New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-07
WHIMSICAL IN DEFEAT.
LOSES HER SECOND RACE
Aletheuo Wins williamsburg Ham
dicap IN a DriUe.

whimsical met defeat for the second TINA tbio
season at the Jamaica racetrack yesterday She
looked as well as If not better than she ever d,6
before Al her me- but ran last in a three-borsa
neio' Dehlna Good Luck and Tommy wsddaI1
which were hardly in the same class rr,.t, -
ies' year. when she ranked among the hest
thFee-year-olds in training Some cri+icisal
'@cA martin unfavorably for not going on with
"ieH she broke in front, and for allowing
' Walden 10 squeeze through a narrow
opening on the rail rounding the first Turn .,7
10 open gap Of two lengths This r,a,, ~ -
n0t nave been bad Judgment, but the fact re-
mains that Whimsical appeared n s,,ll, III.
martin called on her in the stretch a1tbouot 49,,
10 mat time she had been racing along WITH a.,
even stride and full Of run go
" whimsical was played from 10 l n 3+o7o+
Nle last minute. SO that in all probability, h.
et0Die connections expected her TO show i'm
piO'eiiiehI over her previous race a few davs
ago. Good Luck was the favorite at o 10 10
ne challenged Tommy wadden turning for
home and after a long drive won by half
length. 1 @
Seven races were decided and the usual good
sized crowd was in attendance The tract, r-as
shghtly dead for five races but sloppy for thu
last two. as an uncomforta BILE drizzle vhfcI,
began about the fourth race turned into a
steady rain Just after the fifth race was run.
-Four favorites and TWO well played second
choices won, and this made UP in part. perhaps
for the lack Of class in six out of the seven
races. The surprise Of the day came in the de-
feat Of Dan Buhre in the last race. He was ar
odds-on favorite at 3 10 ;. as 70 all appearances
he outclassed those opposed to him Tramp. A
Commando gelding owned by L. o AppIeby. was
quietly played from IL 70 70 10 10 / He made
e show Of his field by galloping in front all the
way and winning eased UP by TWO lengths from
the favorte. with Herman a distant third
Miller the jockey was back in the saddle after
an absence of four or five days because of a fail
He accepted five mounts but won only one race.
although he was second once and third twice.
He handled Robin Hood in the second race,
when that consistent breadwinner won his
fourth straight victory since the season opened
at Aqueduct, On April Is This sfx-year-o old son |
Of Kingston seems 70 be better than ever before
He took up 10 pounds and was only gallopng
through the stretch TO beat Slickaway Sir Tod
dington and DIR. Hollis. among others
Aletheuo won the williamsburg Handicap for
4, G Wilson, jr. He raced Oraculun into sub |
mission rounding the turn. and came away cas-
lily. Just at the end, however. he began to stop |
and Garner had 20 drive him out 10 beat the /
1esr closing Ampedo half a length The last |
named was bad last on the far turn, but closed |
with great burst Of speed in the stretch. He !
VIII be worth remembering in the same com
pany over a longer distance. Saracenesca
showed Improvement over his first race a few
days ago
Marbles tried 10 make a runaway race Of the
first event, and came swinging into the stretch
four lengths in front He tired from his earIv
enorts IN the last sixteenth, however, and Sen
ator Beckhan. closing strong won going away
by full length Davy Johnson bet enough on
his DR.. Hasbrouck FLY, Tileklns, force her
price down from 10 / TO TO ! She closed a
slight favorite over Senator Beckham and Helen
B She chased Marbles most Of the way but
hac TO be content with third place at the end
Paul Pry, which his first start at Auue- !
duct, was offered at auction Saturday and
bought in by the Newcastle Stable for $3.50 He
confounded those who missed a chance to get |
z bargain by forcing the pace in the fifth race
and fighting out the finish in game fashion with !
Bounding Elk which had TO be driven out 10 |