New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-18
HORSES In DEAD HEAT.
F4VORITES FARE BADLY.
Sir Lynnc1oood Wins Nezo Rochelle
Handicap for j. f. Widener.

Tony Bonero and Shenandoah ran a dead heat
In theafth race at Belmont Park yesterday after
q in which first and then the other
seemed 10 have the purse safely won. Those
who backed Tony Bonero from to 5 70 TO
blamed T. Dugan for overconfidence in the last
sixteenth. while the followers Of Shenandoah
we're equally outspoken and maintained that IL
Musgrave had come on about his business at the
last furlong pole his mount would have
Both boys may have made mistakes, but the
fact remains that Tony Bonero hung in the last
few strides which made 1t possible for Shenan-
doah 10 get up in time TO make il dead heat.
This only one Of the various incidents of
the days racing which kept the good sized
crowd IN a constant wllirl. Five favorites were
defeated. Crack Shot won at the fancy price
OF 80 to l. while Don Creole made the last race
almost farce by gaIloping home almost full
sixteenth OF a mile before his field
Sir Lynnewood making his first appearance
Of the year, the New RochelIs Handicap. at
seven and a half furlongs. IN the colors Of J. [.
Widener. Seven horses went 10 the post and
TO all appearances the weights well
adjusted that the handicappers all at sea
J. c. Core finally selected the most prob
TO 8. Grappe and Ben Ban next in de-
mand but every horse had more or less OF a fol-
lowing. and George Wheelock made a substan-
tial killing with Sir 1ynnewood. AT the last
moment his brother went down the line betting
$50 and 500 wherever he could get or TO l,
ana the one-tlIAe layer is said 10 have all
of 100000 when the horse finished In front.
The race cannot be accepted fair measure
of the relative ability Of the various horses or
else the official Handicapped and those who made
a close study Of form were all astray in their
figures. Instead of head and head finish,
might have been expected. the seven horses
came struggling down through the stretch Ike
flock OF tired sheep with lengths separating
from another.
J. C. Core raced away from the post like
quarter horse, with Sir Lynnewood and oxford
in hot pursuit The others were tptoed from the
start and hopeiessly beaten in the first half
mile J. c. Core showed the way around the
turn and into the stretch. but gave 1t up when
most was required and dropped back beaten.
Oxford which had saved ground on the rail. then
showed in front for few strides. but he. too,
began to hang in the last sixteenth. and Sir
Lynnewood, coming away. cleverly by two
lengths, while Oxford finished six lengths before
J; c Core: Ben Ban. who won the Toooggan
Handicap last Saturday. badly outrun
from the start that it hard 10 believe that he
was the same horse But such is racing.
Zienap furnished some excitement by breaking
through the barrier before the start and running
q full circuit of the track before little Z. Dugan
could pull her Up. This settled any chance she
might have had. and she naturally trailed her
field all the way.
OF the thirteen horses named to start in the
first race ten were scratched. Kings Daughter
the odds-on favorite. but she q most
Disappointing race and finished a bad last. Sir
ToddtngtOn. backed from 3 10 TO 8 TO 8. won in
q common gallop.
Thermidor. from position on the rail In the
second race directly across the track. but
even under this handicap was good enough to
win rather easily by two or three lengths. He
seemed to interfere slightly with King Cobalt.
the favorfte the last furlong pole, but Miller
did not make a claim of foul
If anybody bet on Crack Shot at 80 10 in the
third race, he could not be found when the son
of Star Shoot staggered home III front of Snirker,
the fayoTite. The latter would have If he
had not struck a particularly soft spot In the
track srd f1oundered badly for a few strides IN
side thr last sixteenth pole
Tony Bonero ard Shenandoah raced head and
head 10 the turn for home in the fifth race. when
the latter went TO the front and crossed over to
the rail If he would gallop home easy
winner. Tony Bonero kept running, however,
and caught Shenandoah again at the last six
teenth pole, where he led by a good neck. Just
at the end, however he began to hang, and
Shensn doah. fighting on, got up in time so the
judges could not separate them.
After eleven horses had been scratched from
the sixth race. Don Creole and Brother Thomas
divided the play and closed about equal favor
ties. As said before. Don Creole made his field
look cheap and won off by himself while Brother
Thomas could not raise respectable gallop and
finished lengths and lengths behind in last place.