New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
WHIPS FLY IN STAKES
The Turk Wins Historic WitherS
in Driving Finish.
BABBLER BEATS NOVELTY
Nod Settles Bitter Battle-Blg
Crowd Enjoys Some Keen
Racing.


thirty-seventh running Of the historic
withers at Belmont Park yesterday in a
stirring drive with Prince Imperial and
Crasmere. while August Belmonts BaooleF
beat Novelty by the width of hano
after 2 hitter struggle in the Laureate
Stakes. No better racing will be seen TINS
season in all proba bility than was 1ut-
..ho5 =, The running Of these two hXt-
,sres. The wild. spontaneous cheeF, ot'
70 he more exact. the exultant roar wflich
wont mn from the crowd testified to 1he
suli anpreciatIon OF the keen, hard foughl
battles for turf mastery.
William X Vanderbilt, who has won
.uentv-seven races in France tins year
and who headed the list Of winning owners
in that country last season, was at the
track and expressed himself as delighted
with the quality Of the sport AhlhoiiS
~ Rra6y and w x. Vanderbilt. jr-, who
are rarely seen at the course were o'iieIs
who were attracted by the promise OF
some high class racing, pFo7lllse 'i1'''
was more than fulfilled.
The best card Of the season drew out
what IN all probability was the biggest
crowd Of the year, and this in spite OF
the duh and threatening weather at hooil'
1t was a brilliant gathering, too the
clubhouse lawn and balconies being wen
filed with the hunting set from the Long
Island colonies and many well known
1,ersons in addition TO those mentioned
Mr and Mrs. August Belmont were On
hand 10 see Babbler win the Laureate
Stakes: A Henry Higginson came II
from Boston to watch Sir Wooster fall
a. the Whitney Memorial Steeplechase;
w. s Fanshawe went down and had the
Measure of seeing his good thTe-year-old,
The Turk. win the Withers. while others
nresen; included R T Wilson, jr-, +.
Ambrose Clarke, Clarence II. Mackay
r R Hitchcock, Mrs Payne Whitney
Foxhau P. Keene, Andrew Miller, H h.
Knapp and Paul ]. Rainey, who talked OF
little else than dis proposed trip TO the
North Pole.
The wlthers WAS the loser by the absence
OF Waldo. Sweep and Dalmatian, which
were unable to face the starter because O.
minor Ills but the struggle could not have
been keener or more exciting, and The Turk
proved his quality beyond all question
MCGEE said after the race that he had 10
fight the colt most Of the way TO keep him
from bolting 10 the outside rail, and as II
was he lost precious ground by going wide
on the turns Under the circumstances, the
victory was the more impressive, although
be had TO be driven out 10 beat Prince IN
perial, which hung on with the courage o1
a bulldog, and Grasmere, the hope OF James
R Keene and his friends.
The Turk may not be another Colin,
which won the fixture in 1908, but IL nllst
be recalled that he has suffered only one
defeat and keeps right on doing whatever
is required Of him in a way that is con
vincing of his class. He was rather slow
TO settle in his stride yesterday, but ran
.nto the lead liz the first half mile without
apparent effort. In bearing out however,
he opened the way to a harder hSnt' anu
Grasmere, which rushed up on the rail
rounding the turn, headed him for a time
II looked when Strengthened out, as if the
Meddler colt would come on and win, put
he faltered at the end, whereas The Turk
accepted without fiinching a determined
\ challenge from Prince Imperial and was
M running as strongly through the last six
W reenth as az any part Of the struggle lie
won by q sCant length and covered the nile
with 126 pounds up in the fast time OF
l:4O, considering the fact that the track
was bit sloppy and the footing uncertain
The Turk is a brown colt by Heno-Gra-
ceIle of good size and fine confOrnatioG
He was bred by Mr.. Fanshawe at Silver
Brook Farm. the birthplace of Henry Of
Navarro and Irish Lad, among others, and
age in training. lie must defeat Sweep,
Waldo and Dalmatian 10 set the seal on his
greatness, but Dick Miller who sent him 10
the post in such fine condition yesterday,
has no fear Of the outcome.
The Turk was the quoted favorite for the
withers. but many preferred Grasmere or
Price Imperial after seeing him bolt TO the
outside in his preliminary galiop. The
fourth starter was Hampton Court, which
ran in the name and colors of S. c. Hi
dreth Early IN the afternoon John E.
Madden sold both Hampton Court and Nov
city TO Mr.. Hndreth at private terms. The
price for Novelty was said TO be $4,000,
This colt was bred by James r. Keene, and
bought al a wedding out sale for $1,7o0.
n Hndreth tried 10 win Novelty out at
the first asking by sending him to the post
in the Laureate Stakes, at five furlongs.
That he failed was due to the action Of a
nod after one Of the best and most sensa-
tional races ever run down the straight
course at Belmont Park OF any other track.
After r. T. Carmans Semprolus had
forced the pace for a time Novelty and
August Belmont's Babbler hooked up"
as the railbIrds say, and fought out des-
perate head-and-head battle to the wire
Z. Dugan, on the last named, and Shilling,
on Novelty, used all their strength and
skill and cunning TO earn the slight ad-
vantage that meant victory, and the battle
between the two boys added Zest TO the
struggle between TIE two good colts.
The horses came down through the last
sixteenth in a babel Of noise, with first
one head nodding in front and then the
other. Whips We're flying, and neither
would capitulate bat in the last stride
Babbler's nose showed in front and his
was the lions share of the $500 although
Novelty earned equal honors for speed,
courage and gameness.
p S p. Randolph had the satisfaction
OF seeing Adrian, for which he paid $500
a few days ago. win the opening race. The
colt handled his weight we'll and ran
straight and true, which cannot be said
for Frank Mullens, witch ran out on the
turn and lost any chance he had Of win
ming. II was the first two-year-old race
ever run over the main track at Belmont
Park. and the experiment was appreciated
by the crowd, as so much more of the
struggle could be seen.
c. r. Fleischmann lost his old bread win
ner Tony Bonero after the second race.
The six-year-old son OF Sain was claimed
by an agent Of Mrs II Il. Seiby for 81 $50.
II. G. Bedwell had 10 part with Ed Ball
also. as the gelding was claimed for $3.50
by the Beverwyok Stable.
Guy Garner was unable TO accept a mount
l-g- L.