New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
DELCANTA WINS CHASE.
GETS HARBOR HILL CUP.
Cederstrome Takes the Ramapo
Handicap at Long Price.

Delcanta. the odds-on favorite, won the Har-
Dor Hill Cup, a steeplechase exclusively Tor
three-year-olds at Belmont Park yesterday.
The race was framed to encourage the develop
rnent Of young. sound horses for the jumping
game. and Clarence H. Mackay added $1,000
in money and silver cup. the plate to be won
twice, not necessarily in succession. to become
the propertv Of any one owner. Mr.. Cotton
owns Delcanta the winner in the first running
of the stake yesterday, and wins a leg on the
cup. It was the sporting feature Of yesterdays
programme and furnished well contested race
IN spite of the fact that five of the nine starters
came to grief during the running.
: The distance was over the short course of
about two miles. Delcanta was always the ia
vorite on the strength of MS good race few
days ago. but Falaheen and Campo
strongly played 10 beat him and the Pfzer en-
try, HercuIoid and The Lad, also had fol-
lowing Herculoid might have won if he had
stood up, as he was running easily and had just
raced into the lead when he came a buster
at the second jump from home. and stretched
his rider out the turf. AT that time Del
caata, The Doctor, Falaheen and The Lad
were hardly more than two lengths apart, and
all four seemed to have winning chances
Rounding the turn to the last jump The Doctor
took command and was first over the hedge
but Owens, on Delcanta, had saved something
IL,
quickly caught The Doctor and won rather
cleverly- Fallaheen, closing strong, also passed
the Widener colt and beat him for second
money The Lad pecked at the last jump when
running as strong as any OF the others, and
threw Hogan. Campo showed some speed and
stood UP. but the others were scattered over
different parts Of the course although none of
the jockeys were seriously hurt
The Ramapo Handicap at one mile and a
furiong. was the other fixture on the pro-
sramme This race furnished the surprise of
the day, as Cederstrome, the rank outsider at
% to /, beat Merry Lark, Bedouin Coy Maid.
Gienecho. Sir Brillar and Won Tromp Glen
echo was played into post time favorite while
Merry Lark had a confident following as did
Coy Maid. Cederstrome had pull in the
weights. but the distance was thought to be
against him, and few wagered on his chances
even at the long price
Bedouin, the top weight. tried to make a run
away race Of it. and showed the way to the
last sixteenth pole, with Merry Lark and Coy
Maid racing head and head behind him.
Through the stretch, however, Cederstrome
came with rattle. and catching the leaders
firing, won going away by a scant length.
outstayed Bedouin and Coy Maid in the last
hundred yards. GIenecho was never a contender
and ran a dull race
The other winners were D'Arkle, Cassandra,
Red Knight and Kiamesha. The last named
her fourth race of the meeting and her
third this week She was at an almost prohibi-
tive price yesterday, but had TO be shaken up at
the end to stall off Israete's belated rush Red
Knight galloped TO easy victory in the mile
handicap after being last most Of the way He
was slight faVorite over Spring which while
pinched off at the stretch turn. far below
his form.