New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-21
HEADS APART IN STAKE
King 0Iympian Wins Baychest.,
by Action of a Nod.
SHILLING IN GOOD Fnau
Rides Three Winners at Bslr.
Park-A. j. Davis Gets
a Fall.

Kong Oiympian' Pretend and Mass.
finished so close together in the ZINES
Handicap at Belmont Park yes,erS,..' 7S''-
only the judges could separate tbs-ss nat
tinez was the best horse at the us,~ss. Tar
he lost two length, at least. IN a-ss.s e o1s
the extreme outside in the run th-o,,.s's.o'
stretch. which cost him the prrua s
be- of persons near the line did No. 'n-
with the placing OF the judges. ana 'es
tended that the Mazagan colt 40. , UT
time TO win and was OverIooked-
judges we're in the only position n -, - ms
decision and there was no reason "a
plain 0-
1t was just the kind of finish to Is., -
question. as the horses. while feas, -. -
were widely separated. King OIymuian a.,
Pretend fighting it out over near tsA -zn
while Martinez finished under thu a.,
noses Of the judges. King Olvm,,,-,.
victory was due in a measure m = n
gan's skill in nursing tired horSs 49,.
The colt wanted 20 stop. as he has In w..
vious races. but Dugan kept him IN ~ ~.
work Just long enough to win by tbs,--
ton Of nod.
A J. Davis, an amateur rider scr.r..s
the mount on Paprika In the stseoIe.bs,.
and did some ground and lofty tumbs,,
from which he escaped without a sc-a,.S
His mount fell at the fifth jump, and NJ
Davis combined the lions lean w,-5 /.
series Of somerssults that threatened d-,
results. but he came up smiling Myxf.
Light unseated Sullivan At .he second inn,
so that only three horses finished
Carroll Shilling had a good day IN N,
Firestone and Rose Queen Garner kan,
knocking at the door with three second,
and a third. but he failed 70 get % The
judges in front
Rose Queens victory was not psrticrisrsv |
profitable, as the purse was worth only 30
and it cost Al. Konigsberg twice that sum
to protect her. She was entered to be sod
for $3.50, but WHEN offered at auction
George P. Sherman, whose Stargcvsn ran
second, boosted the price to $500 before an
agent OF Mr.. Hildreth who trains the
speedy mare could protect her with Ii. |
usual s. advance
H. L. Shaw lost his Voter-Nautch Girl
colt, Sam Lewis. after the youngstsr had
won the opening race. Nat Dyer. acting for
p. s. P Randolph, bought the horse for |
$500 after bidding him up 500 over hi
entered selling price of 800. Sam Lewis |
may prove to be a bargain at the price, "a |
he ran a particularly good race, consider |
ing the fact that he was knocked out q |
his stride at the start and cut OF IN tfs |
first sixteenth. Shilling was at the win |
far up the straight TO get him striding, AMI 4
the colt responded with rare gameness.
The FoIIies. starter in this race, IS . |
small that Green B. Morris remarked u
r. F. Carman in the paddock: You sni
going to ring this one in as a two-yeareh,
1 hope" The Ornament FLY was desrr'
ateIy i'll at Jacksonville, which may hss
stunted her growth. Forester, bal
brother TO FauntleToy. which Won To
Champagne Stakes last fall, made his 1rx
appearance. but was left at the post. b
IS not much on looks
Feather Duster showed enough fnvroVs
ment in the third race 70 arouse some con.
ment The line was SO clear between I'm
and Amalf that close followers Of f1rn
felt they had a grievance when the tsoss
were turned. AS a matter OF fact, Fesr1s-
Buster had clear sailing yesterday Ens
Amalf met with some interference.
S c. Hndreth's Dandelion. the Onst-s
good handicap horse, died late ThursiT
night after a short Illness The son
Hamburg earned the distinction Of nns
beaten a head in the three big spHis
handicaps in 1895. He ran second to GTsi'
pie in the Metropolitan second to ToSaN
In the Brooklyn and second TO Go BsrF'a
in the Suburban Later he won the $50
toga Handicap 81
The histoTic Withers. for three-yssr-ods
at one mile. will be the feature Of the pr
granme at Belmont Park this afterHaG
In the absence of Waldo. Sweep and D.
NATHAN a hard fought battle can be s0e-s
for between The Turk, Grasnere 81
Prince Imperial. which ran second
Fashion Plate in the Metropolitan Hang
cap.