New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-03
RECORDS GO At BELMONT.
BEDOUIN'S WORLD,S MARX,
Whitney Scores a Double Triumph
IN the MatrOn Stakes.

The westchester Racing Association began lrS
FIRST autumn meeting In its new home at BEL
mont Park yesterday, and the thoroughoreds
celebrated the day by breaking five track rec
ords equa,iing another and creating one orahu
new worlds record. The credit for these per-
formances. it must be admitted, was due more
TO Mr.. German, the track superintendent. than
20 the runners themselves Since the spring
meeting closed, last My, army Of laborers
has beensst work putting the various courses in
first class condition and the fruit of its labor
was made apparent long before the afternoon
was over Horsemen were confident in their
predictions that within the next two years, when
the soil has had time to settle the track at Bel
mont Park viii be the fastest in the world
The improvements were not confined to the
tracks alone. Weeks have been devoted to put
ting on the finishing touches to the various
stands and approaches. The newness and
etrangeness of the place which distress
xnsly apparent last9Tay have quite disappeared
4. The scheme Of moving the finish line nearly two
hundred feet toward the grandstand has done
more than any other thing to eliminate the
criticism which Outspoken when the park
was first opened. This applies both from the
point Of view Of the clubhouse and of the grand
stand. It has materially increased the area of
che clubhouse lawn and has made 1t possible
for those in the grandstand to learn the result
OF q race before the numbers are posted.
A crowd big enough to relieve the vast in
closure Of the sense of loneliness and desertion
which characterizes it when the regulars alone
turn out, mustered to the bugle call and en-
5oyed afternoon of first class racing The
association offered its patrons both divisions
OF the Matron Stakes and the Jerome Handicap
In the way of stake attractions. and all brought
about interesting contests, although the field
for the handicap dwindled to three starters
Both the colt and gelding half of the Matron
stakes and that restricted to FLIES were won
by youngsters bred by the late William c.
Whitney and carrying the coors of his son,
Harry Payne Whitney. Both winners were red
hot favorites. The two Hamburg colts, Burgo-
master and Battleaxe, represented him in the
first division, and the two MeddIer FLIES. Per-
verse and Commune, in the second.
Burgomaster had only his stable companion
Penrhyn and Ethelred to beat out but he did
1t in a fashion that added not a little to his
reputation as one Of the best wo-year-olds of
the season He took UP 124 pounds conceding
from five to seventeen pounds by the scale TO
; his opponents. and beat them in big gallop
Penrhyn showed unexpected speed and courage
and eutgaming Battleaxe beat him for the
place. The six furlongs was run in 1:121-5,
which equals the best previous record for the
track, made by Prince Hamburg.
Both from time standpoint and in the quail
ity of the field she defeated the performance
of Perverse was more cTeditable than that of
Burgomaster, although she only carried 100
pounds. She the distance in I'll 4-5, after
making Early and Often surrender the position
Of pacemaker. The latter fy hung with a
lot of courage and forced Lyme. on Perverse to
shake his mount up vigorously in the last six
teenth of mile. Andrew Afers Duenna, a
cast off from the Whitney stable beat Running
Water, an added starter, by a narrow margin
for third place. With 119 pounds the latter
FLY was compelled to give weight TO everything
81 the race. Perverse and Commune, coupled in
the betting, closed favorites at 10 on.
Z. w. Jewitts Bedoun surprised both his
owner and trainer by winning the Jerome Han
dicap at one and five-sixteenths miles in the
worlds record time of 2:10 3-5 He took up III
pounds. and in the stretch both Won Tromp
and St BelliSe off their feet. He closed an
equal first choice with Won Tromp. The best
previous time for the distance was ID made
by Ostrich at Morris Park last fall with 90
pounds UP.
A new record of 1:19 40 for six and one-haIf
ifurlongs on the main course made by the
Sir Dixon gelding Disobedient. and the time
for the mile and a furlong was reduced TO
j: 81 2-5 by Lord of the Vale.