New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
ACCOUNTANTS WITHERS
BE4T.S BOHEMIAN A NECA.
Big Crosod Sees Classic Stake De-
cided at Belmont Park.

-,- rr,- Farov-n,u Accountant won the thirty
s.lrs renewal OF the classic and historic WIN
o-s =, Belmont Park yesterday. after spiFitea
drive through the stretch with james h'
Keene's Bohemian. The big cro"o IN atee"I
..,oo .sood M and cheered. but hardly appreci-
- - s,c, that IL had seen one Of the best
races of the season. Accountant took up I%o
-,Ynds forced the early running. fought hard
apbt all through the stretch and ran the dis
,once in the fast time OF 1:3S 4-5. the fastest
mile Of the present meeting and record Tor the
stake. Accountant won the rich prize and the
lopore Of the race hut almost equal credit was
dpc Bohemian which started for the first time
this season. and probably needed race 10
tighten him up. battled so valiantly ana was
beaten only neck
The vestcbester Racing Association enter
fained the biggest crowd which had ever gone
down 10 the big and well appointed inclosure
.t Belmont Park Some thirty thousand persons
we're in attendance, and they had every cause 70
congratulate themselves, as the sport was spir~
tied and interesting from end 20 end, ana the
weather was ideal for a day in the open ar ~
was the last day Of the first spring meeting ana
there vas a feeling OF satisfaction that there
-7ould be a renewal OF &c a week from to-mor"
row, as the course is slowly but surely earning
a place in popular favor, which 1t well deserves.
There was a particularly big crowd in the
clubhouse incIosure, which had every appear
.ree OF a lawn fete. James R. Keene, August
Belmont, Clarence II. Mackay, John A. Drake
charles a. Gates, Thomas Hitchcock, jr., Jesse
TeUisohn and hundreds Of others prominent in
the business and financial world were on hand
gor a davis outing where sport Of the best could
he had. The women, in their spring fnery, lent
plenty OF color, and the scene was most at
Hractive one.
The Withers. which Is a stake for three-year-
oldg at weight for age at one mile. was run as
she fourth race August Belmont withdrew
1vooIV1ch but six horses, with pretensions TO
class. went to the post Clark Griffith, which
won the Toboggan Handicap week ago, with
Tvne in the saddle. slight favorite over
James r. Keene's Bohemian. which was strong
~ uurDorted bv those who knew OF his fast work
FOR the race, and the followers Of Miller. who
had the mount. Accountant was not frtendless
and WAS hacked from 4 to 1 to TO 2, in spite
,s tV,a fact that he had been unable, because OF
= moor start. TO show anything IN the Metropoii-
tan Handicap The Quail was next In demand
AZ 6 TO 1. while Harry Payne Whitneys JugsleF
and Fred BurIew's Belmere were the outsiders
NJ Is to / each. James R. Keene watched Jimmy
Rowe put the finishing touches on Bohemian IN
che Maddox. and expressed confidence that he
would win the rich stake.
No time was lost at the start, and the helo
broke together to a good sendoff Jack Martin'
who had the mount on Accountant, was "Iue
awake and held his coveted position on the ran
In the first wild rush from the barrier Up TO
the backstretch and around the turn Accountant
showed the way, with Bohemian in close attend
anoe and the others well punched behind
Rounding into the stretch Accountant was stila
Same two lengths in front with Bohemian. clark
Griffith BeIuaere and The Quail neck and neck
Down through the stretch Accountant ana Bo-
hemian drew away slightly from the others ana
fought out a desperate battle to the finish IN
side the last sixteenth pole it looked as If Bo-
heinian would VIA. hut condition told In the last
hundred yards. and Accountant. running game
and trpe under one of Martins best rides, won
ali ont by a neck Juggler saved a little ground
on the rail and fought his way TO contehulhs
position at the last fuTlong POLE but ne nuhs at
the end and Clark Griffith finished thlro' SIN
lengths behind Bohemian and head oefore Inc
Quail
ing sprinter, took up 1913 pounds and won the
high weight handicap first on the card. like his
old self The distance was seven and a half fur-
longs. and making the pace to suit himself ne
had enough left to withstand Tommy WaddePs s
rush and win by half length in the fast time or
70 - This was a new track record. and
within one-ffth OF a second of the worlds rec
ord for the distance made by Dainty in Cali
fornia in 1904 He was the only favorite of the
day 10 win.
The steeplechase resulted in a one-sided duel
between Fallaheen and Goldhour. Waterford
feil at the nTSt jump 0aKlmllan got rio or his
Jockey the second turn Of the field while
The Doctor was badly oItrun most Of the way.
Flallaheen is an accomplished jumper and Is
likely to be heard from in better company be-
fore the season is far advanced He made a
new track record for the course Of 400. sup
planting the old mark Of 90 made by Thomas
Hitchcock. jr s. Good and Plenty. He little
more than galloDing all through the last half
mile. Goldfeur made pretence Of getting up
at the end. but he within two lengths Of the
winner on sufferance only.
The other winners were Donna Elvira, Court
Dress and Colonial Girl. Court Dress Won the
tenth renewal Of the Fashion Stakes for two
year-old 6llies in the White-bue spots OF James
r. Keene- It was her first appearance, and in
spite OF the fact that she little green was
so much the best that she made all her own run
ming and won as she pleased, beating a field OF
the best tWo-year-old flllies which have been
shown up TO this time. Clare Russell took the
place length before Harry Payne Whitney's
Jersey Lady. which, with her stable companion
BOola, pronounced favorite for the race
Colonial Girl, we'll handled by Sewell, the
closing handicap after a drive through the
stretch. in which at one time five horses were
racing head and head.