New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
FAR WEST A SURPRISE
BEATS A STRONG FIELD.
D'4rkle Turns a Form Somersautt
at Sheepshead Bay.

Far West came 70 lire in the Long Island Hanoi-
cap at sheepshead q yesterday ana beat strong
field. including JacF Atkin and Dsndelion at
quoted price of % 10 J. Gilbert who had the mount.
waited patenfly behind the pace for furongs.
and then brought the horse up with well timed
rush Jack Atkin. the hero of the Carter ana
Metropolitan handcaps. had worked bis way 10
the front the for home. but the weight told
In the last sixteenth and Far West wore him down
and after brief struggle came away to win ori'-
ing by a soant length in 1.52 for the mile ana
furlong.
Far West was beaten off few days ago al
mile BIZ Priscian and Peter Ounce. and Tor ths1
reason those who were disposed TO wager looked
elsewhere for the winner although by gong oacA
To hts previous race he could be accounted DANGER
ous under an inpost Of only 100 pounds JACK AKIN
srd psndelion the ones most TAXED o. Uu'
Jacy atkin found the weight and distance TOO Hl"oh
NJ q handicap while Dandelion. which ran sucI'
hrilliart rare few days sgo, could never get WITHIN
striking distance of the leaders WestpurF nnaue
the early running. with Tourenne In ciose a''eiiu
snce but E. Dugan and Mccarthy mls1uaseu t.ie
pace and both horses themselves into 'he
ground at the end of seven furlonss' 50 iiei'iie
had anything finish with
FYtz Herbert. quoted at the prohibitlVe price oI
! 70 s. was the only winning favorite' so 1hd' tiie
memory brokers' had something more 10 reJolCe
ever than the news that Justice Bischof had ruled
thet verbal betting not violation OF 1he NJ"
Isnevr Hart law cool breeze of the ocean made
conditions more comfortable at sheepshead Bay
than they had been for several days SO the cio"u'
zb;cb numbered fully seven thousand persons
oo,,,a ensoy the sport with degree Of comfort
The surprise Of the day came in the hfth race
NJ "a mile and a quarter the turf. when ID Ark!e
,,,oes 81 81 TO ! beat Prince Ching, quoted at Io
% g short neck in a hard drive Johnny Moran
.,ho owns d Arkle bet so with a friend on MS
horse at 100 10 /. and so more Win aho'HeI
,.f-iend. st 30 10 ! He rooted DArkle home ana
u,o-s "a broad smile the rest of the afternoon
ETHEREAL made track record Tor SIX lurlohss
on ,be t,rf course in winning the Pansy stakes
f1e was in with feather his back. and running
like 3 scared rabbit won of by himself IN liz SO
The old mark was l13 Is. held jointly by Slrocco
s,a tJorosoore which raced over ten years ago
II was announced yesterday that the Long lslailu
ef1road had reconsdered its determination TO take
,r the horse train running from Belmont PARK
and that the service would be continued during the
Brighton Beach meeting
Programme books for the first five days of the
midsummer meeting of the Brighton Beach Racing
Association were distributed among the horsemen
yesterday None Of the stakes which were formal
lv declared of on Wednesday are on the pro
rrsrarne even in amended form. A race called the
Rj1low with $500 added, takes the place OF the
Brighton Mile which served the feature or tle
opening day heretofore, while race called the III
ton with $1,000 added viii be run on the hrst
Saturday taking The place Of the Brighton handl-
ran CT SO COS. The added money to the various
o,-e-nisft races runs from S+e0 to $500.