The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23
REGRET WINS FROM
YEARS BEST FIELD
Whitncy's Filly Beats Rival
Two-Year-Olds Easily in
The Hopeful.
PEBBLES STARTS POORLY
Make. Another Magnificent and
Mighty Rush at Finish. but
Barely Gets Third.
PEBBLES STARTS POORLY

when she won tNc hoptlul sN"hes 'o-uay
owl made the best field OF two-year-oids
cha. has started this season trail behind
,.r Among the defeated ones was Peb-
tl.. the crack ~ the Butler stable, and
with had A defeat to avenge that had
r., ,.l,s.u stored by Regret the first time
,tc faced the barrier. IN the Saratoga
Spe,.a.
A moor start was blamed for the down.
al. of p,nblcs then. and history repeated
rs.5f n the thrilling contest this after
en- fr through no fault Of the starter
T. bh,es was lef; again and came with
mighty rush at the finish 10 land In third
,t,., four lengths behind the winner.
There we're many excuses for the power
q, yourgstrr which carried the Butler
,o,o-s but this by no means detracted
from the value " Regrets victory.
TIE BroUmstick--Jefsey Lightning flly
conceded weight to every horse except
T. btf.s in the field OF eleven. met with
considerable interference on the turn and
after battling at the eighth pole to dis
los, OF the quincy stables Trojan took
uu 70 fresh fight when the Brookside
s,,ble's Andrew NJ challenged in the last
sxt,snth All her courage was required
,hcu and the brilliant chestnut CALAMITY
stoyi Sot.ers drive to the end, poking
i.r head IN front and keeping 1t there
until she had safely passed the judges a
winner by d big head.
Two were added to the overnight entries
and the eleven starters swelled the purse
40 mat the Hopeful candidates were
racing Tor $3.50 as the winners end.
saE n.d
under the Jockey Clubs auspices this
season Turfmen OF many years ex-
r,r.ence said that never before had they
seen . finer collection OF youngsters 60
TO the post The paddock was overrun
with real admirers OF the horses TO
whom the speculation on the big event
.as A mere incident. Large crowds
surrounded both Pebbles and Regret dur
inc the saddling operations. Both had
their good points, and though they ar
f.red greatly their supporters were di-
vided almost equally. Pebbles Is a slash
,n9 big colt. superbly muscled and show
ing the rugged strength indicative OF
masculinity. on the other hand' regret IL
drawn on finer lines, sleek ana DANNY
Tho Ally gave every evidence OF being
what sh. is, a racing machine attuned 10
The correct note and keyed up beyond
question for what promised to be the
croVning triumph Of her short career.
Tho racing camp was almost equally
divided on the merits Of the whitney ana
Bu,lcr candidates but in the speculation
,na Hly more than held her own and re-
lnaIusi steady at TO b, while feppies
dropped back "A point ana closed AT II
20 D. only one other OF the big neid was
Considered seriously as contender. ms
g,as SCHUYLER L. Parsons Phosphor,
Poem o. bay colt that. in addition to car
wing IN. light impost of ITO pounds was
.upa, sed 20 be favored by the heavy track
IA, resulted from several days OF ram
phosphor was quoted at 4 to ii and then
the odd. on the next in demand jumped
10 ~ % I against c. X 6. Billings Top
o III Morning, another rakisn son OF
Peep e. Day. that appeared TO be ouiit
on speed lines. Trojan fine LOOKING colt
from the Quincy stables, and The Mas
oueylde, we're held at 10 to |, and An
drew NJ one OF the added starters,
was supported at 90 to !, while almost
any odds desired could be obtained
against the others. The other horse
added was Kilkenny Boy. which came 10
the assistance OF Pebbles an helped to
make up the Butler enntry.
Il was hard to pick favorlte Tor 'he
Merchants and Citizens Handicap, AT
mile and three sixteenths, which was next
IN Importance TO the Hopeful Stakes.
The old rogue Lahore finally had the
price Of place in the quotations being
backed from to / to to i. There
were four scratches and four added.
bringing the field up to the original num-
her OF ten. The winner came from the
added division in Herbert l.. Pratts Star
Gaze which was in with the feather or
ss pounds. Sir John Johnson, u dual winner
II this stake in years past, was allowei
10 make the early pace, but when Star
Gaze slipped TO the front and took the
rail near the end OF the backstretcn
the race was all over. Lahore ran over
san Vega in the stretch and finished
second, two lengths behind Star Gaze
and a similar distance In front Of San
Vega, which beat Andes a head for third
place.
Little Nephew, favorte for the first
race, handicap for three-yesr-olds, was
unable 10 show his speed In the sticky
gong, and the best he could do was TO
hnish third TO the Beveryck Stables Hoe
MR. ami Archibald Barklie's Holiday, the
leaders all the way.
syosset was rated carefully by Tuckey
IN The steeplechase handicap and justified
NE confidence OF his supnorters who
MADE hin faycrte II ran over w ID
snip, IN pacemaker In the last half mile
ana won by fifteen lengths, +. Ambrose
.lark Meadow Sweet, which came from
I."f.tnd wfh big reputation. disap-
pointed again She was able to take
un.y mira place because Little Hugh
feIl when making his run down the back
stretch on the last turn OF the course.
ltal PARIS Executor found the going
20 his King and galloped or with the
h'N r'ua nta mile after Progressive had
m.'." mos, Il the running. Perth Rock
cane up with "A rush and headed ou,
Naad for the place
A''"r several failures August Bel
monl7 change graduated from the
n'.''0 .arks In the last race, for two,
F,a'-'.d# lie just brcezed over the line
'l,'hs IN front of T. j. OBriens
reg Thu summarizes
FIRST RACE.
~, N''r-yrar-clds. handCAp: by subscrip tlon
VI 70. S. % added six furlongs:
g. NJ iUi aye. WI Jockey. Prices. Fin
lla buxton. i2-S IS II
llrc >,'pc,,, 30 30 NySIn 90, 90 ;-s 2,
i. o5 steward. t0i Io-i 1
a. .N. " Marco. ISL 81 S
"''''n he', 100 Ural .. 30-i 81
t, Time, llS 3-6
v,' Ntrl won handlly: Hocnir h. c., by
TO-, tw.r owned by Bevcrwyck Stable
""'' by q Ic' gler.
SECOND RACE.
.,r"hlSe handicap: tor threc-ycar-old.
49, A.; u Sa.i by subscription of $40. with 500
q" about two mites:
a.! S,s, ana axe. VI Jockey. Prices. Fin
Nrst ~ bryant ..... ls-S II 10 ga
,,Tue'a'H "rc', 40 TRhe ..... is-6 lilo 8
80, h4'A li3 Allen ....., 1875 even
~ Time 40
''''l start easI mr. hy