The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
COUBETT'S REENTRY
TO TURF A VICTORY
His Colors Borne to Front by
coencttc. Which Defeats
BIC English Horse.
SURPRISE TO NEW OWNER

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,,,.,, came back with a rush yest"f-
"a, when his calors. seen for III" hrst
,. .. .f< wears dashed home In front
NJ great fold of spriuters That started
O., TO paumouok Handicap ut the
,,w,.., track. His three-ycar-old hlly
rc,pr,.o. one - The outsiders In the
bc,.i,g danced home with n length and
hall to spare over the great race
ror.c ~Harmonicon. which made his
srst start ln this country after gaining
,.pvta,.on on English tracks.
owing 10 the death Of A. q. Wander
Nj, @Harnonicon, which raced In the
coers ~ Harry Payne whitney in Eng
lard and won four big races last year.
VAS entered IN the name Of l.. s. Thomp-
.ou. but his real owuer was present to
400 him make his debut on an American
,t,rk. and 1t speaks we'll for the sports
nansh,p o. tho leading r~acehorse owner
mud polo player OF the country that he
WIS ore of the first TO congratulate
Matte Corhcft on tho victory ofHo-
ou,;te. even though il put his " SSeat
,|pr.r,,r iu second place.
There arc festive occasions which
rs, TO greater glory BECAUSE OF their
,ucNuectrdness. and the victory OF Co
ouc:t, formed one Of these. \ power
or the turf IN the old days when he
raced such sterling thoroughbreds as
The South,ruer. out Of Reach and Hurst
Park. Matte Cprbett dropped out with
man, others asa. the present svason
.y,y..y. yt e..l snArt Thpp inst
fo- tho sake 81 providing a contender
s.d helping the game along. he started
Coducttc. the first horse to race In his
c.lors after his re~Juvenation. She shot
e. the front with dazzling speed and
gh'y handled 10y Joe Byrne came home
= clever winner. X. +. Wilson .Jr.'s
hester Prynuc fought H"armonicon stride
g. stride flr hall q mile. tren had 10
succuub To- the strength and power OF
tho Il eliSh Splinter In the stretch and
in',h third three lengths behind Har-
mon.cru and a length IN front of High
Noon. the winner Of the Tohoggan Han
dictp. which. Ike Harnonicon. was in
suited 10y the small Jamaica track.
rs soon rs Coquette's number was
lo.stcd there was n rush to congratulate
tie winning owner. such enthusiasm
las not been equalled on local race
tracks, a. least since the snort was
revived. Matte Corhett. a liberal sup
porter Of his horses I'm the old days.
Rad tn confess that he had no idea his
FLY could win the big race and that
he had not wagcred a cent on her
chances. Trainer H.. i. Goldsbbrough
was q comparative plungcr, for he in
vested 81 across the board with an
obi ging friend who thought tina the
chances against Couue,tc winning were
20 To- I. Though scarcely a person
r'oHted by the victory Il Couuette the
tUi wax universal. for Matte Corbett.
oil round good fellow, had Scored on
his iyst attempt To cumc back to the
TUT
Though beaten in the big race Harry
Payne Whitney had the satisfaction Of
sc,lng his horse Slumber I'd carry the
J. : Thompson culors to victory In
the col RADIO Handicap. which followed
The feature Of the day. Slumber Cd
had to pick mp u couple of pounds
extra 10 obtain the services OF Joe
H'iic. and consequently was giving
sNdN Aeicht to every horse in the race.
N.''er. who had his first day In the
s0i'la N the local tracks, was worth
.te Two extra pounds. tor he rode a
beautifully Judged race on Slumber "a.
AMI after laying we lengths behind
Double Eagle and Flying Fairy came
away IN the stretch to win by n length
arl = half.
r T Wilson, Jr, captured two races
WIN Ninalti and Prairie. For once there
was 10 need to make excuses for
Am.ll, which was nicely suited with
fe rlute Of a mile and a furlonV.
An1ln upset an odds on favorite in the
Quincy Stables Wooden Shoes, and there
Wa further humiliation for the three
TIME winner at Belmont Park when