The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-17
WON BY ROSE BEN.
rAyORITE CAPTURES THE CARTER
 HANDICAP.
Challenged By Southern CrSss, a" Outsider in the Stretch, But Shows Gameness To the
 End.

New York, April 16.---Rose Ben, the popular favorite, carrying top WeignMs M of 129 pounds. today won the Cafser fe ture of the opening day of Metropolitan racing at Aqueduct The finish was fought out in a hard drive, between
 Rose Ben and Southern Cross. an out
 The favorite gamely responded to a masterly ride by Jockey Lyme ana
 won by a head. long gap or dayligslhe slnt | separated the first two horses from the eleven other starters in the race. Com ing out of the ruck at the sixteenth pole Red Knight ran into third place, barely nipping the snort enu oL ,ne te in the betting. The race was run III ;26 2-5, two-fifths of second De- hind the track record. su,4o Rose Ben was always the ravorlte. Financially and sentimentally. When he led the post procession past one Cl the largest crowds the Aqueduct tIa0A ever held. he was loudly applauded:
 The field of seventeen horses namso l to 20 to the post was reduced py tne scratching of Rams Horn, Rebo, r Battre | Axe. D'Arkle and Ballota; J. M. McCor mick added Grenade ana brought '"e
 When 1t came to the running of the race 1t was all Rose Ben up 10 the last furlong. when southern Cr4ss tbs csa.p wjre | followed The gameness with Wnlcn Rose Ben fought out that last furlons won him high regard from all morse
 men and he Is held to be dangerous 1 fscfor in the Metropolitan at one mile' Uermitage and Green Room ran wlth | inc big sprinter for the first two TUT longs. but he had a clear isad ofnsine em.S, | ing the stretch when in tho oiostns russh Southern Cross. who came to the rsces with a splendid New Orleans rec ord, was the only one to get anywhere Three strong favorites and spii, | favorite won their races today, tns other two events going 10 Weil psIheS iii i,S, l second and third choices. Horses "uI1n . | were facing The barrier Tor the iirs' t,Te this Wear won five of the SIX cents. the only seasoned visitor turn, | ing I'D in Tileing, smart TWO year Soiu is
 brought out at Benninig' 4aIaiSs tn nave hinI
 handiIv ian win the ozone selling stakes
 " First. selling, 5 furlongs;-DRiamGoaass RadG as
 1qs (shawi i. to to l, sscond; econ Brs.S Tp ss l {r Mnrriso 12 to 1, third. Time l:Vo Keator. Right and True, Considerratioih | Snow King, Eearly and Ofteh' Sousii
 Kate, Lawsonian. Casandra ana A'S''
 iess, Second 5aI race. 6 furlongs;--clark Grif'
 r,tb' ioS. (Radtke,O 8 to 5. won; Ori'
 lene, 99,- e. Morrisit19 t9oSn . to " 16 edo' to
 Wntsr ,SirS qims frns'' 1ii sgi MhlS MoharlS. Grappel l Veronese and Idle Dream ran. ~
 Third race. the ozone stakes, fou | furlongs-Tileing, 91 (Garner), to won; Bertmont, 104 (Baird), to 1. sec
 ond: Disaster. 106 (o'Nein 6 to l, thlrd | Time. Al. sally NJ, Acrobat, Char
 rada. Moiesey, Rappahannock. Athens
 Fond du Lac and Cora Price ran.
 Fourth race, the Carter handicap c
 $1O,0OO. seven furlongs-Rose Ben, l2
 tLyne). II to 5. won; Southern Gross
 1O5 tBairdl. 10 to 1. second; Re
 Knight. iO6 CRadtke), 30 to l., third
 Time, 1:26 2-5. Lord of the Vale, Pm Finch. Ormonde's Right, Bohemls l Whimsical, Gold smith, Green Room