New-York tribune., 1906-06-30
FIRST MhSON'S STAKE.
GRENADE BEATS N1XN4R.
Harry Payne Whitney Wins TEoo
Races ut ISheepShead Bay.

,-,sro was little entertainment and less COM
fort At the Sheepshead Bay racetrack yesterday
Scratches reduced the fifth race TO two-horse
affair there were only three starters In the sec
ond race. the first event on the programme was
= Wild scramble by eighteen cheap selling plat
ers IN which Jockeys who had never ridden
a winner had the mounts, and the sport as a
whole was hardly of the So variety which might
be exnected at Sheepshead Bay. Further than
that Tho frandstand was a hot box in which the
crowd fairly sVgeltered all the afternoon There
was nice breeze stirring, but unfortunately IL
Was al the back of the stand and brought no
relief Two favorites managed 20 win. but their
success hardly made up for the defeat OF the
four others, and those who managed 10 break
even on the day had good cause TO congratulate
themselves.
The Thistle Stakes. a disguised selling race
was the only fixture on the programme. Five
horses went to the post with First Mason
slight favorite over Garnsh. The former was
making his first appearance after a let-up or
almost two months and those who knew OF his
fast work played him with the utmost CONN.,
dence and hacked him from 3 TO l TO 10 B. he
ran one of the best races in his career. Martin.
who had the mount. waited behind Garnish TO
the head Of tho stretch. where he gave the big
i. horse his head. and. quickly taking command
won going away by a length or more in the fast
time OF l.O- lie lldth MoS aSe2h oAIo NNRF'g
but the time was only three-ffths of a second
behind the track record of 1:52, made by Dainty
in 1904. Garnish beat Ormonde's Right eight
lengths for the place, while Water Tank ana
Oliver Cromwell came struggling in many
lengths further back. -
Harry Payne Whitney won two races, with
Brookdale Nymph and Jersey Lady. Brookdale
Nymph had little trouble in disposing OF Bo-
hemia and Content in the second race. She
opened up q gap Of four lengths In the first
quarter and romped along in front all the way.
Bohemia, hard ridden most of the way, did
her best to furnish a contest, but Content,
which wss heavily played, was so badly out
run that those who had backed her looked on
.n disappointed surprise. Jersey Lady took the
third race beating Toddles the odds-on favor
ite and seven others. Lyme allowed her TO
swerVe all over the track, but she was good
enough 10 win cleverly by length, while Tod
dies doing her best 10 beat Fantastic a head
for the place.
The fifth race degenerated into two-horse af-
fair between Grenade and Maxnar. The latter
was a strong favOrite. but try as he would he
could never get within two lengths Of Grenade,
which made all the running and won easily by
two or three lengths.
a youngster named Knaack was graduated
from the maiden class of jockeys when Mel
bourne Nominee at Il 10 /, beat Ancestor half
length in the first race. Lady Ellison, which was
third.
The surprise Of the day came in the last race,
when Solly n, al the lucrative price of 60 70 l.
brought JOY TO q few pikers by beating Frank
Lord head. Solly NJ. in his recent races. has
been running nearer last than first but he was
out the finish in the most resolute fashion. Mon
fort, which beat Frank Lord on Wednesday. ran
a wofully bad race. and far hack in the
ruck al the end.