New-York tribune., 1910-06-22
|P|[T IN FOAM STAKES
,,oy Meteor Defeats Whist by
a Short Head.
s,eIpIAN FAILS At END
g Rowe Uncovers Iron
VS. Mask. Which Wins Like a
Good Colt.

Meteor furnished surprise in the
s'gsi -.sses at Sheepshead Bay yeste--
|srTs 60. ssfaatiag Whist, Meridian and
IL H ,,ong others. after literally
sslol' IN over the track The Star
ssr''Is would have won easily if Gar
500 W ssen able to keep him straight
g haO uas he was lucky to earn the
8 q of the s2.eo0 purse. as he ham,
- .,,bogt directly interfering with
go Belrnort's Whist, which closed
sasaS and was beaten only the width
!. hand. .s Meridian q, added
{ - one Of the best looking two
ssl'sl ~ the season, ran a disappoint-
1ss'-''- &C he failed with everything in
lrs Is The colt, which fell in his last
= Sr-avesend, acted a bit sour in his
ss' MT raced right TO the front at
sIa and showed the way around the
cs ua did not lose an inch Of ground
''1 ~, hung under pressure and failed
''n.,ns ''ns' when the pinch came. 1t is
.ss;ble that Glass was not strong
3 do him full justice. and further,
have been tiulid after his expert
cravesend. Under the circum-
}t might be well to give him an
.,.nce before condemning him TO a
snsong second class youngsters.
-, Kelso won the mile and a quar-
.,,,rr race on the turf like the best
= The world. and George Odom once
oos, enyious eyes on his onetime
- simmer The Waterboy gelding was
= 70 be sold for 5000, and Odom
- mis- g .eea on his first bid and then
- II along 10 $500 before Dave
....o-d could protect the horse for the
= advance Of s.. The race was any
- hit profitable to the Beverwyck
Il =. which claimed him from Odom two
! .sres weeks ago. as the purse was
= oulv $500 and the ruH-up was s1,40o.
4 s-rr Rowe showed one of James r.
I - F1turity candidates in the open
4 -scs and the son of Disguise-Royal
:. which is named Iron Mask, beat a
ss5 Of nineteen starters in such i'm
f-.sye fashion that little question was
| !. IN IN. minds Of the critics as TO his
H.. He jumped right to the front at
/. s,s-t and, running straight and true
!. g1 old campaigner. came down through
/ !. stretch under wraps and all by himself
4 & Il happened. all three placed horses
/ +. med al the Castleton stud of Mr..
f.. Fairy Story. Voter illy, outlast-
Eve Aces a daughter of Disguise, in
s-d drive for the place. The latter ran
nod race in her first start at Graves
A. which made the performance of the
tzr the more noticeable.
-r Mask is { full brother TO that cele-
zsd maiden C'harivari. but they are as
Ike in color, general appearance and
Ey as two horses could be. Iron Mask
q full grown colt Of fine conformation.
smooth and frictionless. and Jimmy
E has reason 10 believe that he viii be
u q The good tWo-year-olds of the sea-
ssrse odom won TWO races. with Follie
v and Prince Gal The latter beat
is z Keene's AIelisande. among others,
~ zoed in England last year Jimmy
3,Es had The utmost confidence in the
guis mare but she gave up the fight
r. showing a fash of speed.
I5iy Koerner. who has been riding with
ssi sBecess il tie West. reported at the
Il and is likely 10 stay if he can get
-yh mounts. He rode Fairy Story into
pace Yesterday, and showed plenty Of
Z and skill.