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LAST DAY AT SHEEPSHEAD KING JAMES WINS THE ANNUAL CHAMPION IN A FIERCE DRIVE WITH FALCADA Mediant Leads from Start to Finish in the Great Eastern Handicap Ironsides Takes the Westbury Now York September 12 hisliclass and diver ¬ sified program was provided for the closing day of the Coney Island Jockey Clubs racing season of 1IOS It contained three big fixtures including the Anmiiil Champion the Great Eastern the most important handieap for twoyearolds exclusively and tin Weslbiiry Steeplechase over the full course In addition to this trio of great turf events there were an equal nnniher of attractive overnight races in which u nuinlier of the best horses in training were engaged The smallest field of the afternoon was in the Annual Champion Kins James Fal cada Doranti and Chief Brant Not one of the contestants had ever been tried out over this dis ¬ tance and while King lames was at all times iiuoted and accorded support at odds on there were any number ready to take a chance on Fal cada and Dorante to beat him The real betting on the race however was conliued to backing Fal cada and Dorante for place at 4 to 5 each eachTodays Todays Annual Champion was the poorest from a time standpoint of any yet run Shilling had evi ilejitly been told to wait with Kins James and imme ¬ diately proceeded to overdo riding instructions 1n silile to keep in behind any of the others with King James he was forced to make the pace and made it very slowly for the first half which was covered at about a twominute rate The small Held maintained fairly close order for two miles and then simultaneously moved forward with a rush The ffvorite survived after a terrific and spectacular driving struggle with Falcada in which the result was in doubt up tn almost the very last stride The favorite which seemed beaten for more than a furlong of the stretch thrilled the spectators with his bulldog courage The race was satisfying enough from a spectacular stand ¬ point and 8OOO racegoers present voiced their en ¬ thusiasm with vigor vigorFollowing Following is the condensed history of the Annual 3K4 Stalwart 113 Redfern 19030 54 = 1903 Sysonby 115 Nicol 20530 54 11100 Accountant 115 J Martin 19745 555 1907 Salvidere 99 E Dngan 20550850 1903 King James 102 CIIShilg 20550401 A splendid collection of youngsters tried conclu ¬ sions in the Great Eastern Handicap at six furlongs The field named overnight was reduced to eight starters by the withdrawal of Helmet and there was considerable disappointment thereat This left Hilarious alone to represent James It Keene It was the assumption that the stable had every cou lidence in his ability to disjiose of his formidable ppositiou that caused the misguided public to back Jiim at short odds In the rivjiniug Hilarious failed ignomlnloiisly The honor and glory of winning fell 1 Mediant which is probably the most exquisitely forpied and most iHiiiiliful thoroughbred in the country She dominated the running throughout and achieved a cantering victory that electrified the spectators August Belnionts Field Mouse came fast from the rear and was a game second while Bobbin decisively outstayed the remainder of the starters for third place placeThe The tabled history of the Great Eastern Handicap since follows Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1900 Beau Gallant 107 Biillman 5S50 112 112l0t l0t Endnrce by Kight12i5 J Woods 5S50 11 11J9O2 J9O2 Golden Maxim 115 Landry 5925 l14f 1110 Lady Amelia 114 J Martin 5850 112 3904 Tradition 12S Lyne 5925 1115 1905 Burgomaster i0 Hildebrand 585 112 Sewell 10S Sewell 5S30 1 lOi 1907 Meelick 120 E Dngan STS30 lij lij7UOS 7UOS Mediant 10S I Met thy 5850 11U 11UDistance Distance increased In 1901 from Futurity Course to 4 mile mileThe The Westbury Steeplechase produced a chapter of accidents Sanctus and Bayonet both opening choices coming to grief at the difficult liverpool Agent bolted the course at a critical moment and this left Ironsides and Bat to come home alone aloneThe The condensed history of the Westbury Stccple hase since 1900 is as follows followsYear Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time 3900 Plato 4 140 Heider 1370528 1901 Kinziber 4 IM Veitch 1410519 3902 Self Protection7 14 Mr Page MEi 111 1905 Land of Clovers 10 Veitch 19505203 1904 Good Plentyr IVI Bay 2775509 1905 Jimmy Lane 5 150 Owens 2725510 1900 Balzac C 150 Hueston 2875 512 J907 512J907 Sher WIHiams4 l7 Donohne 2825510 2825510I90S I90S Ironsides 5 137 J Lynch 1520 512 512Tom Tom McGraths victory in the introductory sprint with ISO pounds on his back and in very fast time ffectually explodes the theory entertained here ¬ tofore weightThis that lie could not carry heavy weight This was Tony Boneros day judging by the convincing ease in which ho disposed of a number if highclass racers including Stamina Dandelion janoscara Tourenne and others iu the mile and i sixteenth grass course dash dashBedouin Bedouin wound up a brilliant afternoons sport by defeating five opponents at a mile in l 8i This old gelding always runs best in the fall and is to be regarded seriously from now on onE E J Camp chief promoter and president of the new race track venture near New Buffalo Mich was a visitor at Sheepshead Bay today Mr Camp said that the coming meeting will begin about the Hirst of October and continue from thirty to forty Hive days or as long as the weather will permit Accommodations for 000 horses will be built and iready for early occupancy A wooden grandstand will serve the purposes for this season This will HM replaced by a tecl structure next year which will be ready in time for the spring meeting of 390 One hundred and fifty teams from Gary Ind t egan the work of track building yesterday H I ISrown has been engaged to do the starting and will leave for New Buffalo next week to assist iu the work of construction Mr Brown wired today to have his starting machines shipped up from Cin ¬ cinnati Ohio where they have been stored The rwsitiou of presiding judge has been offered to Jo Mtli J Burke BurkeThe The famous Ilcrmis was on exhibition iu the pad ¬ dock during the afternoon J B Haggiu said that he very much admired his foals foalsThe The price of admission to Belmont Park has not been decided upon yet It has however been defi ¬ nitely decided to race only on Mondays AVednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays during the two weeks of ahe meeting meetingPermission Permission has been granted to the United Hunts Association to conduct a days racing at its course opposite Belmont Park on Saturday October J This Is one of the days giveu up by Brighton Beach
