New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-14
BASHT FLIES IN MUD
Wins "Dinner" Stakes in Colors
of Newcastle Stable.
SAGER BEATS JOE MADDEN
Furnishes a Stunning Surpris J
in Three Horse Race at the
Gravesend Track.

Andrew Millerf part owner of the New
castle Stable, had the satisfaction of vim
ming the Astoria Stakes. for two-year-old
FLIES. at Gravesend yesterday, with the
speedy Adam FLY Bashti, which previously
defeated Housemaid in the Criterion Stakes,
thanks to the carelessness of Powers, on
the latter. It no race yesterday, as
Bashti made show of Horizon and The
Bailiffs Daughter, the only other starters
The satisfaction came, however. in Win
ming the dinner stakes. as it has come to
be called. for the first time since it was
originated in the winter of 1901, when Mr..
Miller and the late Senator McCarren could
not agree on the merits of two FLIES.
While not written in the conditions, the
winner always has acted as host to the
losers and their friends at a dinner. and
the fixture, which is framed on sporting
lines. has come to he highly coveted j. g.
Follansbee P H McCarren, Pierre Loril-
lard the late s. S. Brown. H. X. Knapp,
r R. Hitchcock P J. Dwyer and Wood
ford Clay have been the winners in the
past. and Mr. Miler's turn came yesterday.
The purse was worth SLIGO, while the
Brooklyn Jockey Club added a massive
cup valued at $500, which Mr.. Miller lost
no time in filling" Among his friends
ogden NJ. Bishop, r. f. Carman, r. F.
Little W. H. Rauch. his father. George
Miller. and Edgar G.. Murphy.
Bashti holds the distinction for the time
of being about the best two-year-od flly
in training and hereafter no question can
be raised as to her ability to run in the
mud. She is built on racy lines, has good
size and smooth action while she proved
her courage on the opening day of the
meeting when she closed so resoluteiy
after meeting with discouraging Interior
ence on the turn.
1t was the poorest days racing of the
season. The track was heavy and holding
and, with one exception. the fields were
small and badly balanced. The chief sur
prise came in the defeat of Joe Madden in
the handicap at one mile and q furlong-
The winner of the Belmont Stakes year
ago appeared to stand out" as the rail-
birds" say. but Barney Schreibers Sager
worked out of bad pocket at the turn FOR
home and. closing strongly, beat the son or
Yankee to the wire by a safe margin
Magazine Is a good horse in the mud,
and he demonstrated the fact most clearly
in the opening handicap, after a pretty
duel with Sir John Johnson for something
over half a mile The start was blunder-
ing affair, Prince Gal and Captain swanson
being practically left at the post
The going may have counted against SIR
John johnson, which is a big striding
horse. He f1oundered about badly when
firing. and stopped so suddenly in the clos
ing strides that Horace E. and Shannon
followed Magazine home. MCGEE, who mas
been under suspension for several days
was hack in the saddle, having the mount
on Prince Gal.
s L. Josephthal rode his own horse,
Paprika, in the steeplechase, ana was
lucky enough to come out of ground and
lofty tumbling act at the fourth jump that
looked from the stand as if it might result
seriously. without a scratch The horse
turned a complete sornersault. and seemed
,, to roll right over Mr.. Josephthal, but both
were on their feet in a fifty Magellan
and Jimmy Lane also fell, but the jockeys
ESCAPED injury. Allen was doubled up for
a minute. as Jimmy Lane stepped on MIN
in clambering to his feet
Black Bridge, which fell in a race on
Saturday. carried the colors of S. G Hill
dreth to the front for the first time through
the field in several years. The time was
when Mr. HiIdreth owned and trained
number of jumpers in California. including
Cicero. and he handled several. including
Buela, for the late William 9. Whitney.