New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
BRILLIANT TURF DUEL
KEENE COLORS LOUERED.
Chapultepec Beats Rest'go"che IN
the Sterling Stakes.

g~,,.nn,.snec teat Restieouche in the Sterling
Stakes at Aoueduct yesterday after race Whlch q
was studded with action from the time 1heN W
the maddox until the judges confirmed the u'
cisjop by ordering the red board up IheFe =
x-C1ise Of many brilliant during the season
but none VIII T7ovide harder or more Oi'ts'
struggle than shat between the two thTee-se -oo
YESTERDAY. It was the general opinion lliat AZ,
better horse won. although The followers OF res
ro,lche seemed 10 fe1 that Notter was 5uslheo III
making a claim Ct foul against the winner Wfloh
by the way. the stewards dismissed a Dig e'o"0
was in attendance and this race alone more 'i'ah
paid for the journey 20 the track
Chapultepec ran third 10 Jack Atldn IN 1he a.
ter Handicap the opening day Of lie me- li'ie
from bad break. whereas Restigouche beat JACK
Akin on Saturday. IN the Freeport Handlcap ai'e'
q long hard drive or this line the two cons Ap-
peared 10 be close together. and as ONioTo. i'Nie
man and Rlal5o were scratched, the form PiAHers
were divided. and both horses went 10 me pos 81
9 10 %. The fun began for The crowd as soon a
the maddox gate was opened as both horses We're
80 eager <or the fray 10 begin that they did not
walk 10 the post IN the usual orderly fasich- D-'
danced and cavorred about like couple o. SOU
trettes or amateur might Notfer had the mount
on Nr Keena's colt while Mcdaniel was UP on
Chapultepec the idol Of the p & Q. Stable. bo'h
BOYS had 1hei- hands fun in getting ilei NOUNS
70 The most and then there moro trouble
Restigoucbe stood quietly enough. ont ol'a4'u''e
rec was so yifful that he reared and plunged ao"O'
for fully fye minutes. 10 the irritation o. .'''S
IN, had ber on him and 10 the danger of running
his ozn chances cor Ile race The starter -'i'a'E
caught them line. however. and sem ltll' va
70 a perfect start with Chapolteqee showing S'-s'
" IN front. NoGter had instructions 10 make ''le
uace fast one. however. and he sent fH"SllEou1'e
right along. and opened 3p gap of I"o 4e'lsliiS
Y-orrdinr he turn Chapultepec was running
easily however under gentle restraint VIII Nc
DAME waiting for the long run TO the anlsh De-
fore calling on ms mount When siralshltieo "'.'
FOR home Chapultenec slowly but suIeS "ot
Fesjsouche down until al the last tuilrig pore '
two horses were head and head hsh'llls ues
uerstelv ror tie r.asiery hotter went TO the WHIP
end Res,irolche RESPONDED with rare courage. bui
C-hapultepec was not 10 be denied. ana ne oreF
gwav in the last few strides 10 Win HH q lT's''
in The fast time - % -
Mcdaniel rode Nar.a- pretty close through the
last sixteenth but from the stand II did not -ooh
ss though a foul had been committed The Stew
e-7s e,55e-,-1z fet she same way. for after NoltTI
had made q claim and Mcdaniel had been heard
ihe complaint was dismissed. and the RED loa'u
Renl up 70 the loudly expressed oellsA' o' '-i'S'
who happened 10 be right.
Fred F3urlew and Frank OXEN watched Inc race
from the irHeId and did not have 10 see ihe-t
faces 10 appreciate their delight al The victory
FoxhaN p. Keene was disappointed al ''e Jul
come hu- had no complaint 20 make. aTd oHlt S8iu
that the Commando colt had run q good race. / n
Ter the conditions the horses met at weight Tor
age 50 that i was 2 fair test of their relative
merits RestIgouche did not lose any friends IN
defeat and il is more shan likely that ne may re-
verse The decision in some future race
Roseber beat Rams Horn in the first running
Of the Sterling Stakes three seasons ago and that
victory cost his owner. DavE Johnson, thousands
Of dollars. il took MIN a long time 10 be con
WINGED that Roseben sprlnteT. pure and SIM
Die. would show 10 advantage AZ q nile
or over II may be too early form a definite
opinion. bat Chapultepec runs Ike z horse which
VIII De al bis best also sprint;ng distances and
his victory YESTERDAY must not be accepted as an
Indication that he viii g = route il spite OF the
fact that ne from behind 10 win The race
did show however. that 4e has more courage than
l. generally credited. il took & game horse to
wear Restigouche down under tile long gruelling
drive.
The other races proved Interesting and The days
sport was Of rle best James 2 Brady ana Mys-
tify were the winning tavuIiJes. while ClaP-lJepec
and Tr0ublenaker were spit choices in their races,
that. altogether, lle form players had uo cause
10 complain
Frank Farrell and lis friends made : subsrsI-
tial killing with James Z. Brady which was heav-
lily backed from 10 10 even money. The colt
showed Improvement over his Irsr start and al
WAYS held MS held safe Tom Welsh also sent g
good thing the post in ROYAL Captive. which
was backed from 10 10 10 : TO ] in tie third
race. lie may not develop into stake colt, bur
he showed conCusiyely that he has 4 big heart and
is game 10 the core. he IS q good looking, well
furnished colt by Golden Maxim and the second
Of this young stations FIRST crop win at The
meeting.
X. Doyle had narrow escape from serious in
Jury when Star of RUnryrnede fell Just after the
start in the fifth race. but ne escaped without &
scratch Little Francis also got bad scare and
q general shaking Up when Hampton Beauty
crossed her legs and fell just after the finish Of
the third race
Tom Welsh, acting for the Newcastle Stable. has
secured second call on the services Of Guy Burns,
the Jockey, toT the season P F Carnan has first
call on the boz Burns is riding well, and may
prove q good substitute for Miller, who rode for
the Newcastle Stable last year.
Fred LattlefeId. who owns Jubilee Vas asked 10
put price o. his good three-year-old yesterday
End quickly answered. Twelve thousand dollars %
The figure vas evidently TOO high 10 suit the in
tending purchase. Mr.. LlttIedeId said later in
tbs day that ne had heard nothing further