The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
ALL FAYORTTES LOSE
IN HUNT CLUB MEET
RacegOers Turn Out in Force to
See Peregrine Pickle
Dethroned.
Won STADE RIDING HERO
Clever Amateur Handles Gold
Plate With Superb Skill
and Wins Handily.
VON STADE RIDING HERO

BEL%oNT PARK, L. T.. May ia crowd
hungry for the beginning Of tho regular
racing season whctted their appetites still
further to-day by turning out In large
numbers for the first OF the two day meet
ing of the United Hunts Racing Associa-
ton. held over the picturesque course 81
Belmont Park terminal.
Fine weather suggestive OF the height
or the racing season and a card that would
have done credit to one OF the regular
tracks was responsible Tor the biggest out
pouring that ever has attended "A hunt
meet here. There was judicious mixing
of high class races through the field and
fiat events for which some OF the fastest
racers in training went TO the post and
the only fault to be found by the public
was that tho wealth OF talent engaged
made the task OF picking winners harder
than is customary at these affairs. Not
II single favorito survived TO catch the
judges eye in front and those few daring
spirits who quoted attractive odds came
on with far the better of the argument.
The most stunning blow 10 the good
thing players was delivered In the fea-
| ture event. the Queens open Steeple-
chase Handicap. in which T.. Ambrose
Clarks Peregrine Pickle was tumbled
from the pedestal on which he had been
mounted after spreadeaglng his field on
| his first appearance here in a race last
fall.
Peregrine Pickles impressive victory
| last fall earned him the top weight "
los pounds. and the pace was made such
a cracker from start to finish that
he was bound to feel that he was
! carrying every pound of the big impost
| He was tackled first by the lightly
weighted Astute and then by Footlights,
| so that when the JudiciOusly handled Ad-
ventures made her run in the stretch
the favorite was out TO the last ounce
| and could only struggle home a bangup
third.
Not a small portion Of the credit for
| Gold Plates victory in the Grcentree
Steeplechase Handicap was due TO his
| rider, Il. $. Won Stade. kitty as he
is called in the hunting set, duplicated
| the fine performance he gave two weeks
| ago on Octette, and nursed his mount
| along 30 patiently that despite the crush
| ing burden OF l72 pounds he was able
| to run over the pacemakers ut the hnish
The class in the Greentree Steeple-
| chase was not as good as In the race In
| which Peregrine Pickle met his Waterloo
but there could be no question of the
| courage OF the winner or the skill OF the
rider The race was over the hunter 4
course of two miles and "a half and for
nearly all the way Won Stade was con-
tent TO lay far on the pace and let the
others race their heads off Cherry
Maiotte, which ran in the colors of Harry
Payne Whitney instead OF her owner.
Mrs Payne whitney. had the call in the
quotations over Gold Plate. The mare
followed Dullcare and Ben Cabcll for the
first turn of the course, but when in the
backstretch for the second Iime moved
up to Ben Cabell. Owner II. y. Page had
the mount on the latter and he not only
refused to give way but forced Cherry
Malotte at such "A hot pace that the IA
vorite swerved and ducked ut two OF the
Jumps Mr. Tom Wright soon got the RI.
vorite Strengthened out and with COLD
Plate twenty lengths away and only half
n mile TO go II looked as though the pop
ular Judgment was correct, There was
a swift change when Won Stade sat down
| TO ride Gold Plate and slowly but surely
the old gelding ovcrhauled the mare until
Just before the last jump he shot TO tho
front and with both riders whipping Wig
orously maintained his sensational sprint
long enough to reach the judges thre"
lengths in front OF Cherry Malot;e.
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