The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06

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sunc .-,athcr at that. some twenty Ave
hundred racing and society folk forsook
Belmont Park to-day and iourneyed here /,
20 witness the running of the Whitney ,
Memorial. best OF American stceple-
,hases the Piping Rock Grab Bag Han
dicar and four other races. 1t was the
second day OF the Piping Rock Associa-
tons spring meeting and the sport
throughout the afternoon was first rate.
Thomas IIitchccck's new, but precocious.
fenccr Kintorc won the Whitney Memo
rial after n lively battle with Archibald
Barklie's Blankenburg. a veteran de-
veloped last season on the Maryland
tracks. and T%ing-a-ling won the Piping
Rock Grab Bag Handicap under the
silks OF Paul ID. Cravath. with George
u. Widener's Lady Ellington In the
place and clifford A. Cochran's Prince
OF Como third.
The Whitney Memorial. a gallop OF
two miles and a half over a good stinl
course, boosted OF a value OF about
$4,000. OF which the share for the win
ner was to be $4,000. and Ave smart
fencers faced the music. The three OPP
posing Kintore and Blankenburg were
Joseph T.. Davis's Single Stick. Mrs.
PAYNE Whitney's Cherry Malotte and
Joseph r. Widener's Compliment. the
same which finished second In the Whit
ney Memorial OF 1914 when his stable
mate. the veteran Rellut, won.
The wise folk made Compliment Ia
yorite in spite of his burden OF 166
pounds. but there was steady support
for all the others. Blankenburg ruling
second choice. Prettier steeplechase
never was witnessed anywhere. Every
contestant fenced clean. as was proper
in the richest chase OF the year. not
one of the quintet so much as making
Q blunder.
single stick was the pacemaker for
one mile and a quarter. with Blanken-
burg and Cherry Malotte In the con-
tending positions and Compliment ana
Klntore trailing. Blan kenburg took the
lead about a mile from home. but when
Eintore challenged at the top or the hill
HAYNES foolishly let him go by and take
a commanding lead. Favored by "A
light impost Kintore quickly opened "A
big gap and forced Blankenburg to the
outside. Klntore cut the last corner close
and won with n bit in hand while
Blankenburg easily defeated Cherry
Malotte for the place. The horseman-
shin of Fred Williams was admirable.
compliment O'i' W "'rN
impoSt.
seven smart two-year-olds lined up
ut the gate in the Grab Bag Handicap
and the crowd made favorites OF Prime
Of Como and Short Ballot. the Cochran
entry. There was backing. however. for
T%ing-a-ling, Lady Ellington. Cellar iria
and Socony. Ting-a-ling was away with
the track. but could not keep his lead.
Prince OF Como passed him at the turn
out Ct the backstretch and raced down
TO the last corne with what looked
Ike a winning advantage. Ting-a-ling
swung wide, turning into the home
stretch, and Lady Ellington followed
him. but B%uriingame and Lotus quickly
rlghted the two and they raced past
Prince of Como in the last quarter.
Ting-a-ling winning by a neck and Lady
Hillington finishing two or three lengths
In front CT the firing Prince of Como.
Ting-a-iirg is owned by the Quincy
St BILE, which sent Trojan forth to win
last seasons Futurlty. MIR. Cravath
leased him for the Grabbag, which IL
permissible under the rules. and Edward
phelan trained him. Lady Hillington
was bred by Mr.. Widener. the phila-
delphiA sportsman. whose colors she
bore. and she appears to be a good sort
OF flly.
II was good Tor sore eyes to see that
tw~elve-year-old veteran OF the cross
country field. Herculoid. in the Har-
vester Plate for Hunters. and a positive
cure for almost any sort OF optical
trouble 20 watch him beat seven good
Jumpers over a stiff three mile course.
which he did in handsome style 10 the
intense satisfaction OF the. crowd, which
sent him to the post favorite Conqueror
was second cholce, but he lay out OF
the running in the early part OF the race
and finally he fell Just In front OF the
stand. giving Antelo Devereaux a good
shaking up.
Meltonere and NJ. J. Shannon cut out
= the pace for about two miles and a half.
but Herculoid. skilfully handled by Mr.,
Lewis, kept within striking distance OF
them and ran over them In the last fur
long, beating NJ. j. Shannon a matter
of two or three lengths. Shannon being
I've lengths in front OF Meltonere as the
ahrst three passed the Judges. Seven
years back, about the time Il. X. Thomas
paid $4,000 for him. Herculoid would
ave beaten n first rate Whitney Me-
mortal field. He was sound after the
hnish OF the Harvester Plate. too.
Ambrose outran a field OF clever
weight carriers in the first race. the
Suffolk Plate, a gallop OF one mile and
q sixteenth on the fiat. But Or, Duen-
ner, one OF his formidable opponents,
did not have a fair chance. He took
an unauthorized gallop OF one mile be-
fore the start. Kilcrea was In front the
better part OF one mile. but she stopped
at the last corner. letting Ambrose and
Harmon Pass sweep by on the outside
Ambrose won by a couple Of lengths
Harmon Pass beating Absconder an
equal distance for the place, Absconder
favorite at 3 to 5. did not run as ~cleverly
FOR his owner. Jesse Williamson. as he
had run In his earlier races. for other
riders, professional and non-profes'
sional.
Figinny, making his first appearance
of the season. was left at the post In
the Glen Cove Plate, a dash OF three
quarters of a mile for sprinters Of the
better sort. which attracted a field Of
seven. Rhine Nader, away with the
track, made the pace warm, and al
though Fisinny passed all the others h,
could not overhaul her. Holiday was
an Indifferent third. the favor!te. Raj
zano. bringing up far In the ruck. Ths
reliable Cloud, which seems 70 manag,
every sort of burden well, mad II sever
straight in the last, the Piping RoCl
National Plate for hacks and hunter,
at one mile and a half, He was favorl''
in spite of his IFS pounds. and he waited
behind SandOw to the turn for HON,
and then came on to an easy victory
Sandow ~cleVerly defeated the jumpe
s~enegambian for the place. The sum
maries:
FIRST RACE.
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