Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-09
|RONS|DES WON
FOR PAYNE WHITNEY
Thoroughbred Equals Worlds
Record in Jerome
Handicap.

NEW YORK, october 9.-Under perfect
weather conditions the fall meeting of the
Westminster Racing Association opened at
Belmont Park yesterday with $4,000 persons
in attendance. 1t was a royal outing for
the bookmakers incidentally, as five heavily
| supported favorites met defeat. The fea-
ture of the days racing was the sensational
victory of Harry Payne Whitney's Iron
sides, by Meddler- Hanoana, in the historical
Jerome handicap, one mile and hve-six-
| teenths, in which the worlds record, 10
3-5, made by E. w. Jewett's Bedouin in this
race last year, was tied. There were only
four starters with M. H. Tichenor's Good
| Luck, a to 5 favorite over the Newcastle
stables Running Water, quoted at =, and
Ironsides at to 2. Barney Schrefbers Nea-
| lon closing at 10. Radtke took the track
| with Ironsides and set a fast pace, with
Nealon, the runner up for about half mile,
and Good Luck last. When Nealon quit on
the far turn Miller made an unsuccessful
| attempt to overhaul Mr.. Whitney's gelding,
| with the result that Running Water. backed
up in the stretch. Then L. Williams, on
Good Luck, went after lronsides in dead
| earnest. SO that Radtke had to go to the
whip. 1t was terrific driving finish. Iron
sides getting the verdict by nose with
Good Luck three lengths before Running
Water Nealon finishing the same distance
behind. The last mile and quarter was
unofficially timed in 2.0S 3-5
The eighth running Of the rich Matron
stakes for tWO-year-olds six furlongs, was
into two events. The one of colts and geld
ings, carded as the second race, was
rafting affair, which was won by James r:
Keen's Ballot, to 10 favorite. Ballot and
August Belmont's Okenite. coupled with
Don Enrique at 8. INDUCED in a humping
match through the last half mile. They
seemed to be equally to blame, so that when
]. Jones, who took the place with Okenite,
length and half behind, Ballot put in a
claim of foul, but it was not allowed. Oxen
lite stood hard drive by the way. and beat
Z ioly1 TO add a1
starter, head for the place. Oscar Lew
isohn's Kankee Gun, 7 to 2, badly
beaten. The race was run straightaway in
LIZ
Easy for Alteration.
r. T. Wilson, jr.'s. Alteration. by Orna-
ment, backed from down to 8 to Q was
triumphant in the race for fillies. Miller
broke her off quickly and she set smash
ing pace, winning easily by two lengths in
Ill 40 Frank O,NeilTs Fantastic to 1,
ran into the place a length before James r.
Keene's Pope Joan, 6 to favorte.
With eighteen starters in the first race.
for plasters at a mile. Enoch Wishard's
Runnels 7 to 5 favorite, was always out
run and could do no better than third. Gil
vonni Balerio a GO to shot made the pace
up to the last furlong pole. when Sam Laz
arus' Macy, jr.. backed down to s. came
away and won in gallop by three lengths,
with Balerio a length in front of the favor
lite. The mile was run in 139 3-5.
G. ]. Longs Altuda. to ], took the fifth
race, for two-year-olds, six and a half fur
longs. She came with a powerful rush at
the end and got the verdict by half a length
in LIS %. Arimo. to 1, who ran second.
was the best horse in the race. as he
swerved completely across the track to the
outer rail- where he had length over Mer
rill, Is to 1. J. f. Seagram's Main Chance
backed down to to s. had no speed, while
James r. Keene's Philander. second choice |
stopped after going half the distance.
Martin Doyle. l to favorite in the last
race. at mile and a furlong, was easily dis !
posed of by f. r. Bradley's Bad News, 4
to l, who moved up in the last furiong and |
took the race by two and half lengths. !
with Doyle length and hah before Jun
gle Imp, 40 to l. Cederstrome. 10 to l. was
in front for seven furlones and then stopped |
as usual. The time was 1.52 As.
The Summaries. !
First race, selling; one mile-AIacy jr 81 Eng
lander s to i and 3 to j. won; GivonnI Ba!ers.
SO Osurrs,. 60 to l and 20 to l. second; Runnels |
1;s9 35. Mandarin Palm Tree. Ebony. ,Abdell, !
M Merlin Wizard Hogan. Laws9nian. Ladsarion.
Belle of Portland aud Marie AntoInatta also ran.
Second race the Mstton stakes for colts SIX
and j to 5. Won; oken:te, 1is j. Jones'. s to /
ad to 8 ;Ga cEy ~ nsa %
Yankee Gun and Flint Hill also ran. okente ami
Third race, the Matron stakes. for FLIES; six
furlo long, i16 Miller, to and to
Si Fops II g fSa ana T. to
2, third Time. LII As. Glamour. Common Sue
and Yankee Girl also ran.
Fourth race. the Jerome handicap; and five
siNteenths rniles-Ironsides; 107 ttadtke). 8 to |
and to 10 won; Good Luck, ia IL. Willians)
. to and 3 to s. second; Running Water 122
(Aiiller). to and to ., third. Time 2.10 3-5 |
Neaion also ran.
Fifth race six and half furIongs. stra ght-
Aftuda 112 (Troxler), @ to l and to /, won;
Arimo. IFS (Martin). 6 to / and to I, second;
Merrill. 107 Miller. Is to and to l. third
Tine. 1.1S 2-5. Main Chance Oraculum and Phil
lander also
Sixth race. mile and furlong-Bad News
ZIG Knapp. to 1 and even. won Martha DOYLE
Ill (Martfn) 2 to and to 4. second; Jungle
Imp. lOi &C. Ross 70 to 1 and to l. third Time
1.52 45. Cedarstrome and California King also
ran.