The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-25
THE BELMONT FOR ILDRIM.
KINGSTON COLT WINS A SMALL FOR-
TUNE ron II. EUGENE LEIGH.


Irritable scores Announcer triumph IDr mo
Fleischmarns In the Eclipse stakes Clos
ing Day At Morris Park signalized by Fine
sport-Two favorites Win for the Talent.
The spring sport furnished by the westchcs-
ter Racing Association AZ Norris Park reached
it, climax Yesterday under highly favorable
auspices such exceptional features a. the
Eclipse and Belmont stakes were on the card,
and they proved such magnets to all classe, Of
racesoers that there WINS n big muster right
along the line from tho field stand to the club
house lawn. Winning fnvoritcs were hard 10
find, and only two went through. but three
we'll; layed second choices enabled the talent
10 brcak even or better.
The event which attracted the majority was
the Belmont for three-y car-olds. and it pro-
duoad n contest which will take a prominent
place in ra cling history. n. Eugene Leigh took
the h0nors with his racy-looking colt lldrim,
by Kingston -Libbie L., and landed the snug sum
Of SIS, $40 in cash from the association. and the
o. plnte donated by August Belmont. The
cash value Includes 81 .OOo. which Mr. Leigh be-
| came entitled to under the conditions IA
nomInator o. the winner. Pe;ruchio won 81 500
for the X encs by running second. ard A.
Fcatherstonc's Missionary gathered in third
money to the amount OF 500, making a grand
total for the stake OF u 1910.
Arthur Featherstone seemed to hold the key
TO the issue with his noted combination. Mis-
%sionary and Mesmerist. The two colts were
almost mobbed in the paddock after warming
up and then the p~lungers swamped tho ring and
greedily accepted odds OF | TO 2. Eugene Leigh
made no secret OF his belief in lldrlm's ability
70 ( . waa s .,"h he . was nsaSl fd pdIdyed b az 7 instead no !. Ie 1s
this manpuvre being accept'd rs II tip on his
stable mate. Petruchio, the Tournament, geld
Ing Went begging AT odds that stretched from
!? to / 10 Is tol. Standing was a some demend
at 10 to !, but Gulden found few supporters.
while Hammock's price went skyr9cketlng
when y became generally known that tho
actual time OF hi4 trial was ten seconds slower
than announced on Wednesday morning
After q brief parade The nin" r9ndidates
to a beautiful start. MesInerist at once
showed that he was on pac"iuiklng duty Tor
his stable companion. and he reeled Off the first
fnrlong in TiS is. a length aud a half In
front of Gulden. who led Standing by Two
lengths, Up The. long backstrrtch Nasmerist
continued TO lead NJ a rare pace. lie passed
the quarter pole in OPS rs, the three-eughths IN
OBS. the half in 0:jl 20, the five iur.onss IN
! ~, the six furlonSs In IFS. and the seven fur
longs in i3l is. standing hung on as bis
nearest attendant up to this stage, with Mis-
sIonary third. Guldan fourth and lldrim firth,
As soon AS Mesmericst hung out signals Of
distress the cry went ~ that SANDING would
win. but the trip from the tower home brought
many changes and the rae" resolved its"lf into
u struggln between Missionary. Standing and
| lIurlll. Then fptTl' mo came along IKE n
rocket from last lace and The issue hung IN
the balance 10 the final strides. lldrim barely
winning by a heed from Petrnchlo who beat
MiSsi nary by an equally narrow margin The
| last mile and a quarter was covered IN EOS Is.
and ldrim's full time was over a second and u
half better than the course record Of ? %. made
by Jean Beraud, in the same race last y"R-. In
this connection il should be- men'iore ed that
lidrim carried four pounds more than his
predecessor. Congratulations. t"th. verbally
and by telegraph, poured in on "farmer'
Leigh. who had refused offers Of $4,000 for the
colt, and when the races werN over be almost
swamred the plat" in champagne
The o her stak" feature was the Eclipse. for
two-year-olds at five and Il half iurlongs All
OF the five youngsters named over night turned
out for the contest and presented such n bot
ting problem that l1ndwUrk,. Irritable, and
Bedeck divided tavoritisrn Bedcck closed first
choice, but did not run within pounds Of his
forn! and wound up an incIori"nS, Inst Mnher
! by n leucth. Al Green outran Handwurk in
the last iur.ung and beat him a head for the
place, While, Prince Charles finished within a
Dan Rice started the bail rolling by winning
H. mari fashion over the Wlthers mile, Pink
Domino carried the knene cu,or~ to the from in
tine second race. with san Cecilia, the lH'rSt
Western won ier. away back H. 9Th position,
behind The Amazon, Tn" torigthian and ton-
solpc Goddess OF Night graduated from the
| maiden two-y"ar-old class ~cl"vell, ~ The fourth
race. aNd very appropriately. the closing event
went 10 tho Morris Brothers, through theaecncv
o. Hardy. She va, a rank outsider and the
lav,r, chenrrd Themselves lao 80 over her un-
expected victory, The summary;
FIRST RtCF.
s.rlrr. Tor three year olds and inward. non W.
nsr> DUNG tht ner.,4s by ,nh,,T'p,"2s o. - tac..
| cnd and SIS to ,aItd the Winners mile
Haynan Il Franks ch, h. Dan Rice D. by Han
R0Tf' 'willS,eSi j. S& baoroG. DO Mccle, :
p claIt's ~ o.y'r, Mac, 4 I95 SHAW .' 3
a. - , ht.. Ma, - fAs a r.hpua 10 tn Elu.F
81 to ! Post Haste.
SECOND RACE.
Selling: for three year oldS and upward; nor win.
n-rsin Nya o. l.e2, oy sih,,nnb2H 81 - ca'.to
ond and SIS TO third allowances; last Ave and a half
iuriongs OF TIL Eclipse coursc
). b X f. Eel, hCS R'ss. & 50 Rsnn.s ti '"''" o. '"
v. Kcyrs,>h { 1Ae Amazon. 3 ~ shaw
"a" tTec'ia. Robcr, Me,co' Cayogncle, Dye, Nor,
vich. toa Solee, Chenille, Rec Mitchell, Cupid.ty and
Jama,c, also ran.
TIL Ama,1n. Q to ! The Corlnth'an. 4 To . son
Celia i0l 70 Roh,It M,tcalLi !: to ! Cg'bD1cIc,
/ Chenille, 100 to Rec Milch'l. IS to / Cupidity, 50
70 Jamaica
THIRD RACE.
The Eclipse Stakes for iwp-yehr-OldS' by suh'crip-
ZION Of Si5H each, SIS torfcl, SIS only II declared ny
Jan 5. ~ So II declared BY April :. Win $500 added,
lnator q the winner 10 receive sIdo out u the start.
ING money stake weights. winner Of = race 81 the
yaIue Of s.. 500 TO carry ) mound extra la>tive
and 4 half furlongS Of the Eclipse cnurS,
{ Fci,chmAnn's sons ch e. Irritable. by ~ltoluois
--TOribrr2. l22 iMahcf .,.
{ + patterson b. c Al Green. ls2 Clawsont... =
Rogers s Roses br c, Handwork, l22 lSaenccr )
W. &. WaitEcy'S bT c. Prince charles, lc2 y uFIel !
Green u MorriS'S ch. g iedrck. l2. Bullman). 5
Time, uGl9
Frftng Thirteen 10 5 again,! irritable, . TO An
| Green. , 10 . H1ndvoik. Ni'i Prince thltle', II to
8 Bedrck.
FOURTH RACE.
Selling. for maiden two y~ear-ois, by .SgbscHptlon
a rs to second ard SIS To third. allowances; last fve
furlongS II the Eclipse course,
l. TlptDn'S b. I Goddess Of Night, By Prince
Of Monaco -GOndOlN, ~ ll}GnSch ........
! Z. Mhddrn'S b G. DslmHTCh, ~ i)NngmlnL go,
= s l.. Handplph'Sb b. Water Plant. 81 IL. Slack >
balloon also ran
Betting Eleven TO 10 agrinSt Goddess ~ Night, .
TO 3 Drlmatch. Is TO ! Water Plant. ; 10 ! BALLOON.
FIFTH RACE.
The Belmont Stakes for three year Odds; foal
and yrafIIhg Nub'ci 0lpnS. starters - pay slju aGdl
,onal; the W. ,tcArStcr Racing Association To add
SIS 900. " which 81 .jbut to 'ccOud and $500 20 thifd;
Angus Belmont 10 add plate to The value Of $1,000
10 The v sinner the nou.iuHtpr Of the Ninrrf To- receive
81, 400 out ~ subscriptions, Oie mile ard three fur-
longs over the hill
IL Eugene Lcigh's ", C lldrim, by King >tOn-
i ibhIe l. l26 Turner ...... ....' .... /
J. n and + p kccnr' hr z. Pelruchlo. By Tour.
uamcrl-k RtAeIinr H., l@3 Spencer ...... ?
a leathet, stones b. e Missionary. ny Hanover
IrsulInc Sun, l2G Otunuor .... -
r. Rochc's Ch G Standing, by C~andlemGS-lhe
IIpucSS. l2d CLAW SUnl. .. ...,..... ........ ...... !
J T.. Maddcn's ch c. Guicn, by Spendthr't-
1aFantela ~ IlNuInl .,. 90. -. D