New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-24
GRETNA GREEN BEATEN
Carter Handicap Winner Fails
to Repeat His Victory.
ARASEE WINS A FIXTURE
Defeats Prince Ahmed and
Others in the Queens
County Handicap.

Gretna Green winner Of the Carter
Handicap on the opening day 81 the meet
ing. was sorndly beaten in the Queens
County, Handicap at Aqueduct yesterday.
John ". Schorr came on from the West
% see him run but. not having much con
fdence IN the erratic son Of Ben Brush.
saded Fulfil. three-vear-old hlly. Of
which Ne thinks highly. and then wagered
q fair an cunt With friend on his entry.
TIe was doomed 10 disappointment. how
ever as Gretna Green tired chasing the
Face and Fulhu failed 10 run up to ex-
rocta;ions The winner turned mp in char
ley ouinn's A-ssee. which proved such
consistent horse in California last winter
Glass rated him cleverly FOR six furlongs
and taking him 10 the front in the stretch.
when Mag zine BEGAN 10 tire. brought him
on 20 win il, a drive from Prince Ahmed.
Erasee rar- much better race than he
did on Thur sday or else Ariri. which beat
him on that occasion. is an even more i'm
proved horse than has been indicated. lie
turned the mile yesterday in 80 a.. and
showed clearly tros he had not begun 70
FEEL as yet the effects OF his campaign on
the coast Pri zee Ahmed. looking as well
as be ever did I'm his life, was Keyed mp
for his best cffoc-t. but us pounds set heav-
gv and while closing resolu'ely in the
last furlong was not quite equal 20 the
task
Tho second Dc rrest crowd Of the meet
ing was in atten dalcc. and. while the east
wind was too sha-p and penetrating for
comfort. the racing. on the whole. was Of
q kind TO satisfy. John A Drake. who viii
A.
ihg this year the get Of Dick Weles. paid
visit 30 the tradk for the first time and
said he was glad 10 Toe back.
Powers. who be 3s1ed the list Of winning
Jockeys last year with l73 victories TO his
credit. rode his FIRST winner OF the meeting
in the open;ns race. when he got Rialto up
in the last stride 20 win by short head.
The boy. and not the horse. was largely
Responsible for the victory. In less capa-
bic hands the five-year-old son OF Water
cress. which beat Waldo in a race at
Sreepshead Bay last fan, would have been
beaten Powers got him of in front and
forced the pace for a furlong, bat took
back approaching the FAR turn. 4 wise
move. considering the weight carried, and
by waiting saved something fer the final
cfive. Coming 1nto the last fUrlonE, ". T.
Overton had succeeded in racing Dullcare /
into submission. but Powers brought Rislto
n
landed lis mount in front by the width Of
. hand.
Garner. who was saVaeed by Prince Gal
On the fourth mace on Friday. was hack in
the saddle and handled ". r. Overton. His
arm was still a bit sore. but il did not al
feet his riding. SO far as could be judged.
George II Odasn's Trance. the Ben Brush
nlly which won race after race rs a two
yesr-old in 1905. made her appearance after
q wears absenar in the second race and
suffered defeat Opposed to Jeanne D'Arc
and Mary Davis she was quoted at ! TO 3.
having worked 80 well that the race was
supposed 10 be at her mercy. She had all
her old speed. but Mary Davis ran with
her stride for stride, most Of the way, and
drew out Il the end as if more ready for a
lruislng struggle. The winner ran The FIVE
furlonrs Do 50 So seconds. "a good perform
Enc..
~rnce went lame at Pimlico last Nay
ana. fearing breakdown, doom decided TO
turn her out for year. he took her up
again this spring, and she has trained so
s0undiy that II looks as If she had entirely
recovered or outg--oWn her trouble.
R. r. Carmau had a fow anxious mo-
neuis after his Hastings colt Gardiner
won the third race. for two-year-olds. -.
Burns who finished second with Miss Nett,
went before the stewards and lodged q
calm Of foul. which was not allowed. Car
linoer is sluggish colt. and moreover.
likes % run on the rail. lie bore over
rather sharply approaching the last fur
Ions pole So that LanEan rode .. Burns
pretty close. but, so Tar a. could Doe judged
from the stand. il had no bearing on tire
outcome. and the decision OF the stewards
met with general approval Gardiner drew
oul a. the end. .uI Jancan did not spare
the whip. even though three or four lengths
ID front
Roy-l Pcnuant, a good looking colt by
ROYAL Flush H. carried the colors Of
Jamcs b. EaE@in in the last event. but he
Ian lreeily The C0lOrs Of James Butter
were prominent in this race. but Dartworth
weakened near the finish and was beaten
b. TIuyioUs.
John N Schorr bought the two year-old
scrimmaee from James r. Keene during
The afternoon. on the advice Of his trainer.
albert S.mons. The colt won a fair race
last MoudaH. The terms Of the sale We're
private.
joe Na.raHa is sadly upset because Der
zen. his jockey is unable 90 get q license
4 ride The boy wac set Gown al Jackson
vile for what the stewards considered 4
bad ride on pautouhc. owned 5y Mr.. Mar
rome. The latter SCOTS a. The idea that his
hos was NOT trying % win.
The spring meeting of the Metropolitan
Jockey club. which has been transferred
from Jamaica 90 Aqueduct. viii Je man
age and controlled hy the Queens County
J0ckey Club. The programme books were
distributed yesterday. an the stakes. in
CIudul she Excelsior Haudicap, being
taken over. This fixture viii be run next
sEturdl.. the distance being one mile and a
sixteenth.