Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-28
FIVE FAVORITES LOSE
AGAIN AT GRAVESEND

NEW YORK, September 2S.-For the
fourth consecutive day five favorites We're
defeated at Gravesend yesterday. The
usual crowd of about l., 900 regulars turned
out. and in spite of recent reverses kept
the layers busy at all stages. The fea-
ture was the Culver handicap, for all
ages, at about six furlongs. The start was
ragged, Nicol getting Kings Daughter,
backed down to y. away running, while
james r. Keene's Suffrage, o to } favorite,
was all tangled up, with Miller on her
back. II. p. Whitney's Brookdale Nymph,
8 to l. chased Kings Daughter to the
homestretCh. where Suffrage began to close
rapidly when it was too late. AT the wire
ii Kings Daughter by a length and a
half. with Suffrage two lengths before
BroOkdale Nymph. SeweN 10 to l, who
was as good left ran swell race and
finished length out of the money. Hand
zarra had early speed, usual, but stop
ped. The time / :Os 80. one-tifth of a
second slower than the best record for the
track.
Miller put up a bad ride C. r. Eli
sons Yankee Girl. even money favorite, in
The second race. handicap for all ages,
at a mile and half He took the over
land route from the start and allowed
Jack McGinnis' Melbourne. u to 1. to
make all the pace. Miller moved up with
the Ellison mare on the far turn, but wei
bourne had plenty left and romped away
d gallop by three lengths in 2:34 80. Miller
stopped riding at the sixteenth pole and
literally tossed away the place, as IL. +.
Whitney's Perseverance, II to /, rushed
up in time to finish second, with length
and half to spare.
Rough Riding by Miller.
The Patchogue stables Lotus, Is to ) ia
vorite would probably have won the third
race, for p,aters. at about six furIongs, but
for rough riding on the part of Miller, who
had the leg up on Robin Hood ~ to ,. 1t
looked as If Miller tried to put Lotus over
the fence in jam near the FAR turn. Tor
little Walsh had TO pull up short. Then
Lotus closed with a great turn of speed,
but IT was impossible for her to overhaul
the pacemakers. AS it turned out Security,
to . won in a drive by half length,
with Preen, 10 to l, d scant length before
Lotus who beat Toy Boy, 80 to /, who led
for half a mile, by a head. The time was
ITO Is.
Although h. got TemaceO. to favorite,
If in front in the fifth race, at nile and
4 sixteenth Miller allowed Acrobat, to l,
TO breeze past INN on the lower turn. After
that IL was Acrobat all the way TO the
wire. where he won by three lengths In
40 80 Temaceo, under "a weak ride, beat
IVES, TO =. by five lengths. Yves prac
tiCally left at the barrier. but Sumter rush.
ed him up to second place in the first three
quarters of Il mile, move that made the
Inverness geld.nS weaken when the tin,L
test came.
Frank J. FarrclIs colt James p. Brady
a TO 20 faVorite made all the running in
the first event. for two ear-Olds, about six
furlongs Miller bringing him home on the
bit four lengths in front of Beardal,
backed down to 5. Blue Heron, II to !,
was poor third. The time was Ito 50
When the barrier went up for the last
race a handicap for two ear-olds, at about
six furlongs. Horner was caught mapping
with Rialto. 9 to : favorite. who was pulled
up and then shut off. Live Wire, ) to =,
came from behind in the last quarter and
won by a length from Chulita, to .. with
Arasee, l. TO /, beaten half length for
the place Bellwether Is to |, with stable
boy up led into the stretch and then blew
up The time was lilo %.
The Summaries.
First race, about six furlongs-J. Il. Brady, 1903