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PRISCILLIANS CLAREMONT EASILY OUTFOOTS ROSEBEN WHEN CALLED ON AND OUTSTAYS KING COBALT Hoseoen Is Badly Beaton and Out of Favor Master MasterRobert Robert Disappoints but Is Poorly Ridden Tony Boncro in Front Xew York May 22 Rosebcn Mils fair to bo the vuignia of the current racing season Two days ago hi i irtially restored himself to favor lint today with less weight up and in the same going li showed a performance tliat would lie no credit to the veriest soiling plater Rosobcn was a starter in tin Ciaromont IIan lieap at six and a half fur ¬ longs and Iiis import was 1121 pounds The most formidable of his opponents appeared to lie Pris rililaii to which Rosobeu was conceding two pounds scale weight Rosobcn was the opening favorite at 7 to 5 hut reeeded to 2 to 1 Priscillian in addition to having shown himself a threeyearold of merit was favored liy the going and there was an early rush to back him wliieli caused the quo ¬ tations to drop from 2 to 1 to S to 5 but later then was so Hindi Support for King Cobalt that 1ris eiilians quotations drifted baek to 2 to 1 Uoseben showed none of the speed he exhibited Wednesday md Kosimiro the lightly weighted added starter always had the best of him Koseben was bothered some wliile going to the lirst turn by Priscillian laying against him but the interference was not serious After making this turn Rosiniiro and Uoseben went out together while Notter was con tent to lay back with rriseillian until the stretch was reached Here he went wide got the better going in the middle of the track and came on to win easily enough from King Cobalt with Rosohni a distant third True Koselien beat nothing of good class Wednesday but the fact remains that his performance today witli eleven pounds less weight shotPriscillian was not up to the scratch by a long shot Priscillian is a good horse and if sound would undoubtedly win many highclass races But he may break dqwn at my time All hopes of getting him to tin races at all were abandoned last year and Mr Itelmont tried to dispose of him after he had been declared from all his engagements Fail Ing to get rid of the horse trainer loyner worked over him all winter but he could not entirely rid lilm of his physical ailments ailmentsThe The recent history of the Claremoiit Handicap first run in 1SJH8 is tabled below Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Tim 11121ItOl 1 00 Bof Lexgton 301 Henry 1200 11121 ItOl King Popper 102 Kutter 100 122 1902 Hatasoo 10 105OConnor OConnor lKM 11 1201 U UIMKS IMKS Kosetiiit 101 101JT T Burns 2120 11H 11HJ904 J904 Hurst Park 4 1 Odom 2ool22 1I05 Roseben 1 115T Burns lJHiO l2i 1100 Klip Flap 108 Radtkc 2120 118 J J1K7 1K7 Jack Atkin 114Radtke 2270 118 1908 Priscillian 3 lllNotter 210 121J 121JIf If Samifel Emery expects to win many races this season he will have to put up a better rider than Fulton Mr Emery started Master Robert in the tifth race and the colt was a heavily backed pub ¬ lic choice Master Robert is rather mean at the barrier but Fultons incompeteiicy was responsible for his getting away so jioorly as to have no sort if a chance and Tony Bouero galloped unchallenged In front nearly all the way but was put to a drive at the end to win by a half length from Antaeus The AntaeusThe track was sloppy again as it rained torrents early in the morning It threatened rain all after ¬ noon and the attendance was kept down to the regulars while some of the races were badly cut up by scratches scratchesA A much better field than was anticipated is promised overnight for the Withers Stakes The fact that owing to the track conditions Colin had no praparalory race may have induced owners to take chances as all of those named have been Reasoned by racing except the Keene crack Colin It Is believed will be a sure starter though the track Is to be bad badCharles Charles McCarthy cashier for Ike Thompson when he was known as one of the biggest book ¬ makers in the country died last night in Roosevelt Hospital where h had been for a year McCarthy was known to racing folks ail over the country A countryA business man from Montreal who was at the races Thursday made a wager of 50 handing as be supposed and told the layer a hundred dollar bill and got 50 in change When he counted up his cash in his hotel last night be was 450 short and at once concluded that he had made the mis ¬ take when he wagered the 50 He came back to the track today hoping that something might be done to rectify it and was beside himself with joy when John Cayanagh to whom he went for advice handed him the missing money It had been turned over to Mr Cavanagh by the layer who found him ¬ self SliO over at the end of tin days business Tho Montrealer went his way with nothing but praise for the honesty and businesslike methods of the ring ringJockey Jockey Sumter was set down for two days by starter Cassidy Stargowan got away from Mc Cahey on the way to the post for the fifth race ami made a circuit of the course before ho was pulled up
