The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
FLIP FLAP WINS AT LONG ODDS
TAKES ADVANCE STAKES FROM
WHIMSICAL AT 30 TO i.
Oran, q No TO 4 Shot. Beats water Pearl,
: In the Great Triai-keEuel Captures the
steepieohase -AeFonaut Scores In the
Sprint Handbag six Favorites Lose.

Sprint Ha~ndicap--six Fayorites Lose.
Running In tImethat was'alnfth Of . second
behind the world'a record, made by Irlsh Lad
In 1904, J. A. Bennet's Flip Flap. q three-year-
old Ally by Handspring, won the Advance
Stakes. weight for age. one mile and three
furlonss. by q length. yesterday. Flip Flap
was an added starter and was quoted at 80 to !.
Her time YVES 2i7 As. carrying 100 pounds.
II was o magnificent race from o spectacular
point Of view. but II was a.bltter d~isappoint-
mant to the thousands who backed Whimsi-
cal, the 2 to 1 fsvorite. to win q fortune iWhim-
steal ran second, beating John Z. Madden's
The Quail, 10 to 1, by q head. with Sydney
Paeet's ~Calrngorm.b to !. a head out OF the
money. James B. Bsady's t4S.ooO Accountant.
10 to s, was nowhere. Accountant and Whim-
steal went out to mako the pace. The latter
had o slight advantage IN the run up the back
stretch, with James r. Koene's Bohemian.
Ito I. In third place, followed by The Quail and
CairnRorm. who were practically on sven
terms. Sir Huon and Flip Flap were the
~traIlers, 90 far behind the two leaders that
nobody gave Bennet's Ally q look In. On the
far turn the rear guard began to close up.
Accountant done to'a turn by Whimsical.
began to felter and then dropped out OF. 1t.
Bohemian stopped too. and then The Quail
made q bold dash for the lead, getting his
head In front OF Whimsical as the pair turned
into the homestretoh. BY that time Willie
Knapp had begun to make his runiwtth FLIP
Flap. With her usual great burst Of speed
through the last stages OF the race. Flip Flap
GRADUALLY wore downThe Quail. whose Jockey
had been too eager. and then Knapp hooked
up with Whimsical. Tired from her efforts
az pacemaker, Whimsical weakened under
the terrific strain and surrendered the lead
to Flip Flap inAthe last twenty-five yards.
owner Bennett was congratulated, but he was
Allied with sadness because Of the fact that he
did not bet q dollar on the Ally.
Nearly 5000 persons sweltered all the
afternoon In the terrific heat. Few Of them
won money on the day, as six out Of seven
favorltes were defeated. The success OF Flip
Flap was no more startling than that OF the
Ormondale Stables oran. a Il to l shot. In the
Great Trial Stakes, q six furlong dash for two
year-olds, down the Euturlty course. James
r., Keene's Ballot, an 9 to s favorite. tremend-
ously backed. could do no better thon finish
third. At the last furlong pole IL looked as II
Sydney Paget's Water Pearl, who gave weight
to his company and was coupled with Charles
Edward at 10 to s, would win handily. But the
son Of Water cress began to stop under the
100 pounds on his back. and when Miller
challenged with Oran Water Pearl could not
rs4nond TO Lyne's call As O result Oran
came 10 the judges two len gths before Water
Pearl, In il2 As. Water Pearl beat Ballot
b., TIVE lengths. With Ethcn e poor fourth;
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s sass a $50 PSa had three lengths over
than a hundred lengths back.
sn a Msst for re he o defeat ssas Of T ASsd nalfB5s sISgon IT,
TIptoe. ii to s ~fayorite, In the high weight
but at no time did she seem able TO get to the
front. Fred Johnson's Aeronaut. with 1870
IN the van and shot past the Judges with three
hall back Tiptoe managed to beat Monet.
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SECOND RACE.