New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
NCARTER WINS THE
EXCELSIOR HANDICAP
DEFE1TS JACK 4TKIN
AFTER Il HARD DRITE
Fifteen Thousand Persons on Hand
10 Cheer the Hinner of the
Rich Firture.

McCsrter. trained TO the minute by Tom Welsh
half owner with Andrew Miller Of the Newcastle
Stable. won the Excelsior Handicap OF s10oeo on
the opening Of the Metropolitan Jockey Clubs
s7rins meeting jamaica yesterday His margin
a victory short had after a long hard
drive through the stretch with Jack Akin the
hero q The Carter Handicap on the opening day
q the season. Both horses ran brilliant race
and whereas the lions share Of the rich prize and
the glory Of winning As wei TO McCarter. he
xas forced 20 share the honors with the good son
Ct SAN. which never ran gamer and truer race.
Rfernan finished third. while several lengths hack
od Honesty. ZienaP. Chapultepec and Rrookdale
Nyuph finished q named The time for the mile
sr6 sixteenth was Lac. which was within two
ffths q second Of the track record made bv
Rostsnd when he won the same stake in 1894 with
- rounds up
FuIy fifteen thousand persons went down to the
track 70 see the race decided and not one there
Vss who did not home after an afternoon in
IRE clear. bracing air well satisfied with the dav's
sport which was keen anu interesting from begin
rng 70 end The long fight through the stretch in
TIE Excelsior Handicap quite enough in itself
70 satisfy. and while Jack Atkin the public favor
Ste. vas beaten. the big crowd cheered and ap-
pauded the victory of good horse.
Outside OF q had jam at The first turn in which
McCa-ter and Chapultepec did everything except
stan6 on their heads the race was truly run
Thanks largely TO Norter's daring ride. McCarter
di6 not suffer largely from. the crowding but
ChzQultepec was not so fortunate and it may be
SAD that he Jared rather badly. and under the
Circumstances ran good raCe. although he fin
ishe6 outside the money. He had to up a lot
Ct ground the outside to work his way into
third place Al the head OF the stretch. and *
rttle wonder that he tired when Mcdaniel made
his final call
II the twelve horses p-oba bic starters
fve ~ere scratched including James r. Keene's
RestigOuche, and SpoOneT and Red River This left
seven horses 10 20 10 the post and the field was
-E-E-
with NcCarter, The stable companion Of Spooner.
i strong demand around Is 10 > The others
ranged in price from 10 ! Chapultepec TO Is TO
od Honesty, and every horse had friends
Chapultepec and Zienap caused a short delay at
the post The latter broke away from the barrier
once. while ChaQultepec. like 2 whirng deryish
kept the starter. and everybody in the stand. for
that matter. keyed Up 70 irritating point. M
CASSIDY finally caught them in line. however, and
the barrier Went swinging up to q good start. Mus
grave was wide awake and sent Jack Atkin 10 the
front. with RifeInan at his heels and the others
compact bunch. The Two leaders ESCAPED the
crovdinE The frsr turn. which for a moment
locked as If IL might prove dangerous.
Jack Akin bore the full brlnt Of the paeernak-
inc and blazed the way up the backsrretch and
around the turn. R-fenan tried 10 run him down
and failed. but AIcCar1er. which had saved ground
ou TIE IaI ia the run up Ihe backstretch, moved
up resolltely a the turn for home. and gave de-
ta--Eined challenge Al the last f1rlOuy pole Il
looked IS i AcCarter might come away to win
tandtlv. iuT. hotter explained later he hung
V.-en LIZ sol 10 Jack Atkins head and the fol-
lowers Of the favOrire took fresh hope They came
down through The last sixteenth ike team but
Nort-r drew lis whip n the nick Of time. and Nc
Carter won y-u deserved victory
Tom welsh was all smiles after The rage and
Wien congratulated on sending McCarter TO the
post IN such -E- condition fyr lis first start OF the
season said moG-sty. u had him pretty near r.zht
and fix confident that he would give good ac-
count o. himself although his best work tor the
race was mile ia IA" Andrew Miller. WeIsh's
partner in the Newcastle Stable. IL was learned
yesterday that Frank e. Bishop had sold out his
Interest. was Euor- enthusiastic ana praised Welsh
e Ia Ding -he colt so I'll and ready and Notter for
- clever and Wei Judged ride The race was
Vo-tl $3.50 10 the winner and gives the Newcastle
s-aa.a q good start on the season.
Nr-arte- Is Z fou--vear-old. bz- KNIGHT OF The
-hlsrl---a-d-e- Efe was bred at z H McCarter
Fo-te-'s Eequ=st : ID, 5Gt foaIed II Kentucky
E5ls dam. Candle. owned by rhe NiIsrrearn
sud. TIE property OF the Newcastle Stable and in
which ~. Bishop stiN retains interest. wa
owned Jointly. when bred 20 knight O. the Thistle
by Billy Lakeland and W 7. Powers McCarter was
named after NJ NcCarter Potter and was sold
vearIi-c for sleo He was ranked well I'D
with -Ie best three gear-Clds last season and won
rs <a-r share o. stakes. including the Cosmopoli-
Tar Handicap Belmont Park IL the spring and
The Saratoga Handicap - Saratoga in the sum
me- He also forced the pace Ia one OF the best
brighton haudicaQs ever decided. and was beaten
Pc one Of rorurnaudG-s best SONS He earned
Z eS7 last season.
Pau J. Ra-neg III luck stiu pUrsles him. HIS
star Shoot colt SrarEowan. which won The EK-
Tec-at.ou Stakes II Gravesend last spring. ran
good race in TIE third event. handicap at five
srG half fI~-orgs. but was disqualified for car
ryt-E Fleming wide 5n the through the stretcn
Af'e~ G Burns made his claim of foul the stew
s-ds cid NOT seem 70 be of one mind as 10 whether
q ror there had been ans interference. and they
To-fe-ed tr- fun minutes which seemed Ike
tVe--- -a those who had interest IN their de-
rsio0. before StarFovan's number Was ordered
oc7r After further consideration the stewards
f1ed Note 500 for rough riding.
ApEUsr ReInont-s Fair Play. making his first ap-
pearanoe e rhe season. hot fayorIte at even
MONEY 81 This race and my have been the pes'
horse- Ee acted like a green t~o-yeaT-old az me
pos and when the barrier went up swerved 10
ine outside and -four FIVE precious lengths
One Of th- officials @. the queens County Jockey
Cub in speaking of tie meeting AZ AQueduc'
which closed or Tuesday said yesterday The at
fencsrce for The twelve days q the spring meet
lng = talsdLct numbered hundred ana twenty
I've thousand. 40 arrests for any cause Whatever
wee made and some 81 worth OF va1uabies were
fou1d and turned II z the bureau Of inquiry, al
u which speaFs pretty well for the character o.
ne patrons o. racing"