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DEFEAT OF FOUNTAINBLUE. SEWELLS HANDLING OF FORSYTHE COLT IS PRONOUNCED UNCOMMONLY BAD. Largo Wagers Accrue to the Bookmakers and there Is Talk of an Investigation Langdon Buys Flip Flap for 6,000. Now York, July 2. Hamburg Belle was the magnet that attracted many nf tlie 13,000 spectators to Sheepshead Hay today. In receipt of an age and weight, allowance from Halifax, her victory was a foregone conclusion. She won pulled up in slow time. rouutaiiililue, the crack western two-year-old. for which John A. Drake offered 5,000 Immediately after his recent victorious debut at Oravesend, was ignoininously defeated at Sheepshead Bay tills afternoon by a hand of ordinary colts of his own age. The Forsythe yongster carried immense wagers. Seweli rode him and rode hm badly Jn the opinion of the majority of the sjeeta"ors. The downfall of the supposed crack created a whole lot of adverse ccinment. Jockey MeDaniel was suspended for the remainder of the meeting by starter Cassidy. Flip Flap, winner of the Advance Stakes, was purchased today by "Whitey" Langdon for .0,000. .1. A. Rennet is also to receive 150 per cent, of her winnings during the present season. The committee of veterinary surgeons appointed by the Jockey Club to ascertan the sex of !o Between has not made its report, but n self-constituted committee of veterinarians who examined the Suburban winner Saturday say lie is a stallion.
