New-York tribune., 1906-05-08
FAVORITES SWEEP CARD
RADTKE'S CLEVER WORK.
Go Betsreen and Preen Win by His
Brilliant Riding.

rsrorites made a clean sweep at the Jamaica
.,strsck yesterday. in spite OF the muddy tract,
- those who followed form closely went homo
- bulRing pockets. The fields were small
:, rule. as the condition OF the track led 70
-.rv Withdrawals. but the racing was above
q. usual standard and three close finishes fur
-,.be5 al the excitement that could be desired
Rsdtke figured prominently in the days do
,,-s He rode three winners and two OF thcm
-. directly due 10 his clever horsemanship
r7s r5de on Go Between IN the third race a
t,ndicap for three-year-olds and upward az
80 and one-sixteenth miles. was particularly
-.s,table. and was one Of the prettiest pieces OF
,,ckevship that has been seen this year. Six
soruss went to the post with Go Between, which
,-ss making his first appearance Of the year,
announced fsvorite. Tommy WaddeIl was q re-
e.sing second choice, while Bragg was plunged
:, and backed from 10 10 1 to to /. The Schultz
sstrv. Bats and Yazd, also had a strong follow
t,r while Masanielo was the extreme outsider
a Is 70 /
Masaniello was full Of run and going to the
s-,nt al the start led by a comfortable margin
vB,l well into the stretch. with Yazd and Tom
nv Waddeu IN close attendance. Go Between
as usual. was slow TO settle in his stride and
ms far back in the run up the back stretch.
Psdtke saved ground on the stretch turn. but
ussaniello Tommy Waddell and Bats. which
ms closing strong on the outside, had him
bsmmed in and # looked as If Ms chances OF
vinning we're hopeless. although his mount was
running strong. II would have meant sure de-
s,s. 70 pull up and go around. as the finish was
thsnd. 50 Radtke waited patiently for an open
M Inside the last sixteenth pole Masaniello
bo,e our little and into this narrow opening
a. me rail Radtke sent Go Between. and riding
4 aTong finish got up IN time to win by a short
neck from Bats, which was the same distance
before Masaniello. Bragg was always outrun
The crowd gave Radtze warm reception when
IA came back 10 the stand 10 weigh in and it
vas well deserved
Radtke's ride on Preen in the second race, a
handicap Of FIVE and one-half furlongs. was al
most equally good His mount appeared TO be
bsaten al the last furlong pole by Toscan, but
Radtke kept the faint-heaTted Atheling hlly go
ipQ and forcing her to respond TO his vigorous
finish, won by a neck Right and True was
probebly the best horse in the race at the
weights He was pinched on soon after the
Start losing three or four lengths. but was clos
ing fast al the end and would have won IN TeW
mora strides. Security was also closing strong
altar getting away badly and being outrun IN
Alec shields's Halifax won the Williamsburg
Eandicap af six furlongs. which was run as the
fourth race. Seven Of those originally carded
% start were scratched leaving only flve TO race
he starter Halifax opened at to >, but
sFifted back 10 10 l. as there seemed to be
ame question Of his taking up 126 pounds and
ginning in the mud. Just at the end he was
lacked down, closing at 3 10 2. a slight favor
ite over First Premium. Benevolent and Zienep,
al Of which were heavily played Halifax
acted badly at the post, but when the start
came Shaw took him TO the front and opened
up e gap of four or five lengths on his field He
was tiring at the end and had TO be ridden out
20 win by half g length from First Premium,
which closed q big gap and finished strong.
Zlenap did not close with her usual burst OF
speed n the stretch and ran below expectations.
She seemed 10 founder in the going, and this
probably accounted for her rather Indifferent
race. Bill Phillips made his first appearance Of
the year in this race and while he finished last
Il vas probably from lack Of condition, he
showed plenty of foot for half mile He has
filed out over winter and developed into fine
looking three-year-old.
The other winners we're Joe Fallert, Blue Dale
and Lester L Hayman. All three won much as
hey pleased Radtke rode his third winner on
Lester /. Hayman, which closed a slight favor
tie over Ocean Spray, although the latter prob
ably had the stronger following. Ocean Spray
broke well, but did not seem to be at home in
The going, whereas Lester L Hayman fairly
fevelled in IT, and after racing Shandos into sub
mission came on and won in a big galop.