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BABY WOIFS GREAT SPEED RUNS AWAY FROM FLEET HALF SOVEREIGN IN THE RICH FLIGHT STAKES Bedouin Wins the Russet Stakes Through a Bad Ride Rideon on Moquette Spooner Again Shows ShowsHis His Good Form Xow York September 10 This was Harry Payne Whitneys fourth consecutive day of turf successes it Shcepshead Bay the week belli remarkable be ¬ yond precedent for the number of winning races run bv horses from Iiis establishment This nftenioon it was County Fair and Baby Wolf that represented him successfully the last named winning the Flight Stakes the big feature of the rird rirdThe The twentysecond running of this famous fixture engaged a band of turf celebrities including Hose ben the former sprinting champion Baby Wolf Half Sovereign Brookdale Nymph and the western crack Arcite 1 C Johnsons plienomenal race horse was nicknamed The Big Train by racegoers three years ago but after today Kosebcn will no longer lie known as such even in the improbable vent of his ever again appearing on the turf for the reason that he came out of the Flight Stakes virtually broken down Tills statement is made on the authority of his owner and there is no reason in doubt its correctness The trouble is in the left foreleg which lilled up immediately after he re ¬ turned to the scales In the running Half Sove ¬ reign held sway for three quarters of a mile the final furlong being covered at such i sizzling hot pace that not only IJoselien Arcite and Brookdale Nymph dropped out of contention but the Belmont lilly tired under the terrilic pressure ami allowed Baby Wolf to get up to and by her as if she was anchored Arcite outstayed both Brookdale Nymph and The Big Train for third place the last named being pulled up with unnecessary haste and vigor earner probably felt that something had given way just as the field straightened out for home as the process of pulling up began long before the linish was even in sight sightThe The tabled history of the Flight Stakes since 1900 is as follows followsYear Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time 1900 Holiobas 4 110 OConnor 2SSO 1208 101 Voter 7 115 Spencer 3250 1275 1902 Smoke 5 107 T Burns Burns1DO3 3750 1 ± 1DO3 Leonora Loring4 107 Hedfcrn 3 00 l25i 1U04 Hamburg Relic 115 Iyne IyneVMKV 7 925 115 VMKV Hamburg Belle4 122 AV Davis 4985 125 10 Roseben r 122 Lyne Si 5200 200 l2tH 1907 Koseben 0 110 AV Tvuapp 4780 1253 1253IfiOS IfiOS Baby AAolf 4 107 E Diigan v 4 ISO 120 120Spooner Spooner emphasized his present brilliant form by defeating a half dozen good ones including States ¬ man Golden Pearl Maylield Adriuche and Jersey Lightning in the introductory siriiit at six and a half furlongs The forward running of Statesman a twoyearold was favorably commented upon Jersey Lightning belied her name in this race but she was the victim of a peculiar accident which caused her to go lame while making an abrupt turn on her way to the post This handsome daughter of Hamburg Daisy F has always been bothered with bad knees and she will be retired to the stud forthwith Mr Joyner said that Jersey Lightning had worked a quarter in 22 seconds on one occasion and a mile in 138 llat llatThe The lirst AVhitney horse to score winning brackets today was County Fair This exquisitely turned Hamburg Mineola youngster displayed speed and stamina of a high order lie as well as Baby AVolf Fancy Petticoat Par None Burgher Sandpiper Field Daisy AAestbury and other brilliant turf per ¬ formers will be sold at auction in the near future futureBedouin Bedouin won a fluke victory over Moquette in the mile and a half Unsset Stakes over the grass course Nearly all his ability to rim in the stake was liter ¬ ally choked out of him in the first half of the race which left him an easy prey to his plodding and per ¬ sistent pursuer pursuerFollowing Following is the condensed history of the Russet nandicap in lOOO wt 100 Md of Harleinl 97 Slack 1770 1770235 1770235IiUl 2155 IiUl AAater Cure 4 111 OConnor lliSO 23SJ 1 02 The Rival 3 lOi Michaels 270 233 2331U3 1U3 Caughnawaga 4 110 T Burns 2300 2300235 235 1H 4 Short hose 4 117 Odom 00 234 1905 Jacquin 4 1US F ONeill ONeillnor 3550 2157 nor Outcome 5 ill AV Miller 1C5 2i52I 2i5j I 07 Miss CrawfordG 102 E Dngau 3250 233 ItiOS Bedouin 0 9S D McCthy 1050 237i After his meritorious achievement at six and a half furlongs in the closing race which he won in vonrmanding style from fourteen opponents Lawton AYiggins will be classed as something more than i selling plater platerThe The racing was form fill and had there been open betting the public would have enjoyed a good day financially Conditions have improved in speculative i ircles in the last couple of days The bettors are growing used to the restrictions and in many in ¬ stances are successful in evading them Almost any Intending speculator can now get a bet down without running much risk There was a well defined market established today and the odds pub ¬ lished in the charts were thoe which actually pre ¬ vailed in the different laces before they were dc dcAl Al the Iloosevelt Hospital today It was said that E IJ Thomas was greatly improved On Saturday he underwent an operation which proved successful Xo further operation it was said will be necessary Mr Thomas was injured in an automobile collision at Long Branch several days ago agoThe The aged Caller it is said has never yet come to grief at a jump during his long career as a steeple ¬ chaser chaserJotkey Jotkey Sweet is expected to resume riding at the coming Gravesend meeting meetingJockeys Jockeys Notter and Gilbert will be sent to Brook dale farm tomorrow to ride the AVhitney yearlings in their trials trialsThe The extra grand jury for Kings county recently summoned by Governor Hughes at the request of Assistant District Attorney Elder to deal with the race track eases at Sheepshead Bay has been dis ¬ solved for lack of material to work on onThe The stewards of the Jockey Club held a meeting in the clubhouse at Sheepshead Bay thi afternoon Only routine matters were discussed such as the siPIK intment of otlicials to act at the coming Graves end and Belmont Park meetings meetingsA A sign of the limes Bedouin entered to be sold for 1000 in a selling race and getting away witli it without being bid up The respective managements of the Jamaica and Vqueduct tracks announce that they will positively race as usual and that they will give substantial overnight purses and handicaps The stewards of the National Steeplechase and Huut Association also held a meeting at which a number of owners trainers jockeys and horses who participated at the Jamestown meeting last year were reinstated reinstatedIt It was authoritatively announced today by a repre ¬ sentative of former congressman Timothy I Sulli ¬ van that a new race track will be built and in oper ¬ ation at a point on Lake Michigan near Union Pier Michigan ly or before the middle of next month It Is said there will be no Interference by the stale nr local authorities with the forthcoming fall meet ¬ ing Betring under the laws of the state of Miehi in is a misdemeanor punishable on conviction by tine onlv not exceeding 100 100Th Th United Hunts Club may hold its meeting on the dates repudiated by Brighton Beach BeachCellie Cellie Park is negotiating for the two big grand t lands at Brighton Beach and the annanncement of Hielr sale to the big athletic association is expected expectedIt It Is reported that Trance will be retired for the Season
