The sun., 1908-06-28
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BELMONTS COLT RUNS A GREAT
RACE AT THE BAY.

Half In 2:al I-B--hfAdden's Sir Martin
and Fayette First and second In Great
Trial--Caiifornia Kings stecplechase.
Fairy Gold, . to 1. ran magnificent race In
the s2s. 900 Coney island Jockey Club Stakes,
| for three-year-olds. one mile and half, at
| Sheepshead Bay yesterday afternoon and
won in a drive by o length In 2:si 1T. which
equalled the track record made by Stalwart,
with lis pounds. In September. iao< Fair
Play carried i26 pounds. and his performance
at the weight was considered better than
that OF Goodrich. thres-year-old, who.
packing 100 pounds, hung up q worlds eoord
of 3:sok for the distance at Washington
Park. Chicago. in 1903.
Fair Play. with Notter up, got the worst
OF the start and was last. lehaths behind
Angelus, 20 to 1. and Durante. 0 to s. the
paoemakers. as he passed the judges stand
the first time. Notter. however. made up
the lost ground gradually until when the
middle Of the backstretch was reached Fair
Play was in contendins position.
Angelus set the pace for mile attended
by Dorante. Hessian, 3 to 1, running third
up to that point. q length back. Fair Play
and King James. IL to s, neck and neck. were
also close up. the pace being so fast that IL
was only question OF which horse would
blow up first. As they turned into the home
Dorante looked the winner, but he too soon
Quit under the terrific strain and Hessian
loomed up in front. e. Dugan was not strong
enough to do Hessian justice. however. so
that when Notter put Fair Play under ter
rife drive Hessian could not stall OF the
challenge.
The finish was 90 exciting that the crowd.
numbering close to 10000 persons. stood up
and roared in approval. Fair Play got the
verdict by len 9Th. with Hessian half q
length before king James, who hung on
gamelv to the end. Dorante was fve lengths
away.
John E. Madden. great Ogden colts Sir
Martin and Fayette. coupled at 2 to s. ran
irst and second respectively in the s25 900
Great Trial Stakes. for two-year-olds. six
furlongs, Futurity course. After false
break the field was sent away in good order
H. B, Whitney's Bobbin. 20 to /. set the pace.
with Sir Martin close UP to the bend in the
track. Less than length back Favette
was hghting 1t out with James r. Keene's
Helmet, coupled with Esperanto at S to2.
ing match when Strengthened out for home.
both being at fault, and as they reached the
ahead. But the Keene colt hung In his stride.
and Fayette. tired out. again assumed the
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is nS Faye.e % Ssat Helmet ssd for the
plhCe, Win bOODln u neau out OI Jne money.
T. hi.shSoSs. Jrss caiiiorna King, to !.
at about two and half miles. He got a ,hne
ride from Mckinney. who waited until J.
q the paoemaking and then took Caiifornia
King to the front three-quarters Of mile
from home. the Hitchcock jumper winning
in a, sallop by six lengths in 504 as, new
track IeoSrd .a. John P cS Tas S;s1 ssSSond A.
6tol p ]. Rainey's T. g., Martin was. beaten
Of easily IN, the race. while his stablemate.
Ii. P. Whitney.s westbury, IS to 1, made all
the running In the Burgomaster lightweight
Handicap, at six and q half furongs, main
track. and won easily by q length and a half
IL ile, Roseben. with i42 pounds ae to
beat P. j, Rainey's De Mund. Q to i. a neck
tor the place.
MeCaheys patient handling of Pins and
Needles, 8 to l, enabled her to win the Nealon
Handicap. at a mile and three-sixteenths
on the grass. In q gallop. James r. Keene.s
Gretna Green, to !. and Oscar Lewisohns
SS Il rSn STats for SaTS
Moo tahsy then let Pins and Needles have; have
her head and she breeZed TO the front to win
by four lensths In the fast time Of 200 3-5.
Gretna Green was second. Ave lensths be-
fore Miss Crawford, to l. who beat Ellis
dale head: The latter had early speed,
but soon quit,
mile. and after disposing OF Gridiron and
Sugar Pine won handfly by a length In / 80 AS.
Antgus. 10 to 1. closed with rush and beat
Bad News, 9 to 1. a head for the place. The
latter received q weak ride. Five flrst choices
were defeated. The summaries: