New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-04
Election Bet Wins
in a Driving Finish

on Nicklaus oegan to come up on the
outside. The crowd shrieked and pounded
on chairs or rail- The green and white
, polka dots came on and on past the others
and Election Bet. with Nicklaus up won
( after another Garrison finish"
II. 7. Whitney's Some Kid, which won
at the fall meeting looked good to his
hackers TIL the stretch, then he tired bad
ly and was unplaced.
Astute liked the Piping Rock course
much better than that at Belmont Park.
for he romped home half a furlong ahead
of Captain Rockwelrs Handwriting in
the two-mile chase for the Orange Coun-
ty Plate. FL Bart was the only other
horse to finish, and even he refused the
next 10 the last jump Capricorn came
10 grief. and then Owanux bobbled and
spilled Il. Haynes
Handwriting set the pace for about
half mile, then Astute passed him and
romped around lengths ahead. O. Fair,
who had the leg up. lost stirrup at
about the first mile, but pluckily kept
his mount at top speed while he regained
It, so Handrunnng never had n chance
after all.
The six-furlong dash for the Roslyn
Plate went TO A. G. Blume's Mr. Specs.
Raymond started out with rush for a
quarter of mile. then Tommy Wright
sent Mr.. Specs into the lead. and was
never in any danger from CoreOpsis and
Chopin. which finished in the order
named.
Compliment carried off the Coopers-
town Plate. tWO-mile stecplcchasc, but
was pressed hare all the way by Bally-
bay. The Raj Parr horse might have won
and won easily had it not gone wide
several times round the turns. Once in
particular. at the mile. Ballybay was well
in front, but los. a dozen lengths round
the turn. He gained ground after that
and nosed out Mrs. Payne Whitney's
Ballet for the place.
Mrs Whitney had the pleasure of see
ing her Cherry Malotte win the next race.
the Brookville Plate handicap chase of
two and half miles over the hunters
| course.
Cherry had all the speed that she had
at Belmont Terminal and breezed home
half dozen lengths ahead Of Dullcare
and Indicator.
( Captain Rockwell. with the leg up on
mis- Free and Easy. came a bad cropper in
this race. Horse and owner fell fiat at
the third jump from home Captain
Rockwell was taken TO the clubhouse,
and after a hurried examination it was
thought that several of his ribs were
badly hurt. if not broken.
Little Reybourn took up a crushing i'm
post of IFS pounds to win the Chamblet
Plate, the first race. at five furlongs. He
raced behind the pace till the stretch
! then passed Culvert easily and won as
! lie pleased. Peyton Breckenridge was not
up to his form of the earlier amateur
meetings, but beat The Tref for the show
position.
Cloud repeated in the last race on the
card, the Broad Hollow Handicap, for
hacks and hunters, at a mile and fur
! long. The Tucker boys had it out for the
honors, as Johnny had the leg up on the
winner and Evans was on Willing. Cloud
went into the lead at the half and had
Willing looked for a disqualification when
Cloud crossed the Williams horse in the
out to the judges satisfaction evidently
for the little red board went up and
stayed there with Clouds number on top.
Footlights had plenty Of speed, but went
wide in the stretch.