New-York tribune., 1907-09-13
ROSEBEN'S FAST RACE.
FIRST IN THE FLIGHT.
Miss Cra5cfOrd Beats NeaIon a Head
an Russet Handicap.

Roseben. D. c. Johnson's great weight carrying
spTinter. remarkably fast slow
and cuppy track In winning the Flight Stakes for
ali ages at Sheepshead Bay yesterday. With II"
pounds up. mere feather for him, the big son Of
Ben Strome-Roseleaf covered the seven furlongs
in l:25 3-5. only four-fifs OF second behind the
track record made 10y the speedy Halifax last year
over a track that lightning fast. Judging from
the time in the other races. the main track was a
fun two seconds slow. 50 that Roseben actually
one OF the best races OF his career. He won
rather easily by two lengths from Far West. Wllcl
q fuIi ten lengths before keator. while the
two -yeaT-olds. Chapultepec and Keep Moving, came
struggling in many lengths back.
Roseben pronounced faVor1te at even
money At SIX furiongs he would have been held
10 4. in all probability. but he has failed so
often anything over that distance that those
who had confidence in him got a liberal price al
things considered. Far West, Keator and Chapuite-
pee were all PLAYED TO beat him, but to no &Fali.
as the race proved. Under the conditions OF the
race Roseben. which usually shoulders lS9 pou1ns
or more got in at 107 pounds. Knapp had TO 17ile
ND three pounds overweight. however IN ordeF 10
ride.
Chapultepec was his toes At the start ana
raced away like quarter horse. but hoSeoeh cdl :
rsed him along so in the first quarter that ne
4vCo-year-old reeling and dizzy and gTeduillN
Gronped back beaten. Roseben then took conlinailH
and going 20 the half in II S-5 seconds. was haiGi!
more than saioring the rest of the way 70 VII ~
q comfortable margin Far West shook heattoF 'L
turning for home and went on after koseoei In,
frllitless stern chase. but his race 100 "as
liant one as he had been able 10 live WIN @ lile
fast early pece snd hang on well h9sepe' "'
she .a-oe race last year with 122 pounds up.
Only four horses went 10 the post IN 1He f>u -.
4Iandicap at one mile and a haIf on ttie -. ~ -
Neaion the Suburban and Twin CilE .-t 1.el1 -
winner being an added starter. beacon l-is11t 49,,
Ne.1o, orened euuai favoriteS at 10 O. put '.'o
former got the bulk Of the play ana wen - " ~
post faxorfte at Is TO 10 knapp tooh Neal"n es a.
t-a+ 81 the start and tried k the others OF IN
the first mile Miss Crawford dogsed ms 1ools,ep
All the WAY however, and gave such te'el a. !.
rbsgIerre when straightened ont for nome uidt
,-i ,.s forcei TO capitulate in the last two or
three strides Miss Crawford winning pS a go -
head Beacon Light was third al me ~"i' - 80
%eolo- Miller vas hard at work at MIN iiio'sH
the last half mile, and the horse fough' on IA vs.
olute fashion but could not get Up ,,... fo-
Garrett won the handicap steeileCiesV
-,,o,,as Fzitrhcock ir He slipped away from ms
sel5 81 the erd Of a mile and a half and opened up
a gap which the others could not overcome a.
- = ,Ioa Avsu race and had little trouble IN
..r7,i-- the place from Jimmy Lane, the f:tForl'e
Arctiba G. who rode DR. keith rnade d cia5Iil III, -
,o,,l zpsirst TrrTburke for shutting him on shar
I,- witt J'rlrnv Lane when turning INTO 20
straight The stewards dismissed me coihpld-i,.'
however Grazisllo had lot OF speed IoI i,5 ~,
snd a half but then dropped out OF II anu lui'7N
Up lame. . .-f.s for m.
second race were scratched, and Jim eI''IIIIey 80
g o,,,,lassed HIS two opponents that he went TO
the post at the prollibtive price OF 10 o ne re- @
was little more than a good exercise sai''p 0' '
winner Of the Hopeful Stakes.
, - +7Id fo- he third race was on the 10
she most Golden Shore. which had oeeh PIdS ed
from 10 to to to l. oucked DIS %! on iu nv, 90 -
into ire chute at the head Of the stretch ana nack
again at TOP speed. A stable hand was knochtu
down In trying TO stop him before he was ilhaiiy
csDght when the start came he jumped away
and opened up gap Of four or aVe Iehs@,ils @ III - t
e-st quarter but died away turning Tor nome ana
finished far back After the runaway MS price
vent no 50 Is to / Chief Hayes, which ran secand
1 10 voorhees, on Wednesday, won the race a1ter a
HARD drive with InshaIn -
Goldquest and Sungleam were graduated rom
Che maiden class in the sixth and seventh races re-
sneefE-elv TIE former won by nod after Il
head and head drive for quarter OF a rlile with
Milford SllnEleam won the last race easily after
cutting across her field from position on the ran
SO nc extreme outside and causing enough inter-
ference TO have brought about her disqualification.
C,-fnarb the good thing OF the race, peat Ban
rida a head the place.