New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-03
FARC|CAL FINISH TO
UNITED HUNTS CHASE
O'Ccnnor, Finishing in Third
Place. Wins Feature Race at
Belmont Terminal.
OTHERS TOOK WRONG ROUTE
Large Crowd Braves November
Blasts for Third Day OF ANA
teur Meeting-Thrills in
Military Contest.

pasnite the chill of November, the ldIS-
20. royyd that mas vet seen the amateur
,-,,,,, ot Belmont Park Terminal was
..,,,scted TO the course down in Queens
,.ar.erday afternoon. The racing, now
ever was not up to the quality set iast
saturday and last Wednesday but "
,,.ovi1cd enough excitement and pure en-
.o,.rrcnt 10 make the outing worth While.
I'nfortunatelv the feature race OF the
afternoon. the sixth running of the great
United Hunts Steeplechase, was a hzzle.
John r. FelTs Highbridge, one OF the
best steeplechasers that has been ue-
yeloped in this part of the country III
recent years, lost a we'll earned Nictors
nv failure TO cover the proper course ana
O'Connor, owned by w. II. Henry ana
ridden by Z. Klenck, actually the ti'iru
horse across the line, was declared 'he
winner. because it was the only one oi
the field that ran the proper course.
Miss Chamblet's Rice Grain, Highorluse,
Robert L. Gerry's The Evader, ana
O'Copnor started. and as O'Connor re-
fused at the first jump, and did not go
over until the field was halfway around
the course for the first time, he was
practically out of 1t. The Evader thle"
O'Brien at the second jump, ana lha'
left the race to Rice Grain and hlsn-
bridge. The two took the jumps ike
team but e. Pemberton. on Highoridge'
was obviously waiting his time.
On the second round OF the course, RlCe
Grain was leading down the oaeHs''etch
by a length or so, taking the Jumps
! easily. At the gate leading to the png
course. which was to be followed, ooth
riders ran out and went on over one
lIump of the short course, until caiIeu
back by the patrol Judge.
On the race back to the gate Highorldse
showed his worth by closing the gap anu
when finally headed down the sTetch
he led by ten lengths, finishing wen
within himself Rice Grain had 70 20
hack for each Of the last two hurdles, ana
nassed the Judges second. Then came
long wait for OConnor to finish WIN
the last horse across the judges an
rounced that both Highbridge and Rice
Grain had taken the wrong course even
after being set right by the patron 1uose,
and consequently OConnor was oeclaieu
tho winner. The fact that Mr. Henry hau
It'd 70 sell O'Connor for $500 before the
Ia1e added the final chapter u '"'
comedy. c..de
brought Gold Plate home winner III .no
tcntb running of the Hunters Champi""
Stecplechase. Five horses went 10 ''e
post-Charles Phzer's Herculoid. HAIRY
pages Gold Plate, Peter HaucK u .
Essex B., James Parks Duke OF DuIuUi
and the Greentree Stables Winkle-ahu
althoueh II was a four-nnile chase over
numerous Jumps. 1t was race from 'ne
fou of the flag. In the last mile II deVei-
opcd into a clinking two-horse anair'
with the aged Herculoid and Cold Fiate
az the contenders. II Mr.. Mortimer on
Hcrculoid had not ridden all over the
course he might have made better race
of II. As It was. Gold Plate won by -FOUR
lengths in driving finish
Essex b. got away at the break and
sailed over the first jump q couple OF
lengths in the van, with the Duke OF
Duluth and Herculoid second and third
Gold Plate got away badly, and 80 dio
Wrinkle Mr.. Van Stade, however, re-
covered and at the second jump was wen
IN the running. Essex B. showed the way
10 the lump at the half-mile post when ne
threw his rider, Mr.. Bamberger, and ran
out through the underbrush in the direc-
ton OF Garden City. The rider picked
himself UP unhurt.
This left the field clear to Duke Of Du-
h,th, Herculoid and Gold Plate, and IN
that order they raced for the next two
miles with Wrinkle out OF it. Then on the
last time around and on the same jump
that spelled disaster TO Essex B., Duke
~ Duluth, which was leading, fell ana
threw Mr.. Park heavily. He scrambled
out Of the way of the other horses and
got I'D unframed. Thereafter Herculoid
and Cold Plate were the lone contenders'
but they made a good race OF it. Going
over the Jump into the stretch the pair
was on even terms. Gold Plate took the
last iurnp half q length to the good and
began 70 draw away MT. Mortimer used
the whip on Herculoid and Mr. Pliers
hunter responded and closed WELL but
Cold Plate had a lot left and won easily
in the last fifty ards.
The self-constituted judges In the STAND
though that the appointed judges had
made a mistake when they declared
FaultIess the winner OF the hrst race.
Charles r. Fleischman's Norbitt led for
the first mile and half. taking the hur-
dies clearly and showing plenty of speed.
Mr.. Warmers Faultless ridden by Fred.
AIpers, and Evans fuckers Spectator
on which o. Heider had the mount. were
following pretty close together for the
greater part Of the distance. Coventry
the only other entry, was trailing the
field.
Norbitt came down into the stretch
barely ahead OF Faultless. and with Spec
ulator close up. In the last quarter Nor
bitt failed. and the race was between
Faultless and Spectator Alpers showed
the best riding Ct the day when he piloted
Faultess to the front and held her there.
Faultless won by a nose, with Spectator
the contender and Norbitt third.
To the strains Of THE Star Spangled
Banner six military mounts cantered on
10 the course for the Belmont Military
Handicap Hannah Louise shot out Of the
field like a streak when the break came.
The lead she took in the first furlong she