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PALO CHIQUETO SET BACK STEWARDS AT GRAVESEND DISQUALIFY "CHI- CAGO" OBRIENS FILLY. Action Follows Offense of Jockey Glass in Crowding Flying Squirrel Into Rail Muddy Track Conditions in East. New York. Reptcmlier 24. An attractive ami well-balanced card of the off day variety was decided at Cravcscnd tliis afternoon. Despite a steady downiHiur nf rain and resultant: muddy track conditions, the lieldsi were not seriously depleted by scratching. The withdrawals were opportune ratlier than otherwise. The chief incident of the day was the disqualification of T. W. OBriens Ialo Chi-quelo after the California-bred lillv linished first in the two-year-old selling race in front of two such turf celebrities as iMcdallion and Flying Squirrel, and the inconsequential Ilallack. K. L. Thomas fast colt. Flying Squirrel, was making Ills initial appearance m a inetroiHilitan track in this race, and on the strength of his mud-running exploits in the west the public backed him freely at odds-on. Although the start found the favorite backing away from tin? barrier Dugau alertly got bini going in time to get through on tie inside and into the lead in a furious of fast running. While maintaining a liead advantage over Palo Chiqueto under restraint. Flying Squirrel was suddenly crowded into the fence with such force that, horse and rider narrowly escaped going over the rail. Despite Dugans marvelous recovery it was a mere moment liefore the pair were hopelessly last and so far out of it that Dugnn allowed his mount to canter the remainder of the journey. There was a bis rush of people from all parts- of the enclosure to the judges stand in anticipation of immediate disqualification of the winner. Among them were some who confidently expected to gee Flying Squirrel return in bad condition, ns It seemed improbable that he could have survived so bad-looking an accident without serious injuries. As a matter of fact the horse came back without a scratch. Jockey Dusans left lea was painfully bruised and. the plucky rider could hardly mount the stairs loading to the stewards stand to lodge the necessary complaint of foul against Glass. Almost immediately the offending jockey was questioned, presiding steward Dwyer ordered: a rearrangement of . the numbers, which lilaccd Ialo Cliiqueto last. ,R. L. Thomas said that Flying Squirrel did not race with bis customary simoI and dash and that lie was a beaten horse when the crowding occurred. In explanation of his youngsters failure to get away from the post. Mr. Thomas said that liiiui been troubled with bad knees since his return from the Pacific coast and that it was this ailment which prevented him from leading his field in the early running. There was considerable delay at the. post, due to Ialo Chiquetoa anxiety to get away. She broke through the barrier for a half-dozen falsi; breaks. Medallion, which was ultimately awarded first money, ran a sparkling race at the weights, and the opinion prevails that Captain Cassatts 0,000 purchase is returning to his really superior form of last spring. According to betting-ring reports, the owner of Ialo Chiqueto was whip-sawed for a fortune by her interference witli the favorite, and her subsequent disqualification. The report hs that he had big commissions on Flying Squirrel lo win and backed his own filly heavily straight anil place. This piece of misfortune followed the loss of a heavy commission on The Peer at 1 to 12 yesterday. Proceedings began with an easy victory for Dr. Holzberg. Speculation was unusually brisk on this race. The winner, Irince Sal and Racquet alternated as favorites at various stages of the betting. The odds against the Woodbinds-bred horse receded steadily from the opening until as high as 3 to 1 could be bad alout him. The play which developed at the last moment forced bis odds down a point or lira. Close to the pace from the start. Dr. Ilolz-bcrg drew out when straightening away for home and left his tiring opponents as if they were anchored. Belleview won off by himself in the second race, in which the erratic Choirmaster of Chesterbrook and his diminutive rider. Mulligan, were engaged. On this occasion the pair were accorded abundant support bv conservative form players, but proved a dismal failure. The Chesterbrook horse, with flapping lines, and bis midget rider, pelted and blinded by slushy mud, finished third after having run amuck at intervals. It was a ludicrous exhibition on the part of both horse and rider. William Garths Majestic finally succeeded in winning. It is said that the Ogden Matanza filly still bciongs to .T. K. Madden. She raced Malitine. the H to 20 favorite, into submission in the first quarter, and it seemed as if she. too. would come boine alone, but Cathryn Scott closed a big gap in the stretch and might have won with better luck at the outset. The handicap, which came next, proved the best turf spectacle of the program. Its running saw the derisive defeat of High Private in his own particular going by The Squire, and Pins and Needles as well, although the last named owed second position to tin? stupidity and inadequacy of the favorites rider, .1. Itergen. The running emphasized the winners present good form. The favorite pulled up decidedly lame in bis right foreleg and this may prove to be his final appearance in public this season. Merry Knight, making his debut for this season, won the maiden affair for three-year-olds and upward. The Knight of the Thistle Mcrrvtlioiight colt is reputedly a good one. lie is owned and trained by Matt Allen, who trained in former years for "Diamond Jim" Brady. It was Mr. Allens lirst success on the turf in a long time. MasUette will lie added in the Oriental Handicap tomorrow if the track dries out thoroughly. Tonights indications are for more rain, however, and a meeting tietwoen FItz Herbert, king of the three-year-old colts, and Maskette. queen of the fillies, seems remote. Their respective final trials on Thursday at Sheepshcad T!ay for the Oriental were as follows. Maskette I 1-S miles: 233. .Tit. -578. 1:01. 1:12s. 1:2T,:. 1:39.. lr.vijfc. eased up. Fits Herbert appeared shortly afterwards and covered the same distance easily in 2:;j!. ."".J. -IS. 1:01. 1:11. 1:27?.. 1:11. 1 :"!. The exercise lads weighed approximately the same. 125 pounds each. Tom McDowell shipped Iluck. Alanarka. Kings Daughter. Princelike and Star Actor to Louisville this morning. Matt Feakes has had twenty stalls reserved for him at P.elmont Park for the horses of .Mrs. Livingston, which he will ship from Toronto the latter part of this week. H. T. Oxnard shortly will ship bis stallion. Hawks-wick, to France and will offer him for sale there, llawkswick is a brother to Chlldwick, which has earned a reputation as a sire in Europe. It is understood that Mr. Oxnard Is anxious to import some good Kuglish or French stallions to replace llawkswick at Ills stud.
