New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-06
KI7tore Wins Whitney Memorial Steeplechase at
Piping Rock in Driving Finish with Blankenburg
Contest for Rich Prize
Filled with Thrills for
Fashionable Crowd.
TING-h-LlNG FIRST
IN JUVENILE STAKE
Paul D. CraVath's COlors Car
RED Home in Front oy Young
ster Leased for Event.

Yesterday. ard . was rcG. racing. NO
ono mas eyer doubled t0a- a." course
A. ocust Valley. that has beer called
the American Goctrocl. cor.d n2id
i-s own with the big TRACES. bur the
crowd Of about 300 lovers OF steepie-
chasing and amateur racing that "llei
the grandstand aad the incIosufe wv
messed four races tina. were worm
days journey to see.
Steerlcchase Handicap. tie Gr4o BAG
VarG,cap fo- tw.-year.oIts. the Har-
yester Plate. p race for nun;crs ne
tween :ho flags. and the Piping Rock
Memorial Plate. which was on ny
C!oci. WIZ johnny Ticker Up. The
other fixtures w3gll pass as Da"g-lp
races IN these days oi s~1i. .e.f,.
Icaden SHE'S and Apr. weather
failed 20 dim the days sport. Aiter
tie chilly weather OF last Wednesday
the members OF the Piping Rock Rae
ing Association were not sanguine that
the crowd would come back another
day. II did. and IN way that testned
70 the popularity Of the picturesque
course Tho regulars were consplcu-
Gus by their absence, tu' their pace
was taken By the Long Island week
enders.
Thomas Hitchcock Kintore Won the
Whitney Memorial steep. cch1se Handl-
cap by three lengths. after q race o.
two and a half rifles and a finish mat
will be remembered for many Gay.
Five Jumpers of the twenty-slX named
elected 20 go the route, and OF these
James +. Wideaer's Compliment, when
ran second in the renewal of last year,
was the choice, although he carried an
impost OF les mounds.
Single Stick. a winner OF Wednes.
day, and Cherry Malotte made the run.
ming almost 20 the end. with the others
close up. Crack Jumpers all. they ran
punched throughout. fencing faultlesS..
/ ~ and taking the hedges like squad
Of cavalry on the exercise field.
I Williams rode a clever race on Nm"
tore. keeping him oF the pace Tor tho,
frs, mile and q half. and then going 20
the front in the second run down the
I backstretch. Arch bald Barklie's Blanks,
! enburg. winner of the Grand NATIONAL,
Steeplechase at Belmont Park two
weeks ago. was always IN II, and toos!
second roney. but he did not receivo'
the best ride in the world from Haynes.'
/ Cherry Malotte. we'll ridden by Powerssl
took the small end of the purse. In9.
/ weight began to tell on Compliment n
the last half-mile.
The Whitney Memorial Steeplechase
is one of the richest prizes that nay
be won through the held This year ~
was worth S4.l5O. and Mrs. Hitchcock's
share was $3.50 and a leg on the 5000
silver cup.
Paul y. Cravath made a good invest
ment when he leased Ting-a-Llng from,
the Quncv Stable for the Piping Rock
Grab Bag Handicap. for the smart little
chestnut son of Star Shoot Lady Nlnt
cent earned him the tidy sum Of S3.o0J
BY winning the sweepstakes for two
vear-olds. at four and half furlongs,,
by head from George d. Widener,
jr.'s. Lady Hillingtcn..
Seven Youngsters Of the thirty-three
nominated went to the post. Clifford
Cochran's Prince Of Como and short
Ballot were the choice, but Lady lill!-
ington. a royally bred and fine looking
flly, by Garry Hermann Go den Rose,
had her supporters. too. She looked
worthy of the support.
They were p fractions lot az the bar
rer, and the starters had their
/ troubles. Twice the youngsters broke
the webbing before they were sent
away.
! Warrington rushed Prince OF Como
/ to the front. with Tlng-a-Ling ana
Lady Hillington well up. The hrst
three fought il out heads apart TO the
turn. and as they swept into the
stretch Prince Of Como carried the
others wide.
The son of Disguise looked the win
ner all over at the last furlong pole,
but Burlingame called on Ting-a-Ling,
and the S:ar Shoot colt came up on
the outside, with Lady Ellington right
beside him, and in whipping hnisn
poked his nose in front, while the
/ Prince weakened in the last dozen
strides.
Some one remarked that Johnny
} Tucker was going 10 keep up his win
ming streak on Cloud, as he had not
been beaten on Cloud this season.
Johnny admitted IT, and then no
knocked wood. But there was no real
need. for he won the closing race OF
the day the PIPING Rock Memorial
Plate handily. although the son OF AL
bert Scotch Iassle vas giving away
big chunks OF weight TO the eight
others.
Sandow sprang n surprise by gong
out in front and staying there TIL
: Cloud came out of the bunchand chal-
lenged him on the stretch turn. Harry
Tucker put up a good ride, but Johnny
and Cloud made a combination tnat
could not be beaten.
4, is seldom that eight hunters go
the full three miles over the hunter,
course at Piping Rock without spil.
Il happened yesterday in the Harvester
Plate. To add 70 the thrills, Indicator
waited till the last jump to thro" a. .;
Devereux. his owner, right IN 'front.' or
tho second fight Of horses. hercuioid'
NJ J. shannon and MeltonieTe, the last
named owned by william ). Clothier,
finished half lengths apart.
Ambrose came back 20 his early sea-
son form and won the Suffolk llate Tor
Philip Stevenson. As they went 20 the
post the son OF Disguise tossed his
rider, Nr. Bamberger, over MS head.
Bamberger did not let 20 the reins and
swung right back into the saddlei IN
circus rider style.
DR.. Duenner enliyened the proceed
ings and delayed the start by running
away. ..ilcrea made the running on
sufrerance 10 the stretch where AM
brose came away TO win handily after
fighting off the closing rush OF Ham,
mon Pass. which earned the place. ABB
sc6nder. the favorite. ran a dull race
and just got home third.
Rhine Maiden made every post
winning one IN the Glen CoJe Plate. a
handicap for three-year-olds and up
ward, az six furlongs The daughter OF
Watercress was all out 20 win. how
ever for Figinny. which got of badly.
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