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BRIGHTON BEACH RACING IS POOR. Don Creole, the Extreme Betting Outsider, Wins the Handicap. New York, October 4. The discouraging weather conditions seriously affected todays attendance at Brighton Reach. Rain fell continuously during last night and this forenoon. This left the track very sloppy, but with a good hard bottom, and some remarkably fast races were decided over it. Scratching reduced the size of fields of starters in every race, the fourth and fifth being the most seriously affected in that resin-ct. Favorites and outsiders shared equally in the afternoons victories. A inihl killing went through successfully with Don. Creole in the mile and an eighth handicap, which of all the races on the program held the most promise. Only a quartette faced the starter in this race, Don Creole being the extreme outsider in the betting, at 10 to 1. Arimo, the heavily hacked favorite at 0 to 5 wound up an inglorious third to Don Creole and Right Royal. The failure, of an attempted coup on the last named was due chiefly to the incapacity of 3. Hogg, his rider. The horse was willing enough. The steeplechase at two miles in which gentlemen jockeys disported themselves was regarded as the best feature of a moderate card and of an uneventful days racing. It developed into a really good race and was won by Essex II., the favorite, with Mr. J. ORrien up. This was the second appearance in the saddle of this skillful exponent of cross country riding since his memorable fall off John M. P. at Saratoga last August. On that occasion ho was stepped on by a horse and narrowly escaped death. With Nimbus and Halket scratched from the first lace, Magazine, with Nicol up. stood out prominently over tlie others and, going to the post a firmly established favorite, had no ditlicultv about winning from Live Wire and Kiiig Cobalt and in liis present form is a more than useful colt in any sort of going. Druid was made the favorite for the mile and a sixteenth dash for lillies and mares that followed lint after running second to the stretch, fell hack beaten and had nothing to do with the finish. Sister Frances coining through the stretch witli a well-timed rush and winning from the pacemaker. Consistent, by a small margin. The latter ran a fair race and narrowly failed to score at long odds. Anneta Lady and Royal Lady made a hot linish for third money, the first named ladv prevailing. Essex II. was a decided faorite for the short course steeplechase and an easy winner from Knight of El way. The latter horse has been performing very consistently of late and defeated Guardian II with all ease for second money. J. E. Maddons De Rurgo. hut recently tried in private, stripped sore and somewhat lanic for the first race. On good and sullieient authority, tlie stewards are looking into Woolstones sudden improvement Of last Thursday. A cablegram lias been received frm Clarence H. Mackay stating that his famous Meddler Won-bv-AValtlng yearling, recently shipped to England, his arrived at Southampton. He immediately turned liim over to his future trainer, Sam Darling. Mr. Mackay has become so enamored of the colt that lie nominated liiin forthwith in all the important stakes in England and in France also, for everything he possibly could. C. E. Durnell shipped five horses to Belmont Park today, including Sewell. which probably meanr that, the latter horse will not start in the race in which ho Is ejttered tomorrow. Extensy withdrawals reduced the mile and ar eighth handicap, which had promised an extremely interesting contest, to a field of four starters Arimo was a decided favorite, hut Right Royal :md Ampedo had confident support. As often happens lit small fields, the race fell to the extreme outsider of all. Don Creole raced with Arimo fo; three-quarters, then suddenly dashed into a long lead and, although Uagging lit tlie end, managed to hold his advantage long enough to win from the steadily gaining Right Royal, with Ampedo a had third. With all the horses that coiihl he expected to give Ii i 111 a race out. Don Enrique was a 1 to 5 favorite for the lifth race and won as such favorites should. It was no more than a good exercise gallop for him to finish in front of Pimky, with Gallant in third place. Preen, coming witii an effective rush in the last quarter, headed Momentum out for the last race of the day in a close finish, in which Chief Hayes was hut a few inches away and probably should have been tlie winner. It was the best contested race of the day.
