New-York tribune., 1909-06-04
crIT DEFEATED AFTER Il
RB4TE STRUGGLE.
,;,,teuant Governor and T7celUe
Tbousond Others Watch Brilliant
Race for Historic Ffrture.

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t,.,,r,c Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend yes
-, with RestIgouche at his heels. Celt. the
"a. Of james R. Keene. the quoted favorite IT
"a. on the choice Of the critics. a horse un-
-, m 10 Yesterday except by his stable
--,,nior. the great Colin. failed to justify the
cadence Of his owner. trainer and many fol-
,s-s and finished third. a soundly beaten
..,-, some three lengths back.
Forsvthe's High Private. the Oddfellow
...as.vear-old: ] 1. McGinns's onetime good
t.s. Frank Gill and the Beverwyck Stables
--..,av came trailing in many lengths back.
or,naced and fairly tiptoed from the start
rinr lanes took UP 126 pounds and. we'll
Banded by E Dngan. ran the mile and a quarter
!, the fast tine Of 2:O4. record for the race
"a nitbir three-ffths Of a second of the rack
-e,or5 of 2:o32s made by Fair Play last fall IN
=. F;rsr SpeciaI when the son Of Hastings beat
,fnx Isrnes a short head. King James and
pssfirouche coupled as the Hndreth entr-
- ouoted al 3 to / Celt being held at the
,sfhi,i,e price Of 10 3 The first mile was
..in be-ter than J.: IS. the fractional time being
:. ,ollows. 0:4S 1:O025. 1:l3a5. 1.25 1879.
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without detracting in the least from the credit
5rp King James for his really remarkable race.
rust be said in all fairness that cell. for some
reason or other. did not altogether kindly
s,s Is quite likely 10 show Improvement the
next time he goes to the post After the finish
gutH-en who rode the son Of Commando-Maid
NJ Erin went before the stewards and lodged
clsrn Of foul on the ground that f. Dugan haa
carried him wide on two turns. So far as could
,e iuared from the stand il was pueriie COM
-laint. and the stewards quickly dismissed Il.
Jimmy Rowe. who trains Celt took his defeat
70 heart and went about cooling out the horse
1cc hest friend
Keene vas sadly disappointed also, and wh'le
giving high praise to King James for his bril-
Ian, rsce expressed the opinion that Celt did
no; r71n his race and that in all probability h
lacked seasoning He did not mean to Imply
from this that Celt was not quite so fit and
ready as Jimmy Rowe could make him. but
showed clearly that he expected better of him -
the future
The crowd was big enough and enthusiastic
enough to convince the most skeptical that the
sport Of thoroughbred racing is still very much
alive The feldstanG was closed as usual spu'
twelve thousand persons or more CROWDED 'iie
main inclosure and made it look Ike old times
Seats were at a premium in the grandstand
when the Brooklyn Handicap was run, hum
dreds being forced to stand the lawns. and
there was the same old roar and the same old
enthusiasm as King James raced TO victory as
since Dry Monopole beat Hidalgo head in its
first running way back in 1887. once more
August Belmont, H. r. Knapp. Andrew Miller,
SCHUYLER S Parsons and other members OF the
Jockey Club who were present expressed them
selves as more than satisfied and highly pleased
with the size Of the crowd and the unquestoned
interest in the sport freed as it has been from
organized bookmaking
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AT THE TRACK
Lieutenant Governor Horace White and his
wife were so pleased with their visit TO the
track at Belmont Park that they went down
yesterday TO see the Brooklyn Handicap de-
cded, and were the guests OF r. T Wilson, Jr'
in his box Mr.. White said that he enjoyed the
racing and was more than pleased with the de-
pertinent Of the crowd and the conditions that
prevailed.
Among others seen in the clubhouse inclosure
were James r. Keene. II. T. OXnard' james
Butler. Frederick Johnson. Monson Morris
Harry Y. slocum, r. F. Carman. A F. barney
Theodore P shonts Prescott Lawrence Harry
s Page and Hamilton W. Cary.
Policemen in uniform. who proved so gaming
TO racegoers last wear. were conspicuous by their
absence. but Inspector Russell was on hahd WIN
twenty-five men i'm plain clothes, while Sheriff
to that the law against booImaking was
not violated. There was more or less oral pet
ting as was the case at Belmont Park, but no
arrests we're made and nothing occurred to
mar the DAYS pleasure. Inspector Russell said
tat his men kept a sharp lookout, but that no
reports were turned in 10 him OF violations of
the new statute. District Attorney CIark OF
hihgs County was not at the track, so far as
could be learned. but il was reported that he
had expressed himself as being ready to prose-
cute II the detectives could discover any evil
oence Of lawbreaking.
Six horses went 10 the post In the Brooklyn
handicap, which was as the fourth race
eHa while the field was small il was classy
enough, with Celt and King James among the
STARTERS to arouse quite much interest as IN
previous years. and the battle was a keen and
spirited one from the time the barrier went up
Nnsi King James was crowned the victor
IN the paddock before the race Celt and King
James were the centre of an admring crowd,
Rhe tried their best TO pick them TO pieces
ron horseman's point OF view. and found diff
ea'ty IN doing So Celt is a magnificent speci-
men Of the thoroughbred having great depth
through tn heart, powerful quarters and legs as
Aeah as the day he foaed, although one
" 'hem elbows the marks of punch firing King
Semes shaped up quite as well, with the possible
eAception OF his head and neck which are
'enuv deficient in quality. condition empha-
zeo no doubt by his lop ears which came TO
Ah through his dam. Unsightly. He is also
.a'her short and straight on the shoulders as
Nonpared with Cet, but like the son of Com
-@hoo ne is wonderfully muscled and has great
eepth through the heart The four other start
suffered in comparison. but all looked fit
ready 70 10 their best form.
iaoW KING JAMES RACED To VICTORY.