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Show Son of lermence Victor ai Sheepshead. Irish Lad, the Favorite, Finished Fin-ished Third, The Picket Coming Second. N' EW YORK, Juno 1C. Hormis, owned b3' Edward R, Thomas, easily won thn Suburban handicap nt Sheepshead Sheeps-head Bay "today. The son of Her-menco Her-menco was on Ids toes when the barrier snapped. He crossed in front of six competitors com-petitors from tho outride and passed the Judges' stand In tho lead on his journoy of one and ono-quartor mllos. From tho position of command thus secured on the' rail ho was never headc-d and won under a perfect rldo by Arthur Rcdfern in lhf timo of 2:05 the best on record for the Suburban and two-fifths of a second slower than tho track record of 2:01 3-5, held by McChesnoy. Irish Lad. tho public pub-lic favorite, failed entirely to Justify tho confidence of his backers and finlflhed third nosed out of second honors by The Picket. A great crowd, journeyed to the Long Island race coursp to vjow the twenty-first twenty-first running of the 52070CO classic. Perfect Per-fect racing weather prevailed and more than SO.000 persons had passed through the gates before the hour set for the first raco The crowd grew rapidly until every available point of vantage had leon taken -and even the Infield was dotted with cn-thiwlnsts. jnsn jau wa3 installed ravorite lor tno Suburban at U to 5. Four and 5 m 1 could bo had against Hermls. G against The Picket and the samo against Proper, while Africander and Maj. Dalngerlleld v.-ero without friends at 10 or u0 to 1. The pressure of offerings on Irish Lad was so heavy that I to 10 was aeked when "tho contestants wore called to the post. The field was lined up nnd Font away In perfect order by Starter Fitzgerald. Hermls Her-mls from outside position shot to the front as If hurled from a catapult. Passing the judges' stand ho had secured tho covoled placv on tho rail, with Irish Lad and The Picket closo behind. Tho others did not appear to bo in tho samo class On the racers sped, around tho turn and down tho back stretch, never changing position for an instant. Irish Lad challenged aaln and again, but to no purpose. Ho crept up on the Hying leader repeatedly, but was unable to hold the terrific pace, much less overhaul him. The Picket, the hopo of tho AVesterp and Southern contingent, ran along unconcernedly In third nlace until tho mile post had been reached. Then ho drew up and crept past tho Duryca horse, inch by inch. Ilermls, never toughed by the whip, simply thhw defiance out to tho others In tho dust from his hammering hoofs, and throujjh the stretch ho was not oven challenged. Tho Picket nosed oit Irish T-ad for second money. Proper. Maj. DalngertlCjld and Africander brought up the rear. Had thq winner been pushed ho would have broken tho record for the track with ease. When the. great crowd realized tho splendid exhibition of equine worth shown by tho victory It arose en masse and cheered him wildly, despite the fact that the bookmakers had accepted and won nearly S5CO.O00 on the defeat of Irish Lad. Hermls was heavily backed, however, and at least one-quarter of the amount taken In on tho defoat of the favorlto was paid out on tho winner. Summary: First race, six furlongs, on majn track Mamlo Worth won, Mlzzen second, Rella-blo Rella-blo third. Time. 1:13 1-5. Second race, selling, mile Seymour won, Letola second, Tho Southerner third. Time. 1:10. Third race, double event, last five and a half furlongs of Futurity course Soiy; nnu wine won. spanning star scona, Councilman third. Time, 1:07 3-S. Fourth race, Suburban handicap of 3).-000, 3).-000, for three-year-olds and up mile and a quarter Hermls, 127 (Rcdfcrn -1 to 1. wop; The Picket. 12-1 (Helgerson). G to 1, second; Irish Lad, 127 (Shaw), even, third. Timo. 2:Cfi. Proper. Maj. Dalngerlleld and Africander finished as named. Fifth race, last five furlongs of Futurity Futur-ity course Diamond "Flush won, Don Royal Roy-al second. Delcanta third. Time. 1.01 2-5. Sixth race, handicap, mile and a sixteenth, six-teenth, on turf Leader won. Carbuncle second, Sweet Alice third. Time, 1:4s. |