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BEATEN BUT NOT DISGRACED 1 JACK ATKIN SUCCUMBS TO THE LIGHTLY WEIGHTED HALF SOVEREIGN. Excessive Impost and Cuppy Going Contribute to Do-feat of Sains Greatest Son Colinct Beats Donau and The Fad in Special Contest. iy New York, July 31. Yonkers closing day o racing was marked by the first defeat at the meeting of Barney Schreibers great racer. .Tack Atkin. It was only after a particularly brilliant effort, considering the stiutendous weight of KK pounds carried, that the great sprinter succumbed to August Bel-monts lightly weighted lilly, Half Sovereign, in the Mount Vernon Handicap, at one mile, worth .!J5 net to the winner, and the chief feature of a splendid card. A quintet of fast horses were engaged, including, besides the pair mentioned. Arondack. Tony Bonei-o and Iraetical. Despite the severe handicap of weight, distance and cuppy going. .Tack Atkin ruled favorite against the held and had a numerous and loyal public following. The wonderful son of Sain El Salado was conceding from 15 to 39 pounds to his adversaries. The winners weight concession from him was i!U pounds. Essentially a sprinter and striding over anything but firm footing the Missouri-bred racers failure was nevertheless chiefly attributed to his jockeys premature pacemaking. The favorite exhibited his recently contracted habit of dwelling at the start, went somewhat wide on tlx? iirst turn and cut down Tony Boneros flying lead too quickly. Although he impressively dominated the middle running Half Sovereigns close -and iersistent proximity at all stages prepared the favorites adherents for ultimate defeat. Arondack. ibeaten only a length after having met with serious early interference, shared almost equally with Jack Atkin in the real glory of the struggle. The tabled history of the Mount Vernon Handicap, flrst run for in 1907, is as follows: Year. Winner. A. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. lOOitQuadrille 5 10i Moesel ,020 l:09f. l.XISMack .Atkin ..4 132 Notter 2,390 1:404 190011. Sovereign. 4 10S E. Dugair. . 1,925 1:39 tAt short three-quarters mile. At one mile. The specially arranged race, at live and a half furlongs, for the stars of the juvenile division, furnished a thrilling and spectacular contest. The field was composed of Collner, Donau. The Fad and th inconsequential Ilacide. It was meant to" Ik; a trl-cornered affair and a test of supremacy between the bet of the youngsters developed at ""the Yonkers meeting, and so it turned out. "The trio of cracks furnished excitingly keen contention from first to last. The result remained in doubt until in the last few strides Colinet drew out and won going away from his pair of excessively used and exhausted pacemaking opponents. Donau was particularly unlucky in the matter of , suicidal pacemakiug forced on him by his jockey in the deep going on the inner rail. The largest crowd seen at the meeting came out this afternoon to enjoy the getaway program. The weather was propitious. The hot sun hail accomplished wonders in putting the track in shaio. but the effects of yesterdays rainstorm were still visible, and the cuppy going prevailed. Favorites were in eclipse in the lirst and last races. Queen Marguerites convincing victory in the fifth was regarded as additional evidence that she had not been defeated on her merits by Earls Court last Wednesday. It was the winners fourth appearance under colors within the week. The Yonkers meeting has been remarkable for the success of western horses, owners and jockeys. The record of fifteen firsts achieved during the sixteen days of the meeting by II. G. BcdwoHs horses has not been equaled on a metropolitan track in the past decade. Taplin, the stable jockey, rode all of Bed-wells representatives, but was a dismal failure on outside mounts. His handling of Don Enrique and Madman this afternoon evoked much criticism, and the running of the latter was not taken too seriously. Jockey Bergen complained to the stewards that bis horse, St. Joseph, had lioen fouled by Itclleview. the winner of the last race. The Marrone horses right stille was badly bruised from contact with the fence. Acting .Sheriff Scherp, who has been continuouslv on duty to enforce the law regarding betting, declares that lie is sure there was no violation of the law during the Yonkers meeting. As the session progressed money was wagered freely, if unostentatiously. ISets were made publicly and the layers displayed their odds conspicuously by holding their programs face outward as in the old days. The liest authorities agree that a conviction would be Impossible under the present system of betting. Twelve Haggin yearlings that recently returned to the United States from England have been turned over to Charles Littlclield for training.
