Tremont A Wonderful Race: Lord Brighton Snatches Victory When Apparently Beaten.; Striking Ovation for Winner--Hand Grenade Defeats Borrow in Brookdale Handicap., Daily Racing Form, 1918-07-07

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TREMONT A WONDERFUL RACE Lord Brighton Snatches Victory VictoryWhen When Apparently Beaten Striking Ovation for Winner Hand Grenade Defeats Borrow Borrowin in Brookdale Handicap Now York July i The Tremont Stakes served as the premier iUrietioi it Aipieduct today and resulted in a wonderful contest Asked to go three quarters for tlie first time this year u representa ¬ tive liand of twoyearolds furnished a spectacular nice The greatest ovation given a winner this year was accorded Lord Brighton when lie returned to the scales after a victory which was snatched from Sweep On in tlic final strides after the Coo candidate had apparently won the nice niceHenry Henry A Porters My Friend was the first to show in front closely followed by Lord Brighton At the half the Porter colt was done for and Lord Brighton had t small lead over Sweep On with the MaconilKr representative War Pennant not far away Entering the stretch Sweep On moved into the lead and appeared to have the race it his mercy Such was not the cast however as Lord Brighton lain on tenaciously with Lyke urg ¬ ing the game son of Ballot to his utmost and when Sweep On tired in the final strides the Brighton Stables grand colt dashed to the front and won one of the most sensational races of the year yearThe The Trcmont Stakes was established in 1887 and its interesting history since 1007 is here shown in brief form Year Winner Wt Jockey Vsil Time 1807 King James 115 Radtkc 13200 113 1131JMIS 1JMIS Kayette 111 W Miller llriH 109 1091M9 1M9 Waldo It XIcol 1925 111 1910 Footprint 115 K Dugan 0480 111 1914 Kd Crutwi 11 J Butwcll 1925 113 113l l iri lVa Caddy 107 C Turner 2325 113 113VI10 VI10 Ticket 107 J Itutwoll 3900113 Ill7rold 3900113Ill7rold Tassel 111 A Collins 5250113 1918 Lord Brighton 123 L Lyke 5800 112 112No No racing in 1911 ami 1912 Not run in 1913 Run at Aqueduct in 1914 1915 3910 and 1917 Distance about 34 mile from 1901 to 1910 in ¬ clusive clusiveThe The Rrookdale Handicap fell to Hand Grenade ifter Borrow had made a grand effort to capture the timeIionored fixture Tom McTaggart set a remarkably fast early pace am when lie retired Borrmr moved into the lead with a display of his oldtime speed and gamcness but apparently the effort was too much for the old fellow as he had little left to withstand the fast closing rush of A 1C MacomlKrs Hand Grenade which drew iway and won by a safe margin Borrow just managed to outlast Ilendrie for second place The Weir representative made his move too late or he might have made it interesting for the winner Tickets performance was a big disappointment the followers of Andrew Millers stable the colt being outrun all the way wayThe The Itrookdale Handicap is one of the important astern fixtures the history of which since 1907 be ¬ ing as follows Yeas Winner AWt Jockey Val Time 1907 Zambesi 3 107 W Miller 785 153 1531WS 1WS Grctua Green 4 100 Xotler 3975 152 15215MW 15MW Joe Madden 3 100 E Dugau 1925 154 1910 Fashion Plate 4 100 J Iteid 2300 134 1914 Flying Fairy 4 114 T navies 1895 152 1915 Roamer 4 128 J Butler 2025 150 150VUO VUO Short Grass 8 I F Keogli 2225 15 1 17 Roots 0 127 J Loftus 3850 149 1918 Hand Grenade3 105 M Buxton 3425 149 149No No racing in 1911 and 1912 Not run iu 1913 Run at Gravesend previous to 1914 1914Th Th Glcndale Steeplechase was accounted for by tlie Englishbred jumper The Brook wliich after making a slow pace for two miles indulged St Charlcote with a momentary lead then came again and easily drew away at the end with ISet dis ¬ placing St Charlcote for second place placeLouise Louise V upset calculations by leading all the way in the first race to win by a safe margin Interference on tlie first turn spoiled whatever chalice tins favorite Wheat Cakes may have had Appleton Wiskc was the medium of heavy backing in this race but after si brief display of early speed tired and dropi cd back backThe The field in tlie fifth race was made up of twenty one maidens and Riverside escaping the general crowding resulting from such an nmveildy number of starters led all the way and held Jack of Spades safe ait the end endTerentia Terentia a preitossessing daugliter of Cicero lowered the colors of J K L Ross Dottie Vandiver in the closing race after overcoming a big lead which the Ross filly had secured by a fly lug start startHigh High Born Lady was scratched from the Trcmont Stakes owing to a slight injury which whUe not serious was thought sufficient to cause her with ¬ drawal drawalTlie Tlie Tremont Stakes ran 900 over the guarantee of 0000 Many guaranteed stakes this year have run oter the guarantees guaranteesII II I Brown was a visitor and is enthusiastic regarding the progcss of breeding in Cuba where President Mciiocnl ami other prominent Cubans have entered the industry and sport on a pretentious scale scaleAppleton Appleton Wiske was claimed from the first race liv W Stormont for 1010 1010J J L Jtyer has sold Cum Sah to S C Hildreth on private terms termsJockey Jockey A Johnson was given three days suspen ¬ sion for misconduct it the jiost by the stewards


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