New-York tribune., 1906-07-04
DULL RACING In MUD.
FOUR F.4VORITES BEATEN.
Tiptoe Beats Brookdale Nymph-
The Chase a Farce.

The most confirmed racing enthusiast could
find little TO recommend the sport at Sleeps
head Bay yesterday The card was poor one
the track was deep in sloppy mud. four favor
ites were beaten, and only one finish was close
enough to arouse moment OF excitement. A
good sized crowd was on hand. the heavy
storm did not break until most persons were on
their way 10 the track. The rain came down in
torrents as the crowd got of the trains. and in
the wild rush across Ocean avenue TO the en-
trance few escaped without wetting which did
not improve tempers any. Some youngsters
with umbrellas did a thriving business, and
many willingly paid % cents to the hackmen TO
drive them across the street.
The card was badly balanced as two of the
felds were big and unwieldy. and three Of them
were too small TO satisfy. The steeplechase for
the Rockaway Cup was the fixture the pro-
eramme. but the handicap mile and
turlong was the feature until it was cut TO
pieces by scratches Six OF the original thirteen
were withdrawn. leaving seven 20 face the bar
rier Agile was lukewarm favorite at ; to p
with Grenada the second choice at 16 to ;
Every horse had some friends. however. and A.
NuskOday played for a small sized killing
by a wise few. and backed from 90 10 1 to 10
20 ]. The race was procession with A Mus
koday romping along in front like a Domino or
a Sysonby With only eighty-eght pounds up,
be seemed 10 fairly ny through the sloppy mud.
and Grenada and Cedarstrom were the only
ones which ever got anywhere near him. and
they never threatened any particular danger.
Agile, Blandy and Yorkshire Lad foundered
around in the ruck as If they were the COM
Tnonest selling platers, and were soundly beaten
fn the first half mile. Blandy seems TO have
lost all his form. and pulled w a bad last
Grenada ran his usual honest race but could not
concede shirty-fycn mounds scala vxaigl,@ +l,a
winner A. Muskoyay showed startling improve
ment over his last race on June % but Of
course, the muddy track was a good excuse
The Roekaway Cup steeplechase for quali-
fed hunters. was the carded feature. but it de-
Perforated into bowling farce There we're
four starters-Long Run and Ell Cuchillo. coupled
as the Widener entry and held at odds-on; Game
Cock. against which to I was offered. and Di-
Wider. the outsider at 90 20 /. Mr. Widener de-
elared 70 win with Long Run and Davidson took
him right 20 the front and opened up a gap of hf-
teen lengths while FL Cuchfllo raced in close COM
pany with Game Cock. Coming to the Iiverpool
the second Time Game Cock fell and sent Mr.
Lee Evans sprawling on the soggy turf He
scrambled up unhurt and thereafter the race
vas mere procession, as Divider could not
furnish any opposition to the Widener pair.
Long Run by a full sixteenth OF a mile
while his stable companion was the same dis
Eance before Divider. Long Run did not fence
particularly well, but he had plenty OF speed
between jumps. and may turn out TO be a fair
horse through the field.
Eighteen youngsters went 20 the post in the
first race. wild scramble through the mud at
i've furiongs. J. C. Core. at to /, was grad
uated from the maiden class. SewelI got him
of well. and this meant much, as the colt es
capped the flying mud. Smiling Tom and Yorkist.
the latter at 100 to 1, were the ones TO furnish
the contest, but neither was able TO make ]. c.
Core DO anything more than gallop through the
last sixteenth TO win by comfortable margin.
Iiptoe. Brookdale Nymph and Mandarin were
the only starters in the second race. The first
fwo were about equal choices, although Tin
toe closed a slight favorite. Mandarin was
me outsider at Il to 1. Like most of the get Of
Hastings. Tiptoe fairly reveIIed in the ,n,6 ana
making the pace 20 suit herself, had Brookdale
aynph sounoly btaten at the far turn. She
Lhsn 49, @ @salfe on ana won as she pleased Brook
Gale Nymph was so tired from chasing 7Tintoa
thaf Lyme had 20 ride her out to save the pIace