New-York tribune., 1909-07-27
PRINCE AHMED SPEEDY
SETS NEW TRACK RECORD.
Rose Queen Beaten q Head When
Jockey Thinks Race Is OUer.

Rose Queen forced Prince Ahmed to run one mile
in :Ss As and establish a new track record 10
win the handicap at that distance at the Empire
City track near Yonkers, yesterday The speed
marvel of the West which had won seven straight
races deserved the purse and the honor herself as
Mentry's unfanfliarity with the course. combined
with what may have been little careiessness cost
the Kingston-Whfte Rose flly the race The boy
stopped riding two jumps from the finish. mistak-
ing the rod of the starting gate for the finishing
pole and Prince Ahmed. which was closing strong
w. got up in time 10 win by the action of nod
Mentry realized his mistake and sat down again In
last stride late to save the purse as the
flly was stopping from her efforts in forcing the
fast pace and further was running slightly out Of
her best distance.
Prince Ahmed ran the best race Of his career and
deserved all the credit for brilliant performance
He was two lengths behind Rose Queen turning for
home but closed with speed and courage under
one of Tapln's strongest finishes Nimbus. the only
other starter ran well for SIX furIongs. but tired
under irnpost of 125 pounds. Rose Queen proved
her class and quality. even though beaten IN the
most convincing way. as she was conceding SIX
pounds to Nrnbus and fourteen TO Prince Ahmed.
according TO the scale no easy task for a three
year-old flly
The track had dried out and was improved from
the drenching of Friday while the weather was
nearly perfect A big Monday crowd was in at
tendance and the sport was lively and interesting
from end TO end
Cherryola e we'll turned. connely FLY by Tanz-
r1eister-Last Cherry ran the fastest five and
half furlongs Of the meeting when she turned the
distance in the second race IN 10S As. She won
ganoplng too. beating St Dunstan and Sandrian,
the only other starters like flly Of high class
She ran fair in her first start in the East.
few DAYS ago. and previous 10 that had been placed
in six races three Of which she won Cherryola IS
owned and trained by J. T Ireland who has conf
dence In the flly 10 hold her own IN better com
pany than she met yesterday. The Fad and Louise
S. both withdrawn because Of the fact that
Cherryola got in the handicap under 102 pounds
Mauv1ette opened up a long lead rounding the
turn in the third race, and while she stopping
badly the stretch she lasted long enough beat
the fast closing Orphan Lad and Queen Marguerite
Billy Bodener was caught in as Jam at the start,
and, going 10 his knees unseated Walsh. bur the
boy escaped injury The horse ran wild in the
stretch the boys were unsaddnz. but stable
hand on a pony played a Wild West act and finally
caught him the crowd applauded Osorine suf-
fered at the start and got of badly that she had
little or no chance. while Comedienne did not
up 20 the promise Of her work in the mornings
The Montpelier Stable owned by r T Wilson
tr. Won its second race Of the day when Interpose
was graduated from the maiden class in the fifth
even. at the expense Of Bion, Cuthbert and six
others Creevy worked hs way 10 the front round
ing the far turn and won driving by a length from
Bion. which burns up the track in the morning but
which has been unfortunate in his races He might
have been closer yesterday except for being shut
off the backstretch-
NJ r. Williams starter IN this race is = colt
by Msltonian-Corasa and is closely related through
the dam of Melton 70 Gallnuls the leading sire IN
England. At the recent sales abroad a vearIing bv
Garnule-F1air sold for s4s6n
Beauclere won the closing race ~ one mile and
a half. after long head and head struggle with
Bellevtew, the quoted favorite At the head Of the
stretch 1t looked II the latter would win. but
Beauclere proved gamer and had more stamina 80
that he drew out in the last strides 10 win
going away by a length.
p r Bradley announced yesterday that he had
bought half interest in two stallfons-C11srd a
son Of Goldhnch and 81 Avonicus-fourteen brood
mares. four yearlings and fourteen wean1fngz +ba
property OF Mrs. George w Langdon. The horses
will be shipped from California 10 Nr Rrsdre,-s
Idle Hour Farm, near Lexington. Ky within rhs
next few weeks