New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
EDGEMERE FOR BALLOT
CLEVER RIDE By NOTTER
James r. Keene'S Total Winniu ps
Just Short of $500. O.OOO

Ballot and Brookdale Nymph fought ont A
brilliant oueI IN the Edgemere Stakes at one
mile and a furlong, at Aqueduct yesterday ana
BALLOT won by a short head, thanks largely, IN
clever biz of riding by Nutter who had the
mount Brookdale Nymph forced the mace nm
the backstretch and around the turn and held
her way down through the long straight until
well inside the last sixteenth pole Ballot had
been within striking distance all the xya1- b,,+
when Notter called on him for the final effort AZ
the last furlong pole he did not respond as those
who had accepted the short price against him
had hoped, and Notter was forced 10 draw bie
whip ana use II vigorously. Under press,,ra
Ballot slowly but surely wore Rrooldala Ny,,,nt
down, but the mare hung on with the tenacitv
Of bulldog. and Ballot was so tired that No++er
he'd 10 put his whip down and hold his mount
togetner 10 keep MIN straight once he got his
head in front
Noater was unfavorabiy criticised for nor r,aly
ing move on his horse in the closing strides
which seemed to invite defeat but il is safe tn
say that the slightest move would have been
fatal as Ballot was out To the last ounce and
might have swerved over and fou1ed Rroolz7s Ia
Nynph # Notter had dropped his head II was
q good race for Ballot and an equally good race
for sNymph. and this struggle alone
was wen worth the journey TO the track Nealon
the SUBURBAN Handicap winner. was the only
other starter but he was beaten eight lengths
after being well up for seven furlongs
Ballot snare Of the stake was s.. .S35. and This
amount aaoed TO James r. Keenes enormous
WINNINGS lot me season made the total just short
OF S4o0.ooo. The amount. as near as can he 4ity
ured. IS S399 655 or S345 short of 1rl,o.
Jimmy Rowe. Mr. Keenes trainer. has seq his
heart on winning, The meeting at Aoueduct
has five more days 10 run and in all probability
the goal VIII have been reached by Friday night
as Il Is only necessary to win one more race
even Of the cheapest kind
Lovers Of the thoroughbred were favored with
good weather for the last Saturdays racing of
the season IN the metropolitan district and as
4Nc car n
htteen thousand persons was in attendance. AS
the horses ran fairly true to form the majority
must needs have had a profitable day, as well as
an enjoyable one
An accident marred the last race and FIorner
and Q. Swain were lucky TO escape with nothing
more serious than a few bruises when their
mounts fell Norbitt stumbled and fell in a heap
rounding the far turn, and Monocle. which was
rushing up into a contending position from
bad break, fell over him. The boys jumped to
their feet almost before the crowd could realize
what had happened but both were dazed and
dropped on the turf again just inside the rail
i turned out, however, that neither was seri-
oUsly injured. and in all proba bility they will ne
riding again tomorrow. Monocle was a heavily
played second choice. and hundreds in the stand
bemoaned their hard luck when he came TO grief
Mr. and Mrs Harry Payne Whitney went TO
the track 10 see Royal Tourist and Brookdale
NyHph perform. They were naturally disap-
pointed at the defeat OF the latter but had the
satisfaction Of seeing her run the best race Of
her career, perhaps. and OF watching Roval
Tourist win the Oakdale Handicap for two
yeaT-olds, beating a fair field of youngsters
Miller rode Royal Tourist, and rode him well
He waited behind the fast pace made by Rialto
and Dorante until Strengthened out for home
and then saved two or three lengths on the rail
when the others went wide. The colt had TO be
shaken UP at the last furlong pole. but once in
front he came away rather easily 10 win by two
lengths. Rialto outgamed Dorante in a furious
drive for the place Falcada, the top weight at
IA pounds. made up some ground at the end
but never threatened any serious danger while
The others were beaten of Live Wire backed
fFom 10 10 TO g 10 !, ran q particularly rdisap-
pointing race and finished bad last
Royal Tourist took up 122 pounds and ran the
six furiongs over a rather dead track in the good
time Of IA He had not been TO the post since
he tried 10 with Colin in the Matron Stakes
and Of course met defeat, as has every other
horse which raced against the unbeaten son Of
Commando Royal Tourist is colt of some
class, however, and judging from his perform
ance yesterday Is likely 10 train on into good
-three-yea=-o old
The Greensboro Steeplechase was a process
eon Pour horses went TO the post, with This
uedale a strong favorite at 9 to 10 and Bat
PLAYED for a killing" from TO l TO to l.
Jimmy Lane also had a strong following around
10 :. while Dulcian was the rank outsider.
When II came 10 racing Thistledale fenced in
tauuess style and galloped along in front all the
way TO win hard held, by twenty lengths or
more Jimmy Lane tried 10 run him down at
TIE enc of q mile and q half but stopped badly
under pressure, that Bat. ploddng along had
nc trouble in earning the place. Dulcian bolted
st the last turn and then came cropper at the
'ast jump, otherwise Jimmy Lane would have