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UNWIELDY FIELDS IN EAST SEVERAL RACES AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY WITH SUPERABUNDANCE OF STARTERS. Best Horse Prevails in Each Instance, However Louise Welles Fails to Run Ba.ck to Her Sensational Debut at Saratoga. New York. September 7. From the viewpoint of entries, todays Ciird at Sheepshead Bay was the heaviest of the meeting. The lirst. second and sixth laces were overburdened with starters, but notwithstanding the unwieldy lields, the best horses Fountain Square. Queen Marguerite and Arondack were respectively first at the finish. The last named, nearly left at the post, made a remarkable run to victory through the last quarter of the homestretch, coming from last place in the final sixteenth po swiftly and unexpectedly that not one spectator in live took cognizance of her advent on the scene of the finish. The Sapphire, for two-year-olds, was the principal feature programmed. A quintet of ifast juveniles participated in this event, including Pretend. Billiard Ball. Little King. Sandrian and Ixmise Welles. On the strength of her sensational debut at Saratoga. Rome. Itespess filly was made favorite in the betting ring. On the theory that one swallow does not make .a summer, the local betting contingent played all around her In casting a lion t for a winner and the result justified their judgment, as Louise Welles finished absolutely last, after having ruined the chances of more than one of her opponents. Itespess diminutive apprentice, K. Martin, dominated the running with bis mount until she was exhausted. Then he plied the whip and, with. Happing lines, the filly ran amuck, inflicting considerable damage to the horses outside of her. Billiard Ball, most seriously affected by the interference, subsequently fell a victim to the luckily served Pretend, which drew out in the final sixteenth to win going away. Sandrian was also a sufferer from Louise Welles deflection from a straight course, being impeded so abruptly that his jockey was compelled to pull him up. , ! Jockey Creevys ride on iBeaucoup, winner of the handicap at a mile and an eighth, was marked bv extraordinary patience. Because of the slow early pace, which placed Norbitt at a great disadvantage, the race resolved itself into a final quarter of a mile sprint, ,. in -which the Montpelier horse .was particularly well served. - Arcite, the only othe1-contestant, ran poorly enough to suggest absolute unfitness for starting. The betting truthfully rt-llected liisi lack of condition. Thie defeat of Nimbus, over the grass course, furnished the first big upset of the meeting. George Odoms gelding was backed for large sums at odd-; of 1 to -1, as he seemed a certainty. Gliding Belle was able to maintain such close and persistent pursuit of his fast pace that he weakened in the final strides and allowed the Stliulte filly to get up to win by the narrowest of margins. Goldfinn and Orphan Lad were lieaten off from the first. Weather and track conditions were perfect for this time of the year and despite the off-day character of the card the attendance was good. Another large force of extra plain clothes men. thirty-four in number, was on hand, but. as on previous occasions, no violation of the betting rules was discovered and they had little to do. The Ostend night-riding incident was still the subject of gossip. One story had it that the arrested men have confessed. Another report is that the price received by the miscreants was 0 apiece.
