New-York tribune., 1906-06-05
MILLER KEEPS IT UP.
RIDES FOUR WINNERS.
Whimsical and Court Dress Earn
Stakes at Belmont Park.

,s;l.r tbe Jockey had q field day at Belmont
p.-lz Yesterday. and his riding was easily the
..stpre of the days racing. He accepted six
..ourts and rode four winners and two second
.o,ses. and his small army Of followers went
-. with smiling FACES and bulging pockets
E1s hecan by riding Tommy Waddeli 10 victory
!. ,be ,irst race. snd followed this up by win
- with Monfort, Whimsical and Nintia, and
-,,rring second with Barbary Belle and Miss
,-u-ford Outside Of the fact that he is get
ing the nick Of the mounts in most cases. he de-
s.rz-es All credit for his success. AS he rarely
-,skes "a mistake and uses excellent judgment
n, has ridden fifteen winners at the present
meeting and is far in The lead for the jockey
bopors. as Radtke. his closest rival. has handled
only five winners.
Whimsical won the Jockey Club weight for
see race yesterday. at one mile and a furlong, in
+, Usv 10 stamp her high class filiy and second
only 70 Burgomaster OF the tnree-year-olds
which have raced so far this year. She beat Ac-
countant The Picket and Waterlight yesterday
81 even weights according to the scale. and ran
the mile and a furleng in 1:5l A.. which is only
a fraction Of a second behind the track record
mace by Lord OF The Vale last october. Miller
had the mount and he let her race along in
front al the way. At the last furlong pole
Accountant loomed up dangerous on the outside
and il looked for a few strides as if he would
come on and win, but Miller had saved some
thing 10 finish with, and when he called on
Whimsical she drew away again and won ridden
out hy TWO lengths The Picket, which was out
run in the early part, inierfered with
slightly hy Accountant rounding The home turn,
which mag have affected his chances slightly
Accountant always had the best Of him. how
ever in the run through the last furlong and
beat him d scant length Tor the place Water
light dropped completely out Of il on the far
turn and pulled up disappointing last. On
Hne through Accountant, Whimsical, on her race
yesterday would give Burgomaster all he could
10 beat her.
James K. Keene won the eleventh renewal OF
the Gayety stakes for -year-old hllies with
Court Dress. She was a strong favorite at
10 20 bur victory was not as easily earned as
was expected as Barbary Belle raced with her
most of The way and seemed 10 have slightly
ihe best Of ii al tho last furlong pole. She drew
out right al the end. however. and won driving
ly length while Barbary Belle had all she
could do to beat Alteration a head for the place
The last named was making her first appear
ance. and ran green. She was running the
strongest perhaps 81 the end. and is likely to
develop into one OF the best Allies OF the season.
She is q good sized. well developed hIly. by Orna-
meut-EXceent. and altogether gave good ae-
count Of herself
Four faKOrtes split faVoTite and second
choice won. which Was 2 record for the meeting
20 date Up 10 yesterday the winning first
choices were few and far between.
Entree which John r. Madden has sold TO
Frederick Johnston, was the best morse in the
nth race "a selling affair 2t seven furlongs. but
Miutis won the purse thanks 10 MleT's quick
ness ~ the post and his clever handling of the
hby al through the race. Entree was pinched
on al The start. and was lengths out of il in
The run up the haCkstretch. Radtke, who had
The mount, made up the lost ground gradually.
ana. under the circumstances, handled The colt
10 The best advantage but the distance was TWO
strides too short, for while Entree closed with a
great burst OF speed through the stretch he just
failed 10 get up Battieaxe also suffered at the
start and made up lot OF ground under weak
handling. running on under his Own courage at
tns END with litte Hagan sitting perfectly stiil.
Far West showed lot Of speed and probably
Needed a race 10 tighten him up.
The other winners were Tommy Waddell.
which won The first race easily. when Water
grass. tired IN the stretch: Nonfort. which gal
lopea home as hc pleased in the second race. and
Lenap- which look the last race cleVerly from
MISS Crawford and Yalagal. Glorifer was en-
lIey lacking IN speed in the first race, and ran
iar below The form he showed in his first start
a. GrayeSend