New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
TRACK LIKE A POND.
WTD L4RkS IN DEMAND.
Gold Lady Turns Form Somersautt
IN thinning Albemdrle.


,3n keep the regulars away from the racetrack,
.useing from the number of persons at Graves
- Yesterday. Between six and eight thousand
<o,.o1yers Of the sport braved the driving rain
% see the horses race over a track that was deep
,n water and sloppy mud. To all appearances
9, would have been possible to have held a canoe
race from the head OF the stretch home as the
track ves a miniature lake for a good twenty
feet out from the rail. Altogether the going
has rarely, if ever been worse but the horses
splashed through it and some of them If
endowed with webbed feet
In spite Of the unfavorable conditions the
racing was fairly interesting. and the victory Of
four favorites and one heavily played second
choice atteSted the keenneSs of the form play
ers in picking out mud iarks The defeat of De
Mund and Golf Ball. both at odds on, was costly.
but the condition of the track could not be held
responsible. De Mund could get far enough
away from his opponents lose the sound Of
their footsteps. and his courage failed him. as it
has so many times before, when most was re-
ouired Golf Ball broke down at the head of the
stretch. after leading 20 that point, which ac-
counted for his stopping so badly just when his
many followers were counting their bets
A. L AsJes Gold Lady won the Albemarle
Handicap. for mares OF all ages, at one mile and
q sixteenth. in common gallop- II was hard 10
reconcile her performance with her race over
heavy track Friday. when she could hardly
raise respectful BILE galIop and was beaten off by
Don Enrique. Fleming and Sir Toddington The
distance only six furlongs. il is true, while
yesterday she was called TO race over mile
and a sixteenth. but she had plenty of speed
from the first jump yesterday something which
was entirely lacking in her previous effort What
made il look the fact that her i'm
provement was anticipated in the ring. she
was never better than TO l. and went TO the
post at Il TO <. a slight favorite over Tokalon,
the Brooklyn Handicap winner year ago.
Racegoers looked On and wondered Those
who bet OF her explained her Improvement by
~kl-~ ~l7a n
6 different brand yesterday and as lame an ex-
cuse as this was il was hard 10 discover an
other one. Those who did not bet on her had
some hard things 20 say. among which was the
suggestion that she was only qualifying last
Friday and out for a good work to tighten her
I'D for her effort yesterday. The stewards may
or may not ask some questions, but they would
be entirely justified in doing so, as il was form
somersault Of the worst kind.
Golden West. added starter, made the run
ming for seven furlongs, but Gold Lady was al
ways within easy striking distance and took
command when Miller pleased Tokalon, KLla-
ioe Yankee Girl and Miss Crawford were uptoed
from the start, and never threatened any dan
ger TO the two leaders. Their bad races may
have accounted in part for Gold Lady's good
one but & would be hard to make many per-
cons believe 81.
p Thonas's Banneu was the favorite for
the steeplechase backed from 3 to ] TO TO L.
he had plenty Of speed on the fiat. but he
1urlped badly and lost much ground at the
Liverpool the second time over lnal II was Iol
surprising that he me: defeat Il took so much
out Of Guardian in effort to race Bannell into
submission through the last mile that knight OF
Efway, which had been patiently ridden by
Archibald came along in the stretch and won
easily Guardian had more left than Bannell,
and earned the place some five lengths away.
Six horses went to the post and six finished.
which was surprising in view Of the soggy con-
dition os the course.
Denny sullivans Rye won the fifth race at
mile and furlong but II brought no JOY to
big Tim" Sullivan and his immediate follow
ers Rye has been a particularly hard luck
horse for big Tim" and, IN his own words. he
has never won ten cents on the horse but has
Inst rnanv a good sized wager when Rye failed
20 win. In yesterdays race he thought Golf
Bail would heat Rye. and backed his opinion 10
the extent Of 81 800, and his lead was followed
by most OF the big plungers He sat back and
watched the race with the utmost complaisance
while Golf Ball was gaIoping along in front but
when the PlaUdit colt stopped suddenly at the
head Of the stretch. and Rye took command, his
feelings can better be imagined than described
Fve came away TO win cleveTly from Punky.
while Golf Ball pulled up q bad last. and came
hack 10 the 1udges' stand three legs. so to
speak
Big Tim Sullivan has found picking winners
G difficult matter this year. In spite Of his many
friends who own horses and give him inside
information. II said on good authority yes
terday that he was over 100000 loser on the
season He himself said that II was rather pain
ful TO him 10 read about his big winnings IN
some newspapers, and he would not be surprised
10 see himself credited with winning big bet on
Rye yesterday.
Rosirniro is having great difficulty in getting
cut Of the maiden class In spite Of the fact that
he Is much better colt than many others which
have won purses this year. In the first race
yesterday Miss Delaney came along and beat
him home when ". Doyle let Rosimiro swerVe
over in the worst going on the rail-
De Mund, after winning four straight races,
csrax rar6aK
ia which he was played with the utmost conf
6ence at odds on. he beat Chief Hayes in a
common gallop a few days ago at practically the
stretch and Chief Hayes wore him down and
Kings Daughter The latter was crowded back
on the far turn by Baby Wolf, or IN all prob
ability she would have won easily Baby Wolf
b. the way had plenty OF speed, but stopped in
the most unaccountable manner at the head of
Tie stretch, as he did few days ago when
Faust took him by the head
The other winners were Kings Plate and Com
plete both of which graduated from the
maiden class Matchmaker, owned by James
F Carroll and trained by s. J. Lawlor, who has
made two or three killings with Blue Book at
6 fancy price. played for good thing In
the last race and backed from 100 to to 20 to
J. He was a false alarm, however, and finished
far back Prosvler was also heavily played in
This race, but to no avail
Seventeen bookTnakers did business In a line
through the centre Of the ring yesterday for the
first time in the memory of majority OF those
present The upper end OF the betting ring was
wet that John Cavanaugh made the change