New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-12
COMES FROM BEHIND
BEAT BUCKHORN
Big Crowd Enjoys Lively Sport
at Opening of the Empire
City Meeting.
By HERBERT.


horse when he ran second to Rosmer
in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct.
The equine giant. for such he is in
size, looked beaten in the run up the
backstretch, but the early pace told on
the leaders and when Notter called on
him in the last furlong he responded
as only high class horse can, and
came away to win easily by three
lengths, while Buckhorn. the Brooklyn
handicap winner, beat Meridian head
for the place.
Borrow picked up top weight OF III
pounds and did something more than
win. He smashed the track record OF
1:45I-5. set by S. c. Hildreth's Dalms-
tian in 1910, by running the mile and a
sixteenth in I:443-5. This also was
within two-ffths of second of the
worlds record made by Royal Tourist
IL 1908 with only los pounds up.
The quality Of the performance can
be better understood by study Of the
fractional times. r. +. Carmsn's Nerd
ian made the pace so sizzling that ne
reeled off the distances as follow:
Quarter, O:23 2-5; half, 0:46 As; six
furlongs, Ill As, and one mile. :3S 2-5.
ANY horse that can live with such a
pace and then come away TO win easily
must be stamped with the seal Of some
greatness.
Six Horses Go to Post.
Six horses went TO the post, Buskln.
which was hardly ready after short
let-up, and Ten Point being scratched.
When the start came Turner sent Me
ridian to the front and utilized his
great speed to open up as big a gap as
possible. He led by four lengths, rae
ing I'D the backstretch with Buckhorn
and Uncle Nun. head and head, trying
to keep up and Borrow three lengths
further back.
1t looked then as If Mr.. Whitney's
| horse was soundly beaten, more parti-
cularly as Notter was launching him IN
an effort to keep up, but the boy never
! despaired and Borrow never stopped
racing. Turning for home Uncle Nun
dropped out of it. Will, Meridian, in
CARRYING Buckhorn a little wide, left
/ an inviting opening on the rail through
which Notter drove Borrow with a
couple of cuts of the whip. The big
/ horse seemed to make up three lengths
| in almost as many strides and had the
race won at the last sixteenth pole.
In the battle for the place Buckhorn
proved slightly the stronger and earned
| the decision by a head.
Borrow was shipped to the track in
an auto moving van, and Jimmy Rowe
sent him to the post in perfect condi-
ton. He will go to Saratoga Springs
| to-day with the other Whitney horses
( to rest up for meeting in August. The
/ Raj Parr horses also will be shipped up
/ the state to-day or tomorrow.
One of the biggest crowds which
ever gathered at the coy little track
! enjoyed the sport and showed its keen
! appreciation in the way racing crowds
do when reused by keen strife.
Added pleasure was lent by the fact
that the one mile circuit and short
stretch made it possible to see the
horses, even without the use OF hcld
glasses. over every step of the various
Journeys. Horsemen like the
stretches at Belmont Park and Ad
duct. but those who look on prefer
see more of the races and rejoiced
cordingly.
A number of improvements haS
been made, chief of which is the sad
ding paddock right back of the club
house. which proved magnet all thel
afternoon.
A new tangled number board givina
the winners also was used, with tn
red board going up over the top ano
marked Official" when the Jockey
weighed out and the stewards con
frmed the placing.
Two Races for Butler.
James Butler won two races, and ri
looks as if he had high class col'(
in Pebbles, a rangy youngster by ben
Brush Running Stream. Hes a run
ming fool" remarked stable hand IN
the paddock. and so it proved. lie
did not boat much. perhaps. but the
way ne raced through his held from
a Slow beginning and just romped
through the stretch to win. eased up IN
I .O025 for the FIVE furlongs. was IN
dicative of something way above the
ordinary.
Judge Hall in greeting ". ]. Young
who trains the Madden horses, which
have been racing in the West. drawled;
"Sav. vour horse amt much bigger
than YOU.
He was right, but Grecisn is racy
lacking miss and had been running
well enough at Lstonia 20 attract
strong following. Pebbles made her
look cheaplv in spite Of the fact thai
sbe earned an advantage OF two
LENGTHS AT the start His next appesr-
ance will be watched with interest
ne Is sure 10 beat better horses than
he met Yesterday.
Mr.. Buffers second victory cams
when the aptly named Gnat, by voter
MOSQUITO. made a show OF her neld
in the fifth race. She ran the tve idr-
longs in 100 fat and had lot ie''
Kederis. who was suspended at Aque-
drc, Tor rough riding. carried OF the
;ocLev honors in riding two winners
ho,h for Mr.. Butler. Butwell. Nottef'
Turrer and Taylor each scored once.
Lahore has developed into con
s-n,ed sulker TO all appearances, or
n,ss his game leg hurts when he set
.,ss down 10 racing. Walter House
teens starting him in the best com,
narv and for the biggest stakes, and
Ia nays good money, too. for the
nr;y;ieoe. 40 that the horse must snow
him enough in private TO JUSTIFY the
outlay. u
The influx OF number of western
borses and Western jockeys added
new factor to the sport. +. K. brsd1(
ley's Bac, however, was the only o.
of the invaders to carry on pul
in winning the third race AT one ny
Previous winners OF the
Handicap we're James.
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