The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-04
ROYAL VANE WINS GALLOPING
BOOTS DURNELLS COLT CAPTURES
THE SPRING STAKES.
~sssxDar. Heavily Back d. Takes the Handi-
cap at . MiIe and . Quarter -Rosebcu.
spoSncr. Resdmooro and DICK Fnneti
succeed IN the other Races nc h hay.

cap at Q MiIe and . Quarter -R0seben.
spooncr. R~esdrnooro and DICK Ftnnell
succeed IN the other Races nc tho Bay.
Five favorites and a we'll played good thing
won st sheepshead Bay yesterday. and the
bookmakers paid out thousands on the gem
eral result. The day was perfect for racing
and a crowd Of $4,000 persons turned out. The
stake feature was the Pansy, for two-year-
Odds, six furlongs or the grass. which proved
TO be easy for O. T.. Durnell's Royal Vane. 2 20
1. who made all the pace and Ralloped homo
six lengths In front OF Z. n. Bradleys Black
Sheep. a 10 to 1 shot, who lasted long enough
70 take the place from Robert fuckers Wood
lane. 8 to 1. by a nose. WOODLAND got a bad
ride. The time was 1916.
c. +. Clark's Maxnar. backed from 7 TO 1
down to IS to S ~favorite. won the handicap at
q mile and a quarter. st. Valentine. 10 to 4.
showed the way for nearly a mile. when Max
mar rent to the front. followed by First Mason.
3 to 4, and Red Friar. 3 to 1. First Mason
sulked under the whip and hung In his stride.
but Red Frisr closed so resolutely that Ma xnar
got the verdict by three parts OF a length In
207 s-S. Red Friar beat First Mason by q
length and a half.
Roseben. at the prohibitive odds Of 1 to S.
had nothing to beat In the first race, a con-
dition event at six furlongs. main track. Jack
Martin. who rode him. allowed r. L.. Thomas's
ocu0V w w - ~ b"asO utei' s's
the stretch. where Roseben galloped to the
front and won by four lengths IN ll3 t.5.
Haensel took the place from l.. g. McDowelis
BERWICK by three lengths. Comedienne.
hea Willy backed for the place, was always out
run while Cressina received a queer looking
ride from Homer which was allowed to pass
The Newcastle Stables spooner. Is. to 10
favorite. made nearly all the. pace in the
second race, for two-year-olds, 1--WE and a half
furlongs. Fvturity course. and Miller brought
him home an easy winner by q Length and a
half in 90 i-5. Nimbus, 8 to ]. ran an i'm
proved race and took the place from the rap
idly closing Halket. II to 6. by half a length.
william Shlelds's Reidmoore. backed down
to 6. was a real good thing In the fifth race, at a
mile and Q sixteenth on the grass. Miller
kept hin close to the pacemaker, T~histledale,
20 to 1, for nearly hree-Quarte OF a mile and
then let him down. with the result that Reid
moore galloped home a winner two lengths in
front Of Thistledale, with Golden West, Is to Il
| dropping into third place, a neck In front OF
Prince Ching W. A. McKinney's Won TrOmp.
q hot favorite at 8 to s. was knocked back on
the lower turn and never had a chance to show
his best quality. The time was l 80 Us.
Dick Finnell. 3 to l favorite, graduated from
the maiden class In the last race, at a mile and
q furlong. Knapp hustled out OF the bunch on
the lower turn and then oyerhauled Howard
Shesn, 10 to 1, at the end Of three-qusrters OF
q mile. After that Dick Finnell romped home
six lengths in front Of Howard Shesn. who had
three lengths over II. p. Whitney's Persever-
ance, backed down to+. The time was "a 3-5.
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