New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-25
Kisses GREET JUDGES.
HEAD FINISH THE CAUSE.
Blandy Wins Parhuay Handicap
for AuguSt Belmont.

For the second time this week of the hard
losers at the Gravesend racetrack made mild
demonstration by kissing and shouting at the plac
ing OF the horses in the first Miss Angie, a
15-to-1 shot, and Gold Finn, the well played sec
ond choice, finished head and head. with the lat
ter closing fast on the outside There a
slight delay in hosting the numbers which indi-
Gated that the judges in doubt, and this en-
couraged the hackers of Gold Finn to think that
dead heat the worst they could get. When
Miss Angles number went up two or three hun
bred rushed down to the judges stand. shout
ing Gold Finn wins! Gold Finn wtns!" but 1t was
useless show of Ill feeling, the Judges placed
the horses they them.
To those who sat in the second tier OF the grand
stand directly behind the finish the placing caused
no surprise. even before the numbers went up
several expressed the opinion that Miss Angie
had lasted just long enough to win. AS has
been said many times, the judges are the only
ones in position to judge fairly IN head and
head finish particularly when the horses are not
running IN close company. and racegoers have
had enough experience in this respect to accept
the rulings without question. The judges are not
| infallible and occasional mistake may be made.
but 1t be forgotten that they have abso-
lutely no interest in the placing beyond keen
sense OF duty to catch the horses as they finish.
James r. Keene won two again yesterday
with Suffrage and Grimaldi. Both were at prices
however. prohibitive to any except the plungers
One other favorite won. in Surveillance. but she
only a lukewarm choice IN big field of
maidens. that the form players had another
disastrous day.
August Belmonts Blandy repeated his success
of a year ago by winning the Parkway Handicap
at mile and sixteenth. after race that was
intensely interesting from start to finish Blandy
closed with well timed rush in the stretch ana
got up in the last stride to beat Ethnn q snort
head. On first thought his victory appeared to be
q somewhat startling reversal OF his recent form,
but he had fourteen pounds of of his last race at
Belmont Park and seven-pound call over Dolly
Sp6nker. which beat him six lengths for the place
In their last meeting This brought the two pretty
right his heels yesterday. after bearing the
brunt of the pace making around the turn into the
stretch.
The real form reversal OF the race was in the
performance OF Don Enrique August Belmonts
other candidate. He beat EthOn rather ceverly
last beaten some ten or fifteen lengths by the
horse he conquered on the previous occasion The
half-brother TO Beldame IS plainly whimsical
things all his way. When he could not get
TO the yesterday he sulked and refused TO try
He was in the thick OF the fight all the way and
proved himself game to the core. James r Keene 5
Phllander and Dreamer the equal favorites at
TO !, finished far back in the ruck The former was
badly outrun all the way, while Dreamer stopped
after going six furlongs Nealon had stormy
Journey. and W. Dugan was forced to pull him
horse in front. He up strong around the turn
and into the stretch. but the effort told at the
Miller rode three winners in Water Tank. Suf-
frage and Grimaldi. He has now such a long
lead over the other Jockeys that he is sure TO
Scoville young apprentice jockey. had n mar
row escape from instant death when Onda fell.
just after the start in the htth race Inc boy es-
again, as she broke her neck and died almost In
stantly. The race was won by Laura Gay which,
was released. broke running and was never in
danger.