New-York tribune., 1907-11-08
KARA WINS THE CHASE
GRUMBLING OYER RACE.
Keat0r Comes to Life and GallOpS
Home IN Stake.

The steeplechase at the Aqueduct racetrack
yesterday aroused much unfavorable criticism
except from those who bet on ]. w. Colts Kara,
the unaccountably short-p-iced favor!te. TO all
appearances. Agio, one of the outsiders, was
the only horse the favorite had to beat. and as
ne bolted at almost every jump in spite Of
burr bit. Kara shook him off at the end of a
mile ana a half and came away 10 win by
twenty lengths or more. T. O'Brien's handling
of Maximilian which finished second, would
have done discredt TO a stable boy, while
knight of Elway, the heavily played second
choice. could hardly raise respectable gallop,
and was disgracefully outrun from the start.
Kara may have on his merits. but. in the
opinion Of many of those present, IT would
have been better for the sport If the race hac
Tot been
The victory of Keator in the Bayview Handi-
can while anticipated by a wise few. caused
more grumbling and seemed to demand some
explanation after his bad Monday. He
was away badly that occasion, but did not
show a particle of speed in spite OF the fac;
that Mcdaniel appeared to be riding him hard
in the run around the turn. Jack Atkin was
OFF quite as badly in the same race but made
up the lost ground and was beaten only head
by the lightly weighted Lad of Langdon. keator
different horse yesterday however lie
was so full of life, if nothing else that he tried
10 run away before the start and did get the
best OF Musgrave and run a furlong before
he could be pulled up. When it came 10 racing
he quickly disposed of Kentucky Beau in the
run around the turn. and held Ben Ban sale
lengths.
Don Enrique was a pronounced favorite in
this race at to ., with Kentucky Beau next
in demand at 3 TO l. sBen Ban had a 1oloWlhS
at / to l. while just at the end heator Was
heavily played from = to ! 10 to / kentucky
Beau showed a fash Of speed. but died away
when Keator raced up to him. while Don
Enrique was always outrun and had all ne cou4a
do TO beat Kentucky Beau mead Tor thFu
money some five lengths behind the winner
Explosion. added starter in the hrst race
was a hot favOrite at odds-on, with only IouI @
others TO beat She made all the running, but
was tiring under the weight in the last SIX
teenth and barely lasted long enough 10 beat
King Sol a head NJ. A. Healy and his friends
had Ardri ready for killing IN this race ana
the colt was played from to l TO 3 to 2. He
hattered his followers for a time, but tired
trying TO Explosion down and finished far
back. ST. IariO disgraceful race, ana
was beaten almost a sixteenth of a mile. Gould
not extend himself in the going, was the only
explanation forthcoming.
Druid and Sister Francis had a spirited 0uel
through the last sixteenth in the third race,
and the former by the width of hand, to
the loudly expressed delight Of those who had
backed her from , 70 to 8 to D. Loring,
which showed sudden improvement, made most
of the running, but tired at the end and we'll
planned coup failed. Sally Preston may have
been overweighted. as she did not have a parti-
Gle of the speed she showed a few days ago.
Obert and Miss Delaney attracted the bulk
of the play in the fifth race but neither was
able to get to the judges in front, Black
Sheep jumped into the lead at the start, and,
making the running to suit himself, won easily
by TWO lengths. l. *. bradley went OoWh lne
line as the horses were their way to the
post betting $50 and 500 wherever he could
find TO >. Once the field was off he never had
cause for worry. It cost him S4O0 to retain his
colt. however as Joe MaTOne took a fancy to
Black Sheep and bid him UP to 81 200 before
Mr.. Bradley could protect him with the usual
50 advance.
Monocle was whispered around as the good
thing" in the last race, and backed from
to ! to as low 5 10 ! before the barrier was
released, even with Yorke up. He showed moth
ing in the race to justify the plunge however.
and was never prominent. The winner turned
up in HoOray, also heavily played, which man.
aged to stagger home a short head before Sum-
mer Cloud. the lukewarm favorite.
Henry Mcdaniel, the trainer, will handle a
stable Of horses for r. L. Thomas in Cali
fornia this winter. Mcdaniel resigned as
trainer for L. A. Celia recestly.