The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-05

| For the Belmont lnau ;ural was looked
! forward 10 with almost rs mu5h Interest
a. the Metropolitan.
The folks lucky euuuE IN TO have au o.
mobiles and coaches came In rapid suo-
cession and furnished q parade thai at
tracted many Of those less for nate lhere
Is a fine road from the ENTRANCE 70 the
clubhouse. II rlus through the grove
and has Rrass at the sides. Standing near,
ono oCuld study fashions, MOI only 10 ento-
mobile oloaks and hats, "a; In mems AZURE.
There were some Ray suits abroad. Berry
Wall swuug along the path, wearing me
checked trousers and the pearl colored
derby that he u 20 fond q showing a. The
raoes, Tie groups Of Italian workmen
sltting beside the path Chartered loudly
about him. -.,,,
morning had been gay deeeiver. Inc
sky grew dark ana the wind blew last and
! cold The mercury fell about % degrees
within an hour. Col. Nike Padden, who
hadn't brought his oyercoat, covered at
! Senator McCarren, who had brought his
! Women shivered and accepted the coats
! Of their escorts. Then the escorts ahlNered
and made for the bar. The lawn. became
/ a polar plain. The afternoon newspaper
reporters who had informed their Offices
that the betting ring was a sWeltering
nseIstromS made haste 70 correct the
lovely idea. BoolImakers blew on tho
| fingers with which they held up their states
| The consumption Of beer, which could be
had at FIVE cents a glass. dwtndled to moth
| ing. and whisky which costs a quarter
a horn, had q great boom.
Every woman in the gTandstand and on
| the vsranda Of the clubhouse had come
10 show every other woman how pretty
, her gown was, As soon 81 the cold spell
set I'm they forgot this rivalry and began TO
wonder how red their noses were getting.
| Their poor Easter bonnets swayed In the
! lev breeze, which went through the thin
silk coats as though they were sleeves.
Luncheon parties on the lawn In mont o.
| the clubhouse hur=ieGly broke camp and
went indoors 10 warm up. That cold wave
was the tragedy Of the day.
But the comedy Of the day was the straw
hat brigade. Only one Of the plain people
| had the nerve 10 rush the season ana he
! was the cynosure Of all eyes in the betting
ring as be turned up his coat collar and
/ trefnbled from the cold, Everywhere he
I went he was jibed. In the clubhouse CON-
| tingent there were half dozen straw hat
! tens Most Of them were fopplsh men OF
1 middle age who wore the straws 70 attract
| attention. Some Of them had been wise
/ enough to bring their overooats.
| When the bugle called the Inaugural
starters TO the post there was a tremendous
crowd in the park, but few realized how
| great IL was. The magnificent distances
| OF the place deceive the eye. The club
/ house folk could not size up the magnitude
| Of the grand stand, nor could those IN the
/ grand stand appreciate the number OF
| people. in the Inexpensive section. one
would have said, before the flTst race, that
there was a fair sized crowd present-just
| enough to be comfortable. The bugle
caused a change. Everyone sought a
point Of vantage, for everyone wanted TO
see the first race at Belmont Park the INST
revese-Tun race since Monmouth Park
They began 10 desert the betting ring,
bars and restaurants and to ascend into
the stands. In the big ring the last
hundred dollar bills drifted in on LADY
Amelia. On, the dead line the ma two
spots staked on the ability Of Bhndy, were
crowded into the layers paws.
There was a bunch on Bandy, not only
on the dead line, but In the big ring.
sIt's Belmont Parks first day, the super
stitious said. 'and the first noe Il the Bel
Blandy in to run for him. Why shouldn't
he win, Just for sentiments sakef. And
30 they surged forward With the Bandy
money, but the bookmakers refused 10
recognize thr bunch. They AID as hlgn as
10 10 / against the son OF Hastings and kept
the favorite at even money or below.
Out in the field the mosquito books took
| In a lot Of Blandy money ~ 70 ]. Your
| turf follower with 80 centa in his hot palm
! Is not going to bet II on a 4 70 shot.
That was Why, when the great stands
were filled and the horses shot from the
| barrier, much Blandy yelling could be heard.
| There were cries for Lady Amelia TOO,
! but many Of them were shrll. The ladies
/
/ TO get a bet down, now that the commits
1 q oners are no more, so they rooted Tor
! the female favoritC.
The great place from which TO view =
race at Belmont Park is tho highest stand
the topgallAnt stand, as a sailor from
/ Brooklyn called il. Not only can the race
be seen from start to finish, but one can
/ get a birdseyO view Of the whole shooting
match II Is a lofty spot, indeed, and
vest erday the crowd that gained the peak
took OF it's collective hat lest Il be blown
away. Some Of them averred that their
hair was almost torn from its moorings,
30 strong blew the wind.
Away up there came the cries from below,
from the clubhouse and the stands.
, sLady Amelia walks inl' There u always
a man near YOU who knows before the
horses have gone half turiong that Home
/ one horse 10 about TO walk In.
Here comes Prince Hamburg There's
nuthin' 10 IL nowl
Shes fine child Of two Futurity winners
I She's last all the way.
sOh, look at Blandy, Blandy, Blandyl'
And sure enough Il was Blandy fhoee
who had played their once and fiyes on him
turned and shook each others handle
They were Just as happy a. the owner, Mr.
Belmont, who watched the race from the
yeranda Of the clubhouse and received
the CONCENTRATIONS Of James r. keena
whose colt Regal bad been beaten and Of
tip Prince Hamburg, the half brother OF the
famous Ethelbert,
Then came the descent from the heights
and for the hrst time It was realized that
the exits from the upper sections are rather
small for a holiday crowd. Nearly ell the
climbers we're men, and they started on
masse for the betting ring. The descent
occupied six minutes. There was no dis
order, however. George D.. Bangs OF the
| PinkeIton forces was asked later whether
| there was no remedy for the delay. He
/ said there was none,
The people who 60 TO the roof, he Eug-
/ gested, "oug ht not to 90 to the betting
| ring
II Ia likely that his suggestion will be
| followed by most Of the men who had the
/ experience yesterday They have seen
! that the stair. only 8 feet wide, will not
! allow Of any hurry, up or down, Yet the
! roof IL an ideal spot from which 10 view
! certain races, and especially the steeple-
| chases Every one who goes TO Belmont
| Park ard is strong enough Of heart and
/ leg 70 climb the Stain will be repaid BY
! the view which the uppermost seat affords.
Coming down 10 the betting ring after
a.