The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-05
PETER PAN WINS The ADVANCE
KEENE'S CHAMPION BEATS SALVI-
DEERE Be THREE LENGTHS.

Nearly $4,000 Persons See the BIG lac
-ChapuItepcc Romps Home with
spring stalk es- Agents Chase Cham
tilly. Miss Crawford and Saylor Score.
Nearly $4,000 persons, the largest crowd
that ever attended the races at Sheepshead
Bay. saw James n. Keene's Peter Pan. 3 to ?
favorite. win the Advance Stakes, weight for
age, one mile and three furlongs. in mag
niioent style yesterday afternoon. There
we're seven starters. and four Of them were
tremendously played. Peter Pan opened at
z to s. but went up slightly In the betting, as
T, Hitchcock, Jr.'s, Salvidere was reduced
from = TO 7 to .. Emil Hers Montgomery
and J. A Benefits Flip Flap we're also solidly
backed at S to .. but Tokalon. Running Water
and Buttling were passed up in the calcula-
tons. Notter rode Peter Pan. and a. soon
as the barrier was released he took the Com
sndo colt to the front to make the pace.
Coming down past the Judges stand for the
first time. Peter Pan led by q length. with
Tokalon and Salvidere following neck and
neck and Flip Flap a length and a half back.
Around into the backstretch Peter Pan
rushed, bis jockey having a tight hold on the
Birdie. AZ that point Tokalon dropped back
and Salvidere. who was we'll extended by E.
Dugan. went after the Keene champion in
earnest. Flip Flap moved up into third
place and was running 50 easily that before
the middle OF the backstretch was reached
IL was thought that she would surely have a
part Of the money Notter took Peter Pan
up just before he reached the far turn, and
as Salvidere drew nearer to him the crowd
thought hat the latter might win. But a
moment later Peter Pan drew away and
opened up q gap OF three lengths. So after
that Il was lust a aallop for the Commando
colt. vi breezed to the wire three lengths in
front Of Salvidere, who stood a terrific drive
to keep the place from Flip Flap by a head.
The latter finished two lengths in front OF
Montgomery. who ran far below his best
form. The othersw we're badly beaten. Buttling
never having a chance. as he was left at the
post.
The race. was not run in fast time. as Peter
Pan covered the distance in 70, the best
record for the track being ana Us, made by
event in 1904. But Peter Pan was not eI-
that the experts were ready 20 attribute his
defeat in the Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes
last Saturday to the weight and the condition
Fred Buriew's Chapultipec. running in
bIinkersfort the first time. was a heavily backed
year-olds. six furlongs. Futurity course,
while John Z. Madden,s King James was also
in demand AZ Z TO 5. But when IL came to a
showdown there was nothing to 1t but Cha.
pultepec.. who left the post with whirlwind
speed and rushed past the judges four len gths
The s' latter 81 had two and 1lepe q half hT lengths over
King James, with the others beaten on. The
time was l13 lis.
Bartlett McLennan's Agent, 0 to 5 ~fsvorite,
won the Independence Steeplechase over the
full course. about two and a half miles.
w. c. Hayes's Grandpa, IL to 5. had a good
lead and was going easily when he stumble
at q Jump in the backstretch and lost many
lengths. This mish ap doubtless cost him the
race. for Agent and +. Hitchcock. Jr.'s, Hot
shot. ? TO !. passed him. Hot Shot was hard
ridden by Roy all through the race. but Agent
drew away, on. the fiat and beat him IN a gal
lop by eight. lengths in 5i3., Hot Shot wac
James X. Keene's Grimaldi, backed from
to . to Is to 5 ~favorite in the lightweight
handicap, six furlongs, main track. after
leading for nearly. half n mile, quit like, a
far turn. but the colt ran out as he turned into
the honlestretch. Then Jack Martin went
to work with Frank ID. Weir's Chantiliy. 0
to 2, who had taken the overland route, and the
La Londe. 20 to 1. at the last furlong pole.
winning easily by two lengths in i:i4. La
Londe took the place from Ben Ban by a
length. will Zal three parts Of q length out OF
Miss Crawford. in spite Of the fact that
she went up to 3 to 1, was at her best In the
handicap at a mile and O furlong on the grass.
Garner made hie run with her on the far
good. in 1854 as, O.. l.. NJ. a 60 to l shot.
squeezed into the place in the last jump,
beating Ostrich. to 1. q head, while Gatebell.
80 to |. Was a nose back. Joaquin. . to )
backed up and was shut OF.
Boots Durnellis Saylor. 4 to 8 f%avorite, made
all the running In the last race, for platers. at
a mile. but +. Dugan had to ride him out to
in the slow time Of i:43 2-5. Workman. 20
to 1, dropped into third place. -Four IA worries
won and the bookmakers lost thousands of
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