The sun., 1916-10-13
Bet AND FALMOUTH
BEST IN CUP RACES
They Win HarbOr Hill and
Piping Rock subscription
Respectively.
JOCKEYS BADLY INJURED

To the strains of "Auld Lang Syne
THIS state Yesterday afternoon. when the
pinIus Rock Racing Association held
a.. Anal meeting. 4 large and fashion,
oS,e crowd was at hand for the death
n, The seasons sport. and prob1bly the
a.,,h OF two famous steeplechase
.nrteys Probably fatal accidents to
irrie Holder and william Murphy and
.sri,is m,shaps TO Arthur Lee and Will
liam Hogan tended to maj the sport.
rscy were injured In the Harbor Hin
can and 'hc Piping Rock Subscription
s,eeplcchases. a..
,,,u-es Of the meet. went to Bet. w.
y coos th~ree-year-old son Of King
i,ues-Nancy n. and +. Ambrose
ci,rk's chestnut gelding Falmouth. re-
spectiNely. ..,,.
A,.houeh seventeen th~ree-year'olds
.1,. entered for the Harbor Hill Cup
,roscuted by Clarence ". Mackay oni!
.rh, went to the post. II was "a chase
., about two miles for thr~ee-year-oidS
and was worth $500 besides the silver
,rophy. They were a classy lot mat
faced the starter.
Every one OF them hao been schooled
epeclally for this event and every one
mad worked 80 we'll In his or her trial
that each had a host OF admirers. ormes
Head. a little bay gelding owned by
Morton l.. Swartz, was the most popu-
lar however, and was a an odds oil,
fayorite Of . TO 10. Next in popularity
we're Joseph T.. Davls's i've geldlngs
pryu Chant and Brooks, with more lib
eral odds being laid against Herbert L.
pratt's Socony. the Sorthwood Stablee
Marchena. n. W. Sage's The Brook and
Leonard Jacobs Raconteuse h other
starters.
For only a furlong 1t was what might
be called a pretty race. for as the trs'
obstacle was reached Brooks went dow
and threw Jockey Murphy under th'
boots Of the other horses at the mex
lump MarChena came "A cropper. hurting
Jockey Hogan over his head, and at III,
third timber. a liverpool. Bryn Chan
\ wen, down and Lee went scaling throG2i
the air. " more jumps and Racon
,suse, which had been the pacemsker
refused and nearly threw Jockey OCon
nor.
With this quartet out Of the running
The Brook. followed by Ormes Head
sccony and Bet. sped along in India
fashion two lengths apart until til
run down the hill entering the home
stretch was reached. Al that point Bet
socony and Ormes Head made their bid
for the lead. But only Bet was abI
10 PASS The Brook. Ridden perfectly b
Jockey Blake. he came with a rush In IN
wore down the pacemaker and then wen
10 the front and won easily by nv
lengths.
The Brook had little difficulty earninl
second honors, finishing half n doze'
.-. 49, 80 CAlnnr which wA4
similar distance in front of Ormes Heac
Only three Of the nineteen entrant
went to the post for the Piping Roc
Subscription Trophy. which was a chas
O, three miles and was worth s3.Vot
They were Mrs. Payne Wh!trey's Cherr,
Mslotte, Thomas Hitchcock's Peheto an
r. Ambrose Clark's Falmouth.
Although 4, was a small field. II wa
one Of the best races for two and three
quarter miles that have been seen her
, tt.s season. Until Pebeto came to gre
'vo obstacles from home ana ser
Jockey Heider to the ambulance IN
resul, Was in doubt. All three gallope
all the way to this point. with ia
mouth setting a fast but steady pac'
|. When Pebeto went down Cherry Ma
' lotte made her challenge, but II was nc
sufficiently strong to catch the leade
which passed the judges two lengths !
front. The summaries:
Frs, Race-Hgh~eirht handicap: for thre
ysar.old. and upward: purse 800; one mi
erf a quarter: ".
Hoise. WI. Jockey odus r,
Sharpshoo,sr .... li9. W keatins ?-sSout J
Toner ............ iS,.W Kenny. I1&out .
Beethoven ....... lcl. " Hogan. @&2'z >
start good Won sa!loning Tine,-;l:l y
Winner " z. 4. bv M~cGee-Stngle She
ovne- Robert :. Gerry. Trained by j,
Newman.
Second Racc-Thr Brook champion steepl
chase handicap: for three year-olds ana u
ward purse, $50: about Two miles; -.
-Hor-r vi -Jo,keI, Odds r,