The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-28
HTG HERBERT'S VOOOHAVEN
ETHELBERT COLT BEATS TRANCE,
ODDS on, WITH EASE.
Bls chief. Berry Maid, AletheuO, Zal and
Bill Days Hartford BOY succeed In
the Other RACcs-Ftye FAVOrites 60
Down 10 Defeat on tho Aqdoduct Track.

his chief, Berry Maid, AletheuO, Lal ana
Bill Days Hartford BOY succeed In
the Other RaCes-Ftye FAyOrites 60
Down 10 Defeat on tho Aqaoduct Track.
Running In the colors Of hls new owner
n, n. Brandt, for the first time yesterday
since he was purchased from A. J. Joyner,
Fitz Herbert, a colt by Ethelhert- Morganatic,
5 to 4, won the Woodhaven stakes, for two
year-olds. four and A half furlonRs, at Aque'
duct. FitI Herbert broke In front aud easily
outfooted X. T.. Grinln's fast Ally Trance,
7 TO 10 ~favorite, beating her In a gallop by
four lengths In O53 lis, a new record for the
stakes at this distance. Trance had SIX
lengths over the Newcastle Stables Preceptor,
8 to /, with Sam Emery's Erbet, TO 1 a length
and a half back, The pleasant weather drew
more than 10000 to the track and a majority
Of them regarded Trance az a sure winner In
this event, Her defeat, therefore, was a
shock from which many we're unable to re-
cover during he rest OF the afternoon. Fitz
Herbert's improvement demonstrated that
In training methods Brandt and Joyner do
not follow the zane lines al least that was the
general idea after the race.
The Newcastle stables Big Chief. o to )
f~avorlte, made all the running In the first race,
! for p~lGters, at six furlongs, and won In a
drive by half a length In il3. But he was
hard pressed by T.. r. Bradley's Blaoksheep,
II to 5, all through the homestretch. the
colts being so close together that husarave,
who rode Blacksheep. made a protest Of foul,
but was overruled, X. y. Carman's Prince
Of CASTLE, so to /, got up In time TO take third
place. ten lengths back and a head before
Queen Marguerite, 10 to 8,
aTtuka,g Da9.kav kaA1y koat0n in tho
second race, q condition event nj FIVE fur
longs. Ne picked up 1870 pounds and was
| made a favortie at 8 to S, hut when the barrier
was released he was quickly outrun aud shaw
could never get him NEAR the pacerna kera.
!, A. forsythes Berry MAID 70 uade az
the pace, but was under q hard drive TO win
by a nose from the BIomleigh PARK Stables
King Cobalt. y to /, K. 7, Wilson, Jr' :, Red
River, 4 to /, was third, a length and a half
! back, beating Roseben by the same margin,
/ James r. Keene's Bosom. to 1, broke in front
but quickly dropped back. The time was
R. T. Wilson. Jr's. Aletheuo, backed from
2 to ~ to 5, won the handicap, Al slN furlongs,
in gallon, He was Outrun for hall a mile
BY A. j. J%oyner's Golden Bearl, IL to I. but
| drew away in the middle of the stretch aud
came 10 the Judge, three lengths before Ok
! length. Golden Pearl was three lengths back,
Minnie Adams and Black OAK, both in some
favor at 3 and 9, respectively, had no speed.
! Inc race was run IN LIS 80.
I'm a red hot drive Mcdaniel got William
Gerst's Zal, I to I, home a winner Of the NTH
race at a mile, by a head. Ial cut out a fast
pace In the early stages but Weakened IN the
stretch, only TO come again and beat Master
/ Of Graft, to l.. on the post. The latter was
a few inches in front Of Dennis stafford, , tol,
with Pouuessing, 10 to ., a length back. The
time was l:ll,
Wonderful TO relate, Father Bill Days
Hartford Boy, a 20 10 I shot, won the last
event, for maiden three.year-olds, at six fur
longs, by three parts Of a len 9Th from James
K~neale's Fielder, backed down TO Z to /. The
latter had half q length over NJ. j.. Schwartz's
Triumph, played from 0 TO :, who, with a
better ride, could not have lost. James X,
Keene's Red Bonnet. q lukewarm %iavOrite A.
: 10 ?. and Julius Bauer's RaquelT 90 10 1, fell
In a Jam Just after the start. The time Vas
lI5.
Five favorites we're defeated but five Of the
winners we're we'll backed, the layers getting
their only cleanup w the final event, +.
Dugan carried on the. riding honors With
two winners, n second and a third. Niue
grave handled a winner and three seconds,
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