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COTTONTOWN VICTORIOUS. WESTERN COLT WINS THE FEATURE OF GRAVESENDS OPENING DAY CARD. Momentum Wins the Flat an ds Stakes Four Horses Fall in Steeplechase Jockey PollockIs Injured Lady Amelia Triumphs. Now York, September 17. Perfect Weather prevailed on Hie opening day or the Brooklyn Jockey Chilis autumn meeting at Gravesend. The attendance approximated 15,000, hut owing to a car jump-in; the track at Kensington, about .,000 persons did not set to the course until after three oclock. A big card of seven races, including two stakes, was decided. Cottontown, a western horse, won the important fixture, the First Special, at one mile and a quarter, from such celebrities as Running Water, Tangle, Go Between and Dishabille. In the actual running, the winner figured prominently from the start and won out under a skillful ride from L. Williams, the colored jockey. Millers alertness at the post insured a victory for the Newcastle Stables Momentum in the Flatlands Stakes. Nothing ever got near him after the start to endanger his lead. Lady Amelia came back to the races today in her usual invincible Gravesend form. Her presence In the about six furlongs handicap, which opened the proceedings, scared out nine of the original entries. Dr. Gardner made a landive effort to overhaul the wonderful Den Brush mare, hut to no purpose. Steeplechase rider Pollock, who fell with his mount Dill Coxier, was trampled on and badly Injured almut the head. He was knocked senseless, hut recovered and. was able to get into the ambn-lance with nssistanceIt is repord. Uiat Diamond Jim" Brady -was "swindled" out of 17,500;" 16sfng" markers, bet in the ting in his name by a inan who claimed to be his agent. He has made good the entire sum, but announced that his operations hereafter will be on a strictly cash basis. Horace Egbert, clerk of the course and handi-capper for the new California Jockey Club, was a visitor at Gravesend this afternoon.
