New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-17
rowd at Terminal Track
Finds Much to Carry
Its Interest.
FINISH
IN EVERY CONTEST
,-elisb Steeplechaser, Peregrine
Pickle, Defeated by
Adventures.

s,AeplechaSes, rs a rule. furnish the
..o,. Of thrills at a race meeting. But
.s,,rday every race was thriller from
1T 10 finish al the 0rst section Of the
..o.ssv meeting OF the United Hunts
racing Association NJ Belmont Park Ter
|-,,al Il may not have been such an
,,,ip,e affair" rs the French might say.
p,t every one OF the four thousand who
..,ded their way homeward in motors
!. hv the Long Island Railroad felt salts
u hat ne had seen sin good races.
~. rhrase Garrison finish" is old
"A well worn. but no new one could be
.sred 10 describe more adequately the
.sv the winners earned their purses and
ans and pieces Of plate yesterday.
= was day Of surprises. and conse-
gently n bad one for the favorites Chief
,,ens these were the defeats Of +. Am
~<e Clark's crack English jumper. Pcre-
rns Pickle, and Heybourn. but Of these
-,rs anon.
Mss iaudCyS band was out on the lawn
,,S blarcd welcome in the same old
-rss The weather was just as good as
should bo not 700 warm. and Just
soagh wind 90 luuer th" colorS and pen
SITS and things. The broad green avn
Dseoyorcd with chairs and brilliant with
:, 6nery OF the fair
his doubtful II any one race Of the six
OF out-for they were an so sood-but
s,ht-e was ono. il was the queens open
-spechase haudiCap. at about two
rass Here 10 was that Peregrinc Pickle
~ defeat. and bitter one. too. Adj
r,sress and Footight passed him in the
~ hundred wards after a driving finish
rat seemed 10 cap the climax Of a series
hat sort OF thing.
psreerine Pickle carried top we ght. an
-pos, Of leS pounds and was ridden by
Y rishc. a Jockey fresh from the Irish
r,Fs Tiche rode a good race consid-
.-ips il was his first over q strange track.
lstue set the pace for the first mile,
rth Fashion Wing and PereErine Pickle
|rn up. Ballet and Nirile. the Whitney
suy. trailed all the way. The jumping
/ the horses was excellent and they
rent over az the early stages almost
breast and with the precision OF cavalry
-osnts on the exercise field. and the
fowd cheered approval
Half a mile further Peregrine Pickle
esr,ed ont 10 clinch matters. but the
nslishman had not reckoned with Ad-
snturess. Footlight closed the gap. too,
nd the three swung into the stretch well
snched. II was nip and tuck and flying
ghips. and one more proud favorite was
nmbed
zsuvood started the card off by captur-
-c the Turf and Field Hurdle Plate at
,bcut a mile and a half. Ilandrunning'
1, choice. paid the penalty of setting too
bot pace
Right from the start the son of Hand
o-ing and Pensa shot into the lead and
rss dozens Of lengths ahead for the hrst
,sn-raile. Then Zellwood and +. Am
s.ose Clark's Meadowlark began 10 creep
r. The high pitched cheers of the crowd
vent note higher as the three turned
no the stretch with Zellwoods nose on
sandrunning's flank At the last jump
r.luood went ahead. There was a whip
lng dash down the suelCh' az" -
rood won by little more than a length
Ysadowlark finished third. score OF
sg,hs behind Handwriting.
The Piping Rock three-year-olds were
nj in force for the serial handicap at SIX
hrongs A bakers dozen Of them faced
he starter and the purse went TO w. >.
cOs's Election Bet after another aard
ace that brought the crowd up on It's
5ss and cheering.
There was a lot Of humping IN TINS
ace. and Delegate, which was second
md Argument. the favorite. suffered
aereby Election Bet was knocked PACK
Il the start when Babisa went out with
rvsh setting a killing pace. The daugh-
pr Of Boanerges held the lead up to the
urn into the stretch and then Election
Bet came up on the outside. He was
vessed every inch Of the way however
md finished ridden out.
Reybourn disappointed, and dlsap-
pointed sorely. in the six furlong dash
for the Hollis Plate. lie was manifestly