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MARATHONS HAED JOURNEY MEETS A REMARKABLE SERIES OF OBSTRUC ¬ TIONS BUT WINS LIKE A GOOD HORSE Falcada Runs a Fast Mile and Defeats Question QuestionMark Mark Accountant Given to the New NewYork York Breeding Bureau New York July 9 An average crowd was on liand at Brighton Beach today to see a Rood but somewhat depleted card or six races run off Mara ¬ thon the winner of the third race at 1 to S was the second shortestpriced horse that has started here this season In line with the odds the Mart agon fouryearold was and had to he immeasure ahly superior to his opponents to survive the ex ¬ traordinary series of happenings which attended him from the outset To he almost crowded over to the fence at the start thrown to his knees hy a careening opponent a moment afterwards then compelled to jump clear over a prostrate animal a little further on to obtain clear sailing and then successfully spreadeagle his opponents was a feat such as is not often witnessed This is just what Marathon did however and establishing a pre ¬ cedent in the matter of qualifications necessary to constitute a genuine 1 to 10 shot on the turf turfThe The chief racing feature was the fourth race at one mile modeled after the famous Brighton Mile Superiorclass threeyearolds were engaged including Falcada Question Mark Live Wire Great Iirate and Sir Cleges The tart of the race was only a feu yards from the short first turn This Is prob silily the most ticklish starting point on any track In the country on account of its close proximity to this dangerous first turn The entire quintette were on their had behavior Question Mark the favorite was severely kicked by Falcada which with Lees injudicious pacemakiug combined to de ¬ feat him Falcada received unusually heavy sup ¬ port and ridden to perfection hy Eddie Dugan won from a Itetter horse in 139 flat But for a fraction of a shade of odds favorites captured five out of the Kix races and with Falcada a second choice and the medium of a considerable coup the layers must liave financiallyThe experienced a bad day of it financially The weather was cloudy and cool and the track was fast Francis It Hitchcock has just been made governor and treasurer of the Coney Island Jockey Club ClubAntaeus Antaeus a threeyearold sent out overnight as fhn entry was not eligible to the third race the con ¬ ditions providing for nonwinning fouryearolds and upwards in 100S 100SFuerst Fuerst the apprentice rider who was thrown violently to the ground opposite ithe clubhouse while riding Disaster in this race and rendered uncon ¬ scious was removed to the Coney Island emergency hospital He sustained severe bruises but no bones were broken Charles Kllison the horseman a near ¬ by witness of the accident was the first one to go to the injured lad ladIt It is reported that former jockey Redfern is grad ¬ ually getting into condition to resume riding and that he will make iiis next appearance in the saddle cibroad cibroadAlwut Alwut twenty upstate detectives emissaries of Governor Hughes were at the track this afternoon on a mission of investigation into the way betting on the races is being conducted since the Hart Agnew antibetting law went into effect effectSenator Senator Gus Hartman of California was a visitor at Brighton Beach today Referring to the present jintiracing agitation in his own state the senator said that a little timely and honest endeavor was all that was needed to safeguard the thoroughbred sport These bigoted socalled reformers and tres ¬ passers on peoples liberties will he beaten at th jiolls this fall Besides he continued Oalirorni ans are sensible of the tremendous material benefits that accrue to their state by reason of the yearly influx of 10000 or more eastern visitors who come there every winter to enjoy live winter racing at Oakland and Los Angeles Now with next winters alluring prospect of higher class racing than ever before by a lot of famous stake horses and the re ¬ sultant enormously increased eastern turf patronage Hie moneyed kind what chance have these narrov minded imbeciles to crush the best of all outdoor sports Why all the promotion committees on the 1acllic coast put together do not accomplish a tenth as much in the way of advertising California JIB Its racing enterprises Furthermore our people owe it to themselves as well as to the country at large to make a determined stand at this critical juncture to retain our personal liberties I have just joined your Personal Liberty League and am liroud to wear the button of membership I believe it is destined to work wonders in the near future Its a great and timely movement movementThe The stallion Accountant by Sir Dixon Reckon the champion stakewinning threeyearold of 1905 for which James B Brady paid 30000 has been donated to the State Breeding Bureau by his present owner lie has been sent for stud services to E It Munson of Hempstead Nassau county New York
