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Base Ball, Racing
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upon the throng. When Miller urged Merry
Lark across the finish line handy win
ner there was not cheer for his clever
ride. Roseben finished fifth and still the
crowd sat stupefied. Everybody had lost
Down in the betting ring however. the
bookies were wearing the smile that would
not come of.
Next came Rosebens race In the Metro
politan handicap. The Metropolitan dis
lance is but one mile. and it was argued
that Roseben would take more kindly to
this route. 1t was at Belmont last fall
that the big Splinter hung up new record
for six furlongs circular track. His
known liking for the going and the belief
that he was probably not at his best in
the Excelsior induced the public to plunge
on him again. This time. however, the
bookmakers did not hold Roseben in great
fear and freely offered 3h to 1 against
his chances. The field numbered twenty
two, record breaking tumble of cheap
horses. Roseben's effort IN this race was
but a repetition of his Excelsior perform
ance. He showed the way to the stretch,
where the other horses easily passed MN.
Grapple was the winner of the purse winch
the year before had been divided by Sys-
or1by and Race King IN their famous dead
heat Grapple, shifty sort OF platter com
mands no respect from the race-gofng pup
He
Next Roseben started in the Brooklyn
handicap Johnson sent him to the pos
as forlorn hope Here the distance was
a mile and a quarter, and every one knew
Roseben could not negotiate 1t. Johnson,
however, stood to win $4,000 In the future
book and he took a gamblers chance: Rose
ben lost and his speed was still further
dulled by the long journey. This time
Tokalon, the poor mans horse from the
west, was the winner at 30 to ].
After this Johnson thought to recoup ms
losses by putting Roseben in sprints With
practically no let-up, he sent the Dig geld
ing after the six-furlong purses, and
plunged on him at the short odds onered
by the bookmakers. Still Roseben Iost,
finishing second and third to horses Wnlcn
last year and the beginning of the present
season he could have beaten twenty lengths
at three-quarters of mile. Poor old Rose
ben has not made his appearance In some
time now and ii is to be hoped that he
will be given long long rest, in the hope
that he may come back somewhere near
his phenomenal sprinting form Of days that
are gone.
Go-Between Eliminated.
The Suburban handicap was one Of the
best-run races OF the year, and was won
by one of the best horses now on the turf
Go Between. This horse Is another Old
Benning campaigner, having made his first
eastern debut there In the selling class
His victory in the Suburban was followed
by the scandal which Is familiar to every
follower of the sport-and one of the most
remarkable cases In the annals or racing.
Go Between and all of Alexander Shields
horses were placed under suspension for
thirty days, and this prevented Go Between
from contesting in the Brighton handicap.
It also eliminated him from the Saratoga
handicap. to be run the opening day at
the Spa.
Rams Horn might not have had such
an easy victory in the Brighton $25,0oO
handicap had Go Between been permitted
to start. Both horses are stretch runners,
and Go Between would have been keeping
the Butte horse step by step curing that
long journey down to the Brighton VIE.
Go Between might not have beaten Rams
Horn, but there were many who regretted
his not having a chance for the purse
These the horses that have been
doing things, but by far the most lustrous
list is that of the missing. Artful was
regarded q sure starter in the Brooklyn
handicap and in all the big fixtures She
was training on nicely this spring, when
suddenly she fell Ill and it was necessary
to let up on all hard work. Still there was
a prospect of getting her to the post for
the Suburban or at least the brighton, In
which she won such a clever victory last
summer. Artful did not mend, and 1t be-
came necessary to throw her out Of train
ing for the season.
Whitney's Il-Luck.
This was but a foretaste to the mis-
fortune that was to come to Harry Payne
Whitney His strapping big three-year- old
Hamburg colt, Burgomaster, g. champion
whom many relied upon TO 1oLloW In the
footsteps Of Sysonby's three-year-old sea-
son, made his first appearance at Graves
end in splendid form. He won two easy
victories and then went lame 1t was
necessary to throw him out of training,
and all the three-year-old stakes were lost
to Mr.. Whitney. But there was another
three-year-old in the Whitney barn yet to
be relied upon-Timber, who was bought
from Madden last fall in order that Mr..
Whitney might have representative In the
Suburban Burgomaster was disqualified
from the Suburban because OF the death
of William C. Whitney, who nominated the
colt. Timber won the keenest admiration
and applause in making his first appear
ance, and every one predicted that Mr..
Whitney after all might not suffer so much
from Burgomaster's misfortune with such
representative as Timber on the track.
After just one race Timber went lame and
is now out of training. The only three
year-old of consequence left in the Whitney
stable is the FLY Brookdale Nymph. who
has run number of clever races this
season.
Oiseau went to the bad early in his train
ing and robbed the turf of a high-class
horse. These are but few OF the better
class of thoroughbreds upon whom days of
ill-starred fortune have fallen.