New-York tribune., 1907-09-03
KEEN HOLIDAY RACING.
NE4LON,S RICH STAKE.
Romps Home in T7cin City Handi-
cap at Sheepshead Bay.

farce comedy, except for those VINO h@u
r.ckea Hognoselle from 10 to / to to l. as
,raga White and Paprika, the only other start
9uNS fslI There were five added starters in the
..,ur,n Maiden race. and Lawrence p Daley,
:. ao 70 l. got up in the last stride TO beat Jim
e".s..a,- the favorite a short head. Nealon. the
c,burhan winner, romped home in the rich
~, City Handicap and then to wind up the
aoy,s snort Sanguine, the heavily played favor
a.. Was disqualified for interfering with KING
t7oIIv inside the last sixteenth pole
qphe rain of the morning and the loW-hangLns'
.+ras-ening clouds al noon, when il was time TO
- ~ the track, had q noticeable effect on the
attendance. and the crowd fell far short OF fu-
-, 7a,- Some twenty thousand persons,
torever braVed the conditions, and later hdu
ronsa % congratulate themselves. as the sun
t-ol,e through the clouds by the time the horses
- IN the post for the first race and shone out
--orro and bright for the rest OF the afternoon.
TIE track Eas in excellent condition IN spite OF
,ba rain and was hardly more than second
slow 10 the mile. - ,.
s1aalon. which was purchased by Billy Dubois.
she clubhouse commissioner. who races under
,be name of the Patchogue Stable, for Sl4'ovo
OF the dispersal sale of the Durneu horseS a.
Saratoga made show of his field in the irwin
City Handicap at one mile and quarter 1he
r-ate was worth S13,s25. of which Nea4oh
snare was S1O.S25. that his new owner must
tora more than won him out, as he sent fair
sized commission to the ring, which was pia0eo
n to / At the time OF the SAFE many so"u
-,dpes expressed the opinion that Neaion was
;t.r5lx q cheap horse at the price paid, but MS
manner Of winning yesterday must nave CON
,.inoad these same judges that they had undef-
estimated the value Of the Suburban Handlcap
,v5nner He raced right TO the front at the start
end fairly riptoeing his field in the hrst SIX Iur-
longs was hardly more than galloping thfeush
-be stretch TO win by six or eight lengths IN the
ood time of . 90 50 for the mile and a quarter
Nine horses went TO the post, the only WITH
s-av-als heinC Borghesi and Superman. the hero
of the Brooklyn Handicap SaIVldere' tiie
.baronion two-vear-oId last season. which had
,,o- carefully pointed for the stake at Saratoga,
,ar+ 70 the post a slight favorite at IS TO .,
tu+ the. race looked SO open that every morse
had more or less Of a following, Sir Lynne
,zood coming in for particularly strong play'
hacked from 10 to to 1. He stumbled Just
sfter the start and lest much ground that ms
chances were ruined then and there Neaton'
efter onenlne at TO !. drifted back TO to l
before there was any disposition 10 bet on him.
nut he was in such demand just before the
horses went to the post that 5 TO 1 was hard 10
get as the barrier was released
When the start came Knapp sent Nealon 10
she front with rush. end the son OF Sain-Sis-
tar Josephine had his field strung out and reel
ing and dizzy behind him in the first half mile
Beacon Light which ran second in the Brooklyn
Handicap after being played for a killing, and
Maddox turn with Dandelon at his withers,
and these two were the only ones which could
get within striking distance Of Nealon, and they
chased him in vain. Dandelion shook Beacon
Light OFF turning for home and finished second
while Beacon Light was third, some five lengths
before SalTidere, which headed the spent and
tiring ruok.
salvide-e's race disappointment He
had been working well that his owner,
Thomas Hitchcock. jr, had high hopes that he
p-l4a IN
the season. He viii have to improve many
pounds over his effort yesterday, however, to
win anything except ordinary overnight han
dicap. and he is a good illustration Of the I'm
certainties which follow horses from year to
year Through the winter he was generally
looked upon as the probable champion three
yeer-old but the horse which beaten only
.n his first start year ago has not won brackets
this season. He can hardly be mentianed in the
same breath with Peter Pan. Ballot, Charles Ed
ward, Frank Gill and Dinna Ken.
The fifteenth running Of the Autumn Maiden
Stakes for tvvo-year-old maidens at time IF
closing attracted a big field Of fourteen start
ers The betting was confined largely to Jim
Gaffnev winner Of the Hopeful Stakes at Sara
toga and James r Keenes Restigeuehe, winner
of the United States Hotel Stakes Jim Gaffney
was always the favorite, and went TO the post
alto 5 He made the running to the very last
Jump, when Lawrence 2. Daley got UP to beat
him head on the post.
The latter was the medium of big killing"
IN the last race at Saratoga, but he was pracH-
cally neglected in the betting yesterday, as to
al appearances he ives outclassed- His per
fornlance stamps him, however a two-year- old
well above the average, as he was in receipt
OF only four pounds from Jim Gaffney, which
many shrewd handicappers rank well up among
the best two-year-olds of the season Resti-
gouche met with some interference shortly after
The start and could not make up the lost ground
when Strengthened out through the last furlong.
Only three horses went 10 the post in the
steepiechase, with ]. W. Colts Paprika the odds
on favorite at Is 10 20, and Judge White strong
second choice at II to 8. J. Z. Widener's Homo
selle was quietly played from Is to to to L
by wise few who shouted themselves hoarse
when she galloped home all alone Homosele
opened up long Lead in the first half mile, and
appeared TO have the race safely won even before
Peprika and Judge White fell together at the
second jump from home. The winner pecked
badly al the last jump. but got over safely and
Just cantered TO the judges. Judge White was
rernounted by a stable boy and finished second,
while Huppe picked himself up and remounttng
Faprika4 finished in time TO earn third money.
Neither Jockey was injured by the fall
heator. the lukewarm favorite in the first
race. was away last TO rather struggling start,
Out ne improved his position gradually, and,
Closing strong, won by half a length from Mark
anthony II Lady Anne forced the pace, but
tired in the last sixteenth. Lancastrian was
pounds the best In the fifth race at one mile and
a half on the turf. for after being shut off and
knocked about rounding the last turn he came
20 the outside and won going away by three or
Tour lengths z. Dugan made his run too soon
WITH Good Luck. and did not have anything left
10 finish with Then I-sncastrian challenged at
me last sixteenth pole
Wave Crest was lucky to win the last race, as
ncfh sanguine and King Folly would have fin
'siied In front of him except for the Interference
which caused the disqualification of Sanguine
efter he had won rather easily by a length and
half. Coming through the last sixteenth San
eiine swervso out suddenly and almost knocked
KicR Folly L. nj ste aris I'D