New-York tribune., 1908-09-17
ROWE COL0RS LIN FRONT
WINS WITH SUFFRAGETTE
Footpad and Whip Top Claimed
Out of Selling Races.

When Jimmy Rowe, who trains for James p.
keene. instructed Tom Welsh to buy Sufrragette
and SeiectInan for him the wedding out sale Of
the Keene horses last Saturday he had eye to
winning the Willow Handicap Of &. coo at Graves
end yesterday with the former and his confidence
IN the Voter FLY was not misplaced. He paid
S5'Ao for Suhregette, and got back $500 at least
OF her purchase price besides having the satissac-
uon Oh seeing her defeat Trance, which has been
ranked as one of the best FLIES IN training since
the season opened. Seven horses went TO the post
but 1t developed into two-horse race in the first
quarter, as Suffragette and Trance quickly opened
up big gap the others and had the issue be-
tween them all the way. They raced head and
head in the up the backstretch but rounding
the turn Suffrasette drew away and won rather
easily by a length
Jimmy Rowe sat in the second tier Of the grand
stand to see his coIors carried to victory for the
nrst time since The Huguenot passed out of his
hands several years ago He had a few anxious
moments just after the finish when Taboo ran up
on Surragette and came within an ace of cutting
her down, but 1t did not take him long to satisfy
himself that she all right, and thereafter he
looked as pleased as II Colin had won another race
The biggest crowd OF the meeting was in stteu-
dance and while there was CT less oral bet
ting no arrests were made, those who felt dis
posed to wager lived up to the strict letter Of
the law in every particular. The racing was inter-
esting. with driving finishes rule The winners
In addition to sufragetts, were Ragman. which.
thanks to lucky break, beat big field In the open
ing race; Ironsides, which won the steeplechase
after Agent bolted the liverpool Miss Sain which
lasted just long enough TO beat Whip Top a mead
in the third event; Lord stanhope, which made it
possible for Crowley to be graduated from the
maiden class of Jockeys in the fifth race. and Lady
Winifred, which the closing handicap after
long, hard drive with Adriuche and NotasuIga.
Footpad. cast-oR from the Keene stable, was
the best horse in the first race but after being
slow to settle in his stride Cullen took him wide
at both turns and then allowed him to swerve
badly in the last sixteenth. He was claimed out
of the race by s. F. Hyman for 81 $50. He cost c.
R. FTefschmann 1.4Oo at the Keene sale last Sat
urday.
Mccarthy was blamed for losing the third
with Whip Top. and to make matters worse for
Herman B. Duryea the fly was claimed out OF
the race By W R. Midgeley for a,220
Sweet the jockey who mad such narrow escape
from fatal injury the opening day Of the EN-
pre City meeting, was back IN the saddle again
yesterday riding Prudent in the opening race
J. J. McCafferty announced yesterday that the
Weinberg horses would be sold at auction on Sep
tenber a and that he would sail on OCTOBER Zo
for the Argentine Republic where he has tenta-
tive offer to train
Andy BIakely Will train the horses bought oy
Mrs E. R. Thomas at the dispersal sale OF her
husbands breeding farm last week The horses
will he shipped to California within the next few
days. 60.
P. ]. Dwyer, president Of the Queens County
Jockey Club said that in all probability the IAN
meeting at Aqueduct would not be held IN we"
of the fact that the club rad taken over the brsn
ton Beach dates from September "a TO OCTOBER o
This means that the racing season in this state
will close on November instead Of November Il
GRAvEsEND RACING SUMMARIES
Weather clear. Track fast
,r-,.ss quoted bv professional handicapper)
vrper pACE-selliug; for two-year-olds; $500 added
Five and half furiongs start good Won 9andlly' 1i