New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-29
STAKE FOR INQUISlT0R.
TOKALON BEATEN II HEAD
BIqndy, Cut of and Knocked Back
Loses Cosmopolitan Handicap.

:, the skies had been bright and the track
a., the afternoon at Belmont Park yesterday
-,orla have been one of Astounding interest. AS
=. uss the rain driven into the grandstand by
did raw wind. was discomforting and de-
--sssing and forbade the keen enjoyment which
- good programme would otherwise have COM
naa The crowd was unusually large, consid-
s,g the unfavorable conditions. but not one
..n-e was who was not well pleased when the
last race was over
,,,u,sitor won the Cosmopolitan Handicap
,,,er q spirited drive through the stretch with
-ntslon. the Brooklyn Handicap winner. and
crsnple which won the Metropolitan Handicap
:, the opening day OF the first spring meeting
--e race was for three-year-olds and upward. at
o,e mile and q sixteenth. and one of the best
ss ~ the wear was carded 10 start until the rain
came and put an end TO the hopes and plans OF
so many owners and trainers OF the seventeen
named 10 start, eleven were withdrawn, includ-
,pr Hamburg Belle. Cairngorm, Rams Horn
and Bedouin. This left only six horses to face
she starter. % which Blandy was a pronounced
,svorite at even money because of his last two
rood races and his known liking for the mud.
The Others were lightly backed ar from TO 10
So I but the bulk Of the play was on August
Belnonts candidate. Tokalon. the Brooklyn
Handicap winner, closed at to /. as It was not
generally thought that she could pick up the
extra weight and win.
Unfortunately the race was not true run as
Blandy was badly shut off on the far turn and
almost knocked TO his knees, losing four or five
lengths. Jones, his jockey, then rushed him up
100 fast and he was carried wide turning for
home All this was a handicap too much to
overcome. and he finished outside the money.
Inuuisitor had the advantage of one Of Miller's
ID ND y Olxal
which was outrun in the early part, closed with
great burst Of speed and only just failed TO get
up Inquisitor winning by a short head.
Grapple. which had always been within striking
distance Of Inqusltor and Cederstronne, the early
paoemakers. hung on We'll and was only beaten
neck for the place. Colonial Girl could not ex-
tend herself in the going. and pulled up a bad
last
August Belmont won two races. His good
three-year-old FLY Tiptoe made a show of First
Premium and Pater in the first race and won
as she pleased, while Okenite took the Laureate
Stakes for two-year-olds, running the FIVE fur
longs over the sloppy track in SO seconds which
equaIled the track record made by ". H. Daniel
on fast track
Okenite and Philander closed equal favorites
FOR the Laureate Stakes with Sir Toddington
and George s Davis strongly supported Sir
Cor half the distance, when Okenite took COM
msnG and going away easily by two
lengths George s. avis. Sir Toddington and
FH1ander had a litter light for the place, and
they finished heads apart named
The steeplechase. over the full course of two
and half miles, went TO Palm Room, at the
lucrative price Of 30 10 /. She had a world of
speed, and after racing Judge O'Gin into sub
mission in the first mile opened up a gap of
thirty or forty lengths. and by about that
margin from Mamie H, which a full six
ieenth Of a mile before the odds-on favorite.
Phantom. Palm ROOM fenced we'll in places
and badly in places, and the chief interest in the
race through the last mile centred in her ability
10 stand up The crowd cheered when she got
safely over the last hedge, in spite Of the fact
that not one in hundred profted by her vic
tory. Droredary and Ebonyette fell but their
Jockeys escaped with a shaking up
The other winners Water Pearl which
the second race. for two-y ears-olds at
- 20 ]. and Go Between, which fairly revealed in
the mud, and won the last race pulled up. Tip
toe in the first race, was the only pronounced
fsvorite 10 win. although Go Between and
Okenite were practically equal first choices with
Lord OF the Vale and Phiander respectively.
Miller accepted four mounts. and had win
ner. one second and two thirds Radtke. ].
Jones, Homer and Shaw each rode one winner.