New-York tribune., 1908-07-23
FIVE FAV0RITES WIN
DIR. PAGE GETS Il FALL.
Charles Ed1card Beaten n His First
Start This Year.

Five quoted favorites. three Of which were at
odds on raced to victory al Brighton Beach yester-
day to the complete satisfaction ofthose who made
oral wagers the strict observers Of form. Those
who kept trying knock the favorites down had
a correspOndfngiy bad day. as ODert which beat
Black Oak and Corncob in the second event. was
the only winner quoted at a better price than TO
5. The usual good sized crowd was in attendance
and it Is safe to say that the inclosure was one
Of the most comfortable places within fifteen miles
of the City Hall. fresh breeze blew in of the
ocean.
Charles Edward holder Of the worlds record
for mile and furlong, made his first appear
snce OF the season in the third race at six fur
longs Frank NJ Taylor. who trains him for Billy
Dubois. thought that thu big chestnut quite
ready for hard race. AMI on the strength of this
there demand for quotation against his
chances He beaten. however. and easily, by
King Cobalt and The Squire, and il he
needed another to put him on edge for his
best effort. He looked and acted well IN the
paddock that it Is reasonable TO believe he will
give a good account of himself in any races in
which he may start at Saratoga
King Cobalt appeared to have some difficulty in
shaking The Squire off. which raced head and head
with him in the up the backstreteh. but round
ing the turn the Cesarion colt drew away and
hardly more than gallOping through the last fur
long. The Squire. running in the name and cOlOrs
of Tom Welsh performed well enough to Indicate
that he will be hard beat the next time he goes
to the post King Cobalt the distance over
slow, dead track in the fast time Of 113.
Tony Bonero made a show Of his field in the
handicap mile and furong- He breezed
along in front all the and was never in danger.
Pins and Needles one of her bad races under
weak handling. McCahey allowed her 10 swerve
into the heaviest going the rail in the
stretch, when it looked if she must have been
second II the boy kept here on the outside AS ir
was, Import followed Tony BOneTO home. Old Hon
esty. which is too partial to weight or to the
condition of the track yesterday. could never get
within striking distance of the pacemaker, and
eventually beaten Off
Harry S. Page. the well known gentleman rider,
had ugly fall in the steeplechase. when Grandpa
came cropper at jump on the backstretch He
picked himself up, however, adjusted his mOnOce
and walked back to the paddock IL it was the
most ordinary thing in the world to land in a heap
the turf from the back of galOping horse.
When the accident happened Billy Hayes. who
owns Grandpa. hurried across the inheld to IL
Mr.. Page injured, and they walked back to-
gether. the latter explaining how 1t happened
St. Nick. well handled by Mckinney. won the
race after long head and head fight with ]. W.
Colts Banner in the around the turn the last
time. Both horses took the last hedge together,
but St. Nick away win by length Ban
nell, which made the running for a mile, bundered
badly at one Jump that o. Heder had to do
circus act to get back in the saddle after being
thrown up his mounts neck. BanneI kept on
running and finished third Cuban fell soon after
Grandpa came to grief. but Brown. his rider, was
not injured.
w s Vosburgh. who was delegated by the turf
authorities abroad to receive entries for the Derby
and Oaks. announced yesterday that American
owners have made thrty-nine entries for the Derby
and thirty for the Oaks. The nominatOrs include
James r. Keene August Belmont, Herman B.
Duryea. Harry Payne Whitney, John E. Cowdin.
H. T. Oxnard f. r. Hitchcock and John E Mad
den.
Ffrestone, the good Ihree-year-oId- owned by
Thomas H. Williams. which down in the
running of the Commonwealth Handicap, is gaIIop-
ing again. but Mr. Williams decided not to race
him at Saratoga. but TO give him and have
him prepared for his fan engagements at Sleeps
head Bay and Gravesend.