New-York tribune., 1903-05-28
AFRlCANDER'S BELMONT.
STAKE WAS WORTH $4,000.
Leonidas Defeats Palmbearer IN the
EClipSe.

trfbuted any spectacular blaze Of glory TO its end
the meeting, which began on May 1. has oeeh Ia
some ways the most remarkable in the hiStoiJ %
the association. The attendance has been greater
by many thousands than ever before the charac-
ter of the racing itself has been above the aver
age those in authority have shown themselves as-
gressively eager to stamp out any Tacetrach tlloN
cry and offenders have been caught ana pulliSLeo
summarily. So far the weather mas contrlputed
to the sport it has almost overdone Itself IN us
smiling benefcence and in the entire eighteen days
not a drop of rain has fallen.
Although the Eclipse Stakes was worth $50 70
the winner and the Belmont. Of which yesterday
renewal was the thirty was worth $l4ooo
to the winner the two races together only brought
out six candidates. and of these the BelmonI
claimed four. With FoxhaI =. Keenes cnestnut
geldng Palnbearer and William & Nh1tley
brown colt Leonidas meeting under much the SAINT
conditions as they did last Saturday IN the Nd
uonaI Stallion race, even a two morse race was
not without a deal of interest In the Natlonal
Stallion Leonidas was beaten neck by the hee'la
two --earold gelding for the place. but ne GOT OH
badly. was interfered with and had tough iuSh
generally. a majority of the students yesterday
decided that the Whitney could turn the taD5ss
OIL his rival and Leonidas was made an odas-oh
favorIte with the market offering even money Oh
Pa rnhearer The former carried iZ2 poundS ana
was ridden by Cannon. and the latter had an i'm
most Of 19 POUNDS and carried GeorSe Odonn In ms
saddle instead OF McCue. who rode nm on 08tui-
day.
The two broke from the barrier on even terms.
and ran together down the last five and one-halL
fu-Iongs of the Eclipse Course untl the ulp was
reached when Leonidas drew ahead. and after that
if was all over with the keene Gelding. Cannon
could not drive or coax him to the leader ana
I.eonidas won in rather hollow fashion Dy an
open length. The time was l:0lIa.
Both in quantity and quality the field for yester-
days Belmont founded thrty-seven years ago al
Jerome Park by the elder Mr. Belmont was
disappointing. The stake, which is for three year
oIds at a mile and three furongs, over 'ne l'i1i,
closed in August 1901. with tie nomination. "
l0S yearlings. Four of these nominations went -
the post They were James r. heenes pT. c ME
odon bv St Catien-Mnuet, the WestbuTy Stable
chestnut colt Whorler, by Inverness-N hSo1t' 'A47
HAMPTON Stables bay colt Africander. pE 01"1
Ruby-Afric Queen and Z. s. Z. Randolph chest-
nut colt Red knight by Knight of hIlefsle-BeLe
Daiy The Randolph colt was an added entry r.
7, Wilson'S Mexican was down in the programme
as starter, but his trainer wlthdre" MN eai''
Africanders poor trial for the race the other Day &
when he boted and sulked. was sex 91Ptlu PiIe and al
though the suspicion that he had been WorkfT tf}i
seemed ssuT and ID Tas haEs Tss he at his
the market opened at even money the play was 80
a and John E maddsn
days ago that he thought aa 8 r DnTyea Would
Win. ana as what J. f. Madden thinks is gen
colt carried the hopes and the wagers OF the elfD b
house set. Whorler did not WIN DuI ne ~ Ma % .,7
ergume5 arg ne9 and his efforts sufficient to
make Africander really extend , hlnSs 6t when Bull
man called on the favorte he retired in his favor,
and also gave way in the stretch TO Whorier ATT
cander INDUCED his rival for second or tive and nd
Whorler may have had some idea tnaL ne m4tJ itaa1
returned a winner but 1t wholly mistaken
one a half furiong from home the Star Ruby colt
shook off his field rods and & 9o ce 10 and could have
drawn much finer finish had & ne SO TlSLep sa6nd d
and Red knight who passed Rgod0b IN the rye
third The time was III 2 40 it IS ikeiy that he
has not yet repented his refusal OF the SoV" olei
An open handicap steeplechase for four year olds
and upward about two and one-haL i. mi rnlles res
is often seen on a racetrack. Mr.. Chamblets six
yarod gedng ssPer Ira h afr dr o1po6en ns into
state of acute mental depression and had his rider
@9 NOT bage st been Jumping when he reached the
judges. Thomas Hitchcock jrs geIdng jim Ns% "
throwing his colored rider, Cheval dor merely
That Conneily pulled him up and was called into
the stand afterward. His explanation was salts
Tbe other Winners were Moorhen in scramble
for maiden s ofer the WtRrs e e ana Eo in
other selling race at six and one-half furiongs.
SUMMARIES
FIRST RAcE-senins; years and over; the wtthers
Mile. 7Rs'''Hf7 s., Fl
O 7. Ricbaras's blk c Dark Planet. by
I SSJ los Venus 3 js9S5a6, s185a5 2 II
Ble h[ S vctor tu j. 1O2 .uiler) II s'a1
sP5s PlstaSq' lGs 3 eGaa7 & s S9P4a Z 5n
100 aac % 10 to to aR RosanSo :1 g. % Fsoht o ana
zstSR q 3 30 8s19aD 9nn9 30 II 70 to and a1d to
aIso and 9a6~ns a1 Start fair ridden Time 1872
SECOND RAcE-seuing: maiden 2-year-olds; last
furlongs Eclipse Course
J. A. %sFnosEE 90 Sicaert 81 2-
AusTaliRa R..s s9' ii 90 Nei 81 81
Girl 9s (ap?oP 70 e. eahaaosus aos to oi 2 s2 ARq9
= 20 - ni to l. Fortune Hunter o2 Giaacs, TO
and May oday % a 'S2ns2 40 q 70 Il and s9 10
i to j. also ran Start fair. Wen driving Time.
THIRD RAcE-rHE ECLIPSE: 2year1 1oIds last ''s fur
longs Eclipse Course
W. G whitaeys h. Leonida5 s6so11g ny 40
Hamburg-BHse 7fa cannon, Gp 81 out out
start good Won easily. Time 1:o7's.
FOURTH RACE-THE BELMON1-3-yea1 -oids, mile
and 3 furlorgs. over the hi'i
HsmRtI5 s9a2 Rub5Afric sta9f Queen - =.
T6oFe5 81 sE ss (o5om &sI3 isi is u :2
Rsoao 1928 e. aGnon fI6e to 2s nsd to . also raj"
FIFTH RAcE-opsn Handicap s:esPlechase4 years
over. about - miles
cha9les:, ,rjs. h s SeTs~F Iss ffenry5 5Tf 9 SIS
PeTion@ ms aged I'll ]S4 10 sidaI} 81 @I I
+cheTal d'or aged. 81 Connolly to ana 70
955e ab1ev ran r.d.r. s'af fRstased- sd
SIXTH RAcE-seI:ns: years and ever. last sla fur
longs withers nile.
B.-Tommie Bel. 9 100 =. .d@,lleT} Euler 90 =
Pssa lie i5,.......,' 5ss5s5 ssass5 81 81
Fen. 4 lo5 90 Ne,p 80 and = 10 /; AIov-ich
l92 idf ~ 10 and a5 - - + Tonm 15ns F6sef Ssio m 81
sailing i to 1 s7a ID 10 and tss6a 3geEs tio9 err 3 & g % Ca
fsrtv, > 20 and 2 70 !. also raa. Start sood. Won
RESULTS AT LAToNIA.
Cincinnati MAY 2s-Frst tsevea turiongs,- 1iur-