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SHOT GM WINS BAYSHORE. DICKEY LEGGED SON OF ARTILLERY ROMPS HOME UNDER HIS LIGHT IMPOST. Defeat of Rye Costly to His Backers Likowiso in the Case of Druid Four Good Things Are Successful. New York", September 18. The pleasant weather and splendid card of seven races, Including the Bayshore Stakes, attracted a large throng of racegoers to the ever popular Gravesend course today. Shot Gun, the magnificent cripple, accustomed to big burdens in the past, found his impost of 110 pounds so congenial that he proceeded to tow-rope such fast ones as Deutschland and the famous little money getter Rye, taking the stake race with all ease. Backers got handsome returns for their money. The gigantic son of Artillery shows his best form in soft going. This is due to his rickety underpinning. He also bleeds in his work. This deterred horsemen from bidding on -him, although entered to be sold for ,400. Six coups were attempted during the afternoon, all on a large scale. Four of them were successful through the medium of Lotus in the first; Don Royal in the big handicap, third on the -card; Prudential Girl in the sixth, and Tom McGrath in the last. Fortunes were lost on Rye and Druid, the good things that went wrong. Lotus this time last year was valued at 2,000 or 5,000 and sold at auction for a. price approximating the former figure. She won a selling race today with ridiculous ease in fast time and although entered to be sold for ,200 failed to elicit a bid when offered at auction after her victory. " - 4 Just, a starter in the last race, ran away four miles after the finish and when caught was turned over to the official veterinary for examination. Annetu Lady was bid up after her victory in the mile and a sixteenth selling from ,400 to ,500 by A. V. Claxon, trainer of the Brownleigh Park Stable. Her owner bought her in, "Cad" Doggett, the clubhouse commissioner, who has been making a book on the coming automobile preliminary cup race, lias been ordered to desist. Jockey E. Walsh was suspended yesterday for the remainder of the meeting ten days for breaking through the barrier. This is one of the heaviest penalties for this offense meted out this season.
