New-York tribune., 1906-07-01

the extreme outsider in the betting The form
players, remembering her easy defeat by Whim-
sfcal in the Broadway Stakes, and who saw her
trail home in the rucE two or three days ago in
the race won by InQuisitor. looked on in mute
dismay. She more than justified her name, as
her winning was form somersault of the worst
kind
The Advance Stakes was at one mile and three
furlongs. at weight for age, and the field in
cluded about the best horses in training Whim-
sical. winner of the Standard Stakes and the
Jockey Club weight for age race. was the pro-
nounced favorite at TO 1, while Accountant,
which won the Tidal Stakes last Saturday and
has been consistent performer all the year.
the second choice at 16 TO 5. Others in the field
were Cairngorm, Sir Huron. winner Of the Queen
City Handicap and two Derbies in the West;
The Quail. which ran second to Burgomaster in
the Belmont Stakes, and Bohemian, twice second
to Accountant in valuable fixtures this year.
The start was fair for ALL and Jack Martin took
Accountant right to the front in an effort TO
make a runaway race. Whimsical went right up
to him, however. and they ran in close COM
stretch. with Bohemian and Cairngorm we'll up
and the others trailing. At the end of seven fur
longs Whimsical had a lead of scant length,
but Accountant moved UP TO her again rounding
the far turn. and for a few strides they raced
mead and head. Then Whimsical drew away
again. only to be challenged by The Quail
she turned for home Accountant, in the mean
time, dropping back beaten. Whimsical took up
the fresh challenge in gameSt manner and fought
on reSolutely but just when il looked if the
issue would be between them Flip Flap came
rushing up on the outside and, CLOSING with
great burst of speed won going away in a hard
drive by a length in the fast time of = III 40
This was within one-fifth of second of the
worlds record, made by Irish Lad when he won
the same in 1904
Whimsical. while beaten, not disgraced.
She had been in the thick of the fray all the way
and never stopped trying. She earned the place
by short head in a stirring drive from The
Quail and Cairngorm. The last named suffered
from an unfortunate and uneXplainably weak
ride at the hands of Miller. The horse was clos
ing reSolutely at the end, and many rood judges
expressed the opinion that with proper hand
ling he would have won. Accountant seemed
10 be coming again at the end, after dropping
out of it at the stretch turn, but to all appear
Martins handling of him also open to criti-
cism. Bohemian stopped badly when the strife
grew warmest and pulled up a bad last.
Inasmuch Whimsical has beaten OrmOn-
dale. Flip Flap now stands out the best three
year-old of the year, which, in view of her per-
formances heretofore, is rather paradOxical Her
victory was a striking illustration of the un-
certainties Of racing, and indicates clearly that
there are no great horses this year which stand
out above their fellows.
The other winners were Kernel, Aeronaut, Gold
Lady, Magma Stella and Running Water. Ker-
mel won the handicap steeplechase because he
was best ridden Mr.. Stone waited in a good
position with him. while Knight of Eway and
Phantom were racing each other iIbto exhaus-
tion in front, and then came on and won easily
Aeronaut won the siX-furlong handicap and IN
winning showed Of those Startlin~ form re-
versalS for which there seems to be no account
ing and about which no questions are asked