New-York tribune., 1909-10-05
CLOSE FINISHES RULE
BELLO A GOOD JUMPER
Qualities for Harbor Hill Cup IN
Chase at Belmont Park

Taerc was much Of interest in the racing at Bel
mont Park yesterday. with close and driving hn-
sshes 10 say nothing Of a steeplechase for three
veuI-oid jumpers and one-lnile handicap Tor
rEra-year-olds. on The programme The chase
was in the of a public trial for the tiarpot
HIil cur and purse of 81 600 offered by Clarence
n Aackay on Saturday and Mr. Cotton showed a
good Jumper iu Bello. which may furnish plenty
az competition for Thomas Hitchcock 1r CLOCK
work IN the coming struggle Bello won as ne
pleased YESTERDAY. when Oakhurst. the quoted IA
vorfte feu al the second jump from home. and
altogether made favorable impression on the
critics ~ cross-country iacing-
rive horses went 10 the post. and the two choices
cnme 10 grief. Oakhurst which ran third 10 his
stable companion Clockwork and Thistedale last
Friday hOlted ire inside al almost every jump
as looking for the easiest place. and finally went
down. giving Lynch ugly fall ana a bad shak-
ng " Magellan, Of which much was expected
because OF some excellent schooling. lacked speed
on the far and outpaced from the start lie
Numbered Al the last jump and went down with
crash Davidson. who had the mount being stunned
for q few minutes Ruxton on which Leonce
Fuller his owner. had the lex mp. showed improve
rnent over ms first start and was keen contender
sor mile and half in spite Of running out on
huth turus and losing several lengths. When OAK
huTs1 fell he came along and earned the place
from Brendan
Bello showed a disposition 10 swing of at some
OF the sumps. hut the whole fenced in nolo
way and took the hedges in his stride The race
a
did not hesitate 20 express the opinion that he
had Oakhurst soUndly beaten when the latter
went Gown and that he must he considered IN
connection with the Harbor Tiil cup
sandran repeated his good race Of SATURDAY
when ne defeated Radium Star winner Of the
Matron stakes. by beating Charlie Hargrave and
Fighting Bob in the opening handicap AZ one mile
The Hamburg EeldinE ran the distance in the good
riFne uf 3-5 after forcing the pace and stand
ing drive for sixteenth II mile Fighting
Erh ff1e frEf 10 & IN
Charlie Hargrave fought on 10 the end. carving
Sandrisn across the track 70 the outside. 10 be
beaten a short neck OF the TWO Sandrian ap-
Teared 70 he running the stronger in the closing
strides According 10 Scov1Ile, who rode tie Ham
burg geldine the Na1ron Stakes, interference
cost Sandrian that rich prize He performed yes
tsrdsy Ike q horse of some quality
o,imbus had he pounds The best 10 win the
third race. at mile and sixteenth, as he
bore out rounding the turn and bolted across the
track 70 the outside rail in the last sixteenth in
spite Of everything ButWell could do 10 keep him
straight Blue Book came from behind and head
ed him for q few strides. bur he got up again. 10
uin on The post hv the width OF a hand. Zienap,
which made the early running. also swerved badly
IN The stretch and lost TWO or three lengths.
Only four horses went 10 the post in the New
Rcchelle Selling Stakes bur il horse race all
the way. and Firesrone. under l2l pounds. won
only by head after the hardest kind Of a drive
with The Squire Mary Davis. the quoted favor
tie. made the running for six furlonEs. but Fire
stone raced up 70 her At the turn for home. Just
when The mare oapitulateo. however. inside the
last furlong pole, L DUEan brought The Squire
which had been trailing up the outside, and
I-irestone had a hattie TO fight. The four
yesr-old equal the call and under little L
Martins strong finish won by head in l.39. q
good performance under the weight.
II cost Sam Hildreth Sl.005 to keep Firestone.
as D. Woodford who trains the BeverWyck Stable
horses. thought lie was entered too cheaply al
s. 500 and bid him UP 10 S2.500 before Mr.. Hill
dreth could protect him with the usual IS advance
Woodford was foreman IN the Hildreth stable at
one time
Another stirring finish marked the fifth race,
when four horses came down through the last six
teenth neck and neck. Acumen. good thing
trained by Steve Lawlor, closed resolutely and
won bv a narrow margin, with Little Hoy, Louise
Wells the odds-on favorite. ana Glennadeane
Tapped on him.
j. Dugan's quickness the start largely
responsible for Campeon's victory IN the last race.
Even with this advantage the colt was lucky 10
win Jeanne D'Arc. running IN the name and
col0rs q Sam Hildreth. 10 the outside rail IN
the stretch and Rial1o was pinched OF and badly
hampered when he closed strongly on the rail in
The last sixteenth
Grand. the jockey, was not Al the track and II
was said that he had gone 10 his home in Chi
cage. on account OF illness. Il was also whis-
s.sred about that his ride on Bosom few days
ago was partly responsible for mis- absence.
The summaries follow
BELMONT PARK SUMMARIZES
mile start goO5. driving Time goa.
winner - bv Hamburg sandria. OvneT