New-York tribune., 1905-05-08
BELMONT PARK POPULAR.
Turf Classics To Be Run This Week
Finish Line Criticised.


IRE WitheTs for tAree-y yeaT-clds. at mile: the
Fashion. fey t2o-year-Od FLIES at four and a half
fuSlon7s. the w-RocheIle Handicap for three
year-Ci3s AID upward. ~ seven and a half f1r-
Longs; the Laureate. for two-year-cIds. at five
eiSHt- OF mil. and number Of other stakes OF
l=sCr value because OF their selling clause -
stgictcEs. VIII be decided Belmont Park In ad-
dlt.on 20 these. the Whtney Memorial stecuIe-
chase, over the Grand National Course will Be ptf-
on for the first ti-le- This Steepcchase hxtI-r
IS essentially sporting affair. and the su5scrp-
toHs % it cost &5c] each w,h half forfeit TO the
winner The Westchester Racing Association adds
St" to the value Of the race. and the National
St"ep!echase and Hunt Association will present
% the winner piece Of plate valued at so
Fcrty-four subscriptions have been received ~
the candidates FOR the Whitney Memorial however
which had their public trial last Saturday do not
do better than they did then is not easy TO see
where they have much chance against Thomas
Hitchcock. ir-s Good and Plenty or Black Huzsar
OF NJ j. Cavanashs Flying Buttress Mr Belmont
leased the aged Norwood geIdinc Inperialist a few
weeks ago in order that his colors might be uo In
the first running OF this race. and the horse was
started last Saturday He might as we'll be kent
al nome next Saturday II he cannot give a better
account OF himself and The is true Of sand
hurst Melbourne Eclipse and Mackev Durver In
weight for age race such as this is II is hard
to see where they stand a chance apains, Nr
ffltchcocks pair Flying Buttress InlpertafSt
had no speed jumped awkwardly at the few OBJ
stdclsS ne managed 20 get over and anauv
ieH IN hedp. The performance OF Sandhurst
was keen disappointment to J. W Colt
4hiS young lepper" had schooled remarkably well
'''. 'Ie course at Belmont Park. and impressed
were the watchers with his work that thew uubeai-
tatingly made him hot favorite for last satu--
days race He did not race 10 his work however
ana az the finish was numbered among the missing
Evidently Mackey Dwyer's hope for reforr7a,t0,
was merely brief bluff. He showed on Saturday,
at any rate. that he was still the same so1r suIL-
Ing old rogue he used to be on the fat and al
taouga ne did not go down. he committed the vrorss
otelce iIi OF refusing. Mr. Hitchcock has de-
Black Hussar OF both, but whichever he elects to
to the post red hot favorite. Many Who ''t ss9
black Hqsssrs rase at Bennngs believe that he is
Of fact. he fenced more brilliantly on that occs-
year on Thursday After star and carters l,st -
performance Mr. Widener is likely 10 depend UPON
fall he may be able to make interesting for sors
/ of them.
From the present outlook II seems as though Nr-
keene had a mortgage the withers 10 be run
next Saturday. Sysonby. Won Tro1np> Regal and
Wild Mint are all elegibe. although Regal and Sv-
souby will probably be depended on to carry rhs
famous blue polka dots. sysonby's race in the
Metropolitan should do him world Of good and
horsemen have the opinion that It will take 2 good
colt to beat him when next he goes 70 the post
August Belmont's little chestnut colt BIandv which
won the opening race Thursday AT Belmont
Park is also eligible for the WIthers and is the
only one which Mr. Belmont has named. Some Of
/ J. E Maddens Hot Shot and Siglight sydney
/ Paget's Cairngorm, R. T Wilson jr-'s. Sparkling
/ Star, l. V Bells Gloriher and Captain s 5.
/ Browns Royal Blue and Glen Echo.
Beldane was one OF the nominations for the CO
tona Handicap. the first OF the spring serial handi-
/ caps. which will be this afternoon. Her name
/ however, ooes not appear in the overnight entry
tere % T6gfg 6sge aEs rs @ PG6SGy & OF he her bel 4sin en-
b tne same me mare m she vas vas year ago and those
favorably impressed with her condition. she seems
out in perspiratio1 rr1Esr e 49,, an Sroa
was being ed sbouf The nIsra o =, 'I5gS Ne |!l-e She
that have accepted Mr. Vosburgh's impoSt for YT
pounds and with this burden she must coneja al
thfrty-fve pounds. to Palette -
/ BY degrees racing folk are becoming accustomed
/ TO the masnitude-and the magnfAcence-of Bel
mont Park and the sense of newness and
strangeness which at first rather overwhelmed and
overawed them wears of they find themselves less
prone TO SrUmble and to appreciate instead the
beauty and advantages OF the new incIosure The
prediction made on the opening day that Belmont
. in time would become the most popular OF all the
local racing plants likely 10 be fulfilled
earlier than was at first expected II Will be re-
called that much the same objections were made
10 Morris Park when il was first opened TO the
public in the early SOS. and yet in short time
that inclosure became one OF the most popular in
the country. and its abandonment was the cause ot
general lanertati0n- And the true. even
parks. The present finish line will. OF course. al
/ ways be cause for adverse criticism on the part
I OF the grandstand patrons. and il IS doubtful ic
they ever become thoroughly reCOnCiled TO II. The
average Yankee wants TO reveI the utmost in all
the thrills that horserace Is capable OF creating.
| and be deprived OF OF the most potent OF
them leaves MIN with sense Of not having had
his moneys worth. With the present arrangement
he cannot tell whether ne has lost his wager
| by a rcd or an eyelash. and in many OF the races
| actually does not know where his horse has m
/ ished until the numbers have been run W. What
| ever else the scheme OF running races the reverse
way OF the track may accomplish. it is sure mate
rally 70 conpliCate study Of form and the idea
of the late Mr. Wlthers that racing should De con
/ Quoted under many different conditions as POS
as dficnlt as possible is likely be realized with
/ a vengeance. Form students are already pondertng
hand circles ana SNrdIt "tlls 49, -
horses and how they VIII adapt themselves aI,er
To some the only solution 10 De IN the breed
Ing Of anbidextrous thoroughbredS
sent out word that after to-day al races a. six
and a half furlongs Will be run on the main track
an eighth which Will be run on the Belmont course
The three davs' ra,ing at Belmont Park it must
be confessed has been rather OF "A disappointment
so far as bringing out from the sO-called fashionable
stables anv new youngsters of sensational ability IS
concerned and none of the youngsters v hich have
carried the silks OF the keeuc Whitney or DuryeS
establishments threaten 20 menace imInSdLtSiy tne
49, c>3o- A. The earlier spring meets Vita the
possibIe exception OF McKittredge, from NJ Dur
!tas S SIGe T9se Vet been shown and il is SIN TOO
me quality OF the new crop of baby runners H-Fen
enstfion but the asjute Kenruckian assures his
friends that II is not because o. any .a ~ +
tertl and if. he SAYS. his MY ComtGlsnne 4
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