New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-17
Throng Enjoys Lively Day
of Sport at Beautiful
Lynnewood Farms.
CLOSE FINISHES
THRILL THE CROWD
First Three Finish Heads Apart
in Coligny Steeplcchase, with
shannon River ahead.

r. f..rrluorI T.-.... .-tatn. a. L.h..-
PARK. Penn. yesterday afternoon. 'v'-
lowing custom after % lapse OF 'hIee
Years. hc baCe every one VINO owes q
horse welcome and entertained them an
r-rht roya.v. lt was Che sort OF race
meeting such a. m.st nave been seen
,,lrr tho gentlemen of the court OF
good Queen Bcss raced their horses on
the tuIf az Ncwmarsct for golden Dei's'
The crowd came by motor aad trolley
from Pa.lad, .h.a a.d by motor ana
tram from New lors and Long lslahd,
and D. Sled Che Enclosure ln .font OF
t.e stables. along tac nomcst' ..cH ana
f.r uu Che hin and swarmed OYER me
,ntelt. ass on free day or "a DO. -'y al
Belmont Park.
There are many picturesque RACES race.
around the amateur racing circuit
MANY there are who sing OF me Deau
-.es o. Piping Rock and the charm Oh
d p Whitney, Nueatlcy Hills estate
bur in the vtrnacular Lynne"oou
Fg~-,s has something on them all.
The racing matched the setting
When shannon River. Swish and hEton
flashed past the winning post ne"ds
e.rrt ID the running Of the CoNgny
Stcep.echase the enthusiasm ot ihe
crowd eouallod that shown on The day
last summer when koamer. Sttomoo.i
and Harmonicon came down the long
.t.r... 20 She Queens County Handicap
az Aeueeuct noses apart
II was "a gray. dull day, with leaden
clouds overhead The little TRACK, SO. on
q hin. circliug the polo field and ianked
lv scarlet and brown October untco
GOODS and the low brown and white
stables and outbuild.ngs. looked IKE
ro.fInC go mach as bag lrsh estate
cyr.ut that the stables were IN peTec'
reuatr and the hedges trimmed 10 a
ricctv that would do honor 20 formal
The Old World spirit Of "Caed
Mile Failtha' was there. stables a1d
grounds were open so all, and aitel ne
informal luncheon lu the little court OF
The outbuildings Mrs. Widener h' ID
court Oh the vcgarda OF the stables
which was transformed into "A clubhouse
for the day There were the plate ara
portraits of Coigny and RI Cuchl.l2'
which had carried the scarlet and whiie
stripes and black cap 20 many VIC
tory through the field.
From the rear one could look down
into the paddock and the inclosed eX-
crclse grounds Of the thoroughbreds
that live az Lynucwood Farms. some
Of the more commercial followers OF
racing caught the spirit OF the thing
and coniurcd up red and white nat
bands. the nearest thing 20 hand 10 the
white topper of an English booNe.
Every one had programme, even the
last small boy in the field, and with
f. the compliments Of Lynnewood
Farms. A corps Of Boy Scouts saw to
that. There were many IN the crowd
who were seeing racing for the hrst
time. judging from the squeals OF de-
Irht and excitement from the feminine
contingent in the field. Every time the
Jumpers came down the stretch, and
they did u three times in two races,
was the finish 20 them. They saw good
racing and enjoyed it 70 the last hoof-
beat.
The CoNgny Steeplechase, at two
miles and a half. was the best race OF
the day The turf was just damp
enough for the liking Of Raj Parrs
shannon River. and he won by head,
but he knew he had been in race at
the end
The son of Black Dick went right to
the front as he did at Piping Rock
last Tue sday, but this time he did not
tire so quickly. Swish caught him al
ter the field had gone about a mile.
and then II was ding-dong battle for
the lead Shannon River was the bet
ter jumper, but the son Of Niece
Frou Frou made this up on the fiat.
Had Exon made "a better landing at
the third Jump from home another
number might have gone uD first, but
+. Williams. after rating of the pace,
hurried the Garth horse in the last
quarter and his one hobble was costly.
As IL WIS. the trio came over the last
hedge abreast and Shannon River won
i'm the final strides.
Wcldship. the favorite. which was
always close 20 the pace, fa.tered in
the last drive.
There was such a big field in the
Caller Plate. a handicap for all ages at
six and half furlongs, that il was
decided 20 run 10 as two races, with
six rtarters in each Mrs. J. 7. TEN
pie came 90 life like good one in the
first section and beat Clement y.
williams Armament by the proverbial
nod MI Widencr's Valentine made
every post winning one in the sec
ond
The other two races on The fiat were
almost family affairs for the Tucker
boys Harry won the FL Cuchillo
Plate or Ambrose Clark's Huguenot,
with Johnny second on Doublet. and
Evans third on Leonard Jacobs's
Beethoven In the last race Of the day
Evans Tucker rode around Jacobs's
Zcllwood. which had quite the foot
Of his field. beating Fred Alpers on
Senerambian. and Harry Tucker on
Mount Holly. johnny Tucker. on
Cloud. which seemed a shadow Of his
former self wa5 not In the money.
All ir all. Johnny had o bad dav
Harry Tucker, who, by the way. used
20 live IN Philadelphia, carried of the
riding honors OF the day with two win
ming mounts. He had the leg up on F.
Ambrose Clark's knight Of Merci in the
Iynnewood challenge cup. a chase Of
two miles and half, and after letting
Merry Lad and Web Carter make mos,
of the running came on when those tive
had raced themselves 70 pieces 70 win
by FIVE lengths from VI. j. Shannon anC
Lampblack
That the race is not always 20 IN,
swift never was more clearly demon
stroted than IN the Cheltenham Steeple
chase. when Harry La Montaene's Flv
ing Peep got home first after fou
three-ycar-old jumpers which had bee
ofcfanNious came 20 grief Eight wen
20 the post and three fell by the way
side before they reached the last quar-
tCr. NORWOOD. from the Nor,hwoo
Stable looked the winner all over al
be tried 90 make TOO short "a turn an
crossed bis feet II looked like u ba
fan. but The horse escaped with a shak
ing up while Clark came out Of % wit
a slight cut on the side Of his head.
when Do was an over and the crowd
were hurryng away one Of the visitor
remarked: "lf's one Of the best NEE.
ings I've attended this season. What
pity more men who can do not throw
oucn their estates and hold rnee.irc.