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BROOKLYN DERBY CLOSE FIT SAM HILDRETHS JOE MADDEN BEATS FORMER STABLEMATE BY A HEAD. Fayetto FinaJly Runs Up to Expectation — Waldo Carries 129 Pounds to Victory in Race Horso Fashion in the Tremont Stakes. New York. June If. — Weather and track conditio** were ideal and 10.000 race goers viewed the decision of the splendid half-holiday card at OraVesend today wllh absorbing and sustained interest. Two of the Brooklyn Jockey Clubs oldest annual events, the Treuioiit Stakes and the Brooklyn Derby, which had their inaugural running with the first meeting of the club In 1S.H7. wen- the chief attractions. The juvenile race developed unexpectedly into a one -iib-d affair, with Waldo, despile a heavy impost of IfiP pounds, the dominant factor throughout. On the other hand the Derby, which on paper seemed a gift for Joe Madden, barely escaped resulting in -a fluke defeat for S. C. Hildreth* colt. The singularly running Fayette thrilled the Spectator* by disputing every foot of the long mile and a half journey with the favorite. While the race signally enhanced layettes reputation as a race horse, it was universally conceded that had the race been truly tub. with a normal pace. Joe Maddens margin of victory would have been appreciably greater. County Fair. the only oilier starter, made an abnormally slow-pace for a mile and an eighth. Then the raeV resolved itself into a three-furlongs sprint between the two choices to Hie finish. With an advantage of a length and a half and an earlier beginning Fayette just failed by a head of beating his rated rival. Fayettes Derby distance trial took place at Sheepsbead Bay Thur-day and was done easily in Phe introductory sprint was contested bv twentv platers. Hie biggest field of tie meeting. Tim Pippin, a quick breaker and a fast horse, struggled out of the ruck at the start and had Hie race won then and there. Inlike the old-time custom in such cases. Sanctu-xvas not required to actually gollop the two-mile and a half cross-country cotinte of the Empire Stat" Steeplechase to get the abbreviated first money. If simply trolled up to the stewards stand, -w/ re his lackey weighed in. and was then officially Bard.-, I the race. Waldos triumph in the Tremont Stakes s par ticularly brilliant, and he is now gene v eon sidered a worthy opponent of James It. Keenc-untH.iten colt. .Sweep. The concluding three overnight races produced varied and interesting sport. All three winaefa, HTTI-Top. Sandriao and Do Mund. were well backed good things in llnir respective races-. De ilunds performance was especially impressive.
