Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-11
new RECORD FOR BRIGHTON
EDWARD WINS MILE
RACE IN 1877 3-5.
Feature Of tho Opening Day Of the
Midsummer Meeting of the Beach
Racing Association

NEW YORK. July 11.-Charles Edward,
purchased last Saturday by the Patchogue
stable for So 800 at the dispersal sale Of
Sidney Paget's stable, won the Brighton
mile at Brighton Beach yesterday, in the
fast time of 1877 3-5, a new track record
The old mark was 1.3S. made by Hermis q
few years ago when that good horse was
at his best. Charles Edward met and de-
feated James r. keene's Ballot, which was
making his first appearance Of the season;
DIR. Gardiner. Electioneer. the Futurity
winner a year ago. and Nealon, the hero
Of the last Suburban handicap. The three
year-Old son of Golden Garter-FlOra Mac
followed the fast pace made by Dr. Gardi-
ner to the head Of the stretch and then
came away, to win easily by four lengths
Feature of the Day.
The Brighton mile, a. weight for age. was
the feature of the opening day of the mid
summer meeting of the Brighton Beach
Racing Association at it's track by the sea-
An unusually big midweek crowd was in
attendance which indicated all too clearly
that the Enclosure will not be big enough to
accommodate those who will want to see
the Brighton handicap decided on Saturday.
Everything was spick and span and the
track was so fast that existing records Will
be IN danger from day to day. Charles
Edward not only set a new mark yesterday
for a mile. but Roseben took up 40 pounds
and equaled the track record of LIS for
six furlongs, while Megg's Hill ran five fur
longs in 100 80 seconds in winning the Dis
taft stakes for two-year-old fillies.
A Classy Field.
Tony Faust. First Premium and Don
Enrique were scratched from the Brighton
mile but Nealon. the Suburban winner, was
added so that the field was a particularly
classy one. Charles Edward and DR.. Gardi-
ner were about equal favorites at II to 5
in the early part Of the betting. but the
former drifted back to 3 to !, In the race
of strong play on DR.. Gardiner. which
sent him to the post first choice at to g.
Electioneer, in spite of his last bad race
was backed from to l to to l, while
Ballot and Nealon were the outsiders at =
and to l. respectively. For some reason
or other the Suburban winner was passed
up by the big bettors. while he only got a
scattering play from the general public
Fairly Good Start.
Electoneer was led to the post but, in
spite of this. he showed signs Of the ex-
treme nervousness so noticeable in his other
races this year. The start right in
front of the grand stand, and was fairly
good Dr. Gardiner was the quickest to
move and Jack Martin let him force the
pace around the turn and up the back
stretch, with the others will punched
length more away. DR.. Gardiner ap-
peared to be going so smoothly rounding
the far turn that his followers shouted jubi-
lantly, but turning for home his stride be-
gan to shorten. and Charles Edward raced
by him and opened up gap of four
lengths in what looked like dozen strides.
Not content with this, Knapp drew Is
whip to keep Charles Edward up to his
work but it was not necessary, and the
good colt was we'll in hand at the end to
win by four lengths. Ballot quickly dis
posed of Dr., Gardiner in the stretch and
chased the winner home, showing a per-
Torrance which indicated clearly that Mr.
Keene has a worthy representative for the
big stakes in the fall. if anything happens
to Peter Pan. Ballot has filled out and
developed into a fine-loGking horse AL
though he appeared to be a little high in
flesh, he ran a brilliant race for his first
start as a three-year-old. Electioneer and
Nealon fell away badly rounding the turn
and struggled home many lengths behind
the winner.