New-York tribune., 1907-10-20
NEW MARK FOR NEALON
UTNS GREAT RACE.
Rents old Course Record by More
than Fire Seconds.

twenty lhouSdtlO ipNSA0 =
ougbbred racing journeyed 10 Belmont FHth - ~
-, an excellent series of races and pld iaIe-
Ill for the season TO this most popular coui 09.
The slight chill in the air made II an lue"i ua!
f,y racing although it indicated lhat 'iie 10
.e,, is nozv nearly over. The sport was OF d
1,fgb class and every race produceu I" P'''''
finish. it,. .,,o stea,le
From a monetary point OF view the sleepe
chase took first place, but To the uue .o'.i ~ %
,b4 game the Belmont Park autumn Welsnl 1oI
age race at two miles and quarter ieIo III -
rank The running Of this race saw the estap
lisi,r,ent Of a new record for the course, "hlch
srould stand for some time to come. -Ne5iioH' me
foiir-vear-Old son of Sain-Sister Josephine VIII
nor Of the Suburban Handicap ran the distance
i'm . minutes 81 seconds just % seconds faster
1bau the tine made by St Bellane TWO years
ago The new mark made by Nealon Is all the
more remarkable as st. Bellane, three-year-
old had consequently only los pounds 10 carry
while Nealon had a burden of l24 POUNDS.
-Four horses went 10 the post for the long
iournev-Nealon. running in the Patchosue
stable coors; II. b. Duryea's Running water;
7 W colts Ironsides, and SaiNldere' owned u9
Thomas Hitchcock. jr, and the only three-! ear
old I'm the race. Salvidere opened laNoIl'e' nun
ming Water was the second choice In the bettlhs
and NeaIon was as good as TO i when the flrst
odds were posted. Ironsides was quoted at ~
10 Before the parade TO the post NeaIon
had been backed down TO 10 /. and even lower
while the odds on Salvidere and Running water
"a
Tho start could not have been better. Iron
Ids z,Iich was bought yesterday by Mr.. Colt
from, II p Whitney. Immediately raced 10 tle
front. with Nealon right behind The other TWO
ran like a team half dozen lengths PACK peIore
the half-rnile post was reached faSSlIs t"e
graudstand the first time around lronSldeS ieu
h, TWO lengths Knapp had double wraps on
Nraalor and II was evident that he was running
easily. Salvidere and Running Water were al
ready far behind, Knapp eNldehuy eApec'eu
Trorsides 70 come back to him, but lhe son oL
aFsd5Iar-Hanoana still raced out In front Nheh
- III, and r1rae-ouarters post was reached
1Z,,aro began 10 get anxious and let down on
%eaIon Immediately he began 10 creep up Oh
Troneides and rounding the lar turh' SWu uiie nv
the lead \ mighty cheer went up from the
stands as Nealon swept into the stretch ana
drew away in the final dash. Ironsides however
hung on game!y and had no difficulty in getuhs
the rIace six lengths in front of SalYldere Whlch
WAS ten lengths ahead of Running water Inc
latter never was q contender ana ran NtIH
sluggish race. There were more cheers Tor
>cealor as Knanp rode back to the stand for the
winner was heavily played
Refore the running Of the Champion Steeple-
chase for four yeaT-olds and upward at ABOUT
three and one-half miles, the club members IN
Guiding many women. focked out INTO Inc IN
field Four horses faced the starter Tor TINS
1,igIt class jflynring contest, which carried with
il a purse Of $4,000, besides valuable silver
plate T. E Widener's two entries, Cohgny ana
sheriff Williams. were the favOrltes IN the bet
ting at / 20 = Mr.. Mccain running in the
rolors Of T. R Thomas. the second choice
while J ". cots Thistledale was well played
at > TO /
once they were off there was beautiful ex-
hibition OF clever jumping. Coligny took the
lead soon after the start and for mile he and
Thistledale cleared the jumps almost as if they
were a team in front Of the clubhouse the
first time around Colgny led by length. with
Thistledae III front of Mr.. Mccain. Thistle
dale swerved at every jump and finally pulled
mp after going about two miles. Then Mr. Nc
Cam went after the leader and caught him near
the two and a half mile post. The two passed
The grandstand almost even terms. But
Cogny, still jumping in fine style, gradually
began 20 draw away TO win finally by four
lengths Donotue rode a well judged race on
the winner. and his mount deserved TO win.
only once in the race did the winner falter and
that at the first jump, which he cleared
poorly
The White Plains Handicap, for two-year-
olds, at six furlongs. was won easily by Falcada.
owned by r T. Wilson, jr. z. Dugan got him
OF In front and kept him there nearly all the
way At the end he was going easily to win
hy three lengths from The Squire. Lady Wini-
fred. off poorly closed with rush and got the
short end Of the purse by a head from Julia
Powell. which had lots Of early speed.
Ihe other winners were Sir John johnson.
Minnie Adams and Oraculum Minnie Adams
the outsider in the betting in the handicap AT a
mile and three -siXteenths, ran fine race and
athough Sea Wolf made a determined rush at
The end managed TO win by nod
Those that fingered at the track after the
races saw pony race between Cloisteress rid
den by ;. Osgood Pell, and Orton Dobbie rid
en oen by . r Cowdin Both horses had to carry,
-Io POUNDS over three furlongs. Orton Dobbie
3lsllhed the confidence of his hackers by win
Mug easily.