The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-07
HARMONICON HAS
CHANCE TO SHOW
HIS REAL WORTH
Packs 40 Pounds Down Chute
at Belmont in 1:10 As
for six FurlOngs.
COCK O. THE WALK GETS
BACK HIS OLD SPEED

BACK HIS OLD SPEED
6 Thompson's Harmonicon made
..,ords for several disappointments In
,ho spr,rg by winning tho Autumn
-y,.Avsicht Handicap at Belmont Park
.,s,erday before n holiday crowd oil
a 400 persons. The sprinter. which
...,o from England with the r. outation
:, beIng one OF the fastest horses in
49,, country over a short distance OF
-.,,ra had to shoulder 14o pounds and
.o,ceded weight TO some shifty sprin-
,,rs. including August Belmonts Fit
,.,gold. which was an added starter.
rbers was every confidence in the son
., Dlsguise performing the task set him
"a he ruled a | to 2 favorite. with both
Manson and Hester Prynne preferred to
ar,,areold. Notter had the mount on
,hs ,ayorite and, though keeping a shade
4. front OF the field all the way through
a.. air furlong chute, he made no at
,.un, 10 obtain a runaway victory. AT
Az. eighth pole Harmonicon was only a
s..t IN front of the line of thorough
S,sas that we're struggling hard to keep
,r with the pace set. Hester Prynne
"a. making a bold bid at that point, so
cha, Notter shook Harmonicon UP and no
commenced to draw away. Then Filter
roId shot out Of the bunch with n great
burst Of speed, quickly passing Hester
prynne. The Belmont colt finished
samely. but never had a shadow OF a
chance to overtake Harmonicon. which
won handily by a length. The time OF
$40 as was very fast considering the
Rig weight carried by the winner.
H~armonicon was one OF three sue
eessful ~favorites, but the layers had
the better OF the argument with the
players because the winning choices
were at very short prices n three
heavily backed horses were beaten in
'Thornhill. Compliment and Recluse.
The defeat OF Thornhil was accom-
rlished BY Cock o. the Walk. which made
the same kind Of comeback as did Sam
Jackson. In 1913, when a th~ree-year-old,
Cock O. the Walk o handicap after
handicap and was generally conceded to
be the best horse OF his q He bowed
tendon and was retired to the stud.
where he stayed last year. Life on he
farm gave new strength to the injured
kg and this summer he was brought
back 10 undergo a careful preparation at
Saratoga. Cock o. the Walk was brought
out for his first race of the season on
the opening day at Belmont. but he was
not at home in the field of sprinters and
finished far back.
On his class alone Cock o. the Walk
was believed to ave at least ar equal
chance with Thornhili over the mile and
. sixteenth route m he opened at s to 5
IN the betting. In the parade he moved
o. stlfly and seemed to favor his bad leg
that the opinion became general that he
would break down. He scared in the
letting. officially closing at Q TO 2. but
IN some cases late wagers were made as
high as 8 to /. Cock o. the Walk be-
anne transformed from n cripple to a
fiery racer as soon as the flag fell. He
dashed away with the lead, but was
pulled back by Buxton to allow Thorn
hill to make the pace into the stretch.
Buxton called for his speed then and
TO the surprise even OF his owner and
trainer Cock o. the Walk produced II In
full measure. He slipped by Thornhill
with the greatest ease and won gallop-
Ing by four lengths.
James Park. a member OF the hunting
get, scored ar unexpected victory In
the Brook Cup Handicap Steeplechase
With his aged hunter, Duke OF Duluth.
The Duke has shown fair form at hunt
meets when ridden by his owner, but
was believed to be outclassed by such
cleve" tencers as Compliment, Shannon
River and kehtoh. The first two were
victims o. accidents. while Kehtoh was
soundly beaten on his merits by the
Duke, which was admirably ridden by
OBrlen 10 land a winner by two lengths
al the nice. odds OF 20 to I.
Compliment was an ever money favor
ne and II was through no fault of his
mat he came Town after making one
turn OF the field. Compliment was in the
air after taking the water jump when
one OF the other horses hit him and he
stumbled so badly that his rider. Tuckey.
was thrown heavily. With his most
dangerous opponent out of the way.
shannon River went TO the front. but
when leading by two lengths he blum
dered n the second fence in the back
stretch and came down. This mishap
tt Duke of Duluth In the lead and
though Kehtoh closed some ground In
me last quarter OF n mile he never
could get on even terms with the Duke of
! Duluth
Another patron OF the hunt meets
scored In the last race. a five and a
hat turlong dush for two-year-olds.
Joseph F.. Davis started the King James
hly Plumose and she won cleverly from
NE second choice Edna Kenna. which
peat Reciuse. the favorite. by a head.
The summarizes:
FIRST RACE.
Ior three. year olls and upward selling by
noscrlpiion Of s., with 500 added; six and a
haf flrlOngs,
morse and age. VT Jockey, Prices Fin,
Janice Notions, 5.ll5. Loftus...,. IA out Il
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