The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-24
po,mont's star Draws Up Even
With Canadian Horse and
subsidies to Third.
MARGIN LESS THAN 4 HEAD
Classic. Coupled With Opening
nj Aqucduct Meet. Draws
out crowd OF 5000.

n l. Macienaes Buclihorn. BY Broom
,,,el-Thirtv.thlrd. which STAYED on .he
Gallant rush ~ Euskn and Rock View
and ju't tasted long enough to snatch
victory by a nose. Rock View, after car.
wing the cushing impost az les pounds
over the mil" and quarter course. fat
JARED IN ,rp last few studies dud Buskin
.,u,.s,d into the second niche with a
l.rsh 70 spare. Tine time. EOS. was
slow. out that d,d not detract from the
,pt,;o ulla racc
Run ;o' the FIRST time Al Aaueduct
under the auspices ~ the Queens County
Jockey Clun tire GN,ur, which for years
drew thousands ~ morse lovers TO the
I'D Gravcseud track proved almost Ms
area, = magnet .u It's new surroundings
Tan thousand persons crowded the grand
sand and lawn the only noticeable differ
nee in the attendance as compared with
the old dag being the vacant seats In
aha. previously had been the field stand.
Tnsre WAS 10 dollar admission and all who
Wi,hed to see the races had to pay the
sh class charge OF So. Nearly every
person OF note ~ ,he turf world was pres
mt ard IL is safe to say that til. club
Louise never sheltered larger thrOng,
4 while the grand sand and iaNn were
y ahmed 50 that chow room was a;
p.enllunl
In the opening quotations the Belmont
stable, represented by the top weight
Rock View and the lightly burdened
Tnornhill which had his weight increased
10 l03 pounds 30 that kederis could ride.
d.yldtd fayortism with G. H. Robbins's
Husl,n Ta"rr was such strong support
iog the last named that hr was forced
. "a asslNN Tia
ne Belmont pair Toccded until AT the
,iose to could he obtained about them.
John o. Talbott's Lahore also dropped in
he odds due largely to the fact that Joe
Notter had the mount aud also because
1 was found at the last moment that a
supposed penalty mad not been earned
and that Lahore had to carry only his
oHginal assignment OF H. pounds. Fly
Gg FAIRY, Buckhoin and Donald Mac
donald each went up a point, Flying FAIRY
losing at 3 to / and the other Two at
SOL.
When the handsome Rock View stepped
"a the track for short parade. followed
by his stable companion, Thornhll. there
we're murmurs OF admiration from In,
lowd. In looks the belmont crack out
, cassed the rest Of the iield, and one won
dered how Il was that the apparently IN
significant looking Buskln had displaced
the son OF Rock sand In The speculation
The start was directly IN front oI t.lt
stand, and rs Mars Cassidy stood waiting
20 send the neetfooted steeds Oh theil
journey the spirit for which Rock View !.
noted was plainly In evidence.
Buskln. usually a slow beginner. wa:
the first To get in motion. and he destioye,
Thornhls usefulness as Il pacemakcr b!
g;t!ng across the Belmont second strln.
and reaching the corner first. with Labor
" squeezed up against his TANKS. McCahc!
yalled Bucknorn's speed into life, ant
before the turn was made he had pushe'
ms way past Lahore. and In a few NOR
| .,rdes wrested the lead and the rail ava!
rom Busk!n. Rock View had been sloy
n getting under way, ana gOink arOun
the turn was back in the ruck. but h
showed great flight of speed going dow
he back stretch and dashed up benin
Buekhorn, only to give way 10 Thornhil
before the end Of the long straight wa
reached w this time Lahore had taile
Oh In an unaccountable manner and tn
sallant little Buskin had been pulled oac
into neSt to last position.
Going around the bottom turn Thorn
hill got on even terms with BucLhorn, an
Tying Fairy moved up into contendin
,Jsiton. The pace, which had been SLOW
BEGAN To Increase, and Rock View, fly
eugths behind. looked TO be out OF IL. bu
not so much as Buskin. which was fiftee
lehsths behind the Tying leaders as IN
\ uavalcade swept into the long home stretc
II 'or the heart breaking struggle 10 IN
wire
Onward rushed the leaders. with Bucl,
horn Thornhill and Flying Fairy almos
ABREAST as they reached the furlong poll
those who looked further back saw Roc
View beginning TO gather impetus unde
butwels coaxing, and little Buskin LEAP
'ng forward with new life as soon as hi
nose was headed for the Judges. Just fo
moment Flying Fairy got her head !
'front.' and at the same moment Thornhi
n began 10 fade from the front of the pic
'ure. Rock View was going great gun
and the shouts for Flying Fairy turne
hio tremendous roar for the Belmor
rack. which gained on Buckhorn q
quickly az Flying Fairy dropped astern
Both boys were driving and whippin
N'th all their might as they reached II
sixteenth pole almost on even terms, wit
Buskin on the outside gaining 20 IA
mat those who had made him favori
added their yells to the din In the hoI
nat their shouts would spur him on
inrther effort Fairbrother's whip Wi
working like a fall OH Buskin and d
II noble animal responded as gamely as
morse can. Fifty yards from the wi
'ock View and Buckhorn bobbed the
hesds in unison, then for the brlefest peril
ROCK View was In front. The gre
rush and heavy burden told its tale thu
ana the pride OF the Belmont stab
cropped back to have Buskin in his la
via rush fly past, only to finish less I'M
we length OF his painting head behil
buekhorn Rock View, length bac
vas four lengths in front Of Thornhi
which led Flying Fairy by three length
pona'd Macdonald was two lengths
hlhd Flying Fairy and bringing M &
rear was the greatly fancied lahoi
which had sulked after the first seve
~ or
n j Mackenzie, the Canadian sport
man who owns Buckhorn. showed tn
VIZ stable was one to he feared when
n"rted Helen Barbee In the second RAJ
quo was the outsider In the field OF fi'
uut look the lead away from Fllttergo
We taVorlte, Ia the stretch and won und
drVe by length In the good time
We mile OF 1 39 80.
Grante, newcomer from the We
ooR the opening sprint easily, Shut
me early running, but served by
sns sretch Granite, which was n stro
.Norie, ran oyer Pawhuska and Bosom
w. last iurlong and won by two lengt
the BrOokside Stable. trained
u"fee odom, supplied the winners
IN v'sh lwo-year- old events In the tn
ace Buxton found clear sailing on
zoe ana came through in the last =
Nthth TO beat August Belmont's Luxt
sna j. W, Beans Amazon. In the sis
&c Gaelic carried the coiors OF
n'ookslde stable and never lett the Isl