New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-03
Beats Strong Field in Fast
Time for One Mile and
a Sixteenth.
BIJSKIN THIRD AFTER
A SLOW BEGINNING
Futurity Winner Makes His Bow
for the Season in Way to
Stamp Him Great Horse.
By Herbert.
a. Herbert Daleyl

n f.. Whitncys Pcnnant winner OF the
Futurity last year ana unbeateh as
two-year-old. made his racing bow at
Belmont Park Yesterday 10y winning the
Little Neck Handicap. az one mil" ana
sixteenth. i'm most impressive tashlon.
It may he rather carly IN the season 10
say that Mr. Whitucy owns me greatest
horse uf the ycar. but barring accidents
Il will take a mighty good horse to beat
him at anything like even weights.
Pennant is a chestnut horse toy Peter
Royal Rose. and closely resembles
his sire which raced with such distlnc-
tion several years ago m the white, blue
dots of the late James r. keene. The
then vice-chairman of the Jockey 'luo
stood ON tine roof OF tho Sheepshead Baj
stand ou. day as Peter Pan raced TO We
tory and remarked.
There's a good horse a real good horse
and one VINO II be remembered Tor years
10y his get il he lives.
Mr.. kcenes prophecy is more than
coming true.
Pennant took no III pounds Yesterday
and conceded weight, according TO the
scalc. to some good horses, including
Rl.i,iu. an added starter, which won the
Metropolitan Handicap on the OPENING
dav Of the meeting. He beat them. too.
IN a way which left no question OF MS
quality. and ran the mile and slAtcehth
i'm the fast time OF l.4j. only two-hfths 81
a second behind the track record estdo-
lished by Superman IN 1901
l. vas his manner % racing and Win
ming. however. which pleased aH true
lovers Of the thoroughbred. lie jumped
of in 'front.' and set the pace mp the back
stretch with his mouth VIDE open. lie
held his way around the turn ana vel
down the stretch with easy, irlcuOhiess
stride but began 10 loaf AZ the last tur-
long pole. where he looked for a moment
as If me might be beaten. Then Notter
drew hi whip. more as precautionary
measure than for any real need. and the
horse Jumped away again and won with
his mouth open. his cars pricked and
hotter hunchcd up on his wthers and
whip put away.
Some there were VINO insisted Pennant
was ali out, but they were IN the minority
and quite welcome 10 their opinion.
n. p. Whitney was too busy on the poo
field to 20 TO the track, and IT seems
pity thai he should have missed the pleas
ure of such performance
Pennaut mas grown and developed over
winter into vellnigh the perfect horse.
II is hard to pick "A flaw In the big. won
dcrfuly musced three-year-old There IS
not a coarse line or look in his makeup
and one turns from admiration OF ms
shapely, powerful shoulders and great
sirth 10 greater admiration of his MASSIVE
quarters and clean, sturdy legs.
Before the Futurity last August one OF
remnants legs was under suspicion; in
fact. he was not altogether a sound horse
when he went to the post, which made ms
winning fiom a poor start all the more
remarkable. Judging. however, from the
wav he came out OF the race yesterday. no
further trouble need be anticipated.
Buskin. the Metropolitan Handicap
winner, was sluggish in the first quarter,
and had a lot to DO when he settled down
10 racing. He handled his weight we'll
however. and closed strongly in through
the stretch.
Mr.. whitney won announcer IdCe' WIN
viriIe. a four-year-old Jimmy Owens IS
training for jumping. The horse worked
so fast in recent trial that owens
slipped him in fiat race, and Glass
brought him home all alone in the good
time for the mile Of l:59 ID. He was
quoted at "A fancy price. too.
John l.. Maddens colors were carried
TO the front for the first time this sea-
son by Dismiss, a two-ycar-old by Ogdeh
Dorothy Gray. She has been pulling up
a bit sore in her work, but raced as IL
she was not lacking in quality, and defeat
ed among others James Buffers highly
tried and good looking Capra. the iatter
is by Ballot out of cap and Bells, whlch
won the English oaks for Mr.. keene sew
eral years ago.
Johnny McTaggart again carried OH
the jockey honors. riding two winners
Dismiss and Haversack.