New-York tribune., 1907-11-15
LAST DAY OF RACING
FOUR CHOICES BEATEN.
WelbOurne Beats CreSana an Handi-
cap at 4queduct Track.

The end Of the local racing season has come. and
when the bugler sounds taps for the closing event
At Aqueduct to-day followers Of the sport must
farewell unless they in position to follow
The thoroughbreds TO Benning. where the fall
meeting OF the Washington Jockey Club will begin
tomorrow. il has been a highly successful season
in ways than one, and many expressions Of
regret have been heard in the last few days that
The parting OF the ways is here.
The favorte players had another rough and stony
road to travel yesterday. four favortes went
down 10 defeat. three OF them odds-on. Okenite
and Summer Cloud were the only first choices
reward the faithful. and they prices which
did not bring much profit The beaten favorites
Jimmy Lane, James B. Brady. Cressna and
Sewell- All four finished second, and no reasonable
excuses could be offered for their defeat.
Jack Joyner scratched Hessian and depended
Rialto TO win the opening handicap and his CONT
dence in the Watercress colt was misplaced.
James i. Brady the favorite. heavily backed
from even money to TO s. but after forcing the
pace most Of the way he not equal 10 Rialto's
challenge in the last sixteenth. and beaten
half length in a hard drive a late plunge
Miss Sain forced her price from 10 l to rs low
10 ! before the barrier released, but she
failed 70 run UP to expectations and was lucky TO
be third, eight lengths behind James b. Brady ana
a short head before King Sol which would have
beaten her with half a ride.
Three horses 10 the post the Woodside
Steeplechase. the nominal feature OF the pro-
gramme. with Jimmy Lane the favorite Ala
race Was He just galloped along behind
Jimmy Lane until Dupee let him down coming TO
The last jump when he quickly took command and
won easily hy two lengths. Jimmy Lane fenced in
slovenly fashion and plainly not The horse he
was earlier in the season. Flying Machine podded
along IN the all the way
Okente had to overcome quite little nterfer-
ence to win the third race, at a mile and six
1eenth and # was well inside the last sixteenth
pole before his followers could breathe easily. He
broke in front. but Glen Echo shut him of in the
first quarter. and Delaby had him up rather
sharply TO avoid accident. When Strengthened
out for home Druid cut over in front of him. and
The faVorite players groaned. There was plenty of
lime however, 10 overcome the handicap. and after
being hard ridden TO get 10 the pacemakers Okenite
came away the closing strides to win rather
easily Druid stopped under pressure when # looked
as IF she had Glen Echo beaten. and the latter fol-
lowed Okenite home
Although Cressina was running out Of her dis
tance she was a hot favorite for the handicap at
one mile and sixteenth, fourth on the card She
was not equal TO the task however. after MAX
ing the running TO The last fuTlong pole had 10
strike her coiors 10 Melbourne. which breezed up
10 her under wraps. and won as he pleased. Mum
yer Ohe was strong paddock tip and was backed
from TO to TO She followed the pace closely
for six furlongs. but gave it up when most was
required and had trouble in saving third
money. Tommy Wadden paraded again. in spite of
his disgraceful Wednesday, but did not
show much Improvement.
Jack McGinnis placed q good sized commission
on his horse Melbourne. He waited until the price
touched 10 L Those who followed his lead were
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the post price
Sewell, which is the verge Of a breakdown
was an odds-on favorite for the fifth race at six
furlonEs but Grimaldi beat him by the action OF a
nod after a long. grueiing drive through the last
furiong. Grimaldi, a cast-of from the Keene barn,
Was quietly played by a wise few, who shouted in
slee when his number went up the board. John
J. McCafferty, who ruled off with Boots Dur
nell after q selling in California two years
ago. is said 10 have an interest in the horses whcn
nun IN the name OF j. A. Weinberg When Grim
adj beat Sewen. owned by Durne a head the old
feud was recalled and the crowd gathered around
the stand to see il il would be renewed when the
horse was offered at auction There was no bid.
however, and the two men, who are now in good
standing again, have evidently buried the hatchet
Another cast-of from the Keene stable won the
last race when Summer Cloud backed from II to 10
to { TO TO- was graduated from the maiden class
she Won by only narrow margin, however after
"A long drive with Ottoman the extreme outsider
N. Murphy, a boy who has been riding on the
canadian circuit, but who not generally known
here, lad the mount Summer Cloud He was
put up with the idea Of getting a price While he
failed in this he did fail 10 handle the dllv to
good advantage and ride a finish which did not
suffer in comparison with Millers. who had the
mount Ottoman.