New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
ALFRED NOBLE SPEEDY
GALLOPS IN FAST TINE.
Overnight Programme PrOUides
Good Sport at Sheepshead Bag.

Alfred Noble. purchased a few days ago from c..
l. Harrison by James Z Ganney took up 125
pounds and gallOped a mile in the fast time OF
1 :SS 5-5 at Sheepshead Bay yesterday in beating
Jugger and four others in the Brigadier Handicap.
The big horse made all his own running and won
so easily that the performance distinctly i'm
pressive. After the Mr.. Gaffney said that.
barring accidents. he would be starter in the
Empire City Handicap at YOnkers week from to-
day. Alfred Noble had little beat yesterday. but
he In a way to bring credit to himself and
added Iustre to Fftz Herbert. which beat him
easily when conceding weight in the Suburban
Handicap.
For a programme arranged overnight to provids
for the extra days racing the sport exception
ally good, and the size Of the crowd quite Up
to the average. The fields. while not big, were
wen balanced. and the weather. outside Of some
what boisterous breeze. was perfect.
CrossOver and Madeline L. had a stirring head
and-head drive through the stretch in the first race,
and the former proved the gamer and in tho
last few strides by half length. Whips were fly
Ing at the last f1rlOng pole. and Z. Dugsn. who
rode the winner has few equals in drive. which
helped his mount. Harry Payne Whitney's May
Florence finished third, Flying Footsteps, which
Up with the leaders for half u mile, hung badly
in the last furI0ng. Lucetta finished rideress as
Grand who had the mount. fell of when the stirrEp
feathers broke. The boy not injured and came
back in the starters wagon
Woodford CIay's Bion, fun brother to ETHEREAL.
was whispered about a good thing IN the
second race fast trial IN the morning. but he
failed to show anything in the running due large
~ to the fact that he was crowded against the
rail and knocked out OF his stride. St. Dunstan
furnished a surprise by taking the track at the
start and ga1loping front all the way Sandrans
the quoted favorte, did not appear to extend him.
self freely on the turf course. ard had 20 hs
driven cut to beat Charlie Hargrave head for
the place. ScoviIe. who had the mount on Bion.
linped to the scales with injured leg, which
made It necessary 10 cancel his other engagements
to ride. The injury was not serious enough, how
ever. TO keep him Of the saddle for any length
Of time.
Casaue saved enough ground at the head Of ths
stretch in the third race when George W Lebolt
carried Seutentous wide that he was able TO win
going away under hard drive by q scanL length
The latter two lost fully two lengths turning
for home. and Sententious. which was making
her run probably suffered the most Black Mary
ran ar improved race and is likely to earn braes-
cts in the near future. GridirOn. a strong pad
dock Zip, broke down badly and may never rac5
again.
Arasee made show Of his field in the mile and
three-sixteeuths race on the turf He went %
the front at the start and opened up a gap OF six
or eieht lengths. Glass eased him up too soon
in the xtretch. and cry Of warning went up rom
the stand when it looked for a moment as II Mss
Catesby might run him down Yankee DausIilsr
ran one Of her bad races. hanging IN the iasl
baIf-nlIe. where she usually runs her Strongest
MonocIe also ran dun race
Harlem Maid was graduated from the maiden
class in the last race at the expense or seven
cheap horses She ran the mile in l53 10. Which
indicates she may be able to hold her own IN BET
ter company
Taplin. the Jockey who headed the tst OF Vin-
ming riders at Oakland Cal. last winter. arrived
at Sheepshead Bay yesterday and will be seen IN
the saddle to-day. Walter Jennings VIII make ths
boys engagements
In talking OF the opening Of the bis futurs
s,.l,as such as the Realization the FUtLTity and the
Great Fflly to be run at Sheepshead Bay IN ISL
and 1872 an official Of the Coney Island JOCKEY
Club said yesterday that while the value wouid
be cut slightly it planned to add at Iease
s. 200 TO the Realization and the Futurlty- N 'e-
- +bs Conditions At present horseulen consider this
a liberal Offering
sEIEEPsIIEAD BAY SUMMARIES
FIRST RACE-THE BELDEIERE; selling tor n.-ls@
Iaras years Old and upward. $500 aided Five fHr-
longs Futurity start good wen OrISlns-
Tirie 1.0l25. Winner. b. T.. by CciaSon-Llcy Cross-
Owner, +. W. HeaIey