New-York tribune., 1907-07-18

FANCY WINS THE VENUS
Runs REMARKABLE RACE.
ROseben, the King of Sprinters, Gal
LOps Home an Handicap.

The Venus Stakes for two-year-old FLIES with a
guaranteed value Of $500 was full of action at
Brighton Beach yesterday. Harry Payne Whit
ney's entry. Fancy and Adrana. dropped from the
clouds as it were. and IN a spirited head-and-head
finish ran one two, with August BeImont's entry
Half Sovereign and Fond Heart third and fourth
respectively Turning for home II looked as il
Half Sovereign and Fond Heart would run first
and second, Ella ONeil had been raced into cub
mission, out both tired in the final drive so that
Fancy, coming from far back and closing with a
rush, got up in time beat her stable companion
q head, with Half Sovereign only a head away
The Whitney entry went to the post favorite at
TO l, while a big plunge on F r Hltchcock's s
Keep Moving forced her price down from 5 TO /
10 y to o She ran up strong around the turn but
got into close quarters and dropped il gain.
An accident at the start may have been partly
responsible for her not showing TO better advan-
tage She particularly fractious and. rearing
on her hind legs fell over. pinning E. Dugan under
her. The boy stunned for a minute and lay
perfectly still, but was quickly on his feet and in
sisted on reTnountlng. Keep Moving did not run
away. but her heavy fan hardly did her good
Fancy ran a truly remarkable race. She was
practically left at the post and was bad last in
the run Up the backstretch. fully twelve lengths
behind the pacemakers. Garner made UP the lost
ground gradually, however. and although he had
10 go round his field on the turns the hlly re-
sponded 10 every call and won brilliant race in
East time.
Roseben is once more the king Of all sprInters.
He took up l47 pounds in the first race and racing
right TO the front had his opponents reeling and
dizzy behind him in the first quarter of mile. he
never in any particular danger. and won
easily by two lengths in the fast time of ll2 10
n
Smoker, by Yankee-Smoke, showed himself a good
youngster by following the fast pace closely and
hanging on IN the gamest fashion TO earn the place
three parts of a length before Dreamer. II was
the first time this year that n two-year-old has
raced against older horses.
Dreamer beat Roseben when the latter an
odds-on favorite at Sheepshead Bay rather easily
IN their last meeting. but he could never get within
striking distance of the big horse yesterday in
spite Of the fact that he had advantage of four
pounds in the weights. He might have been closer
In with clear sailing. he had TO overcome some
snteT
three lengths the best OF the start TO nave re-
peated his victory over Roseben yesterday.
The horses in the steepechase ran il such close
company Of the way that interest was main
tained from end to end Caller Garrett alter
mated in the lead for about miles. when Es-
Sex took command. and coming away won by two
lengths from Caller, which beat the fast closing
DR. Keith length. Guardian, with better han
ding might have He the outside all
the way. and must have run fully fifty yards fur
ther than those that finished in front OF him Bay
onet the equal favcrite with Jimmy Lane backed
down from 70 ! 70 l3 70 g. fell early in the race,
but Stone. his jockey. was not injured.
LancastTian the selling at mile and
q quarter after spirited drive with Kilter. Max
mar was badly handled by Finn. who allowed
the horse fairly settle in his stride. Reidmoore,
q split choice with MaNnar, had speed for six fur
longs, but was pinched off rounding the far turn
and dropped back beaten. The stewards seemed 10
think that Harty on Rilter. was blame. and
must have been satisfactory however.
change made in the placing. Smiling Tom
made Up fifteen lengths in this TO fin
ish third. He is such slow breaker that he usual
ly has too much TO do 10 be a good betting propo-
sition.
Estimate al odds on, beat a cheap field IN the
fifth race, while AInundsen. played for 'killing'
by J. A Bennett and his friends. beat Scallop.
the odds-on favorite. in the last race Amundsen
backed down from 80 10 TO IS 10 J. Sam
Emery and his friends also tried 10 make a kill
ing in this with Tennis, which backed
down from 80 to to p TO 1. Sweet Teire was also
the medium Of heavy play, but she stopped badly
after racing with Scallop for half mile