New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-12
EXCITING RACE
FOR SLIM CROWD
ON CLOSING DAY
Hairless Finishes First in
Nursery Handicap, but
Is Disqualified.

c..,uav day at Belmont. Park yes
80 afternoon produced the usual
-ssr OF startling upsets for the
-. crowd that turned out to bid
=, .boroughbreds farewell.
: ,,.r,lsss. August Belmont's brown
-..r.od colt, was disqualified
a. finishing FIRST in the Nursery
49,, the feature Of closing day:
a 80, we're many outside the judges
- among their number the preesl-
80. n the Jockey Club. OF the OPINION
80 ne stewards erred M their ruIlng::
'-I rs,s feature race produced one o.
-.ost exciting struggles seen al
rs .,,.,-rr meeting. A hundred yards
~. .be finish 10. looked as II a
.i,.-ys+ and short one az that, might
20. covered the four contenderS, so
.'sssly we're they punched.
4 Bad Bump.
TIE, things began 20 happen. Vivid
= Eob-i-Noor had bumped badly Al
-, Start. the fault seeming 20 resV
-, Troxler. who rode VIVID. Inc
,.rision almost knocked koh-i-No 20
- tress. But Davies rode the My
- skiu and judgment. and brough,t
-. 90 fast 10 the front IN the mai
a,lorr that he seemed about TO re-
.-sve his unhappy start VI,
ROT distance from the goal vivid
~. In on Hourless, which was closing
-, zoo and Hourless was bumped
=, i-+o Koh-i-NoOr, racing at the
III The latter was almost knocked
- the fence. Davies had 20 pull up
....siv and finished last All the boys
10, Buxton were called up when Dawes
.'s;~ed a foul. There were cat-ca4Is
,rS Kisses for the stewards when tney
Ss.uaiised Houriess. the favorite'
.l,,b was but natural. Certainly
TroxIer was as much az fault as BuX-
Ea-rv Payne Whitney's brown two
vsa--old COLI Hwta, scored an easy VIC
80 over five and q half furlongs
s.rsiybt in the opening event This
horse. which is rather bad actor pc
fo-e be gets away, was an equa!
fsvorite with Pickwick. Leicester, John
: Nadden's imported colt, was the
o-lv one CAPABLE OF making Hwfa eX-
,snd himself. First Ral.ot made the
race I'd 20 the last furlong. Ihere
Hrfa soon disposed OF the chestnut
flly Leicester. never lar from the
race. fought 10 out with Hwfa through
lie last furl0ng, but never could quite
est I'd. P.ckwick, slightly lntertered
with az the start, was poorly handed
al the way by Buxton.
Po.roma, 7. H0usman's tnree-year-
Old colt. took the measure OF the IA
vorite. Tea Caddy. in the closing race.
Mink got his mount away wlnglng, and
vas never headed. Polroms appeared
70 ire a bit rounding the Turn, but as
soon as Mink Strengthened he colt for
the dash home he showed himself
capable of any kind Of finish. Tea
Cadly got Of slowly and IN the hrst
quarter was lost 0y Polrona's sprint.
Jscobs, ID well the first part OF the
Journey. was carried vide, but closed
strongly.
Easy for Sandow.
Sandow. heavily played. won the
s.eeplechase. SyOsset, which was IA
vori,e az the start, but whose price
scared from 90 5 20 9 20 8, never
could &c. a sweat up. Sandow and
S1,y-Four had this race between them
az The way. Sandow outgamed Sixty
-Four through the last furlong. and
drew away a. viii through the final
sixteenth
W. Specs, in the third race, proved
"a. mile was just about az easy for
hin as seven furlongs. Though IN
,r.ei over the distance. he ruled IA
rori.e and indicated the judgment OF
ne talent ,- most comnendable 'style.
Tro1ler GOT away well IN front and
vas never headed. lie was canterine
a. the finish, two lengths ahead OF
Nsrl0 Para
S l. Parsons's Hanson took the
-sss1re o. August Belnont's Fern-ock
p the Be.lsir Handicap. Fernrock
,.osi-g stou..y forced Hanson every
step o. the journey. but could not over
,'rs the latter's early advantage.
T. J. Shaw has presented 20 the
breeding bureau Of the jockey Club the
.r'vz horse Al Bloch, by Voorhees,
Isorgs w. Al Bloch Immediately will
:, sent % the Genesee Valley farm,
,,sr Rochester