New-York tribune., 1915-07-18

sdale.
Friar Rock ran the five and half
furlongs down the straight course in
the sensational time of 1903 AS, set
ting up a new track record, and one
that is likely to stand for many day.
The son of Rock Sand-Fairy Coli
did not have his weight up, and was in
receipt of fourteen pounds from
Ormesdale, but this did not detract
much from the credit due. for after
wearing down the speedy Lorac and
fairly running Ormesdale into tho
ground he came away, to win galloping
by wide margin. In many respects
il was the most impressive race run
by two-year-old this year.
Friar Rock, which, by the way, is a
half brother to Rock V.ew, looks like
a colt which can handle weight, and
Sam Hildreth expressed keen regret
that Mr.. Belmont had declared him out
of the Futurity last fall He had conf
dence yesterday that he would beat
Ormesdale, but this confidence vas
not shared by those who had seen his
beaten ten or twelve lengths by Paddy
Whack.
In speaking Of that race Mr.. Hill
dreth said: "In all my experience with
horses | was never more confounded
than when Friar Rock was beaten that
day. He had won his two other starts
80 easily and had worked so we'll t.
| thought he was the surest kind OF a
winner. let up on him slightly after
that race, thinking perhaps that he
was not himself, and guess that must
be the answer, for he showed his
worth this afternoon"
Mr.. Hildreth explained that he had
been strongly attracted to the colt as
yearling, but that as he did not show
the speed of some of the others in his
trials Mr. Belmont decided TO declare
him out of the Futurity, although
Fairy Gold is counted one of his best
brood mares.
1t does not seem possible that Ormes-
dale ran his race. The weight did not
stop him at Aqueduct, and it does nor
seem reasonable TO presume that l2O
pounds was responsible for his being
so far back at the finish yesterday. He
was up with the leaders part OF the
way, but did not appear to be striding
freely, so that it might be well to dis
count the performance in considering
his future chances. IL was no stable
secret that he had been outworking
even such a fast sprinter as Hester
Prynne, and his race was big disap-
pointment to Mr.. Wilson and his train
er, Tom Healey.
Phosphor defeated some OF the best
sprinters in training in winning the
Fleetwing Handicap, and in a measure
the Judgment of Mr.. Parsons was vim
dicated when he advised Billy Karrick
against starting him against High Noon
only two DAYS aft , his brilliant victory
in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct.
On that day High Noon beat him cas-
lily when in receipt of five pounds, but
the son Of Peep o. Day turned the
tables Yesterday at difference OF eight
pounds in his favor That eight pounds,
on the theory of handicapping, should
have brought them right together, but
as the race was run Phosphor unques-
tionably would have won even under
the allotment of their previous meet
ing.
High Noon did not run straight and
truly, bearing out all through the hrst
half mile and losing much ground. This
accounted in part, perhaps, for his de-
feat, although Phosphor clearly made
him stop, as he did Top o tn Morning
after a brief but sharp duel at the last
furong pole, from which point he
gradually drew out TO win by scant
length, beating the older horses Ten
Point and Figinny.
Top o. tn Morning hung on more
gamely than High Noon and finished a
good fourth, but so FAR as could be seen
he was beaten on the merits OF the
race, although Buxton insists that he
does not like the straight course at Bel
mont Park.
While the two races of which some
thing has heen told stood out as the
features of a most excellent pro-
gramme, an afternoon made irritating
and discomforting by the bllstering
heat and the depressing humidity was
brought to a dramatic close by the run
ming Of the last race in binding
thunderstorm. Nothing could be seen
of the horses until they came like phan-
toms 10 the last sixteenth pole. Even
then il was hard TO distinguish the
mud-spattered colors, for the track
suddenly had been converte into a ver-
table river.
J. G.. Oxnard's Idilko won, and Incl
dentally Jimmy Butwel rode his first
winn,r of the meeting. IL is seldom
that four days go by without this
clever jockey getting more than one
horse home IN front
/. cost the Greentree Stable 1905 20
re ain Etruscan after that cpeedy geld
ing had won the second race. Jack Nc
Ginnis, acting for T. J. O'Brien. did the
bidding and carried the price TO $4,000
before turning away. As Cy Merrick,
which ran second, is owred by 0'Brien,
the latter profted $500 by his effort to
buy the winner, as under the rules half
the bid-up money goes to the owner OF
the second horse.
Coming Tower ran in this race and
finished last, after showing fash Of
early speed. F. P. A. will have 10 do
, without his jitnibus and, instead, put
a mortgage on his velocipede.
Fully three thousands persons saw
reither the first race nor the last. Thl
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