New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-02
BLACK MATE SHOWS FORM
LinneII's Gelding Wins MeIrose
Stakes at Empire City Track.
NlMBUS FINISHES THIRD
Favorite Unable to Keep Up Pace
Set by Winner and Tires
Before Race Ends.


Mate vas the main cause OF an upset in
form ia the Melrose Stakes. the feature on
ne card for the opening day Of getaway
week az the Empire City rscetrack yester-
day afternoon The Linneu horse was
quoted at Is TO l. but he deserved more
than the scant consideration he received,
for he came away with steady sprint in
the stretch Of ire nile and q sixteenth
struggle and won by little over head
NInb,is which had been almost universally
chosen entered al even money. but the
hes- he could dc was TO finish third to
" L Msupin's Superstition. at % 20 l.
For one Of the closing days of mid
summer meeting there was better racing
than one would ordinarily have expected
The attendance. too, although not large
was good. The players on form Jared not
so badly. four Of the popular choices run
ming well enough TO beat their respective
fields
Some Of the interest was detracted from
The Melrose because Of the withdrawal OF
2eaucoup. The entry Of r. T. Wilson, jr.
With the Wilson horse out Nimbus looked
- have 4 very easy time Of il. but al
,J4ouEf1 MCGEE drove him almost fsuluess-
7, the Odo-n horse was not equal to the
occasion : H Reed. who was played
heavily: Galley Slave and Nimbus got on
70 Z very good start. and the trio IaCeo
mast the clubhouse almost on even TERMS
Black Mate. with Garner upr tralleo along
IN the dust through the first four fuTionss'
and then on the backstretch. opened UP
With : sprint II was just at TINS point
~, Galley Slave. which had jumped into
The lead began 10 tire, despite the oeS-
pera1e efforts Of NcCabe- Nlmous ciuhs
on ranely as Black Mate began 10 ora"
zwav. but the eleven pounds that the DOOM
horse gave 10 Garners mount WAS 100 oAe
e handicap. and ne did well 70 hoia SuPei
.-irion n 70 !. and ridden oy Estey, until
the last few strides J. H Reed, 10 L
JAILED 70 live ID TO the hopes that had been
r.l= o,.- for him and could get no better
than last
FIec-azor. from? Thomas Newton : STABLE
70 u favorite ridden by Thomas,
-o-7red away with the sprint at hFe anu
one-hslf furIones, for non-wlnners OF otheT
-hsn selling purses. From the fall OF the
flag the OctaEoa-Donna Henrietta COLI han
things exactly his own way. Agility 10 l.
with Archibald in the saddle made Things
interesting in the last furlong, but BOURBON
Fea, : 1o-o chance. pilo1ed by Reid. out
ran him in the sprint HecJaSon had
lengths 10 spare al the finish
The -hi-d race = siX-fUTlonE sprint TOT
r-ree-vear-olds. went TO q M ouoIH :
Trance an even money fsyorite. aileT oiis
OF the keeuesr races OF the CAV. hoSa'
C-,-v IN owned by ! r Marquette,
s-6 driven by Butweu. closed with z squirt
that seemed almost fatal 70 frances hope
81 winning. but the OdOm horse nad JuS'
enough LETT in him TO Withstand the chal-
renee winning barely by inches j. +,
Kyainz--ight-s ROYAL Captive. 10 d was
third Trance and ROYAL Captive ran Il
o. all the zav from the barrier 10 the
LAST f11-ionr when Butweil made his race
an ROYAL ONYX and rushed ROYAL Captive
mr. Of The Mace With few more feet TO
% F7urxeu certainly would have beaten
or1- the fsvorite.
After Avar1e. Of the TdIehrook Stable and
! z radden's Isabel had forced the pace
along in the first race at q tremendous
c1fD William Walkers Planter, the even
money favorite- came away and Won Com
ing into the stretch, Ivabel seemed TO
have things pretty much its own way, but
the furious running of Planter told and
Thomas vas lucky to beat out Ayarne, who
finished strong
Anacae was 2 surprise in the second race.
: handicap for three-year-olds and up
ward a. mile and twenty yards The
F,efsrhnanr entry was quoted a ) to :.
vile ID. was an 5 10 3 favorite, with g. NJ
Ddorn's Prince Gal MCGEE in the saddle,
g. 3 &c : Shannon one Of ! L McGinnis s
string ridden by McCabey: Apache and
ITuck got of well together Shannon stuck
20 the lead right into the stretch, where
Apache came out and, running strong,
fairly shot past the McGinnjs horse He
won bv something over a length with Euck
third. Prince Gal was practically out Of il
al the way
Bad News lived Up 10 the good form ne
has beer showing in his recent races and
had little difficulty in oUtrunning d good
field n the sixth race Scoville held the
Teins OF the Bradley horse, and drove q
well Judged race. He kept his mount just
far enough in front all the way 10 make
Il phenomenal sprint necessary for any
horse that would Try TO challenge with sue
cess in The last furlong. Neither William
Walkers Apologize. who gave Bad News
-hree pounds. nor Banbury. with Garner
up. had such a sprint and Bad News won
h z couple OF lengths He was an 10 8
choice, 50 the players had chance to re-
coup Apologize won by as much over Mrs
Blutes BanbUry. Wilton L1ackaye was a
poor fourth
The FTlvoIity Stakes a 4ve and a half
fLrIoag sprint for tWo-year-oIds. viii be
the attraction at the Yonkers track this
afternoon when the meeting will be brought
r one day nearer its close. N addition there
viii 5e the usual card.
STATE LEAGUE RESULTS