New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
nrPEAT FOR BIG CHIEF
ROWS TO FRANK GILL.
,o,ter's Good Ride and HeaCg
TrocI Faror the Collar Horse.

..,, ..,,r-ned The tables on Big Chief in the
IT, 4r,,dican at mile and a quarter at
h--s.or Beach yesterday and J. L. McGinnls.
B3sze- Of the collar horse. was partially sus-
a. 90 -,,fs contention that Frank Gill was badly
s7i :, = T.uran when Big Chief took his meas
-iaee - nrevious SATURDAY At that time Mr..
yie-,se offered match his horse against Big
Aee.-,-ssr the same weights and distance for
e..ss e.sss = side. and Tom Welsh. in whose stable
$50 was until Thomas Il Williams bought
BIZ 6a.s ago for $4,000. had so much faith
II ~ Pontiac that ne offered to put up
Il - e,,ounf TIE match was not made. but
ss.l o.,rs Yesterday amounted to match race.
tAs As-.,-,le the only other starter, was out
cussed .u,,at+;,-,s ,,-.-e sr+,rs,,, a,f-
=. +,e track being deep in sloppy mud. while
[..;se took up ten pounds in weight TO only
Pc - Frank Gin over their previous meeting.
sse Big Chief concede seven pounds to
- f7ill. according to the scale. and it proved
- Further than that Frank GIL. noted
i'1 - was favored by the going and was
- -. handled by Notter. who came down from
- for the sole purpose Of riding the horse
80 ,ls employer The going may have
70 .zsfusr Big Chief. and in all probability It
= .ot but Miller was outjockeyed by Notter in
- m the backstretch when the latter stole
O'' - o- three lengths. after waiting behind
-, ,sre for about six furlongs-
7,..-kie made the early running on sufferance.
:. rank Gill in q pocket on the rail. Notter
= "a. Ike his position and eased up rounding
- ,s5dock turn and pulled to the outside
- -ss not sharp enough TO keep him penned
vrser Strengthened out the backstretch
- made a quick move with Frank GIL and
- him 70 the front on the outside. earning
: srsrtsge then and there which resulted in
s.o-v Miller sent Big Chief after Frank Gill
.ssnp The turn. but Try as he would the Pontiac
-. co,ld not wear his opponent down, and Frank
IN von. ridden out. by a length
- o,,.stion Of the relative merits of the two
,..s Is still unsettled, but the general opinion
- 10 be thaJ Big Chief would beat Frank
~ 81 even weights under good handling at any
s,..snce from q nile TO mile and a half.
Ises JOINER lost Cairngorm. the one-time good
.rsioap horse which raced in the name and colors
= sv5nev Paget. after The Of Star Ruby had
vos the fifth race, Jack McGinnis had couple
.rrptv stalls in his barn after selling wsterviiet
!. .-.s,Isvood on Thursday. and decided that
-, would be a useful horse TO own. With
=. mind he hid Cairneorm up 500 over his
.,-.s selling price OF $1,000 and secured him at
,--aa as Jimmy Mccormick. acting for Jack Joy
= yro,l5 ror rrotect him s1.605
rso,e1 White tried 70 make a r1naw way race Of
-. svsrr and led by four or Eve lengths in the
! . =, the backstretch. Sweet made so much use
/ = sr. however that Cairngornl. well handled by
i v,-ts- gradually wore him down in the stretch
/ sd won ridden out by three parts Of a length.
| v.-.suk the quoted favorite. for some reason
Il hr-nr
1 bt could never get within striking distance Of
/ Ire leade-s-
n snlte Of hea-y shower which broke about
/ he tine tie crowd going 10 the track, the
u-sndance was remarkably good. Between seven
1 s1s eight thousand persons were pres n. The
-ng was fairly Interesting in spite of small fields
i n fgr Of The six events. and some excitement
zzs furnished by the arrest Of man who resist
si rather strenuously, told elsewhere IN this
l psps.
4 jimmy lane made q show Of his field in the
/ sse1echaze. Economy did not appear TO like
/ ths soft going. and Orc, the only other starter.
s11ke5 most OF the way. There were no falls. in
/ SPITE Of The fact that water splashing
1 almost every step OF the journey.
| The other winners were Explosion. which in spite
1 c. reeezt poor performances. made Tom McC5rath
loak Ike cheap selling platter in the first event
Rgha Granda, which beat Star Thistle and the
oid0n favorite. Royal Captive. in the third race,
szd Billy Bodemer. which scrambled home before
fed q fourteen two-year-olds IN the last event
stts- spirited drive through the last furlong in
which six OF eight horses were lined across the
-sck Ike Z troop Of cavalry.