The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-15
'UPSETS APLENTY ON
LAST DAY OF RACING
Chicle's Defeat Worst Blow to
Players on Getaway at
Belmont Park.
BONNY LADDIE FAILS TOO

Getaway days generally are disastrous
for the players. and the windup OF the
metropolitan racing season at
Park yesterday proved nc exception TO
the rule. Only one pronounced favorite
O and as he val quoted NJ odds
OF 1 to Q he brought very little balm
to the players who Ia their selections
bowled over one after another.
The severeet blow received by the tai
emit was the defeat OF Chicle, the Thomp-
son Stable representative. in the Nursery
Handicap. for two-year-olds, which was
the feature of the card. The fact that
the son of Spearmint was selected as
the standard bearer instead OF murderer
Dominant or Bromo was sufhcient IN
dication that Trainer Rowe expected
him to run a good race. Chicle car
ried top weight OF 122 pounds, and
the rush to wager on him was so great
that he closed a Q to 20 favorite. After
keeping well UP with the pace, the weight
told in the end and he was beaten
soundly by the Cleveland Stables
Whimsy, a CASTOR from the Whitney
Stable, while in the last few strides
r. f.. Carman's Achievement headed out
the favorite for the place.
Another stunning reverse for the form
players was the failure OF the greatly
touted Benny Laddie In the Corinthian
Steeplechase Handicap. This young
Jumper has been the talk OF the cross
country division since he won three races
I'm a row AT Aqueduct. With the glamour
of those victories upon him many good
judges rated him as the best horse in
s-- 49, l. 49, sLA aA1I IVAN nttu
the horses he had beaten had not been
OF the stake class.
In the race yesterday he was well
! taken care OF In the matter OF weight,
and as the best jumpers in training were
among the original entries for the CO.
rinthian the contest was looked at as
a real test of Bonny Ladies' ability.
II he is to be Judged by that test he
must be ranked a failure. as. starting
an even money favorlte he failed to
get In the money. being beaten by Harry
La Montagne's Swish. Thomas Hitch
cocks Kehtoh and the Greentree
stables Cherry Malotte. There were
many. however. who pleaded extenuat-
star and who insist that he may yet
be at the head OF the division before
the snow flies.
Bonnie I.addie was concedinH scale
weight TO every horse in the ACE,
and was ridden none too well by Hender-
son. At the fourth jump Bonnie Laddie.
hitherto a perfect fencer. stumbled and
Henderson lost his stirrups. He re-
covered from this mishap cleverly and
was In a contending position ten lengths
behind Swish at the beginning Of the
backstretch when he made a bad land
ing. Even this did not beat him and
he made UP a lot OF ground on the
leader, only to give way to Kehtoh and
Cherry Malotte In the stretch. The
time of $40 was the fastest of the
meeting, and as It is nearly two months
since Bonnie Laddle raced his admirers
are confident that he will wipe out the
defeat when properly tuned up for a
race.
1t was a gala day for the Cleveland
stable. which sent three horses to the
post and won with two OF them, In
GLIDING the victory of Whimsy In the
Nursery Handicap. Johnny McTaR-
CART took advantage OF his brother Tom
my's absence to shine In the saddle He
won with three OF his four mounts
and on the other finished second, with
odds OF 4 TO ! for a place against the
horse he was riding. In the last race
w. A. Primes Kilmer had the distinc-
ton OF scoring the first victory of the
season OF a tw~o-year-old over aged horses
kilner captured the maiden race from
Mira Livingston's three-year-old Puts
and Calls, after being backed down into
almost equal favoritism with Puts and
Calls, which was the original choice.
The summaries:
FIRST RACE.