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CROTONA TO MARY DAVIS DAUGHTER OF WATERCRESS AND COLONIAL RUNS SPARKLING RACE IN EAST. Triumphs Over Some of Fleetest Sprinters in Training — Golden Sand Graduates from Maiden Class by Taking Juvenile Race. New York. May 17. — Mary Davis was winner of the Crotona Handicap over tin- three-quarters of I mile straight use at Belmont Park this afternoon. She ran the distance in 1:11 j to lieat Magazine and • •Id Dreamer. Tin- race m.is a smashing good one and Hie Watercress til ly had something left at the end after coming on hi the last furlong. Besom, the pai-cuiaker. quit, badly, and Magazine was forced to ! • his Ix-st tn stand off Dreamer, which came with a great rush M the outside. Field Mouse. August Belmonts representative in the raee. ran disappointingly ami pulled up a poor last. The tabulated history of the Crotona Handicap since 19011 is as follows: Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. UN Mark Cheek 3 110 Clawsou ....200 1:142 1!H»I King I.ief .! 107 T. Burns .. 1.310 1:18 19 i2 did England...:! KIW OConnor .. 1.390 1:14 IMS Lux Casta 4 115 Odom 1..X00 1:14 MM Hurst Park ...4 118 Odoui 1.73 ll:14 1MB Wild Mint :: 115 T. Burns .. 1.080 1:1. l!«Mi Aeronaut 4 12o Kadtke 2.8*8 1:1--. i;*« 7 Suffrage 4 li:i W. Miller.. 2.200 1:121 1MB .lack Atkin 4 137 C. H. Shilg 2.07 1:881 VMtit Harrigan :: Kit; Butwell ... 1.000 1:11* 1H1II .Marv Davis. ..4 Hr, M. McGce.. 735 1:1 1« Bun at Morris Park previous to 1905. Apart from the stake feature the card was rather ordinary, though the steeplechase brought about a good context and went to Black Bridge, the favorite, after King Castle had broken down at the last fence. At the lime King Castle was giving the winner a game battle and might liave licatcii him to the finish but for the mishap. Brendan was the only one of the starters to fall, and he did not go down, until throe jumps from the finish of the four-leen-jntup course. tioiileti Sand showed herself to be a stuart filly u hen Mi. won from a big band, for she repeatedly swerved from one side of the track to the other. but always had sufficient speed euoiugll to run her «rrutic coarse in front. Warbler, the one to run second, was at .".» t.i 1 in the bettiug and the race suggests that she is a good one. In. the race for maiden colts. Towton Field was equaj choice with feather Duster and won handily enough. Amalli was best and with batter racing fortune, would have Iteaten him home. Fashion Plate, most recent winner of the Metro poliian. is one of the latest victims of the epidemic • ■I influenza that is sweeping I he racing; -tables on Long Island. The horses in the assart stable arc :-|so re|H.rl.-d to be seriously affected. Sweep was reported to Ik- in improved condition tMl.iy . but it is not thought probable that he will start i!i the Withers. Dandelion is on the sick list. The old campaigner-is suffering with gastric trouble and was in a serious condition Faaajr. The Withers Stakes, for three-year-olds, one mile, to be run for the thirty seventh time nest Saturday, bids fair to be an interesting contest. If all the best eligihh-s face the starter, the qmilitv of the held will excel that of any three-yeaj-old stakes recently run in this country. 1sually the Withers has liecn rather easy picking for souk- star colt. lot in years gone bv such great horses as Colin. Frank Gill. Delhi. Compute. The Parad«*r. Jean Be reaud. Octagon. Handspring. Domino. IV.iumauy. Sir Dixmi. Hanover and lo-orge Kinney were among the winners. James It. Keenes Hilarious wus victorious last year, easily disposing of Joe Madden and Fayette, while in IVmis. Colin t« ok the measure of Fair Play and King .lames. Colins share of the stakes was 2,000, the top notch, but the winner of next Saturdays race will take down about ojc fourth of that amount. J. B. Keenes Sweep is reported ailing and Mr. Keeiie probably will have to depend on his other eligible. "Jiasinere. S. C. Hildriths Dalmatian, by Kiln Ibeit -I— Is. is highly regarded by his owner and a majority of turf regulars. Dalmatian has de vclopcd into a su|M-rl. three-year-old and Hidreth thinks the colt may show many of Fitz Herberts qualities. Dalmatian was coughing last week, but he seems to have recovered anil Mr. Hildreth will probablv start him. The Silver Brook Farm has a formidable candidate in The Turk. !.. Ibno Jrac.lle. This colt has started twice Sanaa the opening of flu- season, winning the Arverne and Williainsburgh Stakes in the most inipre-MV fashion, The Turk, fat those events, displayed I ulldog coinage as well as phenomenal speed and beal Crasmerc. Everett, tsamlrian. King Olympian. Duke of Ormonde and Prince Imperial, all Wither* . ligibl.s. Prince Imperial, the Orlando — Dixoletta colt, has improved mater .ally since then, however for his race in the Mutro,Kjlitau Handicap IhsI Friday, ev.-n though he carried the proverbial feather, was a sterling |«orfonnance. James M.-Mamiv will start his M.-iblW-r colt. Roeky OBrien, and thinks he will win. The Oruiondale Stables Duke of Ormonde, by Orstui — Sajita Bella. a fair sort of a horse, will be aiming the starters. B. T. Wilson. Jr.s eligibles are Candleberrv and Badiuin Star. August Beliiioiit"s colors will lie carried by StarlMittle. a chestnut son of Hastings — Kiiutixh. which comes from Carney. S. .. in snlcn-ilbl trim. Others in the list of etUfchs ar- S. C. Austin- Charlie Hargrave. by Solitaire II. — Aya: John F. Maddens Hampton Court, bv Galon — Doroth HiaMn; .Ian es Hewitts Pulka. bv Ogcbn - La Poka: B I.. Marks Turret, bv una nl —Tower of Onto; Qiiincy Stables Sandrian and Everett. ami Barnev S hreibers Sager. a promising son of Baiinockhurn and Miss Marion.
