New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-06
STARS Of EASTERN
TURF D|S|LLUS|ONED
Buskin and HObnob, Candidates
for TraverS Stakes, Bow
Before Hawthorne.
C0CHRANE fILLY BEATEN
Early Rose Finds Johnson Cam
den's Casuarina Too Fast
in Dash for the
Spinaway.

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crowd of five thousand devotees OF racing, 1
Hawthorne greatest OF Western owned !
two-year-olds last season, defeated |
Buskin and Hobnob In q three-Suarter |
sprint for three year-olds Of the handicap !
division. intended as a sort of public |
trial for candidates for the Travers !
Stakes. which win be run on saturday.
In the Spinaway Casuarina, q miss from
the establishment OF Johnson ". Cam
den, master of Hartland. made a stow OF !
Alexander Smith Coohranefs feet FLY |
Early Rose. which cost a small fortune a
bit earlier in the year. Little Nephew
another son Of the rising young stallioni
Uncle. took the measure Of Roarner and
Surprising in an overnight race at fvs
furlongs and a half
The races were run over the fastest
track of the meeting. and ths tffre hung
out was uniformly good The spinagay.
a dash OF five furlongs and q half for
FLIES, was the stake feature IS rather am
attractive IL poorly balstIeea card. but
greater interest attached 90 the rlihningl
Of the three-quarter mile dash for three
year-olds because 4 promised Contest
between the much teuted Hswthsrne and
Hobnob and Buszin. Buskin and Haw-
thorne are in the Travers, and the talent
figured that If either OF the tvs shsuld'
take the measure Of Hohnob, rvcltch showed
rare speed the opening day OF e'Ie meet
ing, he would have rafting Esod chancs
to defeat August Belmsnts chsmpioni
Rock View In the Trayers.
Hawthorne, a big rsngy colt high &C
the withers, which did not carry any too
much flesh. proved best Of field OF five.
He INDUCED Hobnob in the lead for half
a mile and then sped TO the trent and
opened a gap neither Genesta nor Star
Gaze. which passed TIobnob in the stretch.
could close, although both tried valiantly.
But Hawthorne's victory was not i'm
pressive. He had all he could DO 10 get
down in front OF Genesta. Hobnob quit
igneminiously In the last furlong and
Buskin was outrun from the start Haw-
thorne worked out a mile in la 3-5.
The Spinaway. a special Of great an
uquity as American races 80, drew field
OF eleven. Delft. CutSway, Anytime.
Mater. Water LILY. Galaxy and MAY
dora running with Early Rose and Casu-
arina. The Western bunch were as con-
fident to-day that Casuarina would take
Early Rose into camp as they had been
that Bringhurst would defeat Surprising
And the Fasteners were sure
that Mr.. Cechrsne's Star Shoot FLY would
stop the Vests career OF victory. Early
Rose disappointed her admirers sorely.
Failing to show her accustomed dash
n ba f1IripnO Cha pArrv1ifrpf CASH.
arina TO take a big lead in the back
stretch. and, although she closed stoutly
in the homestretch. she had lost too
much ground going around her field IN
the upper turn 10 catch up. It Il ques-
tionable whether she could have beaten
Casusrina horse for horse. The Camden
Ally had bit left. and her Tina, 1.t7, was
good. The going here Is net as fast this
season as II used 10 be. CutaSay, a
home bred by Euisdale. belonging to the
stable OF Thomas FsEuuA Ryan, OF New
York. was a bang.up third
Casuarina was bred at Hamburg Place
by John Madden She is a slaughter OF
sire Of King James. and Nuns
cloth. q daughter OF Melton, The sama
John Oliver keene who sadaled BRING
hurst sent her 10 the post. and II Is a
pity Mr.. Camden was not here TO see her
run. II is rarely given TO q herssman 10
see his FLY get down in front IN a race
that has been won by such ceiehyatet
racers Of the past as Memerto, Miss
Woodford. Biggonet, Los Angeles. ORR
zelda sailie McCelland. Tanya. Court
Dress. Maskette, Ocean Bound and Bashti,J
CasuariDa Is the second daughter OF
rlaudit to land the spnsway Raglan.
which won in 1893 fer the late Fred Geb-
hard, was by her sire.
Little Nephew, a son of Uncle and Miss
Granville. which twice beat the redsubt-i
able Old Rosebud in the West, WAS touted
a sure thing in the opening dash. from
which Boots and Saddle. Brsn spIrst ard
three or four others were scratched
Dick Carman sent Surprising back
against the plain little colt from the West.
and Black Toney. Rsamer. Uncle Nun.
Harry L. and Spearhead were other con-
testants. Little Nephew was held rather
,hesply because he was asked to mako
big concessions of weight, but he demon
strated that he had class by taking the
track from the light footed Roamer in the
oackstretch and showing the way home
n los and a fraction. He beat Roamer
EASILY. and Roamer had experienced little
difficulty in preventing Surprising from
taking the place.
Mr. Carmans Kalinka. a consistent
mare, had an easy time In the mile for
Dlaters OF the three and up division sec
md on the card. She was popular be-
cause her opponents were such as Judge
Star Organ. Dartworth and
Spin. Dartworth. bearing the silks OF
city track, cut out the running for three
quarters OF a mile, and was passed by
Kalinka in the homestretch the Sem
oronius Ally winning very easily. Star
bryan brought up third. Kalinka's mile
was covered in 140.
So creditable was her performance that
Albert Simons stepped up TO the Judges
stand when she was offered for sale and
Did her up from 81. 400 TO 5000. Mr.. Car
nan protecting her with the conventional
bid of s.. Simons bought horse after
he finish of the fifth. which fell to Frank
Nolan's Bob r.
The fifth was a gallop of mile ana
'urIong for platers OF the mature diVlslonl
md Bob RS opponents were JaWpone ana
Inspector Lestrade Butwell let Inspector
-.estrade and Jawbone do the pfcenhkins
% the turn for home; then he brought
bob r. up on the outside, and the AIan-a-
Dale horse won easily in l;55 fiat from
laWbone Bob r. was entered TO be sold
'or s., eco Simons got him for $500.
Musgrave took his mount, Hobnob.
,borniv acrass the Dath of Hawthorne on