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W. H. DANIELS DASH STAKES. SCORES HIS FIRST WIN FOR HIS NEW OWNER AFTER HARD DRIVE. Entree Wins From Ironsides in Reapers Stakes Claim of Foul Not Allowed Maxie Witt Breaks Down Jumpers Fall. New York, September C. Another high-class card, including two ancient fixtures, was down for decision at Sheepshead Bay this afternoon. The weather was perfect and the attendance immense, being swelled by a big contingent of newcomers, attracted to the track by the notoriety given to the previous days amazing succession of winning long shots, and bent on getting rich quick. Favorites and outsiders shared equally, however, in todays victories. The layerti received a "break" and were left with clean sheets by the win of Carew, the 00 to 1 shot, in the fifth race. The Dash Stakes, for two-year-olds, at five furlongs and the Reapers, for three-year-olds, at one mile and three-sixteenths, had their twentieth renewal and both furnished plenty of incident. The Juvenile fixture, was a particularly interesting and exciting race. It marked the first success of E. S. Burke, Jr., the wealthy young Clevelander with his high-priced W. II. Daniel. The finish was thrlllingly close, the rejuvenated W. II. Daniel, which had been added to the field at the last moment, barely getting the verdict from Yankee Gun and Pauraonok, the three passing the winning post short heads apart. " Entree, the receding favorite, won the Reapers in a. hard, .drive from the ungainly Ironsides. Miller was linable to do Ironsides full Justice, ne ran Well at intervals only. When he found it impossible to keep the Whitney horse from boring out on the last turn he pulled him up abruptly. This looked bad for Entree, which passed Ironsides at that point and also afforded Miller an excuse for claiming it foul against the winner. The stewards were a long time confirming the original placing. Maxie Witt broke down in the race or the result might have leen different. Jack Martin declared that Bradys horse was galloping along easily with a clear lead when one of his forelegs gave way nnd he was forced to pull him up. Much disappointment was expressed over the withdrawal of Barney Schrelbers Kealon. The majority of the experts had picked him to win the stake. Roseben, the sprinting phenomenon picked up his 137 pounds and performed a marvelous stunt in the opening dash at six furlongs, running under a pull throughout and winning in l:12i, was in itself a noteworthy feat, but what was more remarkable was the astonishing ease in the manner of accomplishment and the certainty that the champion could have smashed the slxfurlong record to smithereens had he been permitted to extend himself. The steeplechase was a chapter of accidents. Of the twplve horses that started on the long and Irying journey through the field, only six of the numler came back with their riders. Garterknot set such a pace from the outset that half of them came to grief early in the race and the others were strtlng out a sixteenth of a mile apart. For a wonder no one was injured. Expansionist, well backed, came home alone, after the pacemaker had galloped himself weary and finally toppled over the twelfth jump from pure exhaustion. Suicidal pacing tactics were employed with Grapple under his 140 pounds in the closing race, over the grass course, and they beat the Metropolitan Handicap winner. Miller, riding "Father Bill" Dalys Inconsistent Sailor Boy with his usual brilliancy, landed him in front of the badly handled Drake horse with nothing to spare. C. It. Ellisons James Reddlek, which was expected to acquit himself well on the soft grass course, ran last throughout. Garner, who rode California King, was suspended for six days by the stewards for cutting across Entree at the start in the. Reapers Stakes. Expansionist was bid up in driblets of 0 at a crack from 00 to 50 by an unknown man after his victory in the steeplechase. The stable retained him with an additional raise.
