New-York tribune., 1907-04-24
OKENITE GALLOPS HOME
WINS STERLING STAKES.
Kings Daughter Rams Fast Shr Fur
longs in Beating Crossing.

Are3,st Relnnont's Okenite won the Sterling
Stakes for three-year-olds, and upward at one
mile. al Aqueduct yesterday in way 10 Coi
qrrn the good opinion earned in his previous
races this year He had only Oxford ana 'lio
20 beat but he came away 50 easily at ule ias'
furlong pole and won with apparently so muoA
an reserve in the good time for the distahce' oL
l,4O that there was a disposition among many
clever Judges 10 predict for him bright future.
The Sterling Stakes is weight-for-age race.
Last year the mighty Roseben beat the III ialeu
Rams Horn in the first running IN I;tV ID
Okenites performance yesterday was qulte as
81 not more impressive. and he VIII not laek
for followers If he goes TO the post in the EN-
celsior Handicap Friday. in which he mas
beer handicapped at 80 pounds.
Mountain had the leg up on okenite and rode
AZ two pounds overweight. that the Hast
Sings colt conceded Two pounds. according to
the scale. to Oxford and Gid. He was at me
y2rohibitive price OF to & Gid made the pace
on sufferance. with Oxford in close attendance
but Mountain was content TO wait with Oxen
ate until well down the stretch, when he SEM
him up to the pacemakers IN slXteenth OF
mile ana came away easily ONford showed I'm I'm,
movement over his recent races and handleo
IFS impost Of l30 pounds in clever fashlon' ne
TOO. ran good race and viii bear close Walch-
ing when he starts again Miller old hol run
him off his legs he did on Saturday, ana tne
good looking gray showed 10 much better ad-
Vantage.
Next 10 Okenite's victory the clever perform
anoe Of Kings Daughter in taking up ll6
hounds forcing the pace and winning the handi-
cap al six furlongs in the fast time Of lib was
worthy of particular comment This wei named
daughter Of Omament-QueenIike ii looked
the perfect type of the thoroughbred as she
went 70 the post and proved IN the running that
she was as ht as hands could make her. An
early plunge forced her opening price of TO
2 down 10 TO ,, but suddenly her price began
10 soar in the face OF a strong play on Cressina
and Sir Edward until II reached 2 10 =. She
was in some demand again at these figures ami
slnaliy closed az 10 >. Cressina was a strong
faVorite al Z 20 >, while Sir Edward was backed
down from 10 l 10 > 10 1, and finally closed
at to /. Sir Edward tried TO run Kings
Daughter down around the turn and into the
stretch. but stopped when he found the task
g hopeless one. Cressina then moved up to give
battle 10 the Ornament flly but TO avail
Kings Daughter won handily by two lengths
70 the expressed delight of her popular owner
7. c. Mcdowell.
Followers of Miller got some consolation yes
terday when he rode two winners and two sec
ord horses out of five mounts He brought
Robin Hood home easy winner in the first
race, after DIR. Hollis had run out at the stretch
turn, and rode Citizen 10 victory for James r.
Keene in the third race for two-year-olds Citi-
zen held the position of favoritism through the
greater part OF the betting, but Bskra, owned
BY Z. r. Thomas, was hacked from 4 to l to
70 just at the end. and closed slight choice.
a8iskra bore out at the bend and lost valuable
ground. but she could hardly have beaten Citi-
through the last furlong
The big spectators plunged for the limit on
L. A. Cella's -AlsFathon in he fifth race and
cent him to the post strong odds-on favorite
II The mean time the small bettors We're backing
Lady Alicia from 20 10 I to = TO ] on the
strength Of her good race with Mary Morris a
few days ago. Marathon all tangled I'D at
the start. and did not settle In his stride until
the others were three or four lengths away. He
closed resolutey through the stretch and fin
lshe0 second. but could never get 10 LADY Alicia
on which Preston rode particularly well Judged
race. Judging frOIa the noise in the stand which
greeted the success OF the Sir Dixon ly not a
few profted by her victory
Al least FIVE horses were handed out in the last
race for twO-gear-olds the one particular
good thing" Of the day. Bellwether was backed
from - 70 | 10 10 l. Royal Vane from , To /
70 10 ,. Bridge Whist from & 10 Ia : IN .
ana Apple Teddy from - 10 ! 10 10 10 ] The
last named proved the winner He raced BELL
wether into submission and came away to win
ridden out from James r. Keene's Transvaai
Royal Nane was in close quarters mosr of the
way and IS likely 10 show Improvement when he
goes 10 the post again
me threatening and showery weather and tbA
raw east wind made the day ANYTHING but a
pleasant one but the attendance was quite up
20 the average.