Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
.FR|AR ROCK IS KING
Wins Brooklyn Handicap in
Record Time of $50 Flat.
is BEST THREE YEAR OLD
Had Previously Won Belmont
Stakes and the Classic
Suburban.

NEW YORK June 24.-By winning
the BROOKLYN handicap, at a mile and a
furlong, in $50 today, August Bel
mont's Friar Rock, by Rock Sand
Fairy Cold, broke the Aqueduct race
track record for the distance and
proved himself to be the best three
year-old colt of the year. Having pre-
yiously won the Belmont stakes and
the classic Suburban, Friar Rock is the
first horse of his age to have the credit
of winning both of the big handicaps.
When he won the Suburban four weeks
ago the Belmont colt carried only nine
ty-nine pounds. but today his impost
was nine pounds more and his jockey,
Haynes, used excellent judgment in the
handling of his mount from start to
finish.
Harry Payne Whitney's fve-year-old
horse Pennant, ridden by Notter. was
second. and Slumber II was third. with
Short Grass, an imported horse, fourth:
Roamer. the favorite, fifth; Achieve
ment sixth: Churchill, seventh. and
Sand Marsh. which made the early
pace, last, Borrow and Ola koenls nav
ing been scratched.
Less than minute was wasted in
getting the field off to good start,
with Sand Marsh in front for seven fur
longs and Pennant always well up un-
der a nice steadying pull until the top
of the stretch was reached, and there
Sand Marsh had enough. The pace was
sizzling as the leader went to the half
in Al. to the fve-eighths pole in SO and
the three-four:hs in LII. Friar Rock
was outrun in the early stage, but he
swung to the outside a quarter of "A
mile from the finish. Coming on with
a great rush, the Belmont colt caught
Pennant in the final furfong and won
by a length and a half, going away.
The time for the mile was 1877 25 and
the record of 1.50 fiat is three f1fths of
a second faster than the old track rec
ord made by Tartar, which won this
event last year
Slumber ii, which finished third, was
never far from the pace and hung on
with good courage in the final drive.
Short Grass was badly outrun to the
stretch. where he made his usual bril-
liant run. but a bit too late to get into
the money.
Roamer. the favorite, was under re-
straint all through the baekstretch
He moved up when called on by Jock
ey Butwell, but could never materially
improve his position. his heavy i'm
post of 1871 pounds being the chief rea-
son for his poor showing.
Summarizes:
First race three-ysar-ods an. and upward: sell,
UykeD. ID to 10. I to 10 and to 3. won: Pre-
sumption. IA lMink,. 10 to !, = to and to
10 and to l. third: Time: 1.i4:5 True AS
Steel, Cbarmeuse, Grasp Ting a-I.ng, Buck
shot. Fnirweather. Martasha and Grisele also
Second race. steepiechase; four-year-oids and
upward; selling; about two mles-Dixon Park.
l43 III. Williams), 8 to l, . to and even, won;
Abdon, 40 U6askinsD, 8 to l. to and even.
second: EIbart, 143 Henderson,. 8 TO i, 4 TO S
and TO 5. third Time, 4.28. Racebrook. Re-
pentaut. Mo. Sorrento. Archdaie Rusiia. Royal
and Zeliwood also ran.
Third race, the Hudson: for woyearolds; FIVE
MISUNDERSTANDING. l22 q. McTaggartl, to 4
and out. won; HOLSTER. l07 tShilling). IL
TO ], 4 to ! and even, SECOND; WoOdtrap liz
(Haynes), Is to 1. 4 to and even. third. Time,
100 49, Ticket, Yellowstone and Basil also ran.
Fourth race, the Brooklyn handicap; three
year Odds and upward one mile and furlong
Friar Rock, los tHaynesD, 3 to 1.'2 to 1 and 4
to 5. won; Penrnnt. 123 tNotterl, to !: to
. and TO 3. second: Slumber, II. Ill IT. Me-
Taggartb, 8 TO I. 3 to and s TO S, third. Time.
l.J0. Shortgrass. Roamer, Achievement.
Churchill and Sandnnrsh also ran.
fifth rsce. thrte-year.olds and upward: one
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