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FRANK LORD TAKES HOLLY. ACCOUNTANT IS WITHDRAWN AND IRONSIDES ROMPS AWAY WITH HINDOO STAKES. Roscbcu-Lady Amelia Match for Today Engages Attention of Horsemen Public Opinion Equally Divided Only Two Favorites Win. New York, September 20. About 15,000 people journeyed to Gravcsend to see Accountant and. Ironsides measure strides iu a long distance race, the rich Hindoo Stakes at about one mile aud three-quarters, but Accountant was withdrawn aud Interest iu the race thereafter was practically nil. Ironsides started a prohibitive favorite and almost from its beginning the race became a procession. Miller, who was tugging at the. reins for all he was worth, was unable to keep the Whitney three-year-old from-distancing his two slow-going pursuers, King Henry and Vendor. . . The other stake feature, the Holly Handicap for two-year-olds at about sis furlongs, produced a rattling good contest. "Big" Tim Sullivans improving youngster, Frank Lord, at 12 to 1, jumped away iu the lead and was never headed. Scwell, the heavily backed, favorite, got away slowly and was shut off in the early rush for position aud tired at the end of a dazzling live furlong effort. Que of the biggest plunges pf the season developed ou the 1 to 2 favorite, Belle of Iroquois in the first - s Jt?-r t. ys race. After that Ironsides was the oiily other public first choice to score. Outsiders accounted, for the -remainder of the card, a disastrous days racing winding up with the victory of Barney "Schreibers Dcutschlaml at 5 to 1. Only a moderate stable commission was .placed on . the old son of Sain. K. K. Thomas Is very anxious to beat ltoseben with Lady Amelia in the special tomorrow and lias engaged Miller to pilot his little mare. A rich reward awaits the crack. jockey if he proves successful. Expert race-goers and horsemen are about equally divided iu their opinion as to the respective merits -of the marvelous pair of sprinters and the best judges of prices aver that evens will be on-top at some stages of the betting against either one of the two. Lady Amelias final preparation was the most , impressive oue about six furlougs in 1:10, fighting for her head all the way. It is conceded that whichever horse obtains the choice of position arthe start, number oue position "nearest the inner rail, will have a big and almost a deciding advantage from the very beginning. Starter Cassldy fined jockey Koerner 100 for misbehavior at the post before the start of the fourth race. .
