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ACCIDENT IN THE FEATURE. DANDELION FALLS WITH JOCKEY MILLER IN RACE FOR COMMONWEALTH HANDICAP. Sir Huon the" Winner Go Between Is Withdrawn Jockey Club Allows the Hitchcock Protest-New York Racing News. Xew York. July 7. Jockey Walter Miller, the idol of metropolitan racegoers, had a miraculous escape from le!ng killed at Sheepshead Bay this afternoon when Dandelion, the favovite, went down at the h.ead of the stretch in the race for the Commonwealth Handicap at a mile and a quarter. A half dozen horses were immediately behind Dandelion when the accident occurred, and that both horse and rider escaped without sustaining even so much us a scratch, was considered wonderful. The accident was due to foul riding on the part of Brussel on Cederstrome and Dyne on Cairngorm. . These two formed a wedge into which Dandelion was forced. It was at the critical and deciding moment in the race, "Miller being intent on niakng his final closing sprint after having held Dandelion in reserve for the tirst mile. Experts agree that with clear sailing, the unlucky Hitchcock horse would have won. As it " was. Sir Huon, showing vast improvement over Ids preceding effort, scored the victory. The westerners backed Kams Horn on the strength of a recent sensational trial, and jockey Perrine came in for general execration for his inferior handling of that horse. Aside from the big race, the card was one of the best of the meeting. The weather was ideal for racing and a crowd estimated at 35,000 persons was in attendance. Millers vigorous ride was chiefly responsible for the success of the Belmont filly, Misgivings, in the Vernal Stakes. The heavily supported Soprano was badly messed about by Hagan. Court Dress withdrawal in tills nice occasioned general regret. Miller again distinguished .himself by landing the last race, over the grass course with the much Im-provctl- Kntree7imtting it all over his formidable : rn Itadtke, on Relgravia. The latter claimed foul against the winner, -which was not allowed. Jockey Eugene Ilihlebrand. just . returned from a successful career at Buffalo, was heartily welcomed at Shepsliead Bay today. He was to have ridden Kiiiiecrankie in the Vernal Stakes, but trainer Rogers elected to scratch her and place his dependence on her stable mate Killaloe, which, by the way, is the first foal out of Jinks, the full sister to Mesmerist, to race. General surprise was occasioned in turf circles over the withdrawal of Go Between at the last moment from the Commonwealth Handicap. F. K. Hitchcocks protest against the eligibility for this race of the celebrated Meddler five-year-old was sustained by the Jockey Club stewards who had leen appealed to as the court of last resort. Their ruling covers the entry of the Shields horse for this race only. Mr. Shields voluntarily withdrew him from the Bay Ridge Handicap, down for decision next Monday, owing to the excessive weight he is called upon to carry and also to avoid any possible con-llict with the turf authorities. He has been advised that Rule 57 of the Rules of Racing covers the case and that by the payment of the usual fee, said to be 0 for each stake or handicap, the entry of Go Between will 1k corrected. Ormondes Right may not start again this season. Far West was claimed for ,090 out of the last race on Friday by Frank Kelly. There were some new developments in the Bun-dooran case today; it seems that a man named J. !. Dorsey had trainee! the horse before he was brought east and pending the issuance of a trainers license, had turned him over to Henry narris to handle. The stewards of the Jockey Club took action today in his case and ruled him off the turf. Todays meeting of the stewards of the Jockey Club was held in the apartments of James It. Keene in the Waldorf-Astoria and was attended by Mr. Keene, August Belmont, J. H. Bradford, F. R. Ilitchcock, H. K. Knapp and F. K. Sturgis.
