New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-06
INSPIRATIONS STAKE.
T4KES THE LARCHMONT.
-Four FdU0rites Beaten at Belmont
Puk-Snuf WinS.

Although in the Larchmont and the Meadow
brook Hunters Trial Steeplechase there were two
stake features on the programme at Belmont Park
yesterday the general cast seemed somewhat out of
keeping with its magnificent stage setting. Fossf-
bly,, however. it was all that could be expected on
an of day There We're fewer people there by at
least twenty-five thousand than on Thursday. and
consequently fewer GisCOmforts. The inevitable
shrtnkage in the crowd gave the patrons even
better idea OF the immensely of the new park than
they had obtained the previous day The huge
stands swallowed up the army Of regulars, con-
serVatively estimated from ten thousand 10
twelve thousand. and still remained apparently
empty and deserted.
-Four OF the six races We're run over the straight
course and only those who discovered that the roof
OF the Erandstand is the place 20 watch these
straightaway spirits had than n ieetug
glimpse Of them. Il Is a long and laboTious climb to
top stand. bat the journey IS worth while.
Every detail of a contest can be seen from this
point Of vantage ana even the two huge trees just
east Of the field stand fail TO obstruct the view.
they Go from the lawns and the lower tiers OF the
stands. The association, by the way. has affected
Il compromise between its aesthetic sense and its
patrons loud complaints. AID has thinned out the
branches that the horses only partially lost
10 view when behind them.
As the entries for the Larchmcnt are restricted
70 three-year-olds that had never won a race at
the time Of entry the quality of the company is
necessarily not strictly high class Some tone
however, was given to yesterdays renewal by the
NateTCleSS
Jonquil and James r. Kcenes brown colt Sinister
by Le Va!-F1eld Azure. The latter, together with
Black Prince. added and brought the total
number of starters up to eight The Larchmont
IS At seven furlonEs and because Of their sup
posed sprintng abilities the public selected Jonqu
and Sinister TO carry their wagers and made them
first and second choices, respectively. Inspiration
beat them both. She Ayrshire llly owned by
J. L McGnnis and with the exception of Woman
with l25 pounds, carried top weight-ll7 pounds
Any respect she may have aroused before the race
SIS 10 her chances of winning it was confined
principally 10 her stable following and she went
10 the post 10 TO ! outsider She in front all
the way, and neither Jonqul nor Sinister ever gave
his supporters for citation, although the
former ran a fair and finished respectable
second. Sinister although backing up at the
finish disposed Of the others
jockeys have evidently decided that the only hope
Of winning races Of the chute lies in getting to
the hard path 10 the rail, and do this they
take desperate chances and cut across their fields
with a reckessness that is likely to end dsas-
trously. This was especially noticeable in q selling
race at three-quarters, and the ten horses that
made up its field made catclI-as-catch-can wrest
ling affair for the first three furlongs. Shaw
on Old England. finally landed his mount in the
coveted lane. and won by length in drive from
Jerry c. the second choice The Sullivan clan
made the old Godfnch gelding a redhot favorite
ana won thousands Of dollars. it is said, on his
Disaster attended the efforts Of the half-dozen
starters IN the steepechase, and before the jour
L.! of about two miles had been completed
1Ious. Red-White-and-B Blue and SHOEMAKER were
hlmDt req among the missing. Pious, which is
owned 10y il. :. Page ridden by Mr. Harper,
NthIie Mr. Page himself had the mount r. S.
SteEers.s Snun he a hot pace with the son
II Judge Morrow, and it brought his horse
II grief At the second jump. Red White-and-Blue
ana then they, too, went down o'DonneII, on the
latter. was stunned and had to be taken from
The neld in an ambulance. Owens put up a strCng
CT EnlsL on Game Cock than did Mr.. Page on
Snui, and ia an exciting struggle beat him a
hind.
sydney Paget brought new youngster in
JacobIte, q son OF Golden Garter-Flora Mac and
the gelolng showed i haf-dOZeu Inaidens the short
est way home in scramble OF four and half
furlongs. Jacobite had previously shown the
watchers some fast trials and because Of these
was made favoriIe Lille B. beat sydney F. the
second choice; Cor the place Thomas Hitchcock,
r., started HammeTaway a bay colt by Ham
urg-Clomentna, and james r Keene mad in
Hocus Pocus Horoscope hlly, out of Bellfeld II.
Both ran green. Jane Holly and Veribes Were
the other winners. Two favortes were successful.
ELRST RACE-Eor maiden -Ho-Eear-olds Eonr arl o-.