New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
oclv One Race Out of Six
Finds Favorite OutStrip-
ping Other Entries.
WORST UPSE T IN
THE FEATURE EVENT
comely Gallops Home Ahead of
Heavily Played PhOSpor-
Cheer a Victor.

p,brr choices we're badly battered
Rs'mor, Park yesterday afternoon.
,rlv one race out Of the half dozen
Il, fayorite manage to negotiate the
...eribed distance in faster time than
=. other entries, and on that occasion
u. t,rse chosen by the lsymen was
VA al such prohibitive odds by those
sc Measure e is 20 encourage wa
ING that scarcely any money changed
TSe worst upset Of the afternoon oc-
..--,4 i0 what was nominated by
p.,irr Secretary Earlocker as the feat
y. event OF the afternoon -the FIVE
~ a half fur.ong sprint for three
,s~.-'6s which had not won $4,000 in
S'5 or 1910. This resulted in a com
,,-atiys'y easy victory for James But
as 6lly Comely. which galloped home
.,s3 Of the heavily played Phosphor,
.vr,d by s. l.. Parsons. 10 the disgust
AM save the layers of odds and few
srtrna.es who had chosen the dsugh-
.- Of Disguise 90 beat the son Of Peep
Day
Phosphor Disappointing.
Phosphor. making his first start Of
he present season, was looked upon as
hs class of Che Eve horse field. despite
The fac; that Come,y has been showing
% advantage both az Jamaica and DUR
q. her workouts az Belmont
When It came 90 the actual test, how
yer. the Butler FLY proved beyond
1eston OF O. doubt that she was in
1ch finer racing condition than the
Parsons colt rompinc in without effort,
yhile Phosphor had difficulty in taking
sco1d place from Half Rock, a Carson
1try. against which the prices were as
god as - 90 +.
Jockey keogh, who was to have
ridden the Herr entry, Eagle. IN this
ace. was kicked IN the foot while
aboard the imported horse Short Grass
- the Metropolitan Handicap on Thurs
.ay, and viii not be able 20 ride for at
East q week. The apprentice rider
Graves had the mount instead. He
allied 20 coax the son Of Yankee and
Mss kcarney 20 finish better than
fourth.
The other big cataclysm. judged from
the PLAYERS standpoint, was the third
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not won 500. This four and a half
lr.org dash down the Straightaway
vas popularity believed 20 be a two
horse contest between COckleshell, from
The Belmont stable, and Leonie, from
The Clifford A. Cochran stalls.
Imagine the CONSERVATION. therefore,
rhen the two horses entered by J. Z.
+ adden Cheer and Yankee Witch
prang 10 the front as the tape went up
and fairly ran the legs off the two
ayor-es. neither Of which succeeded in
N,ting in the money
Wins by Inches.
Nel.ora, from the Wickliffe Stable,
ucceeded IN picking up the torrid pace
seq By the Madden youngsters, and took
third place. Cheer finishing first and
her stable mate only inches behind.
Cock.eshell and Leonie were fourth and
18th. respectively.
A very mediocre septet of maiden
'wO-year-olds ranged up alongside
Starter Mars Cassidy's barrier for the
frst race Of the afternoon. Owing 10
The presence on the lawn Of a cOterie OF
men 90 whom money was apparently no
object. the bay illy Tootsie, from the
Brighton Stable, was backed into 3 to
svortsm, while Radiant Flower
uttered BIZ Mrs. Godfrey Preece, re-
.eived only a mild play at 6 TO !.
Once the gate went up Radiant Flower
proved that he and not Tootsie was the
logcal favorite. running straight and
rue down the track, while the Brighton
stable youngstcr zigzagged from one
rail- 20 the other, losing both foot and
position in mad endeavor 10 find the
say home.
Radiant Flower. with Bendlet on his
tank and Old Drury laundering be
lted challenge close behind. closed
strongly and took the race, while loot
SIC finished last Of the field Of SIX. For
he first time Of the season the layers
lof odds smiled happily.
The second event proved 70 be little
-ore than a workout for the brown
lly Estimable. entered by the Palace
stable This year-old daughter Of
Peep o. Day Estimate spread-eagled
Fer field from the start, beating the
arrier By a good two lengths and
reeliug home in easiest fasion.
Run Up to $1,000.
Esumablc was run Up to $1,000 after
te race was over, but was retained by
sr owners with the customary So ad-
lnce
The third and fourth 'chases de-
ribbed above having been decided. SIX
.rters emerged from the paddock TO
By conclusions over the turf and brush
1rse of approximately two miles.
nee again the immortal dope went
rorg, for the twin favorites IN the
nber-topping contest II. l.. Pratts
lp.dng. SuDcrbuman, and Harry LaMon-