New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16
His Horses Sweep Half the
Card at Opening OF
United Hunts.
TOP HAT WINS IN
THRILLING FINISH
Rio Crowd Out for Day Of Sport
Leading Up to Opening OF
Regular Season.

-.,,o~ sleeves sid black cap first
-.,. tho Winning pos. a; Belmont Park
-.-~.~a' yesterday. 50 there was Joy
~ ,te Re.mor, ba-n last night;
Rarely 80 given 20 an owner 70 SEQ
t.. s'ks carried 20 victory three times
one da,. but Mr. Belmont had that
-,o,..re a. the frs: cay Of the United
t,--., Ra,.c Association meeting
y.--o..e. daughter OF Rock Sand
,r-e-~ca-e. won 'hc lightweight
V,,6.cap q. Eve furlonGs, Top Hat, son
~ Hs,.rr- Topisry. won the Hollis
r-s.e q, seven furlongs by a nod in a
49, ~ Wins. and Mission. daughter
n. Roc. Sand Nsgiv'nCs. won the
Once, Omen Steeplechase Handicap
:, sho.. -~o miles.
-be, 81. BLOOD will tell. There is
rsre pho children play called hide
80 .-hIc." and when one IS close
IN che object sought they call. You're
re,trc warm. you're warmer. FOR
10 -scerocrs ~ New YORK i was
"pe--er Yesterday.
Probably the biggest crowd that has
c.e~ fled into the little hunt CLUB
c-srds,and. lawn and paddock was on
lad IN fact q was more like a dress
-etea-ssl for regular race meeting
ran a hunt club affair And the nd
20 ss.s and sport and tallv-ho cos
-,,~cs were ~ the minority against inc
fe~.-c','hed crowd or The lawn.
s~s everything was quite regular.
Miss Iar6ors hand was there ana
r,svo5 all the ola familiar tunes.
Tho dev was deal and the gayly-
dad se-- ones that s.ro,led in along
sste- ne racing had begun added the
,,-rros o. color 20 the stands. But the
crowd came 90 sec racing.
Reside. he finish % Tor Hat and
Ambrose In the running OF the Hollis
plate the rest Of the card seemed
tame. though he snort was kecner than
Ambrose was slight choice over
Tan Hs. when the field went 20 the
ros,. though the Belmont horse had the
bot.e- q the weights. The six got OF
90 a had start. and Grecien Bend
sveryed so badly that he threw Byrne
80. = mo saddle Duty took 20 the
woods furlonC further on.
Ambrose cut out the running. with
Ton Hat right behind him. II was
,lis rair and the rest nowhere. At the
,urr into The stretch they were neck
and neck; then Top Hat nosed out III
Fro~. and the crowd yelled 10 Dugan:
Ambrose made one more EFFORT, ana
The purple and white crept into the
Trev were half a furlong from the
v.re when Dugan called on Top hat
sga.r. and he responded, Just getting
90, ir rrort rs the two flashed paSt
.-e f7ish pest, Incidentally, Dugan'
wearing the Belmont silks for the hrst
sine. rode Fenmouse.
Handicap Field Unruly.
r. took Frank Clarke twenty min
,..os % ret the field o. ten away IN the
U,rbvciCh, Handicap. The crowd IN
he rrarcstand could not get good
,-ev sc the woods screened them
All 4. could see was bobbing colors'
waving and nodding like bed OF ~,
r,s in The wind. But even this and
no ropular victory Of Fenmouse dld
not comrensate for the long delay,
Oto Floto was the worst offender.
Three times he broke away and raced
3 furlorg or two before he was puiIed
IN. He should have been q bad isst
according 20 all the laws of things put
ne refused 70 run 10 form and fought
II Oh, with MI Specs for the place an
through the last quarter, losing IL Dy
half a length.
Mac p. Fubanks. who was well
liked ~ the paddock, spoiled "hat
chances ne had by boiling IN one OF
the half dozen false starts and run
mig an the way round the track Az
that he was up lighting with Fenmouse
for the .ead for the first quarter. linen
he v.lted away.
Tho daughter Of Rock Sand went
righ. out az the start and was never
PASSED. 7, was her first start under
colors
Mission was the choice in the
Queens Open Steeplechase, the last race
on tho card. In addition, to her ability
as jumper, everybody, or nearly
everybody, wanted 70 see the Belmont
stable make Il a triple. Cabaret, from
the Greentree Stable, made things look
bad for the Rock Sand mare, as ne
got out IN front and refused TO give
up the lead until he ran out hall
mile from the finish.
Mission matched jumps with Abdon'
from the Midtown Stable, and out
gained the son Of Bryn Mswr IN the
last furlong. Adventures, which was
a contender for q while. was pulled up,
a. WAS Aggravate Wooltex bobbled
tRo Jumps from home. fell.
Harry Tucker started off the day by
riding a good race on Zellwood IN the
Turf and Field Hurdle Plate. There
was lot Of swerving and pumping
ard Tucker wisely kept Zellwood out
% u until the turn for home, but ne
went so wide ~ times that the fanciers
q the fsvorite were on tenterhooks.
Harmon Pass made the running win
Mr. Sniggs at his withers most OF the
time Tucker made his bid on Iell-
wood as they turned into the stretch
and. closing with a rush, caught Ham
non Pass on the last hurdle, 10 win
BY three lengths Mr. Sniggs tired badly
and Sandow came IN third.
Whitney Horse Falls.
Mrs. Payne Whitney's Royal Amber
came cropper the third jump from
home IN the Greentree Steeplechase
Handicap. AZ two miles and hall'
after leading his field ell the way
d. e Of Duluth, with James Park up:
then came on and won over knight OF
Mcrci. ridden by Cecil Brsbazon, the
Irish gentleman jockey, who was head
Of the list in the British Isles last
season.
Tommy Wright, who had the leg up
on Royal Amber. was badly stunned
hut otherwise unhurt. Royal Amber
although he was M the lead when he
fon. did not look like the winner, for
ne WAS firing badly, while Duke OF
Duluth was running easily. Brabazon
gave knight Of Merci good ride, bu,
his horse lacked IN the final drive.
Indicator, which won the Meadowbrook
cup week before, ran a dull race.
Johnny Tucker refuses TO let an
amateur meeting go by without win
ming once. lie rode Cloud home ten
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