New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-07
ADDED STARTER
BEATS WOODTRAP
IN CHAMPAGNE
Whitney's Vivid Takes
Feature Race at Belmont
Harvest King Winner.

Vivid. the chestnut colt OF Harry
PAYNE whitney. cIeverly ridden By
Butwell. beat August Be.mont's Wood
trap IN the Champagne Stake, The feat
IRE OF yesterdays racing card az Bel
mont PARK. Mr. Whitney was on hand
20 see MS odGs-On fsyorlte carry MS
colors 20 victory.
l. was a two-horse race. Vivid was
an added starter. 2. T. Wilson, .r.'s,
Straight Forward. and Clifford A. Coch-
rams Mary Powell were scratched az
the last moment. In the old days TINS
stake was considered the hnal cham
pionship classic for twO-year-olcs, and
on u often depended the fnal rating
OF the turf's best known young ters. Il
Was run ~ a mile az jerome PARK
from 1867 20 1870. In 1871 the dis
lance was reduced 20 six fur.ongs.
This stake was transferred 20 Bel
mont Park in 1905. Il. p. Whitney's
Perverse won the event az Belmont
Park in 1905. His Chic.e triumphed
last year also.
Yesterdays race was a fight all the
way Vivid commanded such respect
that , 20 il was a.! the layers would
offer when the TWO were going 10 the
post. Schuttinger was at a disad-
vantage on the break. but he raced
true and straight all the way. In the
first furlong he came 70 even terms
with Woodtrsp. Both the chestnut
colts were stepping lively, as their
time shows, but neither was being
forced Il looked as II Sehuttinger was
holding Vivid in. A quarter from home
Schuttinger gave the Whitney colt his
head and he came on so fast that ne
was able 70 cross Woodtrsp safely a.
the last furlong. Il was simply a
breeze from there home.
Harvest King Scores.
Harvest King. another odds-on favor
tie, scored quite as handily IN the
second race over the straight six fur
longs route. Buxton took the colt away
IN the lead and vas never headed or
even threatened He drew away as he
pleased in the fnal furlong and won
pulled UP. Leicester. an outsider.
closed strongly and outgamed Deck
mate, second choice, through the hnal
sprint.
Chiclet and Flttergod furnished
thrilling finish TO the one-mile handi-
cap that ended the day. These we're
practically even favorites OF a field OF
SIX. Rhine Maiden and Ina Frank
showed plenty OF early speed, but could
not stave Off the challenge Of Filter
gold and Chiclet around the turn. L
was a stirring fight through the stretch
between the favorites, with victory
hanging III the balance until the very
last stride.
Sorrento won the steeplechase from
Otto FlOto. the TWO beng equally re-
garded BY the talent. Franklin dis
uiavof evoaffav- hor-o~-e- u p III not
only took the obstacles IN clever man
ner, but rated his mount 20 perfection.
For the first mile and half Franklin
kept OF the pace. Rushing up then
he had little difficulty in disposing OF
Otto Floto. Aberfeldy was breezing
along IN front for the first turn Of the
field. but made a bad landing Kelle-
her vas unseated and thrown on Aber-
feldy's neck. He righted himself with
difficulty, but when he found MS seat
again the opportunity had been lost.
Old Broom OUTRAGED.
Old Broom, heavily played in the
third race a. a mile. was clearly out
raced by Vermont from start 20 finish.
Wenonah won cleverly IN the first race
over the seven fIrlOng route. J. Nc
Taggart got away slowly with NaushOn.
tho favorite. and though he came we'll
the last half Of the race was unable 20
get up. Tie Pin, bumped and shut OF
at the start, came through on the rail
al the stretch turn with q great rush,
but was too late.
IL was announced yesterday that in
case Of bad weather Saturday after
noon Roamer and Stromboli would meet
Monday afternoon instead.