Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-16
BELDAME TURF QUEEN.
Suburban Won by Belmont's
Pride in Fast Time.
PROPER GETS THE PLACE
THE BooKMAKERS' THREATENED
STRIKE COMPROMISED.
How the Race Was Run Some Big
Winners and
Losers.

-, -, (, 80 ~ a
o"'' VIC" si'e io1iip0o i1Oo " "
great SUBURBAN.
This year the prize amounted to nearly
son OOO
rhir,, .., .o.o.,r, ,,,,.nassod tho
ihirtS tnoasaho spectators "i'hesseu .ie
race and, IN spite OF the general coh'ic'loil
that the Suburban of 1905 fell far short OF
the best traditions of the event in the quail
itv of the fald connetiny Raldame,s vic
- - ~ 49, $780,
s.h anu A"i' oe.o
with FIRST mason distant tnlrd, aroused
a genuine burst of enthusiasm. The spec
tators were in Just the mood to applaud
the popuIar mares triumnb and It was suf-
soi,rt -, a.,.,,-o,, =. 49,,
' " '"u'o oiiotiiei ou'oi oon VI uei'io
STATIONS when the band greeted Beldame's
return to the stand by playing once more
the old air There's Only One Girl" which
LAST se.son n,.s .ho ;o,,;.,b,o o,,a, 70
ca oh on Of pa1J. 49,: 10 ~, r,;1,ri,, 20 COS
The co,taSt fror, go. ,,o;,t 20 -;o no G
ora &c ~ -. -. 80, 80 ~; y. -, D1
d. bos a,,n. ~ -; W, ~
~ t,rt JrSs ~ ~, -, 49,. -
ton WEIGHT ar,ona ~ 5000 srs $500 a.,
two no.,nds 49, 49,, o;rh+ co.. . a ~
while tba navt naarast 49, n,.s DaII;
,,,;+h i,,s+ coll ,,,oir,h. CH,eos;o
waipbt 70 oil of The tar hprsos that on.
nosed ber Re,dama foIio,ned 81 &c 80 =
psce set nv Da1hi for tha 6rst Ill nf a
mile and a quarter tourney and then 90
ing on in the last o,arter srccassf.IIy
shook off the lighter weights as thev chai
lenged her. and ridden ont won a length
and a half away from the stout horse
Proner 10 which she conceded twentvona
pounds and In time only three-fifths Of a
second behind the fastest record for the
Suburban.
Beldame's victory was the second which
has been won nv a marc in tho twsntw
two years that the Suburban has bean RIM
the great old mare INN haino tba onI,,
other of her sex with a suburban to her
ter as she a Year vo,noer 80 - .ne 80
ried nine nounds y,ora , inaa mp mp ca a. :,
In,D in 1Sod go 80, - mGen. .hdn olu
To- o fra,t;n e on .ne it n anu QUAR-
IT. an,, oUi -. d seGolio faster than imp
ne appearance OF the crowd was typical
VI great racing occasion. The boxhold-
eie liieiuueu iidhy wealthy ana fashionable
people VINO nave patronized racing for
yeaIs' anu the asemolage on the club stand
numbered ABOUT all the notableS of the
am. Ameflcan turf and embraced hundreds Of
men prominent in business, politics, and
theatricaI affairs. Conspicuous among
THESE were August Belmont, owner of Bel
dame. and James r. keene, owner of Delhi.
two horses which, from first to last were
conceded to be the real contenders in the
Suburban, and the rivals for the big prize
awaiting the winner.
BeIdame and Delhi were the only horses
of the eleven that ran which represented
the big men of the eastern turf botb Of
these having been bred and trained bv tbeir
present owners. while the other nina wera
ptaf two Of ba
in racing As anticinated h', "a e ha4.tr
crowS tba oortas+ IN &C. 80. ns me Icing nny
49, 90 Disi - 70" e.~ISn De-
the ron Ws;ahts - ~, ,oo Dais; anu
nf .t ~ $500 e.S.o IA Wy laoe' Deini' winner
the DtoohiSH hdhuicap, was the oetter
pacheu oI t4e Two ana started as post raw
~, WIN Deiuaiie d hea'iiy oacheo sec
oilu chQice-
oHended by the action OF the officials Of
the Coney Island Jockey Club In excluding
from .ne oet,lng measure sixteen OF their
members ana permitting the spaces or the
excluded ones TO be occupied by fndepend-
eHt operdtorS' the members or the Metro
poiItan IurI ASSOCIATION preclpltated
scene at the oheepsnead bay track yester-
gay unprecedented IN the history of the
The reception of the news that s;xteen
OF the Nets had been denied booking
privileges caused the Nets to strike,
- go 60. % 49, q t Stea II u LII ~ iiih
co,nnro,,,;se asreed ,,nor 80 ~, aii1
went Ia cir To their ston1s N '"e
The general play of the public was d.
rected toward James r. Keene's Delhi,
fered Thnnsands and thoGss an WEE" of d Oh
Iars wara ~ gerod ~, ~ ~ 90 % G po-
49, 80, &c" on tiiT son u Den
Brush and Veva. Several notable turf
pIungers, among them James B. Brady.
on Delhi TSe m nn zoe TINS naced also hsc Des
the absolute property of the 'bookies'' by
reason of the fact that Delhi failed to run
for the me nu i Snc,ia was anoenet aeIea.
roI Ihe PupIic SpeSuidtof ana triumph
Tor the layers OF odds. In the parlance Of
the turf. Beldame carried lot of money
wagered by smart bettors.
AdbelI whose price at the onanine of tho
betting was 10 to / went to tba n0st ~ =
to / shouine tbe veigh+ of r,nIa ~ 10 q. ~
- W. w re - "@isiil "a iioneJ pet Oh
nm; W. w. Dardeh' owner or MISS Craw-
ford, and a party OF western men lost
quite Il bit of money on that mare The
inability of Alan-a-Dale to finish among
the placed horses cost his owner Tom"
southern borsemen friends orite sn,ie
eiie,ri iIoi ~ icius qulte snug
sum. Taken all In all, it was an easy bet
ting proposition Tor the players and a
comfortable winning event for the book
les" Still, on the whole day the book
The Summaries.
First race. six furlongs, main course.-Ivan the
Terrible 120 tONeilD. to 10 and to 5, won;
kurtsman. 10 tNicoD, I to and to l. second;
Jocund. us tsperinel' to and 2 to 1. third.
lime. Ia 20 hssa,. Ieaia ana santon aiso ran.