New-York tribune., 1906-06-07
SURPRISES AT BELMONT
a go TO I SHOT WINS.
Good and Plenty GalLops Home in
Grand National SteeplechdSe.

The last day of the Westchester Racing As
.,,,eiion's spring meeting ar Belmont Park was
-snleie with surprises and unexpected happen
,,rs The probable winners stood OUT as the
.se7ilars say, but when the last race was
so,,r hot favorites had gone down TO bitter and
.,,exnected defea1. while Melbourne caused a
ssrsarion by making all the running in the first
are and winning al the lucrative price Of so TO
The hvsterical shrieking of three or four
v,nen ana the wild excitement OF a number
:, men indicated clearly that he had some fol-
having. and later the bookmalers reported that
. number of wagers were made at as high as
$40 10 on the Phzer gelding.
The victory Of Good and Plenty in the Grand
National Steeplechase was the feature of the
aay's racing. This brilliant jumper took up 40
n,unds and beat a fair field rather easily at
he enc after standing a hard drive half
nile from home. He covered the full course of
snout two miles and a half in 5:25, breaking his
ov-u course record for the distance, which he
made IN the Whitney Memorial Steeplechase. by
twelve seconds There was well defined rumor
that be had not entirely recovered from his
lameress after his last victory. but just at the
end he vas strongly backed from 20 10 even
money. and went to the post strong favorite
Berculoid was the second choice. at Is to 3.
while Grandpa and Gateben had a>following,
and closed ST 20 ] each.
Raw had the mount on Good and Plenty, and
he handled the big horse in the most approved
style He rated him along for two miles while
FaIlaheen, GatebeH and Grandpa took turns at
making the pace. and then. moving up strong on
the far turn under vigorous application of the
whip, caught Grandpa. at the last jump and, af-
ter 8 short but decisive struggle, came away
and won easily by six lengths. Grandpa, in a
hard drive, lasted just long enough 10 beat Her
cuoid head for the place Fallaheen and
Catebel stopped almost TO a walk and pulled up
many lengths in the rear.
Good and Plenty pulled up apparently sound,
70 the satisfaction of his owner Thomas Hitch
cock tr.. and seems TO be readv to go on win
Ting races over The jumps for some time 10
come That he is the best horse ever raced
through the field in this country is generally
acknowledged, and Mr. Hitchcock was warmly
congratulated in The paddock after the race.
Good ana Plenty has never been beaten through
The field except IN his first start. three years
ago and he has won the richest and test cross
country fixtures that are offered.
Sydney Pagets Wafer Pearl, fine looking colt
by Watercress-F Pearl V, won the seventeenth re-
newal OF the Eclipse Stakes for two-year-olds.
al FIVE and half furlOngs beating Oran. Con-
vile and ihree DINERS IN hollow fashion; Oran
Was a. odds-on faVorlte. ana before The race
was looked on as enc of the best two-year-olds
shown because Of his easy victories in his first
two starts He raced with Water Pearl for half
mile but the latter then drew away easily and
won as he pleased. The race stamps him as the
best rwo-yesr-old shown 10 this time, as he is
Charles Edward, which won the National Stall
ion Stakes. beating Superman and De Mund,
among others
Wes SarRCInesca, Oran and Just So were the
beaten favorites. and their defeats cost the
players dear as each one was backed TO win
large sums. The winners besides those men
ii0ned. were Golf Ball, which won the second
race easily, beating Royal Breeze and Saracin-
esca among others; Telephone, which took the
fifth race at 10 to ]. and Pretension, which won
the last race from Mandarin, which closed equal
favorite l6 20 =.
Little Garner rode Wes and Just So and their
oefeat vas largely due to his slOwness in getting
away from The post. Wes five or six lengths
behind the pacemakers when he settled down 10
racing. and after making up q lot OF ground
hung in the last sixteenth II the same
thing with Just So in the fifth race He was
absolutely last 10 break, and while Garner took
E desperate chance and saved a lot Of ground by
rushing him up the rail IN the run up the
backstTetch and around the turn. IL took so much
out % him that he was a tired horse IN the last
furi0uE
Notter had the mount on Melbourne, the long
priced winner Of the first race. The colt made
al The running, and had enough left TO stall off
GeraniUu's determined challenge through the
stretch. He the seven and a half furlOngs
n the fast time Of ID. which established new
track record. and equalled the worlds record
mace by Dainty at San Francisco in 1904.