New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-08
Ooos One Nile in 1888 S-S,
setting What Amounts
- 4 Worlds Record.
prRgI RS WINS FIRST
HAIF OF THE MATRON
q. Crowd Enjoys Keen Sport
q Opening Day Of Belmont
PARK Fall Meeting.
nv HERBERT.


Wt;,ney's Gamer short head in
,erome Handieap at Belmont Park
..-5sv aiter race that TIRED th2
&. holiiay crowd to the depths and a
.,e tbet was SIS thrilling as it was
lS,,romboN took up ~ pounds and
- mile in the amazing time OF
.se ~ practically q worlds record.
IA net quite equal the mark OF
.osi set by Amala az Syracuse last
-I~,ssov with l01 pounds up, but in
-, rospect 10 was more deserving o.
s.'ssoenition and more replete with
nerit .5 .f.1.o- o =
made by the OnecS Stables hlamesha
rnSer iO4 pounds IN 1905, which long
,,ood as q worlds mark, was. smashed
u SCATTERING bits. and while AmalA
- tie name Stromboli surely has the
s..s AZ running the fastest mile over
circular track in the history Of the
ian
Stirring Head and Head Drive.
mart from the wonderful speed
.a,gn the race as a battle royal has
rsrslg been eQuslled Seldom does q
t.,.e which sets a burning pace come
~ "a win after being headed a furlong
fr,m home. Yet Strombol did this
"a n way 60 move the crowd to 8
spontaneous roar as an expression OF
keen enjoyment.
Guner. after shaking of Surprising
when Strengthened out for home, moved
rp with a rush and gave challenge to
S.fombol with so much yigor that he
drew out 20 the lead Of a good neck in
G6e the last furlong pole. II looked
Al over then but Turner. riding
vhirlwind finish. kept the son of Far
Play ST. Priscilla at his work and TO
such good purpose thst a head and
Lad drive to the line followed with
Srombol gaining the decision by the
iarrOwest margin.
The fractional times Of the race show
dearly how fast as well as how even
vas the pace They follow; 0:13,
e83-5. O:35 2-5, 0:47 2-5; 0:59,
. lll As and $50 3-5.
Three horses were added to the Je-
icme Handicap Stromboi, Gamer and
Fgnny-and they divided the purse,
which melted the winner $1,000. This
n.ee was first run in 1866 at old Jerome
Park and called the Champion. Its last
mnning YVES in 1903, when Fitz Herbert
,0ok up 1870 pounds and won.
Rosmer was eligible yesterday, but
BIS trained thought 1872 pounds too
sneh Of a burden.
reoDles WINS the MatrOn.
James ButIe~s Pebbles won the colt
sid Felding half Of the Matron Stakes
aid once more established his place at
the top among the twO-year- olds of the
season He shouldered 1870 pounds and
gave q most excellent account Of him
self, although the time, 1915 for six
ilrlongs down the straight, was un-
usually slow.
This time was accounted for by the
kalf gale Of wind which hurled itself
u the faces of the horses. The wind
aopbed before the running Of the Je-
pme Handicap.
Johnny McTaggart was positive he
would have won the Matron Stakes with
lchn E. Madden's Paris, except for
shat he called killing interference, first
By Pebbles and then by Kilkenny Boy
He vent before the stewards and lodged
. claim Of foul, but it was dismissed
alter the testimony of the patrol Judge
nd the starter had been heard.
Il looked from the stand as If Peb-
tes swerved out sharply as the barrier
mapped up, causing a momentary jam
tui the starter said practically all the
ttrses bore out Paris may have sui
sted slightly, but hardly enough to
lave changed the result. 1t did not
sok as il the swerving of Kilkenny Boy
iid sny bearing on the result, and the
stewards were justified in letting the
nee stand as it finished.
M Butler was keenly elated over the
neiory, as it made up in part for those
nsshng disappointments at Saratoga
sifihgs, when Pebbles finished right up
VIII the leaders and behind Regret in
10 reh stakes. after being practically
ieii At the post IN both races.
Harry Junior, which ran third in the
fuiurity, vas a distant trailer all the
say Paris, while beaten, ran a race
which stamps him a colt OF some
ltsliiy
Big Crowd Enjoys Sport.
The crowd was big and enthusiastic
~ reyelled in the keen racing ana
Militant weather. The clubhouse lawn
Sas gayly ueoplcd, society being out IN
one numbers despite the fact that the
sumner centres Still held many over
labor bay. The paddock out under the
nees was a magnet. and every horse OF
say class was closely inspected while
beng ss} He'd.
Little Ryan, Captain Cassatt's light
selgh. jockey, had Il narrow escape
nom serious injury in the second race
wen Sand Bank fell half way down
ne straight The youngster was non
IS and blamed himself for the taIl'
SNng be tried to crowd his way
through narrow opening where nc
ma no business to 30 in an effort 10
each contendiug position. lie was
qeig 20 escape with a few bruises and
general shaking up.
d, IoTbett. who had the mount on
homes Hitchcock's Swish, in the
setplcchase. barely escaped with has
i' When the horse fell at the second
l,np He was unconscious for ten or
i.een minutes from bad cut on the
ae Of the head where some horse
tpPed on him. but he finally revived
Jimmy Butwell was kicked by Peb-
a On dismounting to weigh in, but
~ BOY while limping, was able to ac-
W The mount on Tarts in the last
zee and 70 win, too.