New-York tribune., 1908-08-19
TWO RECORDS BROKEN
NTMBUS RUNS FAST RACE.
Io7rers Worlds Time for STR Fur
longs at Empire City.

,~ eoos rest R reu,aire sent Spooner 10
+l7s most yesterday In the Dunwoodie Stakes. the
feature OF the card at Empire City, and the sterling
.i,-aa-vear-old son Of Peep o. Day led ali the
~ finishing out the mile q length in front or
A-asee in the good time OF 1:se 5-S. which is TWO
n,,hs Of 8 second better than the track record
F-1zetfe was easy third
O& 10 g fine start Mccarthy rushed Spooner
- +b. --ont at once and he kept him there all the
~av Arasee, the strong favorite- followed the
nzoe Smith evidently expecting Spooner to quit
e. the three-ouzrter pole Arasee tried haro, OUT
could not catch the leader IN the stretch Frizette
--hi-b vss almost an equal faTorite with Arasee,
,,+ Of poorly and was forced TO run around her
ssI5 She moved UP at the far turn but the effort
told on her and she was very tired at the enc ne
memory brokers<' did not think well OF Spooner )
cbsnces and he went TO the post with as good as
10 quoted against him His rest seemed 10 nave
done him 6 world OF good
George n odofn produced the winner OF the open
tnx six-furlong dash for three-year-olds ano up
v-ar5 Nlrabus winning by length and q haiI
,-o, Jacobite, with Gretna Green third and Tom
,f.c--ath the favorite. outside the money me
1++s- tired after making the pace 10 the stretch
E7gslto the second choice in the betting, was never
prominent -.
D-.4,,s rroke the worlds record OF IL: 80 TOT Two
,r-,e The former record was made by Rosepen
:. belmont Park on October 6. 1906. The former
-s-- record was 1:12 made by Bosom on saturday
There were two track records broken Ses'eo''
s,ooner lowering the time for the mile
earring III pounds. top weight, Cresslne ven
. ~ ros+ 2 prohibitive favorite in the third
-aoe a. a mile and a sixteenth, for mares Iree
cars old and upward Beckon was the nrsI 10
,,ov IN front with Cressns following her ciOseis-
-hsv ran like this down the backstretch' WIN
z,.--on q length and half IN 'front.' IEeseiAIA
r4-- her AZ the far turn and Laughing Eyes
-,oz,a5 I'D into second place as they s"uHs mo =
-, --etcb C,ressira was firing at the END ana
Laughing Eyes would have caught her III lew
z% al
o-,-etesn maiden tw7o-year-old hllies started III
- az-e and g half furlong scramble, and George
! Longs Civita. the favorite, slipped nome III
front getting first money by iehstn t0H ~
asa-izna which was the same distancs ahea0 Va
1-,tee daughter The latter came from away
,.or NJ, Mariutch was the first to show in 'front.'
but she had enough at the half mile posi-. "Iete
l5,-,ta got on even terms with her. The favorlte
,ssno7ded Famely to a hard drive in the stretch
Mars CASSIDY got the big field OF TO a very sooo
start -.
c+7e, and won the five and half furlong dash
g. .z-,vear-olds Notter got him to the front IN
the first fl1rlong and ne was never in Danger
thereafter Fore getting the place, TWO lensths
hack with Connaueht Ranger. the taVorlfe- oeatel
of head. Thirteen horses accepted the issue
here and once again Mr.. Cassidy got them OF
prettilv-
While they were on the way to the post in the
last rsoe Charley owned by J A Weinberg, got
the best Of ] Lee and away for three miles
snd ? half The horse seemed absolutely crazy
After Ace High had tired Coat Of Arms took COM
,nand in the mile and a furlong race for three
--szr-olds and upward and flashed under the wire
three-ouarters of q length In front or Gclconda'
with Lord stanhcpe third. Disobedient ran dis
appointing race
The crowd was about as large as on Monday, and
,,-e-es+ ran high as nearly every race was close
II contested the favorites and second choices run
Ming 10 form.