The sun., 1919-09-10
.LUCULLITE EQUALS
RECORD AT BELMONT
Runs Mile in 1:36 3-5 and
Beats NATURALIZATION
Piper a Victor.
by HENRY v. KING,

S. c. Hildreth's Luculllte beat Natural,
list, Star Master and Enfilade. ana
equalled the one mile track record in IN.
Manhattan Handicap yesterday after.
noon at Belmont Park. His victory W.,
clean cut one and proved that he is IN.
best sprinter in the country. He carried
100 pounds to 1877 for Naturalist. but h,
gave Mr.. widener's renowned geldlns
at least ten pound beating
AT the end OF the journey, which h,
covered in ;36 3-5, he was length ana
a half in front Of Star Master. Natural
list was two lengths further back.
The Manhattan is for all ages. Whe-
inaugurated at old Morris Park in ls,s
II was six furlongs. 1t was later In
creased to seven furlongs and in 1915
was extended to one mile. Eight OF The
best milers in the country were named IN
start, but Purchase, Vexatlous Com
Tassell and Over There were withdrawn
With them out the race became an OF.
tremely open one and until speculation
started II was to ] and take your MIX
But Lucullite had the most friends and
was backed heavily and consistently I'm.
til at post he was the favorite at to 10
Mars Cassidy sent the quartet away
to a perfect start. When the barrier
arose all four horses were aligned For
a sixteenth of a mile they measured
strides without any one OF them gaining
a foot At the first furlong pole Star
Masters head was sticking out ahead Of
Enfllade, which was few inches ahead
of Lucullite, while Naturalist was
fianked on the Hildreth colt. During IN.
next seventy yards Enfilade forged TO the
front, but the best she could do wa,
stick her neck out ahead of Naturalist,
while Lucullite and Star Master wer.
close up alongside of them.
LucuIlitc Wins HandiIy.
At the quarter OF a mile pole Lucue
gained command and right there and
then the race was as good as over The
beautiful son of Trap Rock was IN.
creasing his lead with every bound and
fighting to go faster. Naturalist chased
him around the bend and then gave il
up for bad job and began to stop
While running down the homestretch
Fator took Lucillite all over the track,
but even this was not sufficient TO bea,
Mr. Hildreth's great colt. He was tno
fast for his opponents, and although Star
Master made a determined bid in The
final furlong and made up lot Of ground
Lucullite won handily. Despite the fact
that he had equalled the old mark estab.
lished by August Belmont's Strombo In
1914 he was fresh and strong when he
returned to the scales. Not so with
Star Master or Naturalist. They were
staggering from fatigue.
Mrs. Payne Whitney's imported geld.
ing Peter Piper won the Peconic High.
I IL. Il 4
Carrying 1913 pounds and ridden by Ted
Rice he won the purse by half length
from the Allies Stables Masda. which
beat War Drive two lengths for the
place. Peter Piper led all the way and
sped down the straight six furlong
course in the exceptionally fast time
of IL Is.
Flags Badly Beaten.
Among those which finished in the
ruck in this race was the Beach Stables
| Flags, which last year was the king Of
the sprinters. He was shouldering the
crushing impost OF 40 pounds but ne
never showed any of his former great
speed and trailed throughout
After several disappointmeuts Joseph
L. Widener's Pilgrim scored in the fifth
/
| Herman and Zoola worked remarkably
well in his trials, but II was not until
yesterday that he showed real class in
race. He broke away from the barrier
badly and was outrun by Masked Dancer
and Thelma e. to the final furiong pole
There he displayed rare courage and
came on to win in a whipping finish BY
a length. Thelma L. was second and
Masked Dancer third. Pilgrim stepped
down the five furlong straight course ID
the good time of 1853 3-5.
| Harry Payne Whtney's bay FLY Ar
ethusa, which made her debut on
muddy track last week and finished sec
ond came back in the last race and
mand at the start, raced Swirl into SUB
mission and then came on and won
easily by four lengths.
The steeplechase furnished a good
contest. 1t went TO f. ]. F, Flanagan
Jr's. Whist H., with J. Z. Wideners
| Houdini second and ]. W. I. Wilkin'
sons War Strength third. Joseph E.
Daviss Stradivarius, the fayorite, ran
well until the last obstacle, where ne
stumbled and threw Jockey Nicklaus
Whist II. led throughout and although
poorly ridden by Jockey Fricker won
by four lengths. After the contest
Whist II. pulled up lame.
The old 1slip Handicap has been
changed to the Pershing Handicap
will be decided to-day. II is for three.
year-olds at one mile, with S2,OoO anu
a silver trophy valued at $3.50 added