Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-17
NOTASULGA EASILY
WON ROSE STAKES

NEW YORK, April 17.-After the great
crowd on Monday, it seemed lonesome at
Aqueduct yesterday, although nearly 10000
people made the trip to the track in search
Of good things The weather was cold and
raw, but the racing. on the whole, was ex-
cellent. 1t was pretty hard day for the
books, as three heavily backed favorites
went over the plate while all of the other
winners were literally supported.
The feature of the card was the Rose
stakes, for two year-old FLIES, four fur
longs. There were three added starters,
Notasuiga, who won some Impressive races
at New Orleans: Vista and Dixie Gold.
Nicol had been engaged to ride Notasulga,
and it was handed around so industriously
that the moment the layers put up to 5
the plungers and the crowd in general pro-
ceeded to back the daughter of The Com
moner off the boards. NotaSulga made
good, too, for she led practically from start
to finish, and Won easily by two lengths
from the Holly stables Tea Leaf. a ST.
Maxim fly who, with odds of 20 to /
about her, made up lot of ground in the
last quarter of a mile and in hard drive
took the place from James r. Keene's Friz-
cite backed down to g. by u nose. The
race was run in O.4S As.
First Victory for Keere.
Mr. ILeene's colors were carried to victory
for the first time this year by Masks and
d
betting but showed the way, in the second
race for two-year- olds, four furlongs, and
won by length and half from r. F. Car
mans Magazine, . to l. A. ]. Joyner's Ro-
sario, the best played horse in the race, his
adds dropping from to to ), favorite,
was interfered with In the early stages.
but came strongly at the end and was third,
length and a half back. The time was
80.
In a terrific drive, Garner using the whip
for fully quarter OF a mile Frank Nc
Cabe's Killochan. pounded down to to 10,
won the first event, for tslree-year-olds. six
furiongs by a head from II. R. Schaffer's
Eudora.' 6 to !. who in turn had a similar
margin over Al6rO Weir's Autumn Flower.
to !. Jack Bennet's King Ahab. Is to 1.
was a head out of the money. The time
was 1.16.
With. competent jockey up ]. N. McCor-
mick's Mary Morris, to j. could not have
lost the third event. at a mile But McCor-
mick put up stable boy named Sumter to
get a price, with the result that the mare
was beaten length by Jack McKeon,
backed down to 6. who received a mastery
ride from George Mountain. Robador, n
% to-1 shot. was third. length and half
away. Savable, a patched up cripple and a
lukewarm favorite. had early speed but
stopped. Gilpin, a red hot tip, played from
s to 1 down to 1G 10 :, went to the front at
the outset. but came home last. The mile
was run in 1.41 40.
Buttons Bad Race.
The defeat of Buttons to 10 favorite. in
the fifth race, at seven furlongs, caused a
lot of grumbling Mcdaniel seemed to take
him up at the start. and after that the
Tenney gelding failed to show his usual
speed. He was badly beaten as result
and finished back in the ruck. Meanwhile
Thomas Monahan,s Lally. to 1. was splen-
didly ridden by Englander, and in a bril-
liant finish he won. with a length and a
half to spare, in 1.2S Fustian, backed
down to f.. had mortgage on the place.
with Water Bearer, so to shot, nosing
Battleaxe. IS to /. out of third place Bat
tieaxe had early speed, but stopped as If
shot.
A bad start in the last race. at six fur