The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
FOXHALLKEENE
HEREOF YEARS
OPENINGRACING
Riding for First Time Since
He Retired 10 Years Ago,
Veteran Takes Cup.
HAS MOUNT FIFTEEN
LENGTHS IN FRONT

When Boots and Saddle" sounded AT
tne nome OF the Rockaway Hunting club
yesterday afternoon the largest crowd
that ever has attended an amateur hunt
meeting was present to usher I'm the
local racing season Of 1915. II was an
omen OF the successful year that il ex-
pected when the thoroughbreds begin
racing In earnest at Belmont Park an
opening day now less than three werks
away, and at tho same time served to
show the fervor with which the society
element OF New York and its envlrons
greets the thoroughbred racer. or the
5000 persons at the meet not more than
a nth came from New York city proper.
The larger quota rolled over the Long
island roads in swiftly moving automo-
biles and the parking spaces for cars
were so crowded that the scene was
more suggestive OF an automobile race
than hunt meet
Racing men from all over the country
were in the throne that shifted from
vantage point to vantage point to obtain
views of the gallopng horses while the
newly built grandstand. decorated with
the club colors OF blue and white. was
damned from end to end. August Bel.
mont. chairman Of the Jockey Climb
smiled as he elbowrd his way through
the eager spectators. and CHRISTOPHER J.
Fitzgerald. the former starter and tudga.
who was down on a flying visi. from
Canada. marvelled a. the revival OF A
sport that was supposed TO have been
throttled Ave years ngo
All the old friends OF racing could he
discovered In a walk around the pad
dock and enclosures. and that was per-
haps the reason tina. the success OF an
old time amateur IN the saddle was re-
ceived 40 enthusiastically Foxhal, p.
keene, who to most racegoers is I'M
known as an amateur rider. donned his
own colors in the race for the Rockawav
Cup and over a stiY hunters course
OF three and a half miles handled Torea-
dor with skill and patience that Ia nded
MIN the winner OF the race. while
younger men were unable to guide their
mounts without mishap. There was a
rousing cheer for Foxy as he swept
down the honostretch frteen lenrths
ahead OF Whitney Kernochan's Nina. III,
only other Of the 1--WE starters that nego-
tiated the course wr-out a fall
II was twenty years ago that FoxhaS
keene rode the winner of the Rockaway
( Cup and that was a year before he re-
tired from race riding after winning a
race nj Morris Park on one 81 his
fathers horses. In addition 10 winning
the cup again FoNhln Kycno reaped a
trophy as the rider or the winner, and
these were presented 10 the riders Of all
the winners IA which the gentlemen
riders took part Another veteran cap.
tured one OF these trophies when H. $.
Page won the Hewlett Park Plate with
his own horse. Bon CabeN Again IL
was triumph for tho old school OF
riders, AZ Ben CahcIl was the only horse
OF the fcld Of four to finish the race.
on the nat the younger r.d,rs we're
moro successful John Tucker Of Phila-
delphia carrying OFT Tho honors VIII, two
cups earned by Victories on 4 Ludlow
'h'''''''' ''H'' tll mo sumo owner Y
Culvort Tommy Wright Of Rll,imors
won the other Nat race with Ms 4 C.
Rlumes Nr Specs. beating Johnny
Tucker on Culycrt 10y head and pro
vidng the closest finish Of the day.
Though tho IN and down nature 81
the course made tho going so difficult
that eight of the thirteen starters IN
the three jumping events came 10 grief
there was only one accident that was
at all serious Mrs Walter VI Je'-
fords outon was in second place in
the Rockaway cup race when ho fell
His rider, Il. Smith, u. rcmoun,ed and
had gone more than another circuit Of
tho course when Outou came down
again. This time the fail was SO heavy
that tho horse broke his back and was
shot, while Mr.. Smith had his collar
bone broken. This could not keep the
plucky rider long away from tho sport
for he was strollnr around III" paddock
after tho injury had been attended to
by doctor The injured rider comes
OF racing stock, his father being II
Penn smith who years ago had charge
Of the Chestcrhrook farm Of A.
Cassatt,
There was considerable speculation on
tho result OF tho races ard this was
conducted mostly on the svst"nl lin
vogue last year, and which has bocu de
clarcd legal by the courts. Toward the
end of the meet there was a departure
from the practice VI ''>> hctror making
his own memoranHu' Nithout dcpos.t-
ing cash, and this ;cS'Jt"d IN the arrest
of those who wished ~, end out whether
the system used IN ~ orleans "a legal
in New York. BIN nu Rols. who is
well known in racing circles, made
wagers with two men named McCluskey
and Bradshaw, and al tho parties t.
the wager nut tho amounts involved IN
the hands or ed Salmorc TO await the
result OF the race.
sheriff Petit watched the proceedings
and arrested Du Bois, bradshaw and
McCluskoy on tho charge Of mlking
wagers and passing money t. stake
holder Salmore was arrested tlI
charged with being a stakeholder aud
making n memorandum uf wager
rho mon were taken before Judge Raj
sig in the Rockaway court and paroled