The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-27
JUST ONE FAVORITE
COMES HOME AHEAD
Estimablc Is Only Popular
Choice Which Wins at
Belmont Park.
OTHERS ALL FADE AWAY

" fN'NtNNi 'H'li W.
real shock OF the season AT Belmont Park
Yesterday. when on the second day of the
Westchesttr Racing Association meeting
only one of the first choices caught the
eye Of the Judges. There was not much
nourishment In the victory OF the lone
favori,e for the ordinary supporter OF
the public choice. as Estimable. which
won the second race In q four horse field.
was held at the prohibitive odds Of ! to 3.
Following the big opening day there
was an attendance better than the ordl-
nary. perhaps because the public had
been encouraged by the success Of well
played horses OF the first day of the
meet. Small.r fields ruled and II looked
easy to pick winners. but one 10y one the
favorites were BOWED over. the fna
crushing defeat coming In the last race
FOR platers. in which Cy M.rrick was
considered as good as in and backed
fevcrishly at even money in u field OF
nine. only to be beaten out IN the last
Few strides by the 6 to | chance. Char
ineuse. which won the first race for her
owner. X. G. Griffith.
James Butler provided further evil
dence that his stable must be r.ckoncd
with this season when he sent Comely to
the post to gallop In front OF the odds Oh
favorite Phosphor in the fourth race at
five and a half furlongs. which was the
feature of tn, day. Comely had been
beaten of in her first start at Jamaica
and there were some unfavorable ON
ments on the startling change OF form
which enabled the daughter OF DISCUS.
TO pick up her feet quickly and Just
breeze home In front OF the favorite. win
-tpNv hx thr.. .- ,..,
making his first start OF the season IN
III. Parsons %colors. but he had hown
such ability in his work that the race
was one OF the many considered already
run. For half the distance OF five and a
half furlongs Thosphor iattered his ad-
mirers and held the lead. Comely never
was far away. and when LOTUS made his
move with the Butler mare she never left
the issue In doubt. At the end Comely
was simply breezlng and three lengths
In front OF Mr.. Parsons's crack Splinter.
The first blow for the talen, came In
the first race. In which the Brighton
Stables Tootsie was made an odds on
favorite. although she never had faced
the barrier. The old story Of %greenness
was responsible for her defeat. She
swerved at the start and then refused
TO extend herself when the real racing
AAh FtAhh
one must have known OF the racing
qualities OF the winner. Mrs. Godfrey
Freezes Radiant Flower, as this speedy
daughter of Sasturttum was backed from
20 to I to 8 to | before she won ny a
length and a half from J. l.. Dayls's
Bcndlet-
Es:.mab,c checked .hc downfall ~ IA
vorites. bu only mornentarily. quoted
at l to 3 In "A bad field she had the best
- ~ 40. .-y ,~. ate a., L.. 1911
from Mrs. J. Garson's Voluspa. Next anne
the introduction for the season Of John
r. Madden. the wizard Of Hamburg
Place. who started an unadvertiscd pa =
I'm the third race, for three-year-old
fllies at four and a half furlongs. APP
| parently the only question was whether
| August Belmont's Cockleshcll had n
chance to defeat clifford a. Cochran's
Leonie, the odds on favorite. Madden
started the Plaudit flly Cheer and the
Ogden flly Yankee witch. They were
| rated a little better than J. q. Talhotts
Wide Eyes. but not as good as the Wick
life Stables Meliora. Following the eX-
ample OF Too'sie in the first race Leonie
swerved and some said she coll!ded with
the outside fence. Whatever the trouble
was with the speedy daughter OF star
| Shoot II was sufficient To make her shut
I'D AT little rvore thar half distance and
In the last sixteenth the Madden pair
were fighting It out with Mel!ora. Cheer
was the winner. a length in front of her
stable companion. Yankee witch. which
beat Meliora by a head.
II there was any performance tru 70
form in the days proceedings II was
that Of August Relmont's Top Hat IN
! the steeplechasc. Or Thursday his son
| Of Hastings had refused the Jump oppo-
| site the field stand. He was s,artcd
again Yesterday and ducked out again
when he came to the same jump. Harry
La Montagne's Practitioner. which
| sta rted an even money favorlte with Su.
perhuman. was another crratic per
former. He swerved AT several Jumps
and spoiled his chances entirely whei
| ne nearly ran into the clubhouse start
ing the last turn Of he course. Tradi-
TONER recovered the lost ground and en-
gagged in a duel with Thomas Hitch
| cocks Hustler all through the back
stretch. Then S~uperhuman joined I'll.
pair and In a hot race Hustler won by
a length. with Superhuman ten lengths
I'm front OF Traditioner. The summaries
FIRST RACE
$500; four and a half f%urlon.s on the straight
Horse and age. W.. Jockey. Odds Fin
Bsl,nn' Flower si i% M,nh''., = - D."
Oh Drury, ?,.,,.,.ios steward nj = g
Chelsea, ,".."",,io:' .Kummer 81 50
Too''ie' s''"'T,,n@ no. IaPt99 '' '"''
start good; won handily Winner ch =
by experimentation; owned by Mrs God
Trey Prccce: trained by Godfrey Frco~c
SECOND RACE
For mares; three yea, old- and UPWARD
added: six furlons. on main course:
Horse and age. VT. Jockey, Odds fin
ps,,nabIe' -. 100, Ball ,..,... ia GU, %
Voluspa. a.........l b Mink ...... 3? 40 %
sprinsmass, a. iis..Walhron,. q = g
Albert" True I'M: ~ E"''''' vi '
Mart POOR: won easily Winner, hr I
Stable, trained by y krat.
THIRD RACE.
For two year old hllies which have not VOL
500: BY subscription OF SO each, with g.,
added; four and u half furlongs on IN
Horse and age, W. Jcckey. Odds Fir
Yankee witch, 10. Allen .... 81 = 9
MelIora. .......llN amer ..... 81 - 81
Cockicshell, e.. no.. HAYNES q even
leonir. 9.......... 10. MDCahey.. HlO "a 2
wide Eyes, o.; 10, Tro1ler c'l 81 6
"""'" ' Time asst.
start good; won driving Winner, nv :
Madden; trained by W S, Walker.
FOURTH RACE
For three, year olds and upward which hay
not won 5000 IN lal5 or 1916: by suhscriptlo
OF 80 each. with 500 added; Ave and a Ia
~iurIonss on the siraishtAway:
Horse and age. WI. Jockey Odds, Fl
Phosphor, a........ 1875. Davies ,,,. 40 ia >
Hail Kock. t...... 100. MCTa-rrt 90 3 3
Delaney. 3...,"...ll0. Haynes" l?l 81 4
" on ANA IN I Ia Be-