Brighton Beach Thriving: Patronage So Good That An Increase Of Money Is Announced For Next Week.; Jockey Sweet Gaining Notoriety--Vervanes Luck in Steeplechase--Three Favorites Win--Black Mary Takes Race from Besom., Daily Racing Form, 1908-07-09

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BRIGHTON BEACH THRIVING PATRONAGE SO GOOD THAT AN INCREASE OF MONEY IS ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT WEEK Jockey Sweet Gaining Notoriety Vervanes Luck in inSteeplechase Steeplechase Three Favorites Win Black BlackMary Mary Takes Race from Besom New York July S Though only two days ot featureless cards have been run off old Brighton Beach has already achieved such a remarkahle suc ¬ cess financially and otherwise that the management announced a new program for next week which pro Tides for daily purses ranging In value from 300 to 1500 each and values may be substantially in ¬ creased from day to day No nice will have less than 500 added money It is certain that this asso ¬ ciation will make money 011 the meeting as a whole if the attendance keeps up to the standard of the lirst two days The Brighton road transit accom ¬ modation this season is far behind that of the pre ¬ vious years Instead of being landed right at tha entrance racegoers now have to get over a half mile of a rough journey to get to the main gates gatesThe The skillful horsemanship of Sweet a suddenly developed jockey was the outstanding feature of todays racing Dr H E Rowells apprentice scored two remarkable victories on Trash a favorite in the fourth race at 11 to 5 and on Black Mary a third choice at 0 to 1 in the closing race Both races were won in the last stride of rousing finishes Thomas H Williams of California has a great trio of jockeys in Miller Gilbert and Sweet this sea ¬ son T W Coulter has been given second call on Sweet who is a California born boy sixteen years of age and rides at cightyifive pounds poundsFrom From a speculative standpoint backers nnd layers retired from this afternoons speculation about even up upFor For a 7 to 10 chance Vervanes victory in the Hopelessly beaten from the start Haincys marc after nearly two miles of what seemed unavailing endeavor suddenly was given a chance when the two leaders put themselves out of commission by unskill ¬ ful fencing and left the oddsou favorite to come homo practically alone aloneTrash Trash and Takahira were the only other winning favorites to make good during the afternoon The most pretentious race of the day was the fourth a handicap at a mile and an eighth Cairngorm de ¬ spite his lameness of yesterday monopolized the bulk of support and only failed of making good be ¬ cause of Dugaus unnecessary hurry in the early stages of the running runningThe The exquisite little thoroughbred Black Mary perhaps the smallest race horee in training and owned by Mrs K U Bradley who races under the HOIK de course of Mr Ctirrie was the medium of a big coup in the last race She came from a long way back to get up at the end and the finish aroused the greatest enthusiasm enthusiasmPresident President I J Dwyer of the Brooklyn Jockey Club left loday for Ulenwond Springs Colorado where he will spend a few weeks recuperating his health healthWatcrspeed Watcrspeed was claimed out of Tuesdays jump ¬ ing race for HiO HiOA A notice was posted in the paddock today that the third race programmed for next Saturday has been declared olT and a jumping race for gentlemen riders substituted


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