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THREE MORE FOR WHITNEY BROOKDALE NYMPH FANCY AND PETTICOAT WIN IN A ROW FOR WESTBURY STABLE Fashion Plate an Easy Victor in the Waldorf WaldorfStakes Stakes Tourenne and Whip Top TopTake Take Purses New York September 0 When Fashion Plate won the Waldorf Stakes at Sheepshead Bay today It devolved upon the owner of the colt Harry K Knapp a steward of the Jockey Club and chairman of the State IJacing Commission to entertain bin disappointed fellow nominators to the race at a ban ¬ quet to be given by him at the WaldorfAstoria hotel tonight Only five twoyearolds contested for the valuable sweepstakes The winner far out ¬ classed his opposition and won like a youngster of considerable merit Philip J Dwyers Sir John finished a good second and his forward running agreeably surprised the spectators Herman B Dinyeas wellbacked Strike Out finished unplaced and beaten off This was the very poorest race he has run during his disappointing career on the turf turfThe The complete history of the Waldorf Stakes la tabled below belowYear Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1904 Agile 118 T Burns G 000 1135 1005 Vendor 1 IS Lyne 6375 114 114190C 190C Kentucky Beau 115 L Wilson 5875 l13it 3907 Ben Fleet IIS Nicol 0010 115 1908 Fashion Plate 118 J Butler 1875 113 113The The present allconquering Whitney colors were again to the fore today The first three races right off the reel were captured by representatives from the famous Wcstbury establishment Brookdale Nymph scored with ridiculous ease and at a fancy price considering the moderate opposition In the opener Fancy vanquished ten selling platers In the mile dash that followed while Petticoat closed the sequence by defeating the sensational Trance in the Belles Stakes at five and a half furlongs It was not the seemingly Invincible Trance which had swept all before lier previous to her tremendous setback in the Flatbush Stakes that started in totlays race but only a wraith of her former glorious self There were sinister and disquieting rumors regarding Trances condition before the race and her running confirmed them Miss Kearney the other crack filly engaged also ran poorly being apparently unable to raise a respectable gallop at any stage of the Journey JourneyThe The Belles Stakes was first run for and won by Bessie June In 18SG The tabled history of the stake since 1900 Is given belowi Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1900 Noonday 105 Maher 51890110 1901 1001902Seioto Amicitla 115 Bullman 1740 100 1902Seioto 100 7 Martin 2500 l07ft 1903 Memories 107 Fuller 2570100 1904 Tradition 125 Lyne 2450 100 1905 Whimsical 110 J Martin 2625 107 1900 Kennyetto 100 Notter 2C25 lOGs 1907 Explosion 105 W Miller 2525 1OS 190S Petticoat 100 E Dugan 1050 lOGi lOGiDistance Distance reduced from Futurity Course to n 12 furlongs furlongsThe The western contingent brought oft a profitable coup with Tourenne in tho nine furlongs handicap over the grass course and Whip Top displayed improved form in handily disposing of the even dozen of selling platers opposed to her in the closing race at one mile mileEddie Eddie Dugan the Whitney jockey rode Miss Sain the hot tip and fierce contender in the second race He displayed astonishing vigor and resorted to foul tactics in Ids effort to beat out Faucy from his own stable stableThe The Brooklyn Jockey Club has announced that a two dollar admission for men and one dollar for women will prevail at their coining Graveserid meet ¬ ing ingWilliam William A Engeman made a positive declaration today that there would be no race meeting held at Brighton Beach this fall fallF F Burlew said that he would race only a small stable of his own in France next year It was rumored that he had been engaged to train a string of jumpers for T Hitchcock Jr This he denied deniedII II B Duryea will ship a few broodmares to France on September 19 In charge of Thomas Welch who sails on that late with the French stallion Adam and a number of broodmares belonging to the Millstream Stud StudA A Paris cable says that August Belmont has ac ¬ quired land near Dieppe to which he will transfer many of his race horses from America This action it is stated is because of the passage of the antibet ¬ ting laws It also says Peter Duryea has rented for the same purpose the famous Gazon Stud farm formerly the property of Maurice Ephrussi Mr Dnryea has denied any connection with the afore ¬ said deal nor has he any intention of racing in France or of leasing training quarters there thereFollowing Following the sale1 of J B Haggins yearlings on Saturday September 12 at the paddocks of the FasigTiptou Company Sheepshead Bay there will be ten horses in training the property of James R Keeue sold They will include Peter Quince Resti gouche and horses of that class classThe The third auuual entertainment of the Turf Be ¬ nevolent Association will be held at the Hippodrome on Sunday evening September 20 Many gallery seats have been sold for 100 each eachA A prominent otlicial today spoke very encourag ¬ ingly and intimated that there would be good racing here next year no matter who was in office and that there would be many rich stakes run There seems to be much confidence in the future among those most concerned
