New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-14
RACES THRILL ONl0OKERS
cIose Finishes Add ZeSt to
Watching Hunt Meeting.
G00DLY CROWD is ON HAND
Many Well Known Persons
Among Spectators-Tyosa WINS
in a Driving Finish.

Tn. Watching Hunt Club. which includes
snoong It's members pretty nearly all Of
.he social leaders of North Jersey. held It's
.nr,ns race meeting at Plainfield yesterday
and thanks 10 a kind weather man and an
excellent card. II proved TO be the most
,uccessfui meet that the club has yet held
About twenty-five hundred persons were
-, tbs grounds when the bugle called the
horses 10 the post for the first contest
handsomely gowned women fitted TO and
FRO on the lawn in front of the grandstand
while along the rails many automobiles
we're parked, each one containing its quota
Of prettily dressed women and their more
gravely CARRIED escorts. 1t was in realty
the opening OF the outdoor season for New
Jersey society. and there were few indeed
Of those who make UP the smart set Of the
northern end OF the Mosquito state who
did not take advantage Of the we'll nigh
ideal weather TO motor 10 the grounds
where a splendid afternoons sport reward
ed them.
There were six races on the programme,
and the entries were large. They in
cluded most OF the timber toppers and
sprinters in the amateur circuit, and the
finishes as a rule were close enough 20
sctisfy the most eXacting partisan of the
sport OF kings Among those seen around
the lawn and in the grardstand were Mr..
and Mrs. Wright Searles. Mr.. and Mrs. II.
S. Searles. Carlisle Boyd Charles J. Fisk.
Miss Annie Fisk, Miss Catherine Nc
Cutcheon. Miss Helen Simpson. Mr.. and
Mrs Daniel Runkie. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
osborne. Nh and Mrs. William 5. Scott,
Mr. nd
Mrs L. +. Warning Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Beebe. Paul Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Buel. r. NJ. Mumford. Mr.. ard
Mrs Charles Holland, Mr.. and Mrs Peter
Hauck. Jr.. Charles Phzer A. T. Davies.
Carl Fleischman, Otto Fleischman. W. j.
Dumont. Augustus Papke. Warren Lang.
ST.. James A. Shea, jr.. Schuyler Casey,
Rufus Finch, I. Hartley Mellick. Harry
Finch, Colonel c. L. S. Bellows. Harry A..
Bourne Charles Wildey, Mr.. and Mrs. b..
J Hooley Miss Mabel Hooley, Miss Rae
Hooley. p. J. O'Donohue. Mrs. NJ j. Du-
mont. Ford Johnson and George p. Mellick.
The fourth race, the Watching Hunters
Purse, with the additional incentive of a
cup offered by T. J. Mumford. resulted in a
finish between Henry Warmers TyOsa and
David Dows's Butwel, which brought the
occupants Of the grandstand TO their feet.
Both owners were riding their horses.
Essex 3. and Magnolia ran out Of the
course the first time around and Tyosa
and Butwel had the contest TO themselves.
Mr. BOWS had Butwell in the lead by about
six lengths until the last jump was cleared.
when Mr.. Bell called on Tyosa, which
responded by a me burst Of speed. The
horses turned into the stretch on even
terms. and with both riders applying whip
and spur vigorously, the horses fought 1t
out until the wire was reached. when
Tyosa got under first scant half length
in front of Butwell.
Booger Red, Allan Pinkerton's speedy
Galloway. had an easy time capturing the
Vestheld Purse at half mile. Booger
Red took the lead at the drop of the f1ag
and was never headed. although II. a.
Bourne's Jack Csde, with Fred Alpers in
the saddle. tried hard 10 make II interest
ing. but quit hundred yards from the
wire. Booger Red carried leo pounds and
was timed for the quarter at 0.2i and the
half at O.5l %
In the first race Of the day, the Oak Tree
Purse Henry Warmers Nosegay repeated
his victory Of a week ago, with Morgan u.
Bla!r's Adele c. only a head behind him
a. the wire Mr. Cowdin. on Nosegay. kept
his mount in the rear until a furlong from
the wire. when he let Mr.. Warmers gelding
have his head. but Il took all that was in
him 10 defeat Adele {.
M Warner also captured the second
race, with his mare Faultless. the feature
OF which was the defeat Of Allan Pinker-
tons Macedonian. The contest was a. a
nile and half over hurdles. 2 distance
20 much 70 the liking Of Macedonian that
rs was made 10 favorite Mr.. Bell,
who rode Mr.. Pinkertons geding. sent his
mount into the lead right at the start, and
Kept him there until the last jump. when
r-sster Mr.. Alpsrs riding. went IN front.
Taultless came along with fine burst Of
speed IN the homestretch. however. and
beat out hester BY two lengths with Mace
eorlan eight lengths further back
Matthew J Callaghan's Sir Matthew cap
tIred the Netherwood Purse, e. . mile
and g half. thanks 70 the good handling Of
M NcKeon. The latter rated his mount
along nicely until the turn Tor home
when he let Mr.. Callsghan's colt have hi
head. and he romped under the wire thre
lengths in front Of Harry Bowne's Left.
fred Alpers had his first mounts % m
esason YESTERDAY. the objection TO his belni
granted q license having been Withdrawn
The summaries follow:
FIRST RACE THE OAK TREE PURSE. q
three-year-oles ana upward. one mile.