New-York tribune., 1908-06-25
STAMINAWINS MERMAID
KEENE COLORS IN FRONT.
Formal announcement of a Meeting
at BRIGHTON Beach.
CAPTAIN IDE, OF YALE.

James r. Keene and Harry Payne Whitney
shared the honors at Sheepshead Bay yesterday
eurragette and Footpad. bearing the colors OF the
vice-chatr1nan Of the Jockey Club, one. two in
the twnety-ninth running OF the Surf Stakes, for
two-year-olds, while Mr.. Whttney's Stamina won
the twenty-third running OF the Mermaid Stakes,
at mile and furlong. There was no change in
the order Of things SO far SIS betting was con-
cered and the police found the good sized crowd
SO orderly that no arrests were made The i'm
proyised restaurant in the onettne betting ring
did not prove attractive as 1t was hoped that IT
might and the tables deserted all the after
noon as those in attendance preferred to stand out
on the lawn, where a cool breeze off the ocean
made ono forget that there was such thing as
bubbIing thermometer in the city.
Much interest was taken in the formal announce
ment from the Brighton Beach Racing Associa-
ton that a meeting would be held at Brighton
Beach and In the news that the lawyers of the
Jockey Club had made plans for another test case
TO settle the question as to whether a verbal bet
without the passage Of any money. either before
or after the transaction, was a violation OF the
new statute.
G. ]. Fitzgerald, president of the Brighton Beach
Racing Association made the following formal
announcement:
The Brighton Beach Racing Association has de-
cided. in view of the situation confronting racing
both horsemen and public that it will give its
t4a Stakes ana purses IN x be oered Of the hgh
possible value commensurate with conditions
The programme Of races will be announced in due
'- The proposal to modify declare tn. stakes Q,
previously thereto has met with ready response.
Signed the consent forwarded to them week ago
Many non1inators live at distant points, and the
mails will probably bring their acquiescence in the
course of g few days.
Mr. Fitzgerald also announced that the following
additional consents to release from contracts
made for the closed events at Brighton Beach had
been received: A J. Joyner George ]. Long, NJ L.
w G. Wilson, J. E. W1dener James ". McLelland.
Charles Oxx ". H. Mathews. P J. Dwyer. W B.
Jennings, John F. Smith, J. D Meet, w X Leve-
ring. A. R. Hamilton. woodford Clay. Frank Rea-
gan and the Burlew O'Neil Stable.
Suffragette and Footpad outciassed their oppo-
nents in the Surf Stakes the former winning in a
gallop. with Footpad chasing her home. several
lengths before John E. Madden's High Range
James B. Brady's Detective, choicely bred colt
by Meddler-Admiraton, made his first appearance
of the IN this He has looks to recon-
nerd him. but mis- quality could not be determined,
as he acted greenly at the barrier and was prac-
tically left at the post, so that Garner had no
choice other than to let him gaop along behind his
field. He looked rather high IN hesh and 1t Is just
possible that he may need two or three races to
tighten him up.
Julia Powell was a hot tip in the Mermaid
Stakes so that those who fancied Stamina found
that she quoted good even money in
some places. Mr. Whitney's good FLY won like
d ! shot and got back some Of the prestige
which she lost in the Tidal Stakes, when she
tried to keep pace with Colin for quarter Of a
mile with the result that she finished far back
E. Dugan rated Stamina behind the pace set by
Julia Powell TO the head of the stretch, and then
sending the front, sat still and let her gal
lop home easy winner Julia Powell tired so
badly in the last furlong that Beckon had no
trouble in earning the place.
Bedouin made track record of 1:52 46 for
a mile and furlong on the turf course. The old
y-ty6 ,Iz
up last September. Bedouin took up lis pounds
yesterday, and making all the pace won cleverly
by three lengths from Angelus the City Park
Derby winner. Mccarthy had to shake Bedouin up
at the last ftflong pole when Angelus looked
dangerous but the horse responded quickly and
came right away.