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SWEEP MEETS EIRST DEFEAT JAMES R. KEENES CRACK COLT BEATEN IN GREAT TRIAL STAKES. Unable to Make Weight Concessions Demanded. He Is Led at Finish by Dalmatian and Love-tie Fitz Herbert Has a Walkover. New York, July 3. Sweep, the hitherto unbeaten juvenile idol of the metroiwlitan race-going public, sustained Ills first defeat in tho Great Trial Stakes at Sheepshead Bay today. James R. Kccnes great colt was added at the eleventh hour and. penalized for preceding stake yictories. carried the crushing Impost of 130 pounds. Probable lack of condition and forcing the pace in the teeth of a gale from start to finish, caused him to tire and eventually succumb to a pair of more seasoned and lightly weighted opponents in Dalmatian and Lovetie. The strong breeze that quartered the stretch, whirled up clouds of dust and blew stltlly in the faces of horses and jockeys, was the one condition at the magnificent Coney Island Jockey Club course today that made for any hindrance of sport of the best kind. Otherwise everything was perfect. The track was at its best, the sky was cloudless and it was just the sort of an afternoon to attract a record patronage. The attendance exceeded 15.000. Despite the almost prohibitive odds Sweep was heavily backed in the Great Trial Stakes.i He flattered his backers for three-quarters of the distance and then retired after his exhausting effort to maintain the pace. Much buffeting about ty Lovetie. his nearest attendant, contributed to his defeat. Mrs. L. A. Livingstons gigantic Rancocas-bred colt, after having raced the favorite into exhaustion, himself fell a victim to S. C. Hildreths stout-hearted Ethelbert youngster. Dalmatian. The victor enjoyed the best of racing luck, was well served by the pace and, under V. Powers vigorous urging, got up to win in the last stride. S. C. Hildreth. the fortunate owner of the winner, said that Dalmatian, once on terms with an oppo nent, dislikes to exert himself further, and is inclined to loaf, which explains why he wins by a small margin, no matter how inferior the company. Many thought, however; that Lovetie should have won today. J. E. Madden dodged the issue with Fayette, and the great Fitz Herbert had a walkover for the Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes, at one mile and a half. The Ethelbert three-year-old a-ppenred m !? track with V. Powers up -and went over the course in what proved to be a final public trial for the Lawrence Realization on July 13. The mile and a half was traversed in 2:371. The pace was evenly sustained throughout. At no stage of the long journey was the exquisitely trained racer extended, and lie emerged from his brilliant performance In such shape that lie was a thoroughly cooled out horse less than half an hour later. Though named to start In the Commonwealth Handicap on Monday tho probability is that Fitz IIerlert will be withdrawn, as lie has a much more valuable engagement to fill in tho Lawrence Realization the following week. It was V. Powers superb horsemanship that enabled Nimbus to score by a few inches in tho opening sprint. A majoTity of the nine contestants engaged helped to make the race one of the most interesting of turf spectacles. Reginald prevailed In runaway fashion over a big field of jumpers in the Perion Steeplechase. If Kentucky Beau, the runner-up. should develop into a skillful fencer, he will be nnleatalle at the game. He has all the earmarks of a cross-country champion. Footpad, pronounced a counterpart of Fitz Herbert, won the selling affair over the turf course. Yankee Daughters close second was in line with her in and out running on the coast last winter. As good as 00 to 1 was quoted against Chickasaw, winner of the two-year-old dash .that came last on the card. Very few got on at this price, however. The Pontiac colt was the medium of one of the biggest and most sensational betting coups of the season. J. L. Mc-Ginnis. piqued at not being let in on the good thing, boosted the winners selling price from ,000 to ,500 before he stopped. The stable protected the youngster with the customary advance of . The stewards of the Coney Island Jockey Club issued the following ruling today: "In relation to the fifth race of July 2, won by the horse Beanclere. the jockey license of G. Lynch and the trainer license of T. W. Coulter are suspended and further entries of T. W. Coulter refused pending further investigation." J. E. Madden received a cablegram from Paris announcing that fifteen mares sent abroad by him last spring were sold at auction today for 2,000. Detective, the three-year-old Lawrence Realization candidate, a recent arrival from Canada, worked a sensational trial for the big race at Sheepshead Bay this morning. He traversed the first mile and a half in 2:32 and pulled up the mile and five furlongs in 2:47. Charles Boyle is training the colt.
