The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11
ROAMER SETS PACE
AND EQUALS RECORD
Millcr's Crack Horse BrceZes
Home in BrOOkdalc. With
StrOmbOli Second.
FIVE CHOICES WIN IN ROW

Andrew Miller's Roamcr deserved the
enthusiastic cheers Of the 10000 persons
q, the Aqueduct track yesterday when
ne carried the top weight of l2S pounds
TO an easy victory in the Brookdale
uandicat. Roamcr ccllpsed all his
previous great performances by equal
Ing the track record Of ! so 3-5 for n
mic and an eighth bcSides equalling the
mark for six furlongs and breaking that
for the mile, at which point he was at
the top OF his brilliant flight Of speed.
Just breczing at the end the knight
Errant gelding had trailing in his wake
81 omholi, the best Of the Belmont pair.
which had 10 he whipped all through the
last quarter of a mile In order to Keep
HIM within hailing distance of the win
neg. Ten lengths further bach the erst-
while formidable Rock View fnished.
He also carried the Belmont silks and
completed the field for the handicap
which provided Roamcr with such a
great chance to show his superiority In
the thoroughbred world.
Il. &. liallonbeck's The Finn was one
Of the overnight entries. but had not
fIAlfAN lNNVNtA' " I'VE SAlFlthNhNI
campaign In Canada. The great fight
which Stromboli had put up In the
Queens County Handicap earlier In the
meeting. when Roamer heat him by n
head. made many experts doubtful
whether Roamer could cOnccde -four
pounds and beating To the Belmont
crack. The small field and the certainty
that he would he allowed to make his
own pace without Interference was a
.sr.a. ,..f,,, La. 70 700 ~ tkn fp.. -, V,,A ,,er
Roamer. and this coupled with a great
trial for the event led to his being
~favorite a. II to 30. while those who
wished to wager on the chances Of the
Belmont pair could get . TO 2 for their
money.
A perfect track and weather condi-
tons with which no fault could be found
provided the necessary setting for n
truly run race.
Butwell hurried Roamer away from
the barrier with the celebrity Of a
sprinter leaving his mark He headed
the Belmont racers on tine first jump
and thereafter both had to he content
with a view from the rear OF his match
less stride and even going. In the first
quarter of a mile Roamer cut out a
lead of two lengths and was moving
easily, while OF the two behind at least
Rock View was doing his best To keep
up with the pace. Rock View tried
so hard to make IN impression on the
leader that for "A few moments he led
his stable companion and picked UP
about half "a length on Roamer.
That was the end OF the son OF
Rock sand and as Turner urged Strom-
boil to the nearer pursuit OF Roamer
Rock View dr. pped bach to last, where
he was destined to stay TO the finish.
S,romboiS crept up in turn to within a
length and a half of Roamer and going
around the ben he kept within that
distance OF the leader. The five fur
longs had been negotiated In :? 2-h sec
onds and there was fear In the hearts
of some that the weight and pace might
tell and the leader crack under the
strain as he had in the Brooklyn Handl-
cap.
II was the Roamer q old that went
flying toward the threc-quarter pole
ard on reaching that mark the watches
registered :12. which equals the track
record 10 the credit of Gainer n
Restigouche. Stromb9li was under the
whip then hut Roamer under the gentle
coaxing Of Butwell leaped further away
and 40 the end Of the mile he had
opened a gap Of five lengths on the
struggling Stromboli. For the mile
Roamer was clicked in ! az 3-5, which
Is two-ffths OF a second faster than the
Aqueduct track mark set by Orthodox
II 1904.
There was no longer any semblance
OF a race n with Stromboli stagger-
ing behind him Rpamcr just galloptd
along and pricked up his ears in re-
sponse to the cheers II the crowd that
~signalled his certain victory. The win
npr did rot show the least sign OF
distress and before re returned 20 the
sand the regulars were wondering
whether he could pick up his five pound
penalty and win the Suburban Hand!-
cap next Wednesday.
As a partial solace for the loss OF
the handicap honors August Belmont
carried OF the fremont Stakes. for two-
yecr-olds. with Tea Caddy, which ran
coupled with Damrosch. \ strong play
on john f., Madden's Woodward caused
tie Belmont entry TO start at the liberal
ODDS of 6 to 3, hut the chief danger
came from r. +. CarmHn's Achievement
which might have won IL Butwell had
not taken him right up behind Tea
Caddy. where he was stopped In the
last sixteenth. Woodward shove q
a ght of early speed but was outrun by
Tea Caddy AT the beginning of the
stretch. Turner held the rail all the
while with Tea Caddy and when Butwell
came up behind with Achievement he
was forced to pull the carmsn youngstei
Up. This allowed Tea Caddy to win
rather easily. but Achievement was abb,
~ loAitN NAt Nl4l'i'l 'ibSilg 'lIpNSh ~
take the place from l.. :. T~hompson''
SlipshUd, the outsider in the betting.
Five winning favorites out of sever
races contributed to a glorious day fol-
the casual racegoers who formed tn
greater part of the crowd. All won II
succession and it was only the last TIVE
CHOICES that went astray. AS big Z
hubbub as when l,oamer won was
created by the finish OF the ffth race
In which n wonderful ride by Joe Ne,
'ahey brought Amalfi home winner by
Q head. Tn shout for Joe resOundet
from the moment he started %whippinI
Nmalf at the quarter pole until Will
whip waving in the air he crossed tn,
line A nose In front OF O'Sullivan, which
"nly a few strides earlier had taken tn
lead from Stonehenge, the early pace
maker. The summaries;
FIRST RACE.
For three year olds and upward: highweigh
handicap; by subscription OF $40, with $50
added; SIN furlOnEs.
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