New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-09
Celt-Adriana Filly. Takes
Ladies' Classic at
Belmont Park.
IDA CLAIRE REAL
SENSATION OF DAY
Woodward In Easy Spot-Mrs,
Stevenson's Repentant Home
First In Jumping Race.
By F. D. BURROWS.

Because she falrly ooted on mud
coup. served Is refine. Celandria, a
:hree-yesr.old chestnut FLY owned By
TIE Elkwood Park Stable. splashed
home q winner in the forty-sixth run
ming OF the Ladies' Handicap at Bel
mont Psrk yesterday afternoon.
Some four thousand lovers Of thor
oughbred racing, having been unsuc-
esssful e. their efforts 70 contract
pusumonis on Wednesday, were on
hand 20 see the pretty daughter Of
C,lt and AdrianR annex the classic.
but few OF them eheered the victory,
IN view OF the fact that Captain +. B.
Csssstt's entry, Flying Fairy, and
Jsr1es Buffers Capra carried the bulk
o. the wagered money.
Unless the rain abates within the
rext day or so, the Westchester Rae
jng Association will be substituting
Yachts FOR bsngtails at the Long
island hippodrome. The track was a
,sa OF muddy water yesterday and the
driIlle, which never let up for mo-
nsnt during the entire afternoon, not
only raised the deuce with the thor
ouehbreds, but so obsoured the far
reaches Of the course that It was al
most impossible TO tell which horse
was leading until they were nearly
homs-
Fat Time for Slow Track.
Considering the weather and track
conditions, Celandria ran The Ladies
In very good time, especially In view
Of the fact that the FLY was on the
ou:side practically all the way. AL
though much better marks than her
i:Ai have been hung up for this
classic, there are few names among
Inc forty-fve previous winners that
call 70 mind any stouter-hearted
,canpers than the Elkwood Stable en-
try put Up yesterday. Closed of the
rail at the start by Csprs and Flying
Dairy, Celandris boldly splsshed out
into the middle Of the track, Max Car
rer rating her along at the leaders
tanks and saving her nicely for the
stretch run.
Il was nip and tuck for the six
nares practically all the way, first
one and then another challenging
Cspra for the lead. None was able to
head the Butler whizzer, however. I'M
iii Celandria moved up with q rush
in the last 200 yards and jumped
across the finish line length aheaS
Of the daughter Of Ballot Fenmouse'
which had been we'll up oil the time
took third from Flying Fairy, when
finished ahead Of Dorcss and Pleione'
but outside the money.
The real sensation Of the Afternoon
wts provided by Ida Claire, bay MY
which captured the third event on tne
programme while running under the
q D.tl TOuF-
v,ar-old daughter of Golden Maxim
Wealth. while working out at Jamaica
vs,terdav morning, took II Into her
is.d 10 run away, chuckinS heraockey
ovsT her head, and eventually crash :
I've into a fence and injuring her lel'
fcreleg.
Blow to Form Students.
This. at least, was the report Whieh
va, freely circulated through Vhe
rrnvd with the result that the BAL
oe,S, entry receded in the wagering
and Fpzzv Wurzy, a more or less er,
ra,js seldine. owned by the Clevelshu
S1bls was installed as favorite' I'm
aSIns the CONSERVATION Of the FORM
stn5srts when the daughter OF Goldeh
Maxim. once the barrier was ralseui
shot away like a streak OF uhIeHs ~ -
lightning, and galloped nome No W.
bv six lengths from Fuzzy ~ -
which. in turn, was eight .en ~ III
ahead OF the Marrone Stable u.4 .Sor
abe Relding, Ambrose, the only o'"''
horse IN The race. 49,, Rntler's
On Tuesday last James pu dS 20
three-year-old Spur was repoI' 20 w
have Kicked himself severely III q 'r,ed
inc vorkout. after which he seaihpe.Ie"
81
s .o'.i t;r1s ~ / :8S 2-5. The answer
bsing tRat one way to beat the game a.
B.lmon. Is TO wait until II is dehhltely
,stsblisbed that q thoroughbred nus
broken all four legs or had b9th Eye
mt out-and then mortgage the Ai"'
and bet on that particular enSt
Yankee Notions, an Oneek StaD.o
r.ldjng which has been threatening 70
win q race for some time past many
made good In the first event yes'eIuHy'
subduino lanes Buffers black -FOUR
ysar-old Dervish and p. s. Z. Kan
Solpb's recently purchased Sehooiooy
In a six furlonR wallow which broke no
records for time or thrills. Schoolo9y
,et the pace TO the top Of the stTetch'
shere the son Of Yankee-Falrie queen
caught and passed him, .romping IN
length ahead Of Dervish, "nloh n"u
also left SChOOlboy behlhu'
Easy Spot for Woodward
Woodward. far and away the class oil
the second scamper, had no dlncuIty
whatever in running away from TWO
imported and two domestic en'rles'
Mrs. A. G. Blakely's English bred colt
Pinch. again ran we'll out ahead OF nus
field and this time he almost put over
a win. only Woodward's ability to come
with a rush in the stretch preventing
ne triumph. As it was Pinch mad 70
be content with second place, while
Cannon, Woodfair and Generous I'M
Came next the +. Declare upset, fol-
lowed by The Ladies' Handicap. These
being decided, eight Jumpers made
,heir way to the two-mile post and
leaped away on a pretty wwhirlaround
for the $500 purse. Mrs. Philip Stey-
'nson's bay mare, Repentant' eventual
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