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FLYING TO ADDED STARTER PRINCE GAL TAKES HANDICAP FEATURE AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY. f . Hose Queen Gives Marvelous Exhibition of Speed, tut Fails to Stay Waldo Beaten in Raco with Mature Horses. New York, Septemler 1. Prince Gal. an added starter, won the Flying Handicap, the chief feature at. Sheepshead Bay today, after a seemingly hopeless chase of Rose Queen, which had raced into and maintained a sensational lead over her adversaries during the first six furlongs of the running. The Kingston fillys wonderful speed caused the spectators to marvel. It seemed incredible that anv horse in training could so easily run away from such a speedy sprinter as Tim Pippin. The hilling pace caused him to stop so badly, however, that th two trailers. Arondack and Practical, far behind in the early running, were right with her at the end and going so fast that both passed her a stridj or so after tlie finish. Rose Oueen ran like a quarter horse going 1eymd his distance. Tim Pippin emerged from the race in lwd shaix? and report has it that he may not again fact; the starter this season. Sententious was also an added starter after having raced once before during the afternoon. This is the first time this year that ti horse has been started twice on the same day. The card, while again numerically weak, was strong iu quality and provided interesting and attractive racing. The comparatively small number of starters in each event made true run races the rule. Interest was tremendously enhanced by the presence of Waldo in the introductory dash, at six and a half furlongs. After wholesale withdrawals, the race seemed a gift for the seasons acclaimed two-year-old champion, yet to the superficial observer. Rialto beat him in decisive fashion. Whether Waldo was defeated on his merits is a mooted question. Certainly the diminutive Gamer proved wholly inadequate in handling him. The big. lumbering colt was unprepared and pulling up in stumbling fashion at the start, and did not get into his stride until too late to render his ltelatcd challenge effective. I low far Waldo -was handicapped in the early stages may be gleaned from the fact that such an ordinary racer as Sententious led him for more than half.of the running. Jood horses anil exciting contention marked the indecision of the mile race.- named the Brigadier, aftc - ttWiUlmont gelding which-for years held the mile record over the Sheepshead Bay course. Ethorial and Arcite were1 the conspicuous horses- of class engaged ami they alternated as favorites- in the betting. The latter had the call at post time. Hi. work for the nice had lieen a mile in 1:40. done easily on Monday morning. He ran a good race, but was unable to concede the weight and succumbed to his younger opponent, which is rounding into a likely lopnotcher. Etherial did not show his good two-year-old form until late, and he may be a horse that shows better in the fall. Ostend continued his unbeaten eastern racing record bv defeating a quintet of juvenile opponents in the third race, at six and a half furlongs over the main course. That tint Ogden gelding shows a glimpse of stake class every time he starts is the opinion of observing horsemen. The field of starters in the long-distance race over the turf course was numerically the strongest of the cant. It. 1... Thomas County Clerk, a newcomer iu these parts, was the hot tip of the race, but he proved entirely deficient in speed. The winner turned up in Bonnie Kelso, which ran like a good one. The long-distance rater. Albert Star, one of the extreme outsiders in the betting, finished a good second, with Belleview a beaten-otr third. The last-named horse has trained off completely since changing hands at Saratoga. Billiard Ball showed himself to be a two-year-old of quality by his victory over Jacquclina. Democrat and Scarus in the closing race. The Jean Bereaud Miss Jordan youngster looks the part of a crackerjack and. according to former owner Pat Dunne, had been more highly tried than any two-year-old that experienced horseman ever trained, including even the great Flying Dutchman. The races received increased patronage today. The weather was clear, but there was a tinge of autumn in the atmosphere. There were minors current that Schuyler Parsons was in favor of adopting stringent measures to reduce or restrict or even suppress betting at the track, but had been dissuaded from carrying them into effect. The Pinkertons are unusually alert in enforcing the law. During the past three days a half-dozen Imokmakers clerks have been ejectiil from the course for failure to comply with regulations. K. 11. Jennings, the reputed owner of Billiard . Ball, hails from Gencseo, X. Y., and was introduced to the turf by It. F. Carman. W. C. Edwards, secretary of the Metropolitan Jockey Club, announced today that twelve stakes would be programmed for Jamaicas fall meeting. Particulars and conditions will be sent out next week.
