The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-14

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Montgomery Finishes Third in the
Beet Handicap Ever Run at the Beach
The Tino OF 9yOs rs Less srhan |.
Second slower Than the Worlds Rec
ord-Thirty-nvo Thousand Persons
enthusiastically Cheer the winner,
WHO Gave Weight 20 All Other starters.
Under a magnificent ride by little Joe
Notter James r. Keene's Peter Pan, the
champion three-year-old and probably the
hest raoehorse in training. won the s25, 900
Brighton Handicap. one mile and a quarter,
at the Beach track yesterday by a neck in
2O3 ?-5.
Tho Newcastle stables three-year-old
NcCarter, who made all the running up to
the last few strides, was second, a head in
front of Emil Herz's ~three-year-old Mont
gomery.
Peter Pan was the public choice. backed
from 10 10 5 TO 3 to 5, while McCarter and
Montgomery both stood at skies. +. r.
Hitchcock's 1ve-year-old Dandelion, which
vas fourth, two lengths back, was also
,uoted at o to I. T~birty-ive thousand per-
sons. the biggest crowd that ever got inside
NJ the track gates. saw the great race and
simply went wild over the triumph Of the
famous Keene colt.
Peter Pan gave scale weight to every
thing in the race and met a high class field
which included Nealon. the Suburban win
uer. which was outrun and finished far back
IN the ruck, badly beaten. A ragged start,
which was characteristic Of the work of
Mars Cassidy all The afternoon, enabled
McCartor and Montgomery to get away
from the post flying. while the others we're
an tangled up when the barrier was released.
Peter Pan. always a quict breaker,
was caught unawares, 40 that Notter found
himself shut off and hemmed in as he rushed
Town toward the judges stand for the
first time. But Notter did not lose his head
for an instant. He did not try to rush
Peter Pan to the front without delay, but
he rated the son Of Commando with beauti-
full skill. picking up first one horse and
hen another until when he reached the
middle of the bacS stretch, where McCarter
and Montgomery we're out in front setting
a red hot pace. he found that he was in fifth
place, within striking distance of the
leaders.
Al hat point Notter eased Peter Pan
up 30 that the great colt might have a short
breathing spell, and then in another moment
he began TO make his run gradually as he
neared the far turn. He was in third place
when he reached that point, and the great
orowd roofing wildly presented a wonder
tul picture. As Peter Par rushed on he
cut Town the advantage Of McCarter and
Montgomery until at the head of the stretch
1t looked possible for him to get up.
Notter had used his whip a triHe in the
dash around the turn in order to make the
Commando colt know what was required
Of him and that was enough. For when
the boy sat down to ride with all the skill
and strength at his command he electrified
the throng with a piece of hosremanship
long to be remembered.
IL was with overwhelming speed aud
stamina that Peter Pan caught the plucky
Montgomery and passed him. Miller was
riding McCartcr as If for his life, but the
son Of Knight of the Thistle was firing and
was in a desperate fix. Miller went to the
whip and laid the punishment on thick,
but still on rushed Peter Pan with ire
mendous strides n a heart OF oak.
Inch by inch he gained on McCaIter,
While the crowd, transfixed. was silent for
a moment, only to break into tremendous
cheering as Mr.. Keene's colt finally got on
even terms with his antagonists at the last
50 yard mark. After that it was a terrific,
heart breaking duel. in which Peter Pan
showed that he was a real champion. for
he got his head in front and then his neck
just as he pssssd the judges inc Of vision.
No victory in the annals Of the American
turf was ever received with such enthusiasm.
1t seemed as il thousands had gone mad
over the great Keene colt. From clubhouse
20 the overcrowded field enclosure there
was a predominating feeling of great joy.
Nine-tenths of the vast assembling haC
bet small and big. many on Peter Pan. and
the manner in which these wagers we're won
when at one time it seemed as IL they had
been hopelessly lost caused a most senss-
tional scene. There was unstinted praise |
for Jockey Notter. There was an ovation
for Peter Pan and a food Of hearty con-
gratulations for Mr.. Reene. who viewed the
struggle from tie clubhouse and was as
happy as schoolboy when he saw his young
racer come home in such splendid triumph.
After such a brilliant race there could no
longer be any doubt about the quality OF
Peter Pan He had shown gameness. speed
and wonderful class under the most adverse |
circumstances He had beaten a lot Of
well seasoned handicap horses 10 whom he
conceded scale weight. He had answered
the Call Of his rider at the crucial moment
with the qualities Of a champion thorough
brsd. |
SO what more could nave been asked of
Surely IL was just to hail him as the
champion OF the year, the equal II not the
superior OF the immortal Sysonsby, who
never in his remarkable career ran a better
race than this superb son Of Commando
Cinderella. II was simply a case Of the best
horse, handled by a cool headed rider.
That was all, for with better luck there is
90 doubt that Peter Pan would have won
the big race with comparative ease.
His time. 3;03 rs, was three-ffths OF a
second slower than Broomstick's worlds
record Of 2O2 as, made in the Bri ghton
Handicap of 1904. Broometick was also a
three year-old when he hung up these
figures, but he carried eleven pounds less
than the impost shouldeced by MIR. Keene's
colt.
Peter Pan gave fourteen pounds to McCar-
ter, who ran a remarkable ace. Some of
the critics were inclined to the belief that
Mller made too much use of his moun by
taking him out to set the pace, but as Miller
did just what he was told TO do he could
not be blamed for the defeat Of McCarter,
even though it came In the last few seconds
OF the race.
Niool, who came East to ride Montgomery,
NOT put the Pessara colt under the neces-
sary drive in the stretch. In fact the com
t!nent was heard on all sides that IL Nicol
mad not taken Montgomery out to follow
McC nara hnt had hAld him in "a