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W. II. DANIEL "MAKES GOOD" PICKS UP 125 POUNDS AND WINS SAPPHIRE STAKES IN FAST TIME. Tiptoe Wins the Ocean Handicap Neva Lee is Badly Ridden Matt Allen Works Foun-tainulue Colt is All Right. New York. September 10. It was sizzling hot today niiil lie attendance at Sheepshead Bay was consequently light. The grandstand was practically deserted. The card of seven races, .embracing a total of 111 entries, the record for a single day in the east this season, had for features the Sapphire Stakes and the Ocean Handicap. AV. II. Daniel, the alleged 3,000 gold brick of early spring, cinched his claim to high rank in the two-year-old division by picking up 125 pounds in the Sapphire Stakes and spreadeagllng his company in the fast time of 1:00 for the live and a half furlongs. Expert pronounced .this ,a brilliant performance in view of the weight the Woolsthorpe colt conceded to the others and- the easy manner In which he finished out the journey. A big field of fast horses tried conclusions In the Ocean Handicap at a mile. August Belmonts Tiptoe won all the way from the mishandled western niare, Neva Lee. Andrew Millers Inquisitor, with Miller up, was a heavily supported favorite, but ran unplaced. The betting public started off well with the victory of Joe Miller In the first. They accepted 7 to 5. and less with avidity, despite the big lield. John I. jrayberry won but his winter feed with Robin Hood.inj.tho. six and a half furlongs race. Dandelion and Miller proved a winning combination In the mile and a furlong handicap, fifth on the card. AAaterbury, another favorite, handily annexed the sixth for two-year-olds. Miller, who rode Laliy in this race, was thrown at the start and for a long time the crowd was in suspense. His return was greeted with cheers. An even bigger ovation greeted him when he brought in Lancastrian a winner in the closing race at a mile and three-quarters over the grass course. Sinister rumors reflecting on jockeys Jack Martin and AA Shaw, riders respectively of Fountainblue and Electioneer, is an aftermath of the great Flat-hush Stakes in which these two turf celebrities sustained such crushing and inexplicable . defeat. Trainer Matt Allen was not satisfied with Jack Martins ride on Fountainblue and said so. In the presence of J. B. Brady, Davy Johnson, Chairman AAadsworth of the Racing Commission and sixty horsemen, Fountainblue was worked yesterday afternoon over the Gravesend track. He rah the first furlong in 11J, the quarter in 22J, three furlongs in half in 4Gj. Then Mr. Allen waved to the boy to stop, but the five furlongs were covered in Ml and the eolt stopped still right in front of the timers, six furlongs in 1:10. Mr. Allen went before the stewards this afternoon, but declined to make any accusation against Martin. He simply related the facts of the work. J. B. Brady said that he was averse to condemning his favorite jockey and intended to give him every chance in the world to make good and put him up again on Fountainblue tomorrow. Electioneer is owned by Felix Israan, but will run hereafter in the name and colors of his agent Curtis Van Xess. -
