New-York tribune., 1908-04-18
COMEDY IN THE CHASE
STONE BACK IN S4DDLE'
T,ro Fqrorifes Get Home m FROM
at .fqueduct Track.

,.-..-.a a. Ao-,educt yesterday nad s"i'e
sensational and amusing features con-
strictly or the farce comedy oroeI 80 .,,o most
=. ---os Concerned -Four horses went 10 'iie -, -
- - s,,.,,ss md ESQUIRE fell while Dr. fae'iS
.f, es-,ra7 SO ra6iv that he was out OF He ~, 90
ming after the first half mile This ieI' jan r
- v-r as lie pleased by a sixteeh'h - - 4-
-. 80 S.-s-,ss followed Jim McGm closely loi
lie and q half and seemed TO nave q -,
nance Of winning. until he came Clottl =, -
49, s,-,- r-o--, home After that II was ol'H "
s,,esrso1 of the latter standing up a IA -.
worth vas popping over the jumps ma -.
behind and ESQUIRE had fallen carry n '1 -
r1e I'm NcGiH ran in the name Of the f1al.-',o-
- - .,o--, ~ course chosen by Jay Q 4SIleh
s-5 cortland H Smith for their new steeFlee1i3se
partnership. -. s,,-,
gtesre~ got an ugly fall when Esquire went oo"'
ana law stretched out the tu'f for d '--."'
IKE as Il badly hurt When Gus strauss -.
however Sreiger saw chance 70 earn I'l'o i'-',S
WIN F-so,.i~e 50 he mounted and Went on oNet
TIE course. II the mean time Gus strauss '
rze- caught and hlauketed but a stable manu- %"
his chance 70 heat Esquire FOR the slla-' emu '4 |
---ee g. I'D he got OF Gus Strauss. TO the aEause
res- Of -ls crowd and took him over the remain
=-r 5---rs Il was some time before the s1e"a--S
ordered The numbers up. as there seemed 10 oe
some difference of opinion as 10 WhelleI VI 2'
Gus Strauss eligible for third money lIaSll-NNl
IS rhe nov had no- taken bin BACK 10 lhs t'--'~
where he fell Il finally decided ho"eNel-
-t-a- sas-7-.eH as he had taken al the jumps and
finished within the time limit he had rghtllHy
ezr1eL rr5rG money
EEar--- stone. whose license was revoked = me
-7=f --ez-z a g7raz-eser5 last year for what was
considered an unsatisfactory ride on Nj Mccann'
vas restored 20 favor al meeting Of the stewards
~f ne Jockey ~I-- yesterday morning. and had the
mount m g5,s strauss F5e not injured ny ms
<s-l. although stunned and badly shaken up- lie
was openly criticised hv many persons present 10Y
vha1 they were pleased 10 call had ride, but this
Il led
a cr5n hs--uE wind of Jamaica Bay made the in
closure anything aur a comfortable place 10 spend
IT, afternoon. t-- a good sized crowd was IN at
Tendance and Tie majority seemed 10 enjoy the
sport. although rha fields were small Madrileno
and Ee=rn were the winning favorItes- The for
rre- -a-rr=5 home easy winner OF the first race
v-5-e Bosom made SHOW OF his field IN The clos
~ event The other winners We're Grapple, Alauda
and Tim o--0ule
F-zrau ? Keaue was at tie track 10 see Bosom
-s-1. Tins -r-=e-gea--1ll So. or Be- Brus--Noon-
CaE az- r5c1y thought last year but il his few
starts seemed enable Ia larry his speed long
elruEl ~ U--. SD THAI he was graduated from Ihe
maiden class yesterday. a number Of horses went
te me post fu -nis race rhat wc-e great eXpActa-
riaaE q gear a=o- including Question Mark, Robert
cooper and Eaeu=l- Question Mark which had
speed enough race viii colin Tor half-nlile IN
vzce II Brighton Beach last season. and Al that
time said 10 be OF the best horses Billy Lake
land ever trained raced with Bosom yesterday 10
-7= laz- -l-la-C pole lie tired however. and Miss
Popular came along and earned The place He IS
e.c5 r1--uc colt. and IS more than likely 10 pay
his Nay Before -he season i far advanced
wave crest was The favorile odds-on for the
T-1.-- Stakes II seven fu-longs. but he was last
n <r of The way horse field. and proved
d. c-.evous l-saup8.n-nent- Alauda. after hard
azht with Cyul1al came away 10 win, ridden OIL.
H. length
Frank Farrell and his friends were credited with
making d killing" with G-apple in the third race
Vls.l- The horses were their way The post the
money showed. and the closing price Of 10 ! was
quickly hammered down 70 10 before The barrier
u-as released Cress5na, the even money faEorlje-
hook command II the stretch when Big Chief tired
lut c-appIe came along in 1he last sixteenth and
Won gong away by q full half length and with
srrrz-r5ra in reserve. Shaw. who had the mount,
zruaa-zl 70 fully confident fUrlCnE from home,
although WAS not easy 70 Judge as his style Of
rid5-z IS deceptive
Bavr Johnson missed q chance for one Of his
characteristic pIg-Ees in the fifth race when his
-cr. Tim g.-o-lo. won ny short head with 10 10
Z rao-rd against his chances So far as could ie
Gown. Progressing vas hacked from 70 70 70
r his race. and closed equal favo-ite with
Frank Lord lie appeared 10 be beaten on his
merits although B-,ssel had him II close quarters
q -he -aI al through the stretch. Troubenlake-
might have won with an even break. as he closed
biz za9 and Vas beaten only short head he ran
In -te -11-s af : " Colt. as I. P Bradley DID no1
have q sci Of colo-s al the track
Thomas Hitchcock Jr-. got back from Europe
Yesterday ard mace his visit The track. He
sid 1aa- H. had enjoyed some good hunting abroad
rrr had n0- purchased any English jumpers 10 race
N This country He said further that he had made
rl-ze inspection OF Tie Grand National course at
Liverpool. and that none uf Inc jumps was more
1zaa I'VE feet whereas TWO Of those al Saratoga