New-York tribune., 1906-06-26
TIMBER \ GOOD COLT.
REATS ROSEBEN EASILY.
rlre Russell and LogisiHa Hin
Stakes at .SbcepsIteqd.

tssrrv Payne Nhincys Ti-aher went 10 the
.os, Yesterday FOR the frs; ti,nc as lhree-year-
"a and thc easy manner IA which ne disposed
!, Roseben and Hanczarra was fun of promise
= indicated that he wiz be a worthy rival cf
,ooouutant Ormondale and Whimsical which
20 generally looked on as the best three year
.,ss shown this year. Timber is by Ogden
,o,s A ana Harry Payne whitney bought him
last wear from John =. Madden to the esd that
!. might have a representative in the rich Flu
,r,.v he ran second To Ormondale in that
,,ce and then followed it UP by taking second
..o,sv behind Yankee Consul In the Flatbush
stakes That was his last start as a two-year-
IA He has filed out over winter. and made a
vood impression on the experts who looked him
avsr IN The paddock he was being saddled for
the race John ". Rogers had prepared him
csrsfully for his first start, and his work had
h.en SO good that ne was heavily played at odds
~ 10 win in spite Of the fact that Roseben and
panazarra were opposed TO him among Others.
The race proved little more thar a good gallop
,or the ogden coit. Radtl1e who had the mount
rated I'M behind RosebeH TO the head Of the
,-efob with the utmost confidence and when he
,sve the colt his head Timber raced by the big
gFn Strorne horse in dozen strides and, coming
eu-av with the greatest ease. won hard held by
four lengths in the fast time OF 1:is. which was
within three-afths Of the track record OF
,.1Eo-5 which also stands a worlds mark
Cor six and one-half furlongs II was a brilliant
rerformarce from every point viewed
Clare Russell won the Rosebuos. a stake
for o-year-old filies. without half trying.
Glsmor a wei bred youngster from August
Belmort's Nursery stud. had enough speed TO
rsce with Clare Russell 20 the elbow in the Flu
furity course but the latter came away easily
when Strengthened out and won as she pleased.
Alteration, the favor!te. got a bad break and
had little chance thereafter She closed strong
through the last fuTlOng, but R2dtke let her
sWerve over 90 the rail interfering slightly with
Baringo Gamor and Woodwitch. No claim Of
fou, was made. but the stewards disqualified
ber placinC Raringo second and Woodwitch
third As viewed from the stand the oisqualif-
osuon did not appear 10 be justified, in view
az the fact that cases OF the same kind are over
looked day after day.
knight Of Elway showed himself to be a
clever and copsistent jumper by scoring his
third straight victory I'm the steeplechase over
the short course Of about TWO miles lie was
8 slight favOriJe over DrOmedary. Little Casino
was PLAYED for a killing by a wise few and
backed from 30 10 ! TO l. to !. He came a
cropper however. at jump on the backstretch
al the second turn Of the field. when running
easily in front and the Mt in the fire.
Knight Of Elway was second at this point but
Owens. his rider had to pull up or be carried
out OF the course by Little Casino. which was
running wild and Tom cOgan and Drornedary
showed the way to the last jump. Here knight
n Ewsy took command and, coming away.
won ridden by six lengths. OBrien, who
rode Little Casino, was not hurt by his fall and
walked back TO the stand
TIE handicap Of mile. fifth on the card,
resulted in a driving finish between Grenade,
Dainty Non Tromp and Running Water, which
finished in the order named. Won TTOmp was
probably best but the hard luck which seems
20 follow This horse stuck and he had 10 be
content With third money. Radtke was blamed
for what appeared 10 many to be a bad ride.
but he was the victim rather of unfortunate
circumstances. Won Tromp was IN a bad pocket
In the run up the backstretch, and could not
find clear sailing until Strengthened out for
home where Radtke brought him up the
outside He running over his horses in the
stretch but just failed 10 get up. Grenade ran
his best race Horner stole q lead of two or
three lengths the far turn and managed TO
nurse him home, although the horse was tiring
tsSt. Dainty a good race at the weights.
and Running Water showed Improvement and
Is worth remembering She in good posi-
ton al the head OF the stretch and appeared TO
have a winning chance. but was hampered
somewhat in the final drive and hung a little,
as Il a race short.
The other winners were Peter Pan and Logis-
tile. Peter Pan won the first race from big
hel6 He is a good looking colt by Commando
Cinderella, owned by James r. Keene, and it
vas his first start. He made George s Davis
stop ard then fought out the finish reso-
uiely with PaUmOnOk. Logistilla won her third
straight victory in the Grass Selling Stakes
al the end of the programme. Knapp had her
In q good position all the way. and. sending her