New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-05
Charlestonian Repeats His
Good Race in WitherS
at Belmont Park.
CLOSES WITH RUSH
TO WIN LARCHMONT
Booth Gets Bad Fall in Chase,
but Escapes with Shaking Up
and Bruised Shoulder.
BY Herbert.
&c. Herbert Daley.)

ers last Saturday was not so much OF
smile from the goddess OF luck as indi-
Gated at the time. The son Of Wools-
thorpe Espionage came right back and
repeated his victory over Gamer in win
ming the IArchmont Stakes, which,
thanks TO the owners Fund, had guar
anteed value OF 5000
Luke McLuke. which ran a mile and a
quarter at Louisville on May % in the
sensational time of POP 4-5. mark held
almost sacred TO Broomstick when he beat
the great Irish Lad head in the Brighton
Handicap. was scratched. but some good
;hree-year-olds went to the post, includ-
ing Gamer. II. =. Whitney's Black
Broom, Clifford A Cochran's Figinny
which ran second in the Metropolitan
Handicap. and August Belmonts Thorn
hill. Under the circumstances. then.
Charlestonian must rank among the best
of the three-y year olds, conceding. OF
course. the place at the top to Pennant
The conditions were most unfavorable,
as the track was sloppy from the heavy
rain, but Charlestonian took up III pounds
and ran the mile and a furlong in the
surprisingly fast time OF 1:53 30, per-
Torrance which would have been stamped
Creditable under such a burden for
three-year old over fast track.
II may be said that hard bottom
made the footing much firmer than 1t
looked and, according to Whitley Lang
don, this just suited the Woolsthorpe
gelding. which, however. will not extend
himself ordinarily in deep, sticky, mud.
Charlestonian beat Gamer a head in
the Withers after the latter had been
carried wide in the stretch by Old Rose
bud and there was every reason TO ex-
pect that Gamer would turn the tables
yesterday, but. on the contrary, the Mar
. tinet colt was beaten on his merits, al
L though he again lost little ground by
Il going wide in the stretch.
Charlestonian appears to be a natural
rater AS was the case last Saturday
he was badly outrun in the first six fur
longs and seemed to face a hopeless stern
chase, but he closed six or eight lengths
from the far turn home and raced
through the stretch much like that IA
nous old iron horse, Advance Guard. He
won going away. too, and when Whitley
Langdon, who trains the horse for j. W.
Messervy. found his breath after another
succession Of wild, jubilant shouts, he re-
marked, and truly: 1T was no fiuke this
time"
Gamer. honest and game handled his
1870 pounds like a high class colt and lost
no friends in defeat His time for re-
venge is quite likely to come F1ginny
ran back to his good race in the Metro
politan, in going, too, not considered par
ticularly 10 his liking
Alex Smith Cochran is too busy these
DAYS with the Vanitie TO see much rae
ing, and. Of course, was not on hand 10
watch Early Rose make the early pace
and run we'll enough to give promise Of
better things when she again goes to the
post.
Booth, the jockey, suffered an ugly fall
in the steeplechase, and was lucky 10
escape with his life. Abdon blundered at
the third jump and rolled right over the
boy. who lay stretched out where he fell
as if past medical attention. After being
carried to the jockey room in the ambu'
lance, however. he revived. and, accord
ing to the physician. escaped with badly
bruised shoulder and a shahng-up.
- +. Ambrose Clark started two horses
@~Lysander and Meadow Lark-and seemed
TO have the purse at his mercy, but
Skibbereen, thanks largely 10 the clever
handling of Allen, beat them both.
Meadow Lark is full brother TO
Meadow Sweet, which as a three-year-
old beat Highbridge. the accomplished
Jumper that John r. Fell sent abroad
with ambitions to win the Liverpool
Grand National Meadow Sweet so i'm
pressed her owner that she was shipped
abroad where she has won number or
races
An Illustration Of the never give-up-
the-ship theory was furnished in the last
event when Patton raced TO SENSATIONAL
victory. after being caught fiat-footed at
the start and practically left at the post
He was between fifteen and twenty
lengths behind the leaders in the run up
the backstretch and TO all appearances
had about as much chance as donkey
i'm a field of Collins. He got TO running.
however. around the turn, and actually
v>orked his way 10 the front in the last
rlrlOng 10 win going away
4 combination Of circumstances aided
his amazing victory. Swish ran away
post. while Mr. Sniggs and Stonehenge
ran out after forcing the pace
Captain Rockwell. who had narrow
escape from serious injury at Piping
Rock on Wednesday, was at the track
looking none the worse for his fall
ROYAL Blue which won three races in
the name Of Star Of Love before IT was
discovered that the two horses were mas
ouerading under case OF mistaken iden-
tity started in the third race and ran
quite as badly as Star of Love did before
il was discovered that his right name
was Royal Blue.
What's the matter with Johnny Nc
Taggart somebody asked yesterday Set
down for ten days for rough riding at
the barrier on the complaint of Mars
Cassidy. the starter was the answer.
F. d. Weir's Grover Hughes won the
second race like a Roseben. The colors
made the comparison the easier.