II across the
board in one Of the winter books at 90, 20
and 10. He also wagered 5000 third be-
fore the race yesterday at 8 to !, the
triumph OF the mare therefore putting more
than $25, 600 in his pocket. This was a wind
fall, for Fuller is not a rich man, although
he has several shifty horses in his string,
including the mare Don't Ask Me and the
three-year-old colt First Premium.
II Dandelion had won the public would
have taken thousands Of dollars away from
the bookmakers, for Mr., Hitchoock's horse
was widely tipped and on form especially
looked to be the best. The Picket was
heavily played in the winter books and was
also backed to show in the ring. Proper
was a hot tip before the race and was gen.
erously played three ways The really
smart money, however, went on Merry
Lark, for Trainer Welsh told his friends
hat the Jim Gore colt was in even better
trim than when he won the Excelsior, and
with Jockey Miller, the star rider. in the
saddle the combination proved a powerful
magnet.
Tokalon received a splendid ride from
Richard Bedell, who waited with her until
a mile had been completed and then coming
to the outside he cut her loose for a brilliant
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