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STAKES TO LADY BEDFORD CANTERS HOME IN FRONT OF COUNTY FAIR IN THE AUTUMN MAIDEN Brother Jonathan First in the Turf Handicap Sea Wolf Wins and Finds a New Owner New York August 01 Lady Bedford John E Maddens Epsom Inks eligible scored a brilliant victory over i band of second grade juveniles in the Autumn Stakes at Sheepshead Kay today running the distance of live ami a half furlongs in 1OG The beautiful Ogden Matanza lllly made her oppo ¬ sition look so cheap that experts have begun to rate her the equal of Keenes best always excepting the peerless Maskette The original overnight field of seven was augmented by the adding of Effciidl at the last moment In the running Herman 15 Dur yeas Strike Out threatened at one time to spread eagle the others but iiit as usual When challenged although in todays race he surprised everybody by his persistency in saving third place Lady Bedford maintained a striking distance and leisurely pursuit of the Hying iiacemakei until the field had straight ¬ ened out for home when she went to the front and held cantering sway to the end Under Dugans tine finish County Fair got up in the last stride for second honors Footpad and Madman ran poorly and finished beaten off offThe The tabled history of the Autumn Maiden Stakes first run in 1S93 since 1900 is as follows Year Winner Wr Jockey Val Time 1900 King Lief 11 N Turner 2440 101 J 1901 Arsenal 115 OConnor 24SO 59i 1902 Parisienn Hi Wonderly 3530 59i 1903 Ormondes Kightll ONeill 3240 1012 1904 Woodsaw 11 Lyne 0000 r 9 1905 Blair Athol lli T Burns 3350 l07i 1905 Electioneer ll L Williams 3375 1015 1907 Lawrence PDaleyll9 Nicol 3575 100 1001OS 1OS Lady Bedford 115 C II Shilg 1050 1OCS 1OCSFiveeigliths Fiveeigliths mile except in 1905 and 190S 190SThe The fact developed before her race that several big operators doing business in New York City had wrliiid themselves on Lady Bedford during the morning nuotIngaJ5 hlgh as 4 to 1 for a commission It is said that the half dozen commissioners sent to the track for the purpose of hedging a part of Ibis money failed to get on a dollar of it itThe The twentysecond renewal of the Turf Handicap for threeyearolds and over over the turf course was another important racing feature on todays tsird It attracted precisely the same number of starters eight as the twoyearold fixture that preceded it The composition of the field just fell short of being high class Every one of the starter lia l at some time or another in his respective turf career achieved distinction and judging by the re ¬ sults no more evenly matched Imnd has started this season The victor turned np in Brother Jonathan which distinguished himself in a thoroughly game fashion In winning from start to finish Coulters Iiorse upset the traditions of local longdistance Hiass Cunning Both Moquctte the runnerup and Master Robert which finished third were victims of dilatory riding tactics By going wide Master Robert lost fnllr a dozen lengths on the turn and todays riding fiasco of Gilbert on im will probably meaii an eml of his connect inn with the stable stableJohn John K Madden ami his friends probably lost back a considerable portion of their Law ton Wiggins winnings on Angelus which iKid lK en backed to hot favoritism during the morning betting as the fa t Hitchcock threeyearold finished absolutely last showing a distinct aversion to the grass track trackThe The Turf Handicap was first run in 1887 and its liistory since 1000 is given in the table l elow Year Winner A Vt Jockey Val Time 3900 Lady MasseyO IOC T Sloan 1480 208 1901 Water Cure 4 110 OConnor 1 31 JO 208 J002 Articulate 4 110 Lyne 1930 207s VHC Florham Queen 7 Itedfern lsiio 09g 1HI4 Carbuncle 7 97 Travcrs 075 07 1H 5 Graziallo 4 114 W Knapp S25 07 1905 Nealon 1O7 Shaw SOO 055 1907Beacou Light 4 lli W Miller MillerJlOS iK 159 JlOS Bro Jonathan 101 E Dugan 10502003 10502003Distance Distance reduced to 1 015 miles milesBoth Both Peter Quince and Trookdale Nymph made Nimbus look very common in the opener There were onlv tliree starters and the Empire City record breaking sprinter could not keep within hailing dis tance of the other two twoLaw Law ton Wiggins favored 1 y the start close turns unil Notters vigorous and alert horsemanship man ¬ aged to hold a small lead over his seven opponents in tlie Ormondale selling purse Itoyal Tourist fol ¬ lowed with an unexpectedly easy mile victory over Mon fort Tilelng and Moonshine and Sea Wolf got rip to win the last race in the most spectacular finish if the afternoon from Slid the hottest tip on the tirogram next to Lady Bedford Sea Wolf was bid up first by C K Itowo and then liy G W Lmgdon to 1500 being finally knocked down to the latter latterAlthough Although nothing was lacking in the way of high lass attractions beautiful environments and Ideal racing weather at Slieepshead Bay today the at ¬ tendance was unusually liglitand confined strictly to the regulars The 4000 visitors gathered at the course kept to their seats in the grandstand or walked aimlessly back and forth on the lawn There were many of the onetime professionals present who doubtlessly expected signs of semiopen betting to ilevelop but these gentry were doomed to disappoint Hient HientTom Tom Shaw left tonight for Montreal Sam Shacn departed for the same place yesterday to make S ik as the representative of George Hose HoseJ J S Hoy claimed Kagman out of tlie second race lor 1450 1450Col Col A W Hamilton and Dr Gardner were at Sheepshead today Tlie two racing ollicials are here to attend a conference of the owners of the ioiithern California racing venture which will be Jield as soon as Thomas II Williams and Barney Kchreiber arrive arriveWilliam William A Pinkerton will leave for Chicago to ¬ night for the purpose of meeting President Williams on his arrival in Chicago Wednesday WednesdayDistrict District Attorney Clark of Kings County is due Jn New York from abroad today todayW W S House bought Lawton Wiggins winner of the second race at private sale this afternoon afternoonW W B Jennings who bought four highpriced year ¬ lings on Saturday and intends to acquire several more during the week expects to ship his entire stable to Oakland Cal Saturday Mr Jennings will accompany the shipment shipmentS S C Hlldrctlr today purchased the crack three yearold King James from John E Madden terms 10000 casli and 5 per cent of the colts winnings at tlie Slieepshead Bay and Gravcsend meetings King James will he entered in the Burns Handicap at Oakland and in a majority of tlie other valuable stakes to he given in California next winter winterA A man bv the name of Joseph Sinclair was seen 1 nulling soine money at the track and was at once t jectcd jectcdTlie Tlie Olympian victors will visit the Sheepsliead Bay race course in a body next Saturday at the in ¬ vitation of the Coney Island Jockey Club They will Ip banqueted In the clubhouse clubhouseTwentyfour Twentyfour racers belonging to John Sanford ore due here tomorrow tomorrowThree Three to one Is the betting on the curb against Hughes succeeding himself as governor iu the event of his bciiii nominated
