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BALLOTS PLEASING DEBUT CRACK THREEYEAROLD OF LAST YEAR WINS THE STANDARD STAKES CANTERING Montgomery Shows Returning Form Madden Takes Another Rich Stake with One of His Sud ¬ denly Improved TwoYearOlds New York June f Ballot qualified handsomely for the Suburban Handicap by his victory in the Standard Stakes at Gravesend It was tlie first appearance this season of James R Keones fast fouryearold and he took up scale weight and raced the mile and a quarter in 2Oij without at any time having been extended Montgomery raced to second place and Harry Payne Whitneys good threeyear old Royal Tourist was third Old Honesty and Tuiirenne the only other starters were greatly outclassed and at no time were they factors in the running To win the iShmdard as a first race of the season is something iir itself hut it was tlie consummate ease with which he disposed of his coiiijiuny that made the race remarkable Notter had Ballot away well and he was always tlie pace ¬ maker two lengths before his opiKMients1 Royal Tourist was in closest pursuit through the early running and the effort made by Dugan to beat the Kccne crack had much to do with his losing second place Alfter A J Joyner had scratched his threeyearold Hessian Ballot was always an oddson choice although Royal Tourist attracted Miipport that took his price from 5 down to 3 to 1 at the close closeThe The complete history of tlie Standard Stakes is given in tlie table below Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time Time1MU 1MU Ethelbert 5 129jOConnor 1405 2ii 2iiIx Ix 2 Advce Guard 5 12iShaw 2U rJ Heno 4 I2jMichaels 2125233 2125233ll ll 04Maj Dgerfdr 128 1 Martin ZM 2lt 1105 Beldame 4 121 ONeill 48502072 Whimsical 105 L Williams r 7 205 11107 Peter Pan l 111 Mountain r i0 205 1008 Ballot 4 120 Notter 4125 2 05g 05gDistance Distance reduced to 1 14 miles milesThe The companion piece to the Standard was the Hudson a livefurlong dash for itwoyearokls It went to Lawton Wiggins the Madden1 starter This same Lawton Wiggins could show nothing among maidens no later than last Saturday but he was a vastly different horse today He was well backed at S and later at 7 while even1 shorter prices were being taken In the Hudson Mr Keene showed a very smart colt in Esperanto a son of Disguise and Anomaly He had the curly speed to go to the front and Lawton Wiggins was doing his best through the stretch ito beat him home Rossfenton Jin added starter was the choice and though no excuse could he found for him he ran a bad race mid was never a contender Sundance wearing the Whitney colors was always second in demand while for some unaccountable reason Choirmaster of thesterbrook was backed from 20 down to S to 1 there was nothing in his performance to warrant it itThe The tabulated history since 1000 of the Hudson Stakcs first run in 1SS7 is given below Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 100 Prince Charles lllN Turner SiH0 1013 11101 Hanover Queen 112Spencei 2 21 10 1024 11112 River Pirate 115 Odom i I50 0 1002 1002llio1 llio1 Palmbearer 112 Gannon 5080 5080101 5080101i 101 i 04 Gloritier I25Gannon 72 1002 10023C 100240SO 3C Jacobite 112W Davis 40SO 4080102 102 1024mo 1 0 Gretna Green 4mo 101 J 11107 Royal Vane 115Monntihi 100 100llloS 1005 1005rC0 llloS Lawton Wiggins lirI Lee rC0 101 101It It was a sevenrace program and only three of the public choices were lirst home The successful fav ¬ orites were Iad News in the second Ballot in the Standard and Louis Cellas Fore the winner of the last race A widely circulated tip on Peter Quince wnt him to the post the choice in the opening ban ilieap over the short six furlongs distance while King Cobalt which has heen showing himself to be a very fast horse at tlie distance was permitted to go to the post with plenty of J to 1 offered about him Peter Quince went in the air just at the rise of the barrier and was so badly left that Notter made no effort to go after the others Bad News won his race after permitting Hyperion IL the well liacked second choice to make the pace to the stretch Right Sort was a handy winner of the race for selling plater twoyearolds while Ramble the favorite after chasing him to the stretch quit very badly when the real racing came cameAlmandine Almandine was lucky and won tlie mile and a sixteenth for selling plater maidens He beat the harrier and had speed enough to hold his advantage all the way Monocle the well backed favorite was never a serious contender contenderAt At the end of the program Foro won very easily easilyHarry Harry Payne Whitney today offered 25000 for Fayette the twoyearold that was pulled to let his Ktablemate Sir Martin win the Great American John K Madden who owns the colt is holding ont for a better hid although it is hardly possible that there will be any advance over that figure
