New-York tribune., 1910-06-23
THE TURK ROMPS HOME
Sets Seal on His Greatness by
Winning Tidal Stakes.
RUNS FAST, BRILLIANT RACE
Jockey Injured in Chase When
Gold Plate Falls at the
Thirteenth Jump.

The Turk set'the seal on his greatness by
defeating Dalma1ian. Prince Imperial and
Gsasn,ere in the Tidal Stakes at Sleeps
head Bay yesterday in the most impressive
fashion. He rot only won easily by four
lengths after overcoming some interfer-
ence in the backstretch. when Damatian
raced by him. but he ran the mile and a
quarter in the fast time of POS 4-5. only
one secondepenInd The American record for
the distance. which arnoHInts TO a worlds
record, established by Broornstick when he
beat trrsa I.sd a head in the Brighton
Eand1Cap Of g04 The Turk carried u9
pounds yesterday, and might easily have
run faster if he !Had been driven out
The sen of H,sno-Gracelle which won
the Rithers at Belmont Park, more than
redeemed himself for his defeats at Graves
end. when Prince Imperial beat him in the
Broadway Stakes ard sweep took his meas
IRE in the Carlton. He had been coughing
Just before the Broadway, and was not
ar his best. judging from the easy way
he turned the tables on Prince Imperial
yesterday Sweep, Ocean Bound and Waldo
are now the horses he must beat to earn
the three -year-eld croWz7. and a meeting
among ,he three would arouse widespread
interest
The race was truly rrIn. and The Turk
proved himself beyond all question Prince
Imperial was ia the thick Of the frav all
the time. which counted against him hut
was beaten on his merits. After shaking
Grasmere off al the end of half a mile
Delmatisn rushed Up. and taking him by
sfe head carried him around the turn at
3 killing pace. Al the home corner Dal-
ma1ian drew out but just when Il looked
as if he might come away TO win The Turk
moved up strongly and smoothly on the
outside, and the son of Ethelbert oapitu-
lated
EcCSee rode q well Judged race on the
winner. He reused him with one cut of
the whip after being pinched off on the
backstretch and then waited natiently
0ntil just the right time 10 make his
run- II was the thirty-second running of
THE Tidal Stakes. and the failure OF Gras-
mere broke a sequence of victories for
JONES r keene, whose colors had been
carried 10 victory three wears in succession
by Peter Pan. Colin and Hilarious
Gid ran such = Ccod race in winning
the steepiechase and showed such excellent
qualities as jumper that c. Q. Srnithson
whose Bound Brook ran second. thought
he was entered too cheaply at $500 and
laid covetous ewes on him AS A result
il cost Bartlett AIcLennan 81 Ab TO keen
his horse. as MT SEYlithson carried the bid
cling along 70 81 500 before ne STONED
Under the rules half the hid-un money goes
70 ire owner of the second horse, so thar
Nj Srnithsor profted 10 the extent of $500
by his own action
Huppe the Jockey, had Z narrow escgre
rom serious injury when Gold Plate was
crowded and fell at the thirteenth 111ron
Some following horses struck the hoy in
the spine, and he is at the Emergency
Hospital AZ Ceney Island suffering from,
a light conclusion He is not considepe5
IN danger.
Bonnie Kelso doing duty for the second
cay in succession, won the handicsn a+
one nile and three-sixteenth o., the 11,rf
III the fast time Of 1.5s s. which was
only three-ffths Of second behind the
course record Bonnie KelSo improves ten
Or htteen pounds over the turf.
/ Z Dugan rode three winners. Two of
y which, White Wool and Sir CIAges 7,,era
LOT K F Carman. His third victory vas
on August Relmont's Watervale said n
ne one Of the best youngsters in the harm
lie coit is son Of Watercress-Iadz- Viz
Iet. ana has locks 70 recommend HIM b1,+
1is Scton was none TOO smooth and he
a eoinE MS rest To heat an ordinary, LOT
seh7e ~ Colonel Rossevelr's Rough Eid
ess were AZ the track as euesfs of tba
tohsF Island Jeellev Club They arpeara6
10 he having a good time