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RYES SPECULATION STAKES. THE TAMMANY CHAMPION WINS AS THE HEAVILY BACKED FAVORITE. R. F. Carman and Joe Yeager Punish the Ring Over Magazine, Rye and Prince Fortunatus Favorites Score. Now York, September 20. Good raping over a heavy track, in which favorites or well-backed second choices accounted for four of the six races, and outsiders took the otUer two. was the order at Gravesend today. Tbe usual big crowd was In evidence. The main feature, the Speculation Stakes, fell to the IJowery favorite. Hye, after a spirited brush with Teuiaceo. and Smiling Tom showed himself a rarely good stayer in heavy going by simply running away from ids opponents in si mile and a half dash. Though only three favorites won, the public had more than a fair day, and the ring was punished by good-thing players. It. F. Carman through .Magazine, and .lot? Yeager through Hye and lrlnce Fortunatus, taking many thousands from tin l.ookinakers bank rolls. All the winners were heavily hacked. Showing extraordinary speed when the going is taken into account. Magazine won the lirst race all the way, but a different story might have been told had he not contrived to throw Running Account back fully a half dozen lengths by dashing across to the Inside in front of the others directly after the start. Running Account closed a big gap In a gallant endeavor to win, but second was the best he could do. Gene Hussell was a disappointment, hut will do better. ltight Hoyal easily defeated Far West and Kerche-val in the second race at a mile and an eighth, and Is now a good race horse in excellent form. Kercheval was beaten off at the linlsh, but a horse never appeared better bodily, and the Burns Handicap winner is ioiiited for a win before long, and .when conditions suit will run in vastly different fashion. Jame and consistent, Hye was deservedly favorite for the Speculation Stakes, but Temaceb was backed smartly, and there was more or less support for every other horse in the race except Rappahannock. Iughuiu set the pace for a half and dropped out. Temaceo then went to the front, and with Hye challenging In the stretch the two drew away from the others. Temaceo gave it up in the last sixteenth and Hye scored right handily. The tabled history of the Speculation Stakes is as follows: tear. Winner. A. Wt Jockey. Val. Time. ISSGMarkland. ...G 104 MGoldrick ,970 1:42 Markland i 104 MGoldrick 1:4:! 1SS7 Phil Lee 4 102 Church 2.000 1:423 1888 Q. of Ulizabethl !:; Ussier 1,050 1:45 3889 Taviston . 3 102 Allen 2,305 1:42J 1810 Kempland 3 1K Jones 2,00 l:4"i 3891 Banquet 4 112 Hamilton .. 1,015 1:42 3S92 Kquity 4 107 Simins 1.S00 1:421 1893 Haceland 8 107 Simms 1,005 1:42 j 18f41Stonenell 5 110 Simms 1,!25 1:15 1895 Arapahoe 4 107 OLearv ... 1,125 1:15 18901IInrry Heed... 4 107 Simms 1,130 1:42 1897 Savable 4 101 T. Sloan .. 1,130 1:42 1898 George Keeue.3 107 Maher 1.330 1:421 ISO! Cambrian 3 102 OConnor .. 1,270 1:4S JJ00 Iotente 5 111 Spencer ... 1,405 1:47? 1001 The Regent...:! SS 11. Michaels 1,:!55 1:485 1002 le Reszke I! J. Martin .. 1,870 l:47ji 1!03 Daisy Green ..:: 14 Higgins ... l,i;::5 1 :4!g 1!04 De Heszke ...5 100 Hildebrand. 7.5S5 1:4! 1005 Right Hoyal..:! 10S lerrine 1,005 1:4! lOOt True Wing ...4 OS Garner 1,705 1:4S? 1007 Hye ...4 103 .Miller 1,080 1:51 J Dead heat and run-olT; distance then 1 mile. Reduced to :?-4 mile. JMade 1 mile. For the short three-quarters handicap, fourth on the card, Mr. Belmonts Don Enrique, favored by the going, waited on Fleming, the hot favorite, and beat him at the end. The Don was backed quite smartly. The race was always between the jiair and some of Carmans winnings on Magazine went back Into the ring to stay. Smiling Tom took the tiftii race, at a mile and a half, as lie chose. lie assumed command in the first quarter and merely sauntered to win from Killleerarikie, which lie outclassed. Tom was weH liacked and the ring lost many thousands through Lis victory. Prince Fortunatus, hustled from the start by the California boy, Sandy who excels as a front rider won the sixth race, at eight and a half furlongs, all the way. Joe Yeager and some other westerners played the. Prince heavily. Ramrod, the favorite, uever got into contention. William Dubois bought Don Enrique for ,500 today. H. F. Caiman said after todays win by Magazine: "The colt has run his last race this season in the east." The string will be shipped west at an early date. Joe Yeager backed Rye and Prince Fortunatus, the last named a full brother to Major Dalngeriield, and won heavily. Colin will not start tomorrow on account of the very had track. Kerchevals people claim that their horse doesnt like mud, has recently worked a mile in 1:39?, and another trial of nine furlongs in 1:5.1. Jockey Archibald left for Toronto tonight to ride Gold Run In a stake tomorrow. "Kansas" Price takes Dave Gideons horses to Cincinnati tonight, where they will be campaigned. Jockey Harty goes along.
