New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-09-26
FITZ HERBERT BEATEN
THINGS GO AGAINST HIM
IN HARD RACE.
Dead Heat in Prospect Handicap at
GraUesend-StetCards Act
after the Jump.

r Tyrdreth's FItI Herbert. winner OF the SUB
urban Handicap. Lawrence Realization ana oIl9l
stakes this year met his first defeat OF the season
in the Oriental Handicap at fIravesend yeste[uaS'
Everything was against the good son OF EthelOeIe'
and Afiction the stable companion OF Naskettf ri-
ming in the name and coiors OF James n Aee"e'
took his measure after game ana honest s''ussio
bv Fitz Herbert through the last furions 10 wear
her down II was a stunning surprise, one OF sew
eraI during the afternoon. which kept the Dig cro"d
busy try ing to solve the mysteries OF racing
Afiiction winner Of the Saratoga Handicap ran
a good race and won rather cleverly, but FltS Her
bert was not beaten on his merits. The start vas
bad with Fitz Herbert, Arasee ana Moquette IN
tumble and all tangled up This cost the Etheluelt
colt two or three lengths, and, 20 make matters
worse he was forced to run on the OUTSIDE OF ms
field rounding the first turn over dead cuppy
track that made the footing uncertain de WORKED
his way into a ccntending position IN the run uP
the backstretch but when Wise Mason DesaH -
feel the effects OF pacemaking Martin Jumped Al
fiction out and opened up a gap or TWO OF tllree
lengths which gave Fttz Herbert long stern
chase from the far turn home. Dugan are" MS
whip at the head of the stretch ana the morse re
spending TO every call, slowly but surely cut oo4
the gap until II looked foc moment as II ne nsi.I
still come on and win. but Martin had saved AZ
Fiction for final effort, and she drew out asd-"
in the closing strides to win ~ safe margin
Fitz Herbert had 12s pounds up. and was. con
ceding thirty-one pounds actual weight " ann
tton-a handicap which proved 100 much conolheo
with a had start, a curpy track and WIDE turns
He defeated Affection easily in the FIRST Special
when conceding twenty-four pounds ana IosI Go--o
Of his prestige as the champion thFee-yedr-olo u
the season il yesterdays defeat.
Arasee and Dorante were addeo starters AI-0
former suffered at the start. but Dorante mad no
excuses Moquette the stable companion OF FlIz
Herbert ran dull race after being almost khocAeo
down as the barrier went up.
James r. Keene's Grasmere and Thomas Mona
hans Pretend ran a sensational dead heat in the
of over
the short six furlong course. The two horses came
Down through the sixteenth fighting desperately
for the mastery, with BUtwell trying 10 hold the
advantage he had gained with Grasmere rounding
the turn and E. Dugan driving Pretend along win
whip and spur to make up the necessary ground
Ciras hung on with mere courage than he had
been credited with. while Pretend fought along like
q bulldog The crowd its feet cheering and
shouting, il the kind Of finish to arouse
more particularly as Grasmere was the quoted
favorte. Two jumps from the wire it looked as if
Grasmere would last long enough 10 win. but E
Dugan with one last effort got Pretend up and the
two horses rushed by the judges so close together
that they could be separated and the dead heat
sign went up.
The race was marred by the quick and startling
Improvement OF Pretend. which badly beaten
by Little King and Ben Loyal on Thursday. when
he dropped far out of It in the early part that
he could not make up the lost ground. The colt
had plenty Of early speed yesterday and in
striking distance 6T the pace all the way. Shannon
after racing head and head with Grasmers for half
mile, dropped back and could not regain the
ground. He finished third four or five lengths
behind the leaders.
Monte Carlo. a good sprinter in his day, turned
form somersaut in the steeplechase that Gid not
escape the attention OF the stewards and resulted
in ruling that will the horse into retirement
Tor time at least. The Pontiac horse which was
beaten twenty lengths or more by Andrew Sum
hners on september Il made all the running, and
came away to win cleverly, after slight bump
ing match with Vilhala, after clearing the last
r1ers Up. on the ground that his tackle was broken
Heider, who rode vilhalla lodged a claim Of foul
bur it was not allowed. Later. however the
stewards, not satisfied with the race. made an in
vestigatton and announced that the entry Of Monte
Carlo would be refused together with all horses
running in the name of William Fornan, and that
McAfee. who rode Andrew Summers was sus
pended. and both cases referred to the National
Steeplechase and Hunt Association for further
action.
Andrew Summers running we'll I'd when he
came TO the liverpool the second time and blum
dered Following this McAfee pulled up as he did
with EXpansionist in much the same way in a race
at Sheepshead Bay, and the stewards thfnkins
that the excuse of broken tackle did not FIT hon
cases. and being unsatisfled with the handling az
the horse, took the action which in all nrobab iIit,
VIII cost the jockey his license
SANDY Creeker almost unseated Dunee ar tbo
water jump and while the crowd was appIaudin-
the boy for his quckness and cleverness in sttcr,
10 the saddle went crashing through the uverno%I