New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
SIX FAV0RITES BEATEN
roNG SHOTS HOLD REVEL.
asnbat, at Fancy Price, Wins Bed
ford Stakes at GrdUeSend.

sr ssvorites were beaten at Grayesend yester-
.,v and as one after another went down to de-
s.o, the groans Of the form players We're almost
.,5,tle. Long shots held revel. and four Of the
- winners went 10 the post practically neg
..s exceut by the stable connections or the
a., ,pclv "pikers' Who guessed right in pick
a., ont some long one 10 beat the favorltes
I-,rht of Elway. at , 10 !: Grande. at II to /:
,obst. al 40 20 l. and Janeta, at 20 10 l. were
-. long priced winners. while Rye. at is to =
,,s Fountainblue, at II 70 =. accounted for the
,.be- Two races. There has not been day this
,.esor when one surprise after another followed
;. s,,b o,lick succession and when form was so
svTy.
ne Bedford Stakes. a selling affair FOR two
,ss--olds. was the orly fixture on the pro-
.s-,-,e and il furnished a stirring finish in
r.bscb four horses finished heads apart, Acrobat,
A0tol :. getting the decision Senator McCar-
=. ,rseter Lester was the favorite with Rcd
p,ver. Botanist and Clare Russell in some de-
,..-5 a about 10 each. Berkeley, a 100 to i
sbor tried TO make a runaway race Of it, and
,nsnes up gap Of four lengths rounding the
.a-r lie came swinging into the stretch with
,o.s n three lengths. and while the crowd was
-. -seriuc III surprise one lone man in the
-..rs t3ar was roofing for him in widest fash
=. Berkeley shot his bolt at the last fUrlonG
.le however. and dropped back beaten, while
,,os,e- Lester and Acrobat went 10 the front
I'D forqbt ii out 10 the END. Inside the last
.,v,asrth pole II looked as If the favorite would
- but Acrobat outgamed him in the last few
..-isas ana won lz- a short head. Red River and
rr~e r7-,sesfl closed with q rush al the end and
bo.b vould have beaten the hrst two in a few
,.,-e strides. Rotanist was in close quarters
-oos, # the way and WAS shut off when ne tried
:, co,re through narrow opening on the rail-
in the stretch.
knights cf Elvay turned the tables on Drome-
5s-v in the steerlechase. although he had only
-bree mounds in his favor over their last meet
4nr when Dromedary- won easily Knight OF
rpv-e,. raced neck and neck with Mamie H,
,nser gentle restraint. for mile and a half,
when he drew out and had things all his own
yysv the rest of the journey. Mamie II gave up
the tight completely at The far turn, and Drome-
sarv and orc went on after Knight of Elway.
Neither threatened any danger, however, and
they had 10 be content with second and third
moneys respectively. La Danzada refused at the
arst jump and fell at the second. but Finnegan
escaped urhuTt
Fountainblue. a big. well developed two-year-
oil by oddseIlow- Ferrol, made his first appear
snce N the East in the sixth race. and he Won in
way 10 Indicate that he is above the average.
His performance was the more interesting as he
was twice beaten at Memphis by Horace z, the
colt which has carried all before him in the West
and for which Paul J. Rainey recently paid
big price Fountainblue- came from behind yes
ierdsy from an Indifferent start and, closing
with rush, won going away from Bat Mas
tsrson and George 5. Davis. both of which have
some pretensions to class. Bat Masterson ap-
pea-ed 10 have the race won when he had dis
posed Of Curriculum at the head Of the stretch
but he could not Withstand the determined chal-
lenge Of the winner in the last sixteenth
Frank Farrells Keator was heavily played to
win the first race over the short six-furlong
course. Il took so much out of him, however 10