New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-08
Jumpers Furnish Spectac-
olar Race in Feature Event
at Belmont Park.
GaRNER'S RIDE HELPS
TO DEFEAT EMDEN
s.ayy Track Favors Murders"
Close Battle in Fourth Event,
Which Grumpy Wins.
Nv f. n. BURROWS.

Those thOroughbredS when coulC
..,,. their ancestry 70 the wslrus. tn,
-.-nsid or the submarine had ,
.,,,,ous time 81 Belmont Park yester
:,y afternoon.
relatives Of the turtle also had {
A.,ts: but the ordinary speed
/ S~-r,r which was raised in the be
g.t that class would tell. was hope
i,s,ly out Of Il. Only the ducks
Hst unique species Of the genu;
.srirus which is Injured 10 sloppy go
sv-hsd chance in the six race:
,Tovided By the Westehester Racing
s"o,istion; but Of these three Of the
sinners we're known 10 be superior
snp6ders" The result was that the
i,ur thousand gamesters which bravec
,Ls elements were able 20 break ever
t-,r A little better-on the day.
| A steady drizzle. graduating every
,,y and then into an actual down
f,nur. unset the calculations Of the
| wi,sseres and made the twelfth day OF
| rseing 1T Belmont more or less 9
1 fs-e. The track was a sea Of mud anG
| .ht Jockeys, with a few notable eX-
,sr.ions. wore the hard multi" pro.
ri5.d for such days. Between races
.be sun made more or less valiant
| attempts 10 shine; but the moment the
burle called the horses 70 the post j
plrvius raised the ante, so 20 speak
end preeipitated a downpour which
made records impossible.
Chase a Spectacular Race.
By far the most spectacular race OF
ne afternoon was the Meadow Brook
Steeplechase, In which seven hurdlers
s,ssyed 70 negotiate the two-and-a-
ls!f.mile brush course in something
resembling record time. Five of the
,.p,et OF brush-vaulters got around
me course in safety, which is remark
able in view OF the fact that the turf
was lush and slippery. Rhomb, one OF
The two that fell, lasted TO the last
obstacle; while Duke Of Duluth only
tumbled when his rider-Haynes-
failed 10 lift him over the ninth
barr!esde.
Cherry Malotte. from the Greentree
sable, gave promise of being a win
e,- IN this event, Jockey Vincent
Powers rating the Whitney mare along
In good shape 10 the last barrier. A
'a. point. however, she was over
t..n by II. ". Sage's gelding, Pc
,'l which had been taking the brush
GOOD fashion throughout. and, in &
Itch drive, the latter jumped home
,oad Of the daughter Of Orlando.
r. D. Esrle's flly, Running Shot
,r having baked badly the first two
les she started, was led to the
ting point for the initial event Of
.. afternoon. after which she rar
kc sister of the Mississippi River
bald had no difficulty at all in splash
c home ahead Of Mira. the J W
hoy entry. which raa second. Ole
Dsury. Kimball Patterson's inland
outer. took the place, with Bendlet
Christsbel. Barry and Moonlghter fin
sling in the order named
Gamers Ride Loses Race.
rather ill-considered ride b,
Jockey Garner. on board the import
I'd gclding Emden, resulted in a vic
tory for Armament. the property o
Henry J. Morris. in the second even
n the afternoon. Emden was of II
'front.' OF his field and should hav
taken the race by lengths, but Garne
uermitted him TO spread at the tol
% the stretch and Armament, will
Pail up, scooted through a winner
Enden eventually took the plac
aSay from Rose Water, with Harry
Jlrior, q rather disappointing fourth
L is foolish 10 wager against Jane
Buffers two-year-Olds. THIS. wa
proved in the third race. when Ballad
a chestnut son Of Ballot-Blue Danube
took the measure Of X. d. EarlCs b.,
colt. Arnold: !. +. Madden's chestnut
Starfnch, and the Wicklitfe Stable
youngster, Passing Fancy, in a fve
furlong dash.
Passing Fancy was first away, bu
Ballad soon had the measure ~ TN
con OF Hurst Park, and whizzed pas
him, with Arnold on his flank. III
son OF Peep o Day tried TO reach tn
ton OF Ballot, but was eventually
beaten of, Ballad romping homo I'VE
lengths ahead of the Earle ent VII
lS,srfnch third and Passing Fancy
tired last
c. J. Brockmiller's gelding, Grumpy
and ". J. Anderson's chestnut, 81
William Johnson, had a pretty battle
for the fourth race-a one-mile wa!low
Grumpy finally managed 70 win out
principally because of the good rld'
which Keogh gave him, while Sir VIII
ian Johnson jumped In for secon'
place ahead of the Oneck Stables en-
try, Distant Shore, which beat Top lia
and Magnet home without effort.
Came next the Meadow Brook Steeple
chase heretofore described following
which was a three cornered race be
tween the Marrone Stables entry, Gal
Top; A. J. O'Toole's gelding, DR. Gre
mer, and F. A. Herold's chestnut FLY
Nsifou. Gallop showed all the foot II
this event and easily took the measure
OF the other pair, Dr. Gremer finishing
second and the Herold entry stopping
home last.