New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
VII MALL CAPTURES
! MEADOW BROOK CUP
cy. Thousand Persons ), See
Fs sinaI Day of Racing at BEL
mont Park Terminal.
FIELDS SMALL BUT SMART
81, Three Horses Saddled for
VIZ s.oture Race, and Gold
Plate, the Favorite, Mr..
Page Up, Loses.


~ half a dozen well fought contests
tho closing programme of the
,,..,ov Brook Hunt Club meet at
y.,mopt Park Terminal Yesterday. 1t
-, hot day. but the crowd didn't
70 mind the heat the interest in
=. running and jumping Of the thor
ourhbreds making the spectators Ior-
:, their discomforts.
-. makeup Of the crowd was re-
-.,labe. Seldom have so many per
.s whose names are familiar in so
.,..v or so well known in the racing
..,rd been brought togethera-t least.
-, since the closing Of the metro
Titan tracks. While the fields were
=, large. the'conteSts were close and
,,sresting enough 90 stir the blood OF
~, liver Of the thoroughbred.
Tho weather would have been more
..,sonable in July rather than on the
,.copd day Of May, and ii was perhaps
h.cause Of the sultriness that the open
,.,son for straw hats was advanced.
much headgear OF this type being in
,rissnce. August Belmont was one Of
those who wore natty Panama hats.
OF the six races on the card the
,.sptieth running of the Meadow
Brook Hunt Cup was the feature, and
f vas won in clever style by Leonard
lscobss Pail Mall under masterful
rde by Mr. Vor Stade-who. by the
vsy. has won each Of the three races in
which he has ridden since the amateur
ueng season opened. a week ago, at
Hevlett's Bay Park.
There were only three starters IN the
Hunt Cup race. the favorite being Gold
Pate. with Harry :. Page. his owner.
h the saddle Away back in 1890 Mr..
PAGE won this cup with l.. G.. Hadden's
sunbeam. and Yesterday his magnif-
csn, gelding looked so good that : 10
70 vas the best price obtainable against
hin. It was the first time that Mr..
PAGE had ridden in "a race since the
MEETING at the Terminal last year.
when the same horse, Gold Plate. fell
and injured him so severely by step
ping on his face.
The only other starter besides Pail
Mall and Gold Plate was the Greentree
Stables Web Carter. with MIR. c. l..
Appleton In the saddle. When the flag
i.l Mr. Page sent Gold Plate TO the
iront He kept him there the greater
part o. the three and a quarter mile
j0urnsy over the jumps 10y the cleverest
lind Of riding. his guiding Of the geld
hg being so good that he did not lose
. bit Of unnecessary ground.
Pal Mall and Web Carter went wide
over the fences however. but both
seemed 70 have enough speed 20 keep
close behind Cold Plate. II looked Ike
NJ Pages race all the way until the
asst Jump was reached. Here both Web
Carter and Pail Mall challenged. Mr..
Won stade hadn't urged Mr.. Jacobss
ssting In the least. having rated him
dong nicely behind. never letting the
ether two horses get too far ahead.
Pail Mall responded gamely when Mr..
Von stade called on him at the head Of
ne stretch and so did Web Carter
rnder the urging Of Mr.. Appleton. II
wasn't long before Gold Plate was out
q II Web Carriers saddle girth began
70 Sip In the run home and he crossed
N. line three lengths behind Gold
rate, which managed to get second.
The saddle slipped so far that Mr..
Appleton was practically riding bare
oecs when he finished. Pail Mall. by
hs way is half brother 10 Gold Plate.
Two accidents happened In the fifth
'see' the Stewards open Steeplechase,
a about two and a half miles over the
hurdles but neither resulted seriously.
sydney Josephthars O'Connor, his
0"ner riding. won the contest. but not
1nul Richard Mortimers Country Guy.
we to favorite, had taken a tumble,
onV a few seconds after Robert l..
Serry's The Elephant. ridden by Noe.
had gone down
M Mortimer was riding his Single
"n geloing. and after the way he
'a''ured the Cedarhurst Cup a week
40 ne looked 90 have this contest at
!. mercy. The Elephant went down at
w Jump Just across the field from the
= s'SHosIand. and was leading. with
.'4n1y Guy close behind. The Ele-
'-Ah's tumble seemed to have a bad
,-V'' on Country Guy. for at the next
.s 10y ne. too, went down. Neither
'.'' was injured. however.
=, 'e' Charles r. Fleischmann's
- es-year-old by Gold Heels. captured
"a Hnnont Hurdle Plate. at about two
NJ IN easy fashion from Henry w.
ns's Faultless, the 2 to . choice.
e Jumped right into the lead and
burn. iie ""u speeu ~
4, =. VT u. Gerry's Eadbald. j. Tucker
n. SADDLE, made a runaway race Of
~. combination Plate, a mile and
M. contest on the turf He jumped
~. we lead at the flag and was never
he was a ? to > favorite.
Pa. Diume's Sickle defeated Charles
,so. Hmanns Norlatt in the closing
ss,., VI the day. the Queens High
Nm a' Handicap. at a mile on the fat.
,on,s ~ led the greater part of the
sh.s :, Dut tired a furlong from home,
A.a ''efie came along and won.