The sun., 1908-04-30
GOSSIP OF TIE RACETRACK
M'CARTERS SUCCESS 4 TRIBUTE
TO TRAINER WELSHS SKILL
Yict0rys Duplicate Of the Triumph Of Msrry
Lark, From the same Stable In the
1909 Excelsior BWh Horses Delh.
cred Fit without "CusllIylns Races"

cred Fit without "CualIylns Races"
In winning the Excelsior Handicap with
MoCarter yesterday Trainer ToTu Welsh per
formed the same feat which enabled Merry
Lark, also owned b. tho Newcastle stable
70 win this rich turf prize In 1919. Welsh pre-
pared Merry Lark in private. did not send him
10 the post for Qualifying race and then
bad the colt right on edge whpn he faced The
barrier He did exactly the ssme thing with
NcClrter. He got the son Of knight Of the
Thistle ready OF Gravesend and 10 con udent
was he that the colt could win Yesterday that
Spooner was scratched. McCarter, one Il
the beet threc-year.olls last wear, was re-
membered for his brilliant race IN the Brighton
Handicap. when, after making all the running.
he was beaten on the post by .lsmes r hpene'S
Feter Pan lie Vtnf lame after hat and was
badly beaten In several races 40 that he vent
INTO winter quarters under 2 cloud, ~ TO
speak But Welsh got busy with him early
s spring and pointed him for the Excelsior
He is not the McCarter of last year, said
the trainer In the paddock before the big race,
but he il so good thot thlnS he viii surely
win .'
There we're some sceptics on hand however
Who did not believe that MoCarter could do
feat such q we'll seasoned horse as Jack Atkin,
and while il was generally conceded that the
race was between these crack iour-year-ons
there was a marked preference for the Schrel-
Der colt, who was always the public tavorites
Nkin had won the carer Handicap, also the
Queens County HandIcap, m which he ran .
mae IN 90 with ~ pounds. lie had won a.
. mile and furlong az New Orleans, 30 that
there seemed to be no doubt as 10 his ability
nts
pounds by the scale 10 MrCaTter. which iu,,
aboul test him.
u was also the oplu'on m spw" qusrtc-s
I. that husgraye made too much use Of lark
Atkin BY forcing The carly psce a. last
clip, so that when the colt was let down 10
stall on the challenge Of McCarier he did not
have much left, Under the circumstance
Il appeared aker the race "a " Jack Nhu
hed acquitted himself nobly 10 running such
high class performer a. McCarter TO a ncck.
MoCartsr was bred by r, II McCauer
Potter at his PeQueS, stud a. Sussex, s. !.
McCarters dam. Candle was owned Jointly
a. the time BY " = Powers ard William
Lakeland Who scut her TO MT Potters farm
IN he bred 10 kniyht Of tho Thistle, Ne.
Carter was tho result OF this mating and
vas sold as n ycarlng for N.lO0 o the New.
castle Stable. then owned by Andrew Miller.
Blair Painter and Frank ( Bishop. who has
since sold out his interest 10 Welsh Candle
has since become tho property NJ the Mill
a'reAm Stud. Of which Mr. Miller is a part
owner, and the mare has venrhnS by Ben
Brush ard foal by the sij,o ,oo1 Frrnc, stallion
Adam Mr. Miller. who was naturally elated
over tn triumph nj McClrter had nothius
blt praise for the train,nR methods Of Welsh
He delivered tho horse A. Tor hi- f'sf
start, said Mr. Miller. 'uhich.is popn'ar
thing n England He lid tho same thing
with Merry Lark and cannot receive too much
nause II was ,upsrh race Jack Atkin
is much better horse than We had been led
TO believe
Jockey Nottsr sdll that rhen NcC srter
drew alongside Of Jack Atln A. The head
of the homestretch he seemed ~ hans IN his
stride, probably because he vas lust A trfo
ebert, but that when the whip vas used the
cnlt responded with Characteristic gamensss.
The Excelsior vas first run W 1919. rhen
the late W. z. Whitney won u with Black
stock in 40 3-f. In 1901 = 4 Doctors
Rostand was triumphant IN - 2... 2 record
which still stands for The rdrs and track
The Albsmarls stables Santa Catalina vas
the winner In 1905 w I ~ rs Merry 6rk
scored the following year In ~ i-j while
r. d. sulllyans rr Gsrdrer vas victorious
last year in I IS a.. with r'4 pounds, over a
heavy track
MoCarter' triumph vas no' tho only feather
In Trainer Weish's cap, for hs won tho second
race with ROYAL Captive, r clever hlly by
Golden Maxim Although ! n Feed opened
the choice a. 4 10 he went ny TO ?. Bs ROYAL
Captive was heavily played, fhe odds falling
from 5 to ~ m = NJ the last moment As
both Of these choices vere also solidly back Cd
for the place the books got terrific jolt
There was also a strong show play on 1hetis
H. p Whitney, who was present starred q
chestnut flly named Uniform by Hamburg
Equality, in this race, but she vent up in he
prices from s to 70 tn I and Vas prH,-
tieslly left at the barrier
IL was the general opinion that August
Belnnonts Pair Play should have won the third
race in a gslop The handling he received
from Dugan was not worthy Of green 80
prentice and sfter the race pugan cam" IN
for some sharp criticism. Even though tho
Hastings colt sot Tho worst Of ibe start and
Csssidy's work with thr barrier in several
races was bad he could have Won II nugan
had kept an n1ing him TO tho wire \sit Vas
Fair Plays defeat was an anchor 10 wind
ward for the Jay srs, as ho carried tho rublio's
The foul committed by StargoNan IN this
Tace was 50 palpable that the crowd " vondered
why Il took ten minutes for the stewards to
decide upon a disqualification. Stsrgowan
was practically unbacked, so that when his
nunber was taken down the chaikers
Kroaned. Fleming. who was placed first
was well taken both ways and landed a good
bet for his owner Voorhees, was reduced
from 3 TO TO =. but the horse, who has been
raced too much recently, pulled M nm tho
yer &c OF a breakdown.
Joe Msrrone and his Italian friends cleaned
10 when Pantouhs won the first race They
backed the Ben Brush mare from a 10 I and
tosred with delight when she rolled home
Err. Bradley's Troublsmaker was luke.
warm favorite. bur he got a solid place plsv
that the LAYERS did not relish Frizette went
hack in the prices from to to 10 TO 5, while
Dave Johnsons Tim o'Toole was IN mdch
demand at 4. He can do better.
The talent made no error in playing Pre-.
isnsion on thc boards IN the Afth race, as
the old fellow was at his best Ssylor. who
was beaten at odds on the other day when his
owner backed him heavily, ran a much i'm
proved race but was neglected this time,
as his odds receded from 10 I, Druid, who
ran third, was played three ways at i2,
auds to s. The paddock sharps had a hot tip
on n. T. Wilson'S Jr.. sungleam In this race
and backed her from IL down 70 5. Lady
savoy, from the Gerst Stable. was another
sprposed good thing. but after showing
Sbtrst Of early speed she stopped as II shot
That the Whitney stable has some good
tWo.yesr -olds was shown BY the success OF
Sea Cliff in the last race, Top Note, from
he same barn, won impressively on Tuesday
but no more so than did Sea Clih. All Of