The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-13
HESTER PRYNNE NIPS
STROMBOLI AT WIRE
Lightly Weighted F0ur-Year-
Old Flashes Before Belmont
Entry From Outside.
NO PLACE FOR WEAK HEART
Two Races Won by a Nose, One
by a Head and One
by a Neck.
NO PLACE FOR WEAK HEART

BELMONT PARK, l.. l., June l3.-The
racetrack was no place for any one
afflicted with heart disease to spend
few quite hours this afternoon, for the
Oldest racegoers had a hard time to re-
member whom victories hung on such a
slender thread as was the case In most
OF the races run to-day. The FIRST and
third events were won by nose. the
second by a head and the hfth by a neck
which was stretched In front so late In
the struggle that half the crowd thought
the contender had won.
Even In the Floral Park Handicap,
which was the feature Of the Gard there
was hope until the last few strides that
August Belmonts gallant three-year-old
Stromboli would accomplish the task OF
giving away weight to every horse In the
race. including several seasoned cam
paigners. As II was he had to bow be-
fore the lightly weighted four-year-old
Hester Prynne. which was in receipt Of
twenty-four pounds by the scale from the
Belmont crack.
The race was at six furlongs on the
stra~ht course and, favored by the inside
position, Strombol led the field by .
length when only furlong renamed
10 be covered. Then from the extreme
outside Hester Prynne swept across the
track. Joined Issue with the favorlte and
went to the front. John w. Schorr's
Vandergrift, another three-year-old OF
class, closed strongly at the fnlsh and
was only a length behind Stromboli.
smart three-year-old. Syossct Cd.
graduated from the maiden class in the
NTH race, In which a field OF fourteen
went to the post. The Hamburg gelding
; carried the colors of Harry Payne Whit
a. 49,. 4.
probably belongs to that popular sports
woman. Mrs. Payne Whitney. Notter was
4 at work on Syosset Cd all through the last
! sixteenth and 1t was his vigorous finish
that caused the light blue and brown cap
/ to flash In front In the very last jump.
The Brookslie Stables Coauette was
! so well supported In the third race, for
! wo-year-olds, that she closed to 2
/ fsvorite. II looked as though Coquette
would win easily when she slipped away
from the bunch with lead of two
4 lengths at half distance. Then j. f.
Madden's The Finn doomed up on the out
side, with Fairbro, her plying the whip
even thus early In the contest. Buxton
eased Coaue tie At the furlong pole and
The Finn, still driving hard, began to
close rapidly They were on even terms
| with a sixteenth to go and Buxton just
managed to rouse Coquette enough to
snatch the verde, by a nose. The sum-
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