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SALYIDEEES BRIGHTON CUP RUNNING WATER, THE BETTING OUTSIDER, FIGHTS IT OUT WITH HIM. Rare Exhibition of Speed and Courage Before Race Is Won by a Head Ballot Outrun In Final Struggle. New York. October .1. A heavy west wind swept tin; Brighton course today. It was the most uncomfortable afternoon of the fall season thus far. Frequent gusts of cold wind, aei-ouiiianied ly rain, drove many of the spectators to cover underneath tlie grandstand, and much confusion prevailed. An mormons crowd witnessed one of the biggest and lies racing cards of the year run olT. The his race, the Brighton Cup, attracted four starters, Salvidere, Running Water, Electioneer and ISallot. Ironsides was withdrawn and Ballot added at the last moment. There was a tendency to underestimate Salvideres chances, because .Miller did not ride him. Todays race demonstrated that the frantic lielvidere guiding is too big a handful tor little Dugan. His niouiit narrowly escaped defeat because the crack lightweight lacked the strength to do him justice.. Running Water proved a formidable and unexpected opponent, and tlie opinion prevailed that if .Miller had exercised more patience with the Sir Dixon marc in the race, and known how and when to take advantage of and benefit by Dugans mistakes lie could not have lest. Friday, just bcloie the time of closing of the entries for Saturdays event, James Howe was bcsecclied by both President Fitzgerald and Sec-relary .lolm Hodcn to name Ballot as a starter in the Brighton Cup, so that the race would be further enhanced as an attraction, but the trainer of tlie colt would not hear of it. At the very last moment, before t lit entries were announced, Howe again refused llatly to allow I.alints name to be sent out, saying: "I havent a chance: the :. horse lias had too much of it and needs a let-up." J There were many conjectures as to what caused ; this astute horseman to change his mind and at the last moment add Mr. Keenes great three-year- old. Tlie fact, remains that the added starter j was an explicitly strong second choice in the betting, while the market was panicky In the extreme on Salvidere during the first ten minutes of busi- liess on the race. The majority of the Brighton Preliminary Cup winner admirers ami intending backers were surprised ami somewhat alarmed at : the good odds quoted about hlni at the opening and ! their uneasiness increased as his price steadily ! receded until it touched 7 to .1. and as high as S to 5 in some places. .lust before post time, however, the layers were swamped with big bets on the favorite. Fully $.10.00 was dumped into the ring at the last moment. The prevailing odds were less than even money when the horses were sent away. i ISaby Wolf scored an unexpected victory in the first race of the day, Nicol working a decided improvement in his running and the going suiting Kentucky Beau, closing a big gap from a slow beginning, was a fast going second and if off equally well, would have given tlie winner much trouble, at least. The warm favorite. Kings Daughter, , made no showing whatever, but will do better when the track is dry and fast. Navajo inllicted a decided surprise on the wise ones when he defeated tlie crack " jumper Thistle-dale for the Chant illy Steeplechase. There was considerable disparity of weight that told, in a close finish, but the downfall of the favorite was due only to bad jockeyship and Jhistledale will run in different fashion in tiie richer jumping stakes to be decided at Itelmont Park. The tabled history of tlie Chautilly Steeplechase is as follows: Year. Winner. A. Wt Jockey. Val. Time. P.Mi;: Fnriglit -4 1.10 Donohue . . .SI. 010 5:23 HUM Fly. Buttress.. 5 MS Fiunegan .. J,!ir. 5:22 lU0.VII.vlas - 1"S H.iv 2.430 4:2.15 Jimmy I.ane...O 150 Owens 2,11." 4:20 1907 Navajo 5 132 Mr. Ilenson 1,540 4:0.! About two miles; previously two and a half miles. Spooiier showed what a good two-year-old he is by running a mile in I :.".!i in the third race and heating such good older horses as Seweil and .Old Honesty. It was a sterling performance aiid gamely achieved. Ironsides was withdrawn from the Brighton Cup and l.allot was added. Salvidere amply continued the fomi of his defeat of the latter in the Cup Preliminary and took the Cup in a tremendous race witli Kuuning Water. This grand mare put up her best race of this year and is evidently in the form that made her almost invincible among horses of her age last fall. Tlie time marked a remarkable performance and is the second best ever recorded for the Cup, being only excelled by Ethclberts record-breaking performance in 1900. .Masque was a decided favorite for the fifth race and Mattered his supporters for a space, but it was- not a Keene day and at the end the ::o to 1 outsider. Bcardall, won by a few inches from Kialto, with the maiden, Alex Grant, but another head away. Lane Allen seems to be a useful horse and scored a creditable triumph in tlie dash of a mile and three-quarters that was sixth on the card, defeating Ecauclcre. Better managed, the latter would probably have been returned tin winner. Sir Cieges emerged from the ranks of maidens in the seventh race. A half dozen youngsters wen? well backed in this affair and. after Ida I, had seemed likely to win. she disappeared and Sir Cieges scored from another much expected of colt. Bolando. There will be substantial iir-rease in the amount of added money given in overnight events next season by the various racing associations under the jurisdiction of the Jockey Club. Just how much more will not be definitely announced until the taxation lists are made up and published. H. F. Carman lias chartered a special train for the transportation of his immense string of approximately forty racers across the continent. It is scheduled to leave for Oakland October IS from Itelmont Park. After today the scene shifts? to Itelmont, with its wide stretches, gigantic plant ami left-handed racing, which will begin promptly at 2 p. in. every daV hereafter. Dr. II. K. Howell stated today that Firestone would be turned out in the immediate future, and that Mr. Williams crack tWo-year-old will not be raced this winter in California, but reserved for his next seasons eastern stake engagements. Oxford bled badly anil continuously from the nostrils in the first race. Tlie veterinary in attendance diagnosed it as a very severe hemorrhage of the lungs. The horse is in a serious eoudition and may never race again. J. W. Brooks, manager of the Los Angeles Jockey Club, wired here that there was not the remotest chance of racing at Ascot Park this winter. This was hardly news. McCarler worked one mile and a quarter between races this afiernoon in 2:0SJ. Miller was up with the stable colors on.
