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TONY FAUST AT LONG ODDS. WINS THE CONEY ISLAND HANDICAP FROM KINGS DAUGHTER. Notnsulfja Beats Cohort For the Daisy Stakes Joe Nealon and Yankee Girl the i - . Only Successful Favorites. New York, June 21. Following up the victories of Nealon :mil Fi rest one, winners of the Suburban Handicap and Double Event, respectively, at Sheepshead ltay Thursday, another horse which raced well In California during the winter came into prominence today. This was Tony Faust, the three-year-old colt by Sain -Sr. Hose, which won the Coney Island Handicap, tin; principal feature of the days card. Tony Faust, which was one of the best horses at Oakland during the winter, had raced once in the east and his effort was not a had one, yet he was given little chance to beat the good sprinters opposed to him in the Coney Island Handicap, going to the post virtually unsupported at 30 to 1. Ho dropped from the clouds, as it were, to win driving, just beating the pacemaker, Kings Daughter, by a half furlong. Like Nealon, Tony Faust was bred at Harney Schreibers Woodlands "Farm In Missouri, and liis name was added to the already long list of stake winners sent out from this breeding establishment. Tony Kaust" was not the only long shot winner of the day, -Manila, at 10 to 1, accounting for the opening race, while Troublemaker, at 15 to 1, left Hie maiden class in the closing dash. The only actual favorites to win were Joe Nealon and Yankee Girl, though the two other winners were substantially supported. That Cohort, the choice of the Daisy Stakes, should have beaten Notasulga was the belief of a large majority of those who saw the race, but Cohort broke rather poorly and Lowe was not equal to putting up a. strong finish in the closing drive. After the rush and hurly-burly of Suburban Day, J t seemed rather tame at Sheepshead ltay, yet there was a smashing good crowd present, and with seven races, all well filled, there was plenty to Interest throughout An accident which resulted rather seriously for a boy named C. L. Miller, who had his lirst mount In a race, came with the running of the fifth race. Young Miller had the mount on Punch, which ran j away after the finish, finally running into the fence and Millers leg was broken. He was given all the treatment possible by the clubs physician and then sent to the hospital. He is a nephew or John Miller, trainer for M. L. Schwartz, the owner of Punch. E. Dugan was the only rider to score more than once and he got home first with both Barbary Belle and Joe Nealon.
