New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
RACE FOR RISING STAR
Takes Feature Event on Card of
Meadow Brook Club.
SOCIETY ENJOYS CONTESTS
One Hurdle, Inhabited by
Hoodoo, Is Responsible for
Four Choppers.

J. A Davis's Rising Star, cleverly RIO
den by his owner, won the seventeenth
running of the Meadow Brook Hunt Cup
ST the spring meeting of the Meado"
Brook Steeplechase Association al west
bury. Long Island, yesterday afternoon.
Rising Star got off in the lead at the fail
of the fae. closely followed by Allan Pink
erton's Macedonia. with Henry L. BeH IA
the saddle. The two horses ran side by
side until the last jump was reached. when
Mr.. Bell took of too close, and came
cropper. He was not badly injured, how
ever, although Macedonia lay stunned for
five minutes Rising Star finished the
three and a quarter miie-journey siX
lengths in front of Thomas Hitchcock
jr.'s Ipsa Dixit.
II was a peculiar coincident that the ac-
cieent 10 Mr. Bell yesterday occurred AT
the same hurdle where, when schooling
horse for w. c. Hayes few days ago, ne
met with a similar misfortune. the horse
having been killed. It ct this hurdle
also that F. Ambrose Clark was injured
last week and as If to further emphasize
she haunting Of this jump by 100000, lhe
three other falls ia yesterdays races look
place there also III the first race OF uhe
day, the Ruts cup. Mr. Hayes. on Manga
roo and MIR. Tuckermen, on Socks, came
CTOpDprS-
In the second race. the Stewards open
Steepleehase. None OF the riders was b2dly
injured, however.
The weather was ideal for racing. and a
large number Of well known persons took
advantage Of the pleasant conditions 10
tourney TO the course which is almost as
level as a table in automobiles and drags-
There were four races on the card three
over the hurdles and on the fiat, win
two races for farmers horses only.
Among those seen around the course were
Mr. and Mrs. Harry P Whitney, MIS-
Emily I.adenburg, MT. and Mrs Ihomas
Hitchcock. jr Miss Ethel Hitchcock, Mr..
pnd Mrs II Van Rensselaer, Kennedy. MI
and Mrs Frederick Bull, Mr.. and Mrs h
N Hartman. Mrs William E. Laimbeer'
Mr.. and Mrs B. ". Robinson, Mt ana
Mrs. l. A d PeTeival, Miss May Bird
Miss Cecil Bird. MI and Mrs Raymond r
alnlir2l Mr. and Mrs S A w BaltaH1i'
MI and Mrs. F. VI. Nickerson, Rene La
Montague, P. II. Thompson, Miss Marlen
HoIlins, Mr., and Mrs James Hunt Mrs
Stevenson Grace, Mrs J. " Eustis. Mrs
J 3 Hartman Mr- and Mrs j SearleS
Barclay. Craig Wadsworth Mrs. Joseph
Stevens. Paul Rainey. Miss Edith Gaynor,
MRS. Halstead Swan, Mr. and Mrs. Martin
v
walter. Miss Emily Potter. J. Coosan. John
f. Cowain. Miss Mildred Poor. Miss Viola
Townsend. Mr and Mrs. Harold Phipps,
Mrs. Harry Godfrey, Mrs. Robert Gerry,
DR.. David L Haight, J. B. Appleton. MI
end Mrs J E Davis. Ri and Mrs IL NJ
Hartman. Mr. and Mrs. s. o. Oakley Van
derpooI. Lewis E. Waring, Franklin b.
Voss Hamilton Hadden and H. A. Buck
Eleven horses went TO the post for the
fourth running of the Richard Peters Chal-
lenee Cup The outcome was a thr1ihhg
finish between Henry ". Warmers F&uIt-
less. Mr.. Cowdin riding. and E. ". HAM
rnond's Loudom Light, cleverly ridden Dy
SCHUYLER CASEY Coming into the stretch
Painless had a lead of two lengths. Mr.
Casey. however, urged his mount along
and when the two horses went under the
wire mad made up the margin Wlthln
scant head. Ambrose Clarks BRO OF
F4:ght, ID, MI earle in the saddle. was
only length behind
silas Veitcf's good old jumper Grandpa,
Harry Page riding, won the stewards
Omen Steepleehase, the second race on the
card but only after strenuous duel Win
Double O. with Fred Alpers in the saddle
The two horses ran like twins until the
stretch was reached. when MI. Page called
on Grandpa. who had enough left TO finish
rhe TWO miles about three lengths ahead or
Double O. The Ruts Cup, the first event
Of the dey, st about two and one-haIf
miles, was only an exercise g2flop Tor MAI
colin stevengon-s clever little mare Dinna'
aIr stevenson riding
There was only one farmers race Oh bie
card originally, but the owners OF some Oh
The ..slziuners' entered protested SO FigoT-
ouslv against allowing two th0roughbftas 10
start that an extra race was arranged, rh-
der fhe same conditions E j Hogan S
The Thief and Z. b Nanderwater5 > Hsleh-
ard Duke were the thoroughbreds objected
tn and when they were sent of by them
.slvas Richard Duke won by a good length.
p Sullivan. on Gus Frean's Fioretta'
ann the Farmers Special. the last race On
the card. in hollow style. ten lengths sePa-
rating him from Sam Eelser's Midnight
1rith his owner riding
The summaries follow:
FIRST RACF-THE RATS CUP; for heavy
weight rteeplechase hunters that nave t Desi
rer75isrIy hunted on Long 1siaho curing Iio
last season About TWO miles and haiL;
r,ans n stevenson. -. .1T5t q Mr.. stevenson Ia
cnrl-s n L, Beekman. llo. Ar- / ISh Llloii
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