New-York tribune., 1910-06-21
SWIFT FOR OCEAN bound
Makes Oainlatian Look Cheap IN
Fast Run Race.
POOR RIDING IN CHASE
Alfred Noble Breaks Down Near
Finish, with Purse at
His Mercy.
POOR RIDING In CHASE

graoafo16 Claws Ocean Bound made 5. {.
Hjlsreth's Daimatian look so cheap in the
tv-eY1tv-sIyth running Of the Swift Stakes
g. sheepshead Bay yesterday that the
good sized crowd 3narvelled Only six or
seven davs age Dalmatian was hailed as
king of the three -year-olds, after heating
Prince Imperial and Sweep. among others.
fn the Brooklyn Derby. and yet he could
hardly make the conlely and speedy daugh-
ter of Star Shoot do her best to win; as
she pleased, in the FAST time of :. % As for
seven furlcnss They rnet at even weights.
TOO. according 10 the scale. and IL begins
10 look as If woodford Clay not only had
the best FLY Of her age in training. but
the best three -year-old OF both sexes
Ocean Bound was last away from the
pos. and did not seem TO settle in her stride
for sixteenth OF a mile but she soon
rushed TO the front and carried Daln1atian
and Fauntleroy along so fast for half
-uile that they were fairly reeling and
dizzy when straightened out for home. Her
action was so smooth that she did not ap-
pear 10 be more than salloping, and her
victory was Of the hollowest kind.
Dalmatian hardly ran his race He
sw-erve6 over 70 the rail under punishment.
and 2 Dugan, realizing that he was
hsa;en, took things so easily in the last
sixteenth that Fauntlerov. which is inn
proving steadily, came along AMI beat him
Sor the place
Ocean Bound handled her impost Of I25
pounds as II Il was a feather, and is now
i1nbeat4r this year IN four starts She ran
within a second Of the track record Of
p a-5. set by Halifax, with 11e pounds up.
and might have equalled II If forced out
The performance was impressive. to say
.he least Ocean Bound was retired during
the Saratoga meeting last year, suffering
from rheumatism. At that time she was
ranked as the best 1wo-year-old f1lly in
training She recovered from her ailrnent
and now appears 10 be as sound the day
she was foaled.
e Dugan had the mount on Dalmatian.
for the reason that Shilling. the regular
stable jockey. was suspended for three
DAYS on Saturday. for rnisbehavior at the
post.
Alfred Noble which ran second IN the
Suburban Handicap last year, after forcing
q sizzling pace broke down in the first
race yesterday. Just after salloping TO the
front AZ the last furlong pole, with the
purse at his mercy 20 all appearances. He
struggled on and finished second to Casque,
which slipped up on the rail, but pulled up
so lame that Powers was forced to dis
mount before going back TO the scales.
James Gafney fears that the racing days
OF his good horse are over, the more so s
the son Of Garry Hermann has been un-
Ger some suspicion since his race in the
Carter Handicap this year It seems &
PITY, too, as Frank Weir expressed the
opinion last winter shat Alfred Noble would
develop into a sprinter Of the Roseben type.
Poor handling cost Bird OF Flight II the
Introductory Steeplechase, in the opinion
Of many good judges, Henderson not only
let overconfidence get the better OF his
judgment in the first mile and a half, when
riding under double wraps. but he lost his
position on the paddock turn the second
time around and suddenly found he had
lot 10 do. The horse ran up fast around
the far turn and made up six or eight
i lengths in a quarter of mile, only to
hang badly when he got TO the leaders. and
was Strengthened out for the run to the
finish.
While all this was going on Pending was
HnbiJiously busy with Monte Carlo and
the horse which is approaching the pen
sion age, having been doing duty for eleven
years. was making all the pace and picking
up the purse. The welkin ran most re-
spectacle race ana chased him home so
that Bird Of Flight II. which beat Ross
fenton al Boston a few days ago. had 10
be content with third money
After the running of the third race, in
which Christina. Charivari and Ashrell fin
3shee as named z close student Of form re-
marked: "A few days ago Ashwell gave
Charivari eleven pounds and beat him five