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FOUNTAINBLUES TRIUMPH. J. B. BRADYS ODDFELLOW COLT MAKE AMENDS FOR HIS RECENT - FAILURES. Crowd, However, Is Disappointed at the Withdrawal of Baumonok Backers of Ed Ball Profit Handsomely Miss Crawford Tires. New York, October 4. For hta previous failures In the colors of J. B. Brady, Fountalnblue made amends by winning the Triumph Stakes at Brighton Beach this afternoon. Jack Martin, who had ridden the mysterious Oddfellow colt in his recent sensational defeats, was superseded in the saddle on this occasion by Willie Shaw and a stunning revelation of speed and stnmnla was the result. Fountaln-blues easy victory today over the unacensfomed and trying- journey of a mile in fast time increased the general perplexity that envelop? the two-year-oldr form of this season. There was general regret over the withdrawal of Paumonok before the race which was intensified by the winners hollow victory. The prospect of seeing Paumonok and Fountain-blue measure strides was the magnet that attracted nearly twenty thousand spectators to the old race course by the sea. The big card of seven races produced was run off promptly, the starting -was good ;: favorites and second, choices shared about equally in tb6 afternoons successes and the most delightful Indian summer weather prevailed. There was no -accident to mar the racing and it was a matter of general comment that all of the ten starters In the steeplechase finished the course without one falling. The result of the race, however, was not satisfactory to the critics. Garter-knot was the best horse at the weights and the distance and, had he been properly ridden, he would in all probability have won. Turnburke permitted him to make several costly blunders. The opening race went to El Dorado, left at the post the last time out, and the smart set cashed. But they had a scare thrown Into them in the last few strides of the race. Ed Ball and Oarsman put up another heart-disease finish in the third race. The backers of the former took a pile of money out of the books when the Drake castoff got the decision by a head. Miss Crawford was not as good as her party thought. Had McKIttredge been better handled, it is possible that the backers of Angler would not have cashed their wagers. The sixth race was a cakewalk for Jacobite and Sly Ben took the last race in handy fashion.
