The sun., 1908-05-03
DEAD heat RUN AT JAMAICA
JUDGES CANNOT SEPARATE FITZ
HERBERT AND TRANCE.
These Youngsters Break the Track Rec
ord In EImhurst Stakes-Old Honesty
and Masquerade Take the Handleaps
An six FaVOrites Are Defeated

More than 1900 persons saw dead heat
run in the Elmhurst Stakes, for two-year'olds'
Eve frlonRs. at Jamaica yesterday between
IT, r. Brandt = Fitz Herbert and dGeorge Odom
Trance, the time, 100, being new record ior
the track. Trance ruled the choice at TO .,
while Fitz Herbert was second in demand Al
II toS. Shilling broke in front with fil
Herbert. who set a smashing pace Wih
small advantage over Sam Emerys troci'
TtoI. To the middle OF the far turn. MusgraNe
had Trance within striking distance oi the
t,yo leaders al that point. hut when he tried
10 Get the Ben Brush filly through on the rail
Shilling deliberately shut him on. Then Mus
crave took Trance TO the outside and as Erbet
tired tho Ben Brush flly went after Flt1 Her
bert full TN.
They we're on even terms under the whip a
furlong from the wire. where Fitz Herbert Sc
cured what looked like decisive margin.
But Musgrave never let up In his hard riding,
50 that Trance, game to the core persevered
and in terrific drive she got up In the last
few iunHs. The finish Was so close that many
spectators who sat IN the back OF the grand
stand directly behind the finish line offered 10
bet that a dead heat had been run before the
numbers went up. The judges held this
opinion. too, and dead heat It was. with
EFhet taking third money, four lengths back.
There was an upset for the form PLAYERS
when the Newcastle Stables Spooner 10 D.
vas badly beaten In the Long Reach Handl.
zap, at mile and a siIteehth, NpOCher Nenl
out 10 make the pace and Tor uearlE lnlle
he was master Of the situation, but aueT lhat
he weakened under the strain and hung
m bis stride Not 20 with 4. j, Corey
Old Honesty, backed down, to II 10 ,, Tor
after being held back in third place 70 clever
fashion BY Musgrave be doomed 10 ne iIonnJ InI.
As he HIT the head OF me stretch and Ia tly
six lengths in 10. X. !. Carman hnt-
man, 10 . closed fast and beat the weary
Spooner three parts Of a length for the place
K IhCmasTSb Tbs NHI,oyd; ,iI. Tss II 70 l. "SS ''s'
Because L. Dugan waited too long before
making his run With r. ] Wilson, Jr. 8 Ale
theuo. I 10 fsvorite in the handicap at six
furlongs j. 4. Wernhergs Masquerade.
TO /, beat him head in q hard drive. 4
furlong from home II looked as II Roy Ralney 5
Horace E, 7 to /, might WIN as ne was lead-
ing Masquerade by = small margin; on. thg
nut the boots to him Nolter rode bril-
liant finish on Masquerade, but Aelheno.
who came with 3 great rush rush tahLousn tr,Iag Ias
last turong' would nave oesIeh =, Tne m lo'IlISit IlI'it
a dozen lengths back August IBemont,s
a neck fof third money. The time was il9,
A. j. Joyner's Ramble, II 10 second choice.
sci a cracking pace in the opening event for
two"yesr.olds. four and half furongs, but
Duran had him under drive at the wire 10
heat = r Chinns Madrileno, TO tayoTite,
by a length and a half In 054 S-5. l.. A
Cella's Arionette, I to was third, Two lengths
! back p II, Sulilvan's Elizabeth Sweeney,
1? TO I, was always outrun, hnishiR hNo
! lengths out Of the money,
J. II McCormick's SayloT, II 70 third
choice. was In fine trim in the NTH event,
| selling race az a mile and a sixteenth, but
| although he won Dugan came near tossing
the race away. SayloT made all the running
and when he reached the last flrlong pole
! Dugan looked back and saw that be had
! Dennis Stafford ? 70 /, beaten. But be did
| not see MusgTave stealing up on the ran
| with IroubemakeT. 10 20 10 favorlte, untlt
| the two horses were less than MY yards
| from the wire. Then Dugsn went 70 the
| Thip and Savior drew away. TO win by three
parts Of a length from TroublemakeT, With
| Dennis Stafford three lengths back. The
| time was l.4s 2-5.
William Gerst's Zsl, at the false price Of
TO /, made all the running In the last race,
a selling affair at six furlongs, but he tired
| near the end, so that Schllng had to go to a
| fierce drive 10 get him home head In front
| OF j. 4, Wernbergs Frizette, 70 /, who had
| n wide margin over l.. Y. Bradley's Black
| sheep , to fayorite. The latter was shut
| on lust after the start and never had a chance
! TO win. j. ". Mays Please, backed down 20
Sto ,. was up with the pace TO the head OF
| the stretch, where she collapsed, as II short
| of work The time was 1913 is.
| Six favorites were defeated and the layers
| did pretty well, though all Of the winners
! carried plenty OF support Z, Dugan, Schill Ing
| and MusRraVe each rode two winners, while
| The track was fast and the weather was per-
| iect until just before the fifth race. when II
| blew up cold and rain began to fall. The
| summaries,