New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-12
CLOSE FINISHES At
Watching HUNT MEET
Five Out Of Six Races Won Under
Whip and Spur in Run
Through Stretch.
FRED ALPERS RIDES WELL
Fine Weather and Good Pro-
gramme Bring Record Break
ing Crowd to the Course
at Plainfield.

t,1 enough 10 make the blood tlnEle and
Nth nature wearing its happiest smile. the
.irhth annual meeting Of the Watching
Hunt Club. at Plainfeld yesterday provided
On afternoon of sport that was At for kings
There were six we'll filed races on the
,,orramme. and in all save one Of them
the winner was in doubt until the finish line
was reached.
Fred Alpers was responsible for two Of
+he closest finishes of the day. when he
,,everly plloted Jack Cade home neck in
front Of Raymond Belmonts Culvert. his
owner riding, and little later, riding Henry
Bownes Blundora, reached the line a
,csnt half length in front of Henry w.
warmers Nosegay, the l to 5 favorite.
Mr.. Alpers also had the mount on Thomas
= Whites NeStor in the first race but was
besten out in a driving finish by Henry w.
Warmers Faultless, with +. c. Cowdin. ID.
in the saddle
This was the first contest on the card
After going about three furlonss Nestor
snt FaultleSs drew away. and the race soon
developed into a duel between them. First
Faultess would get TO the front over the
Jumps they went so close together that the
riders could have shaken hands with each
other. After taking the last jump, how
ever, Nestor tired, and Faultless had enough
left 10 win by half dozen lengths.
The next race the Middlesex SCurry, for
rallovays. was just as exciting, and it was
only 10y clever handling that Mr.. AlDers
brought Jack Cade home winner by a
neck in a driving finish OF to a good
start the horses remained punched until
the turn for home. with Jack Cade leading
b. head Mr Belmont took Culvert a
trfe wide AZ the turn to avoid some bad
going. and when they Strengthened out for
home he was about a length in the rear
Of Mr. Bownes geIding. With whip and
spur used TO every advantage they rushed
toward the finish and for d few moments
II looked though dead heat would be
the result. Jack Cade. however. had the
most left, and managed to lead Culvert by
neck.
Mr. Alperss clever handling Of Blundara
in the Oak Tree purse the third contest
on the card. was responsible for the unex-
pected defeat of Nosegay. with Mr.. Cowdin
IN the saddle. Blundara is a Duryea cast
of. Mr. Alpers got the rail position at the
fall Of the flag. with Nosegay behind and
Archibald Barkles Delphie on the outside.
They remained in these positions all
through the race. with Nosegay pocketed,
Mr. Cowdin apparently waiting for Delphie
20 tire, so that he could get out. At the
turn for home the Barklie mare fell back.
and Mr. Cowdin made game effort to get
Eosegay home first. He was too far be-
hind, however and Blundara got under the
wire half a length in front Of him.
The only accident of the day. which. fortu-
rately, was not serious. happened in the
Reynard Cup, the fourth race. when Ed
ward r. Finch's Duchess OF CypremOnt fell
at the jump 10 the left Of the grandstand
throwing Jack ODay. who had the mount
Mr. O'Day was on his feet before the horse
got up He is little fellow, and 20 make
the 1853 pounds required he had 10 carry
fCrty-eight pounds of lead. On the way
around, however. the two lead pads dropped
Of and this in part was responsible for his
tumble, as his saddle girth became loosened
The contest was a picturesque one, az
the riders all wore hunting costume. 1t
was won In hollow style by r. II. Towner's
Sunlight Mr.. Wildey in the saddle, after
all the starters. with the exception Of Lion
Heart, had refused after going the first
two miles. Japan was the favorite, but ne
Quit after crashing into one Of the wings
Of the jump in front Of the grandstand.
Henry L. Bells ST. Leond. ridden in fine
style by Mr. Lewis. won the Watching
Hunters Purse in driving finish from II.
+. Dreier's Gus Helm. The only other
horse In the race was Peter Haucks eccen-
trio gelding Essex B., which jumped into the
lead at the start and stayed there up TO
half mile from home. when he refused.
MIR. Clapp quickly got him back. however,
but 81. Leonid and Gus Helm had come up
in the mean time. The three horses came
into the stretch together, and Mr.. Lewis did
not have much difficulty in bringing St
Leonid home three lengths In front Of Gus
helm Essex B. firing at the end.
Raymond Belmonts Cuvert, Mr. Belmont
in the saddle. won the consolation purse
in clever style from NJ. De Witt Bamberg-
ers Nugget. his owner riding.
William Clarks Dick. with H. L. Clark
up. won the Farmers Scramble Leslie
Iambert's Kiddo. J. Smith riding. was sec
ond. and p J. Kelly's Ben was third.
luc bpltilulu weather anu tANtiItHN wv
rramme was responsible for the largest
turnout that has ever attended a race meet
OF the Watching Hunt Club. More than
two thousand persons were in the grounds,
among them many not alone prominent in
the New Jersey and Long Island hunting
sets but in the professional racing world as
well. Rufus c. Finch was chairman OF the
race committee and ]. II. McAvoy did the
starting
Among those seen I'm the grandstand and
in the paddock were Mr.. and Mrs. Lew g.
Waring, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Fisk, Mr..
and Mrs J. II. Mellick. Mr.. and Mrs @. P.
Mellick. Mr.. and Mrs II. w Beebe, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. X. 5.
Rowland. Ezra Prentice. Miss Charlotte
Delaf1eld. Miss Catherine Browning, r. X.
Baird. Miss Adelaide Gardner, Charles H..
Jones, Edmund Mackenzie, Mr. and Mrs.
;. S. Schuyler, Mr. and Mrs. w. b. Tyler
Mr. and Mrs w. l. RICHTER, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Runkle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Milne, Carl F1eischman. Udo
Fleischman, Mr.. and Mrs Brown Ralston,
William L. Saunders, Miss Jean Saunders
:! s. Barclay, Russell Tucker. Marson Butt
held. Miss Mary Baker, Robert Kelly, An
drew Miller, James IT. Hyde. Ivan Fox,
Charles Phzer, Mrs. L. A. Livingston. Vic
tor Schaumberg, William NJ Kerr, DR.. q.
W. Endicott Mr.. and Mrs. George Endi-
colt, Mr.. and Mrs II. H. Towner. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gilbert Fletcher. Colonel and Mrs.
{. f. s. Bellows, MIR. and Mrs. c. w.
Holland. Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. O'Donohue. Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Hallock, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Fisk. Mr.. and Mrs. M. ]. Dumont'
Mr.. and Mrs A. G. Hooley. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Mayer, w. Palmer Smith. w. Pal
mer Smith ir the MissAa FINCH III. i.