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CONSISTENT WINS FEATURE. TAKES GLEN COVE HANDICAP FROM COMPANY OF GOOD SPRINTERS. Steeplechase Furnishes a Thrilling Struggle Foun-tainblue Makes Eastern Horsemen Take Notice Angler Scores Fifth Successive Victory. New York, July SO. Consistent, lightly weighted and particularly well served by a mild shower of rain that dampened the track, just before the start of the Glen Cove Handicap, the feature at Brighton Beach this afternoon, showed her heels to her company of sprinters which included Inquisitor, Kings Daughter and La Sorciere. There was plenty of support for the misnomered Galore filly. Jack MeGlnnls won a big wager at odds of 10 to 1. To Inquisitor, the runner-up, belonged the lions share of merit in the race. Impeded and pocketed during the middle, the Inspector B. three-year-old was delayed overlong and failed to get up in the short homestretch. Jockey Miller gained applause from 15,000 spectators, when he scored on Pythla In the opening race; The ambulance was the chief thing In evidence during the steeplechase, being kept busy throughout that terrific contest, darting here and there, picking up tumbling riders at the various jumps. Thomas Hitchcocks Tom Cogan won out at the end of a thrilling struggle that kept the big crowd in n wild state of excitement from start tp finish. Foul was claimed against the winner, but not allowed. C. C. Smithson, owner of Bound Brook, boosted the winner from to ,000, the stable buying him In for an additional . Founralnblues victory in the two-year-old race, rit five" and a half furlongs, put the seal of greatness on that splendid youngster. The time, 1:0GB, and the easy manner of accomplishment, electrified everybody who saw it. The horsemen present were a surprised lot and the majority of them ndjourned to the paddock to look him over and ponder over the outcome of .a meeting between him and Salvidere. John K. Madden remarked that the Oddfellow colt was the finest looker shown in public this year-Angler, of genuine stake horse caliber, but recently masquerading as a selling plater, galloped on- with the mile and a quarter handicap with perfect ease under a most confident-looking ride and tills, notwithstanding that he was opposed by Coy Maid, the sensational winner of the Test Handicap, in which she vanquished some of the best horses In training. It is said that Alex Shields applied for stable room at Saratoga for Go Between and the remainder of his string of horses, but was informed that by reason of the fact that he had been suspended from racing until August 15, the application has been denied until the term of his suspension expires. Ruby Star, owned by A. S. Snyder, and a starter in the first race bolted the reverse way of the track while parading to the post. The stewards ordered-her entry refused In future. Jockey Herbert was fined 0 for tardiness in weighing out to ride Charles G. Gates. The big canvas barrier which shut out the poolroom men at -the backstretch was blown down" today. The barrier will go up again tomorrow as soon as the supports are straightened.
