New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-27
DEFEAT AT LAST
M.fSKETTE BE4TEN IN
FURIOUS DRITE.
Fnestouc, added in Place of
Fit Herbert, Gets Up in
Closing Strides.

lanes + Keene's Maskette met her frs.
defeat OF the season in the Aouedur- Han
cicap n $3.50. a. ore mile and sixteenth
81 A1ueduct yesterday. s c. 3ndreth de-
ci.ned 10 send F1tz Herbert OCT to do hattie
WITH the great daughter Of Disguise. 70 tl,s
cIsap9oiutnent o. the big crowd u-hicf,
vent down for the opening OF the far
meeting q the Queens County Jockey
club IN The hope OF seeing the much moot
90 question Of throe-year-old supremacy
Settled. he added Firestoae. however. I'm
Ger is pounds. and the son OF Royal Flush
TI-Mod7eda. after being shut or on the
asckstretch. came from behind and beat
Maskette a neck after a stirring drive
through TIE last Surlong. II was a stun
ming surprise. as the Futurity winner Of
year ago made 6 show OF Firestone in the
Pier-epoHt Handicap at Jamaica. and they
net yesterday a. e difference Of only seven
pounds
Under the conditions and as the race was
lu- Olsmhals was the best horse. in all
probability, but he suffered from q wofu!lv
weak ride on the part Of Creevy The good
,hree-r ear-old was badly messed about and
shut Of at a critical point near the las.
tur.olE pole, forcing the boy TO puu IN.
he was running much the strongest at the
1.lsh and could hardly have lost with clea-
sailing and e strong ride
James p heene went 20 the track to see
Maskecte run and was sadly disappointed
a. her failure TO win He attributed her de-
feat L. The soft cupPy track. which was
decidedly against her. Before the race Nj
Keene expressed some doubt as to her abil-
.ty 10 show 10 good advantage under the
conditions. and almost decided TO scratch
he- zEen Re found that the track was 50
deep.
Maskerte made the running and LED By
rEo lengths around the turn after pinching
F0res1orz o. but v lille strong enough 10
dispose OF Far West. which ran up strongly
when stra ightened out. she could not with
sand Fi-ssto1e-S challenge. although she
cough. on in the gamest fashion under the
vh'r.
John Z Msdden's Sticke-. which got out
of The maiden class only at Jamaica.
Won The BeIerose Stakes, at six Hlrlongs,
after furious drive with Pretend. the
7d6s-oa favorite. C-eevy rode Radium Star
arc made quite as many mistakes as he
cd with ClaTnbala. He pulled UP al the
s,s-. and then rushed his mount up, round
~ the turn, making up FIVE lengths in q.
sixteenth o. mile Under the circum-
stances. K vas little wonder the colt hung
.r rhe lasI tuTlong-
Sucker vas entered 70 be sold for
;5al and, when offered AT auction. ?. S.
2 Randolph bid her up 10 $3.50 and Sc
l1red her a. that price. Madden sold
5alf interest in Sucker 70 Fred johnson al
Saratoga Springs for 5000. ana when she
pf9Ted disappointment, nougL. her back
Tor go Since then lie has Won two races
with her sad vas willing 10 let her go
To- -" Tie bid-up was in the nature OF
protest against the claiming OF M Ran
dclpEs Racquet by julie Carson, after
he first race, for :1,400 Il seems 20 be the
general opinion that Madden and Carson
are working together.
Class gave Blsckfoa q breatheT round
~ the far turn IN the first race after rae
ing head and head with Court Lady in the
--u 10 the backstretch, and this counted II
me Clifford gelding's favor at the end. as
le finally wore Court Lady down and won
eeze rly Racquet had the confidence Of
most OF the trainers and hoTsemen in the
paddock but he had more weight up than
- likes. 20 say nothing OF Leach, who was
.i-,le @ 10 help in the drive through the
lsst f1-loug
The hoy vas sitting so still and appeared
10 confident that many good judges were
deceived II believing that Racquet vas win
I.r-Z fITlonE IRON nome Out NltL4cuI t4tS
arrangement OF some help the horse
ing in the closing strides and was beaten
rg- third money b. Aunt julie. Sans Souci
y can do better She was pinched of in
rHe first quarter and ran wide II The
sr-e-ch-
sly John johnson declined the issue II the
lsndIcap AZ seven furiongs. bur six good
sp-inters went 70 the post, with Harrigan
re quoted favorite. The PlaUdit colt was
= his best, and after q sharp struggle with
Twilight Queen and Kings Daughter half
vsy down the stretch came away, 10 win
easily. Kings Daughter ran d good race
IL tho weights and had no trouble in earn
lag the place Creevy lost valuable ground
with King Cobalt a. the start, and Il took
. lot out q the Ccsarion horse 10 race into
= contending position. he never looked
better in his life. and should earn brackets
before the meeting is over. Centre Shot
did nor run 50 well for Shilling as she has
for Deanlzor.
AQUEDCCT SUMMARIES
FIRST RACE.-SelI!nE; for three esT-oids: 800
s61@E. One nile starr Eo-d- Won cieyeriN
TINE - Il inner. B. z. by ClinOrc-blacE
Venus. Lssner- 4. G. BlSEcf-.