New-York tribune., 1908-07-04
BEDOUIN BADLY BEATEN
MONFORT WINS Il STAKE.
Nimbus Beats Roseben Head n fter
Long, Hard DriUe.

a5,,,;, +t,e o.es fa1o-ite in the Thistle Stakes,
was badly beaten eft Sheepshead Bay yesterday
He appeared TO stand OUT on the strength OF nus
last race when he took up us pounds and mace
q new track record for a mile and furiong on the
turf He was a different horse yesterday. ana
after following the pace closely for haIf iniie
dropped out Of II and finished back IN the ruch'
Don Enrique, which had many friends. also ran
a duil race and could never race into contenolis
position.
The winner turned UP in Monfort. which came
from far back in the last quarter and. wearing
Spooner down. got up in time TO win ov q sIioi I
head. Gilbert rode well Judged race on holIoi =
which following his clever handling OF Far west
on Thursday. makes il look as II ne might w
velop into one of the leading jockeys before the
season is over and live UP 10 the promise OF ms
work in California last winter, when ne was ha
as e. second Miller Monfort was eood morse
yesterday and had be to win, as he met Win
enough interference rounding the far turn to dis
courage one which did not have stout heaII
Grapple had q stormy journey, but hnisheo suons
" and earned third money
Woodford Clay won his first race of the season
when Nimbus beat the mighty Roseben short
head ;n the fifth event named the Voter after MI
Keenes onetime good sprinter, and incidentally
eoualled the track record fer six and hall 1ur-
longs on turf by running the distance IN lle 80
Nimbus jumped away in front, but Roseben 1oneu
him in the first half mile and they raced head
and head for the remainder of the journey First
one and then the other seemed TO have the better
of il. but Nimbus. under J. Lees strong nnsh'
managed have his head in front when the JUDGES
were passed. Roseben was on the outside. and TINS
in itself proved just enough OF handicap to en-
compass his defeat. James r. Keene's Peter
Ounce might have won if Notter had been able
to squeeze through a narrow opening he picked out
IN the stretch. The opening closed up however,
as he made his move, and Peter Ounce almost
ran UP on the heels of Nimbus and Roseben
Montauk graduated from the maiden class
in the last race after many vain attempts, at the
expense of Cairngorm and twelve others Calrn-
gorna was the quoted favorite. the onetime good
horse which many races in the colors OF sgd
ney Paget, appeared to outcass his field. He made
most Of the running. but tired just at the end
and could not withstand Montauk's challenge
If the stewards had lived up TO the letter OF the
rules they would have disqualified ConnauSht
Ranger which ran third in the first race, as he
almost knocked Selectman down and then car
ried him to the outside rail they rounded the
elbow Both horses .swerved over in front OF Sea
Cliff at the time. but the latter escaped interter-
ence and E. Dugan was quick 10 see his cnance
and saved three four lengths by coming through
OF the rail When Notter got Seectman straight
ened out the colt closed resolutely and outganed
Connausht Ranger for the place. With clear sai-
ing the Voter colt would have won in all proba-
bility
Sweet handled Arasee like veteran in the
second race, waiting patiently behind the pace to
the stretch turn, and then making quick move
which took Garner. JAS. B. Brady. by surprise
Arasee was tiring through the last sixteenth,
and Jas B. Brady. which hung on better than
usual. was wearing him down, but Sweet kept his
mount going and by comfortable margin
Corncob which beat Peter Ounce in his last start
ran one Of his bad and could never improve
his position after being outrun in the first quarter
Joe Madden was no match for Preceptor IN the
third race. The latter raced TO the front in the
first quarter and Noter still and let him rate
along 10 win as he pleased. Joe Madden was un-
DER the whip before rounding the elbow, and he
sponded ganey. but could not get up