New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-17
R0SEBEN BEATEN AGAIN
.NR. KEENE WINS TWICE.
Suffrage and Superm0n Ran Brill
liant Races at Belmont Park.

James r Keene, the Hice-chairman OF the
Jockey Club made one Of his infrequont VISITS
10 the track ct Belmont Park yesterday ana
had the satisfaction Of seeing two Of his horses
carry his colors to brilliant victory. His fleet
Voter FLY. Suffrage, won the Crotona Handicap
at six furlongs. beating the mighty Roseben,
among others, while Superman galloped home
an easy winner Of the handicap at one mile and
q sixteenth in the fast time Of 1:4425, which
eupplanted the track record Of las, made by
Sidney Pagets Cairngorn IN 1905.
The defeat of Roseben was another windfall
10 the layers as he went to the post a heavily
backed favorite at to 5. in spite Of the fact
that he had 14o pounds up and was asked to
Concede from nineteen To thirty four pounds to
his opponents. according to the scale The
task was too much and he was outrun all the
way and finished IN the ruck. The three-year-
old Jack Akin had a world Of speed at the
start and opened UP q gap Of two or three
lengths In the first quarter. lie began TO tire.
however IN the last furlong, and Suffrage, clos
ing with rush, won ridden out by two lengths
Those who are left of AIller's big army of fol-
lowers bet on her at to / and rejoiced accord
ingly.
Inc Judges appeared TO overlook Oxford In
this race and placed Pantoufle third. although
those right back Of the judges stand declared the
gray horse beat her good half length. Under or
binary circumstances the placing of the Judges
cannot be questioned as they are IN the best
ppSluon 10 see. but in this case an error seemed
- have been made. Dreamer and Fsrst Premium
were added starters in this race and the former
on the strength OF a fast workout was played
from 20 10 l TO to l. Neither was prominent
however, At any part OF the race
No reasonable excuses could be offered for
RoSeben beyond the fact. perhaps that the
weight was too much for SO early in the season
Re broke well and had clear sailing but his
great speed was lacking. Davy Johnson Frank
Farrell and other big haTToTc 1a CHI
price against him with confidence. and their
LEAD was followed by majority Of those a the
track. He had worked half mile in A. seconds
for the race and looked and acted in perfect
condition before he went TO the post
Superman, the three-year-od chestnut colt by
comma ndo-Anomaly, did not have a particu-
larly high class field 10 beat in the closing
handicap, but his manner of winning i'm
preSSiVe, and Nj. KeCne win not lack for A
fixtures for which the colt IS eligible Miller
took him right to the front at the start and let
him make the pace to suit himself. To all ap-
pearances the colt had plenty left a the finish
After Faust and Red Frar had tried in vain to
run him down and had dropped back beaten,
Dolly Spanker, which took il into his head to
run one Of his good races came along and
chased Superman home some six lengths before
August Beirnont's Blandr The last named
Showed some improvement, but hardly qualified
for the Brooklyn Handicap Monday.
Tileing won the Van Ness Selling Stakes for
three-year-olds, in spite Of the fact that he was
swerving all over the track in the last furlong.
Little Sumter got him Strengthened out just in
time, however, 10 win by mead from Rose
mount. AletheuO a iukewarm favorite in
this race, but he and Barbary Belle hung in
the final drive. after being in the thick of the
fight most OF the way. Tileng interfered with
Ampedo in his erratic flight through the last
fuTlOng, but the stewards did not consider Il Of
enough Importance 10 dsqualify him.
Colonel White. which won at Jamaica
et le0 10 ! some days ago. almost furnished an
ether surprise in the first race yesterday. He
raced Horace F. into submission and fought out
the finish with bulldog courage, but Miller got
Saracenisca up IN time to win by neck.
Jubilee. which ranked one Of the hest two
year-olds at Benning this spring. won the sec
ond race ~ the lucrative price Of - 10 ]. He
raced head and head with Lady Winifred
through the last fuTlong. and outgamed her in
ihe last few strides. The defeat Of Wave Crest
was stunning blow TO the sure thing" players,
as she heavily backed at odds on. Bucked
Sims may have accounted for his defeat, he
showed every indication Of this trouble after
the race was over.
After Falaheen had made the early running in
the Steeplechase, Sanctus took command, and
won easily from DR.. Keith. The last named
opened favorite, but Sanctus had a slight call in
this particular when the field went to the post,
although 10 ali intents and purposes they were
split choices. Harp Player came nasty crop
peF al The third jump from home and broke his
of fore leg. Later bullet put him out Of
his misery. Grantland. who had the mount,
escaped with q shaking UP.