New-York tribune., 1908-07-14
BIG CHIEF SELLS WE'LL
SWEET, INJURED IN RACE.
Half Sovereign Runs Fast SIR Fur
!. LONGS at Brighton Beach.

rrbor,as II wniiavns president Of the New Sah-
sornia Jockey Club. has no fears about lhe -
of racing In California, and is optmisnc apo" 'A'
conditions here judging from his acuVlts III DOs
sne GOOD horses He purchased half interest ia
Montgomery from Sam Hildreth some Gays as %
while Yesterday Brighton Beach ne pous"' e
chief from the New Castle Stable for s1Z'Ve'- 81
drew Miller and Tom Welsh. JOINT owners ci "a. ,
,r.sst1a stable were not disposed TO part Win
pig Chief as he was the best horse they hao ii'
their stable but the price was tempting Il" - -
trorbious times for racing, ana ue "e -
finally consurnrnated Big Chief Is a efes1tiu .
by Pontiac-Madelaine. and has esta0nsnea ~ IIe
class in winning several good races lhis ss'I
a. o,,s NJ tta samest horses in training ana u uo
running one. and Mr. Williams will unoooo'euS
win him out two or three times over oeioie i-
racing days are over x- nv
suree, the Jockey who has jumped into favor oy
g number Of clever rides recently hao HIS ~ "
90 hadlv injured in the running Of the secono race
that A. was necessary to call a doctor 10 "e -
snd IN ID probability he viii not be aoie 10 ii ~
.evaral days He had the mount on fruuei',
supposed good thing and many Wonoeltu 1, =. -,
yreak finish when Hanonia beat MI "hiia4iis
,ol+ !. bea5 for third money. The boy was IN grey
main however. having been forced against 'ne % ioH
:, the running Of the race, laceratng and orus'Ls
his ankle a., .,o,, OF
r-esent will not be seen in the saddle al Bflghlo
Reach after tomorrow, Jimmy Rowe has ue-
cided to take him Saratoga Tor shoi' rs
and to galIop James r. keeIe's horses III PIet
tion for their engagements for the neeuHs 'iei|
which begins on July 30
An unusually big Monday crowd was IN atteno-
.nce ST Brighton Beach yesterday, and those VINO
were content 10 sit in the grandstand found IL coo
enough 10 more than pay them for the journey 10
the track. The sport, too was interesting 0iiu
ouotes favorites won three Of the six races
August Belmont's Half Sovereign, ranked as one
NJ the hest two-year-old fes training last year.
won her first race of the season in the opehlls
handicap in a way indicate that she WILL noiu %
her own from On in the best company 0ne
had pull in the weights, but she ran over sU0-
q speedy horse as King Cobalt in the stretch ana
on ofne away in the fast time of 1:l2 2-5 for the
six eurlongs. Behind her were such good sprint
ers as King Cobalt. Dreamer, Nimbus' Fah'oute
and Tom NcGrath. among others hIIls NoD0t''
which made the running around the turn into ue
stretch appeared TO have the race Wen III manu-
at the last furlong pole, but the weight tod' ana
Half Sovereign wore him down in the drive 10 lhe
wire. Dreamer finished respectable third. after
being in such close quarters for half nile tLlal
he could not DO himself full justice
Enfield which Jack McGinnis bought our OF d
selling race last week after he had shown such
startling Improvement over previous race as 10
arouse the stewards ask some CuestloIs' ran d
vrof,llly had race in the second event yesterday
The fact that he wore blinkers accepted as the
reason for his sudden Improvement a few days ago
but he wore blinkers again YESTERDAY so II may
Ia harder TO account for further Improvement IN
the near future IT was not so much that EnheId
WAS beaten as the way he WAS beaten that aroused
the unfavorable criticism yesterday Perhaps LAhge
could not do him justice but it looks as II he was
a horse that would run in spots and could not be
depended Grania- the quo'eo IaNoil'e' "Oi'
the race in q common gaiiop-
Fyact Oak furnished surprise in the handicap
.t 81 mile and sixteenth by racing away at lhe
start and staying there TO the end lie mao
feather on his back. but showed Improvement over
env rrevious effort this year. Question Mark and
r,,nrenne were the most talked Of horses for the
go The former was in a bad pocket for half 4
mile hut got out in time 10 run Black oak COVE
a. he bsd been good enough. Tourenne ran an O1-
I. .ccoI1utably bad race He appeared 10 pe guns
easily in the run up the backstretch ont lalleu d"
come on when Notter called on him. either De-
oouse the weight was too much or he would not
-r Ed yyl,yte who trains the horse for r j
Mackenzie. confident that the morse "ouio
nfn and could not account for his uneXpectedlS
moor performance. He IS q speedy horse but ar
ncer+afa one and is quite likely 10 show improve
-oent the next time he goes 10 the post as he ran
far below his true form YESTERDAY.
lanes E. Brady. utterly disguised with Ellis
dsle after number Of failures this year. sold him
a day nr two ago 10 the Southwell Stable. only tt
see him win the last race yesterday. running IT
new coiors for the first time. There was some
1+.1e 6ernsnd for him among those who wanted tC
wager and consequently, some enthusiastic root
sne when E. Dugan took him 10 the front at th'
start and kept him there TO the end Eiisdale i
or. NJ -hs bandsor1est horses in training, being
son OF Watercress. He is now four years old, but
so far as can be remembered, yesterday was onll
the second time that he has earned brackets
owners are reminded that entries close to-mor
row for several rich stakes TO be decided at tn
fan meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club a
sheepshead Bay. including the Flatoush' OF an es
rsnsted value of sI7 600