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EAIN THE CAUSE OF UPSETS. BROOKDALE NYMPH THE ONLY WINNER FOR THE TALENT AT GRAVESEND. "Big Tim" Sullivan Regrets That He Did Not Back the Lucky Ace High Conditions of the Roseben-Lady Amelia Race. New York, September 20. The special race to include Roscben and Lady Amelia has been settled with conditions that throw it open to any owner who cares to try for the purse. The conditions of the event are to be as follows: "For three-year-olds and upwards, ,500 added; 00 to enter and 0 to declare; weigh tf or age, distance about six furlongs, open to all, Roseben and Lady Amelia to go or no race." The proposed sweepstakes was the chief subject of gossip at the Gravesend track this afternoon, and it will undoubtedly draw one of the largest crowds ever seen at the old course. The race will take place next Thursday.. A steady downfall of rain before the races this afternoon practically soaked 1 lie track proper. It was made to order for horses with bad legs and tender feet, yet the big card was not materially reduced by scratches. Lady Amelia was the conspicuous absentee in the opening sprint won by IJrookdale Nymph, the only successful favorite of the day. Five outsiders then came along and scored in succession and, as only Flybacks immediate connections profited by his victory in the last, the betting public had one of its bad days. The main event on the program was the Oceanview Handicap, at a mile and a sixteenth, for three-year-olds exclusively. . Barney .Schrelber.s. colt, Nealon, was the topw.eigh.t, .but could do no better than a game third to the lightly-weighted winner, Belle of Pcqucst, and the improving Hot Toddy. The uncertain Flambeau filly received plenty of support at 25 to 1. The Sullivan family won two races today with Ace High and Samuel H. Harris. Both were at unusually long odds in the bettlng, considering the well known plunging proclivities of their owners. "Big Tim" felt exceedingly glum after the two-year-olds victory and deplored his ill luck in not having a bet on him at the profitable price of 15 to 1. The second Sullivan winner carried only a small stable commission as it was thought that the Sir Walter four-year-old was not keyed up for the long journey.
