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LIVELY AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY FINE STAKE RACING BIG ATTENDANCE AND MUCH BIDDING FEATURES OF THE DAY Firestone Takes the Omnium Handicap in Track TrackRecord Record Time Harrigan Wins tho thoGolden Golden Rod Stakes New York September 7 Thomas II Williams PPlendid threeyearold Firestone won tlie twenty fourth renewal of the Omnium Handicap at Sheeps liead Bay today defeating a quintette of genuine vraeks Doraute Royal Tourist Far West and Tony Bonero in a common canter and incidentally smashing the track record for the distance of the race one mile and a furlong by oneIifth of a second Firestone got away absolutely last on the Inside but so dazzling was his speed that it was a Jiiere moment before be bud established a command ¬ ing lead over the others The colt fairly flew over the ground and before half of the journey was tra versed his strenuously imrsniug opponents began to whow signs of legweariness and in at least the two instances of Far West and Tony Bonero abandoned the pursuit From the beginning of the stretch turn until the linish line was passed Firestones jockey wus busily engaged in alternately tugging at the lines and looking back at tlie striving horses and riders iu bis rear For the cuppr track conditions overywhcre and the particularly diflicult going next the inner mil which enforced running far out in the middle of the track as well as for the supreme vase in which lie won Firestones achievement today deserves to rank with the best of the meeting The time of the race in view of tlie unfavorable stale of the course following the heavy rains of the night before seemed also unbelievable and jockey Butler was hardly able to credit it itFirestone Firestone was only galloping easily and wanted to run away with inc I took a hard pull on him right after I got into the lead and kept waiting for some of the others to come along and make the Dace if they wanted to When finally none of Them showed near me after what seemed the longest kind of wait I 4got anxious and began to wonder what had become of such awfully fast horses as Tony Bonero and Royal Tourist I then looked back and had to laugh They all seemed to lie standing still BO I commenced to pull Firestone up JJi is certainly the fastest horse I ever rode The rodeThe Omnium Handicap is an old fixture first run Vor iu 1SS5 Its history since IIOO is given below Y ar Winner AWt Jockey Val Time 3900 Potenle 5 102 McCue 1950152 1901 Herbert 4 122 L Smith 1950 lSJ 1902 Colonel Bill K Shaw 1050 152J 1 3 HiHKmlnericeV 94 Hlggins 2100 152 15311K15 IMM Colonial Girl 107 W Davis 35SO 1531 1K15 Proper 5 127 Hildebrand 3Srr 153 1531SHH8 1SHH8 Proper fi 113 L Williams 3720 154J 1907 Bkdle Nymph4 107 Notter 32SO 152 1008 Firestone 3 100 J Butler 1425 151 151Harrigan Harrigan captured the other stake fixture the iiptly named Golden iRod for twoyearolds on the Krass course This was almost as onesided an affair as the Omnium the winner pulling ills jockey almost from the saddle from start to linish Harrigan was bought iu by his owner after M Kraus had bid him up from 2100 to 3500 As a matter of fact every one of tiie winners of three selling races run on during the afternoon was boosted Tom Mc lirath in the opener was advanced from 1500 to 2100 and bought by his former owner H R Brandt and Milford in the fifth was knocked down to I C Johnsons bid of SI 500 which was a raise f SSOO over and above the Fizcr threeyearolds selling price priceTlie Tlie Golden Rod Stakes was first run for in 1891 and won by Ed Corrigans Lew Weir The stakes history since 1900 is tabled below Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1900 Bellark 115 Maber 1C40 1211 1901 Homestead lloo H Cochran lOSO 121 1902 Sergeant 112 OConnor 2300 l20j 1903 Highball 122 Fuller 2330121 VH14 2330121VH14 Olseau 115 Lyne 2350 ll i 1905 AVhinisitil 112 Hildebrand 2975 121 121190C 190C Tourcnne 105 c Koss 2C25 120J 1907 Johnnie Blake 122 Nicol 25251203 25251203190S 190S Harrigan 108 Xottcr 1050 l21g l21gThistlcdale Thistlcdale far outclassed his opposition in the steeplechase and won as the market about him in ¬ dicated that be would It was reserved for the losing race to furnish an astounding upset in the success of Harry Payne Whitneys Hamburg Daisy F gelding Field Daisy which led two such good ones as Miss Kearney and Practical every foot of tlie six and a half furlongs journey Only journeyOnly 10000 holiday visitors saw todays glorious racing Last year the attendance was estimated at 40000 Had there been betting the occasional race ¬ goer would have benefited financially with the suc ¬ cess of the four favorites and one second choice The weather was perfect and many of the specta ¬ tors had apparently never been inside of a race track before This may be due to the extensively adver ¬ tised absence of betting bettingAll All of the Wcstchester Association stakes will be run off at the coming Belmont Park meeting Rac ¬ ing will be given on only four possibly five days a week Until the attendance warrants it there will be racing only on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Saturday SaturdayThe The Annual Champion Stakes of next Saturday will be decided at its full advertised value of 25000 James R Kecne was the only owner who had elig ¬ ible candidates for the big race who was willing to accede to the request of the Coney Island Jockey Club to have it reduced in value to 10000 Mr Kecne announced that Ballot would not start any ¬ way in the two mile and a quarter race Ballot would have to carry 127 pounds to King James 102 mid experts predict for the former certain defeat should he tackle the crack threeyearold under this weight arrangement There arrangementThere is a rumor that the Jockey Club will take ¬ over tlio Brighton fall meeting of six days and race it for the benefit of the horsemen horsemenHenry Henry M MrDanlel rDanlel will campaign a formidable stable of racers at Oakland tlie coming winter forty all told including a numl cr of grand coming twoyear olds oldst t R Kllisun is also buying horses for California racing He began with Don Knrhpic today Of important jokey engagements for the coast Joseph Votter will be retained by lioth O R Kllison and J L MeGinnls and Kdilie Dugaii has been engaged by S C Hiidreth as first jockey jockeyRosebens Rosebens weight in the Flight Stakes on Thurs ¬ day is 122 pounds poundsChicago Chicago OBrien has been restored to favor at Sheepshead Bay He was asked to remain away lust Saturday under a misapprehension that he was betting on the races
