New-York tribune., 1918-06-04
Too Popular Choices
Beaten at Belmont

Hannibal, the beaten favorite Of tie
sixth race, wasn't there. The time was
nothing extra for the five furjon os
straight, though the two-year.
faced pretty stiff wind. No fayorits
Of the meeting carried greater GOOD
wishes than Hannibal He was unahis
to do himself justice, however. h
couldn't get anywhere near Blue I.add;n
when it came to the final test. Hanni-
"ai seemed somewhat stale. He was
of we'll. laid in good position. was
taken home straight as a bullet. out
would not respond when called unor
If Meta aggart was the goat of
these two particular upsets. he cer1
tainiy scored an unexpectedly spectacu.
lar triumph in the fifth race with ths
imported Pierre -aFeu, Rockssna
geloing. This one had plenty of snsed
which Mc1aggarr rated admirably. and
the last ounce OF which he utilized :,
thn run through the stretch.
Plerre- a-Feu went around the fo,1
at the stretch turn. drew away in sbe
. final eighth and won almost a. ~
pleased. He might have had to extend
himself bit more lively had Harwood
and Cadillac not suffered so severely in
, the racing luck. Harwood was knocked
oNt Of 1t by an unusual lot of esrs..
interference, while Cadillac was carr;e5
lengths wide on the final turn.
McTaggart Redeems Himself
The finish between Columhins .na
Corn 1Sssel was as close to 9 deas
heat as could be imagined. No ons
was sure of the outcome till the nnn,'
bers were posted. Quite as Close
thrilling and exciting was the finish
between Nan knoehr and Little Man
die, IN the opening event. at FIVE fur.
longs straight. These two were heads
apart the last half of the journey.
The steeplechase, which brought on,
the best field of timber-toppers seen
this year, was won in handy fashior
by Belle of Bryn Mawr. The old mars
showed plenty of speed, fenced well
and stood drive gamely when chal.
lenged by Brentwood in the stretch
Brooks fenced very poorly
The third race, at six furlonps. va.
only gallop for Jyntee. She raced
the imported Enflade into submiss;on
during the first five furlongs, then
came away as she pleased. Enfilade
was firing with every jump
On Friday next Belmont Park will
observe Red Cross Day. On this oc.
/ NooiOh Viz Siooo gaze IeCclplS Will De
given to the Red Gross.
Light Arms, a particularly fine horse,
has been turned over to the breeding
/ esta blishmert of the United States
Army Remount Bureau A week ago
the government representatives offered
$1,000 for the stallion, which was re.
fused by his owner, John Shaughnessy.
The latter paid $1,000 for Light Arms
a year ago, before the horse went
wrong in training. Mr.. Shaughnessy
yesterday donated the horse to the
breeding bureau of the Jockey Club.
! Chairman Frank Sturgis. of that asso.
citation, Immediately passed the horse
on to the Federal government. thus
completing total of fifteen high class
horses which have been donated by the
governing body of racing to the Federal
! authorities.
On Friday afternoon between rscss
Light Arms. Roly, Achievement and
O'Sullivan. which are now ouartered Al
Belmont Park, will be shown to the
public. Light Arms and Roly are
among the horses donated BY the
breeding bureau of the Jockey Club,
while the other two were ACQUIRED by
purchase.