New-York tribune., 1907-07-30
SEWELL'S GREAT RACE
OFF B1DLY, BUT WINS.
Fogr Favoites Win Ouer a Greasy
Track at Brighton Beach.

1 TIGE III Jlj( DLUCNs
e,,e,, won The Glen Cove Handicap at Brigh-
- Reach yesterday in sensational fashion.
,,,,c-:,aIly left al the post and twelve or fif-
=, lengths behind the pacemakers in the run
=. rbe back stretch, he closed with q great burst
os sreea in che stretch and won going away by
80 lengths II was remarkable performance.
I'D his followers. who had given UP all hope,
mid hardly believe their eyes when they saw
,.-, rere up 10 the leaders in the stretch, and
sbo,-sd themselves hoarse. as the pleasure of
,i,rfng was doubly sweet inasmuch as il was so
,,-exrected The time Of the was 1:13 1-o,
-5 Seweu must have covered the distance
.,u second faster, as he was far behind the
,f,nirr fag. This added TO the brilliancy OF the
-s,forraance. as the track was greasy from the
5-izz1ine rain and almost a second slow.
Five horses went 10 The post in the Glen
cova Handicap. ". II. Daniel. which was max
inc his drst appearance Of the season. opened
4,--o~i-a but in the absence Of any strong sup
,.or+ 5rjftsd back 10 > 10 >. Bat Masterson. with
1rt-1sr I'D. appeared TO be the "one best bet OF
ssz-e7 out of every ten persons at the track. and
his price was pounded down from to TO
:. Inst al the end Sewell also got a strong
following after his price had gone back TO I TO
. and the oul. wonder was that he not the
fsvorite as he had showed plenty of speed for
seyen furl0ngs III a race on Saturday over a
vile and q sixteenth, when he stopped as If
short B0tarist and Don Enrique were the out
sders.
When the start came Garner and Sewell
were not ready and groan went up from those
who had pinned their faith 10 the horse. Bat
Nasterson Botanist and W. II. Daniel raced in
close company up the back stretch and around
The turn. each one showing in front By small
margin al one point or another Turning for
home BCtarist had raced the other two into
submission and came away TO what looked like
a sure victory, when suddenly Seweil loomed up
OF the outside. and. quicker almost than one
can tel i, fairly run over Botanlst and won
ganoQing by two lengths.
Garner might have been excused for easing
his mount up on the back stretch. as il looked
like a hopeless task to go on after his field
but he kept his head. and improving his posi-
ton gradually, had more left 10 finish with
than those which had been bearing lne DTuAI
Of the early fight.
The Gay was wet and dismal, but the weather
was cool and four favortes out OF six won. so
that those who made :he journey TO the track
had little cause for complaint The winning
favorites were Druid, Live Wire. Carthage and
King Cobalt.
with Golf Ball and Go Between. scratched
Carthage was a pronounced favorite at even
money for the handicap al mile and quarter.
s5norna Belle and Miss Crawford were the ones
---1 %
starter made the early running but Carthage
zarr 10 the front when he pleased and showed
himself 10 be a good horse by winning easily III
fast time considering the condition OF the track
red =~strorne had trouble in earning the place.
IS Ssn8rna Belle was badly hampered IN the run
ground The turn, Tommy Naddel having Aef
pinned on the rail.
Druid won the first race cleveTly, although
sz0-a logged her footsteps most Of the way and
hurs on in resolute fashion. Live Wire gal
lore5 nome IN the second race, after making a
.ri5a -r.rn into the stretch and losing fully two
larg-tE He wore E,arl's Court down, however,
s1 tie last sixteenth pole, and had plenty IN re-
serve at the finish. Jubilee was plunged on in
this race and backed from 13 10 70 10 , ana
even lower before the barrier was released
Those who were in the ring late reported that
h was an equal favOrite with Live Wire al 70
: ,rha- +ra start came Jubilee appeared II
sprawl in The going. and ran below his form
Trouhle~naker, backed from 10 10 10 8 TO l,
ran over Robin Hood at the last sixteenth pole
II the third race and won ridden out by TWO
lengths Big Ben. the lukewarm favorite, was
in good position all the way and no excuses
could be offered for his defeat. Diamond showed
al his old temper al the start and acted Ake Il
crazy horse. He broke from behind, but had
enough speed % race head and head wlth RoDln
Hood in the run up the backstretch- He ured
II the stretch however, as IL he needed the race
70 put him on edge.
King Cobalt was a receding favorite IN the iast
race. as q wild plunge. on Corncob forced MS
rrioe down from . 70 ! As low as 10 before
The barrier was released KING Copat opeLeo
Up q zap # three or four lengths turning for
home and in q close finish lasted just long
enough = win by a short head from Corncop.
which made up a lot Of ground in the stretch ana
was slowly but surely wearing him down De-
Er0us q good looking FLY by Hamburg CleDlen-
tina, IS worth remembering, as she showed lot
q speed.
Joe Merone bid Druid UP $500 over her entered
selling price Of 81 400 after the first race. She
wss protected by her owner however. for the
usual g. advance.
The g-t of Ccsarion figured prominently among
the winners Yesterday, as Troublemaker, Seweil
and King Cobalt are all by that sire.
Miller failed 70 ride q winner. Garner earned
tie Jockey hcnors. riding Sewell and King Cobalt
y victor. Z. Dugan, Knapp, w Mcintyre and
~ese each scored once.
BRIGHTON REACH ENTRIES TODAY.