The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-06
&. R. THOMAS'S COLT
VICTOR AT BELMONT
Doleful, a Cheap Platter, Car
ries His Colors Home in
Front in Fourth Race.
BY HENRY ". KING.

fOT tno 0rBt tlfne III nlOTe tndn u
! decade the colors Of e. r. Thomas
flashed home in front at Belmont Park
yesterday afternoon. HIS famous gray
and magenta silks were carried TO vic.
tory by the cheap. little selling platter
Doleful. In the old days when Mr..
Thomas was a prominent and conspicu-
Gus figure on the turf such a horse
could not find stable room in his barn
He had real good horses then, among
them being Hermis. for which he paid
L. " Bell $685. In the days of Her
mis- Mr.. Thomas's name was synony-
nous with plunger and II was a COM
mon occurrence for him to wager a for
/ tune on a single race. Yesterday he
wagered on Doleful. but his bet was
small compared to those he used to
make. The ways OF the turf have
changed In the last decade and It was
with difficulty that he was able to get
down a few thousand dollars.
As Doleful's adds were only IL to 90
Mr. Thomas's winnings were not large
, enough TO buy him anything better for
his stable than a cheap platter or two
Before the race almost every one az
the course had heard e. r. Thomas
was going to make a killing on his
horse in the fourth race. The uninitl-
| ated believed Doleful would be at a
good price and stood around the layers
awaiting the opening OF the betting.
When the short price Of / to 2 was
posted there was great disappointment
and Mr.. Thomas William Shields. his
trainer, and a small coterie of pro-
fessionals were the only ones to take the
! short odds.
While Dolefui was being heavily
backed the price on Orderly. which
| figured to be the contender. went soar
<Hf fx.fa da
| deserted him and either played Doleful
or refrained from betting at all.
Doleful Scores Easily.
When It came to racing Doleful won
like a real good thing. He got away
in 'front.' but Buddy Ensor took HIM
back at the sixteenth pole and allowed
Thomas F. Mcmahon to set the pace to
the head of the homestretch. There
EnSor gave Doleful his head and the
race was as good as over. Thomas r.
Mcmahon fought out the finish to the
final eighth pole. where Doleful went to
the front to win easily by two lengths
William Martins Bridesman sprang
a big surprise in the handicap when ne
led from start to finish and beat Ed
ward Arlington's QUESTIONABLE by a
head.
the way home to a real high class field
OF mares and fllies in the second race
The event was at six furlongs down
the straight course. Milkmaid followed
Finn Queen and Penrose to the final
| eighth pole, where she took command
ana won galloping by a length and A
hau. Elm Queen hung on longer than
usual and finished second. A. h. Ma.
comber's Fruit Cake was third.
Penrose. which was making her first
appearance in Pimlico. showed a trace
OF her old time form for half a mile
and then quit and finished eth. MIX
maid carried III pounds and covered
the six furlongs over a dull track In
| 1 III as.
The last race, at six furlonrs. for
Juveniles resu ted In a stirring finish be-
tween Harry Payne Whitneys John P.
Grier and Joseph e. Widener's Pilgrim.
At the end only the nose of Mr.. Whit
ney's colt was in front of the widener
youngster. Rouleau, an imported son of
Tracery, which John Z. Madden recently
sold to Montford Jones, ran real good
race and finished third.
Two Famous Stakes To-day.
Two famous stakes will be decided
| this afternoon. They are the Lawrence
mile and five furlongs. and the Cham
payne, for Juveniles, at seven furlongs.
! In the Realization p. A. Clark's Dun
boyne, which won the Futurity last year,
will make his first appearance under
\ silks since he was kicked at the post in
the Preakness. He has been going along
| nicely, and William Hogan, his trainer.
| Is confident he wi give a good account
Of himself to-day. He will be coupled
with his stable mate Polka Dot Dun
! boyne has more speed than any of his
, opponents, but it is a question or
whether or not he can carry II such a
| long distance. He will be ridden by
Johnny LOTUS, while Buddy Ensor will
| have the leg up on Polka Dot,
Harry Payne Whitney will be repre-
scented by Vexatious This filly showed
we'll at Saratoga and has been working
wonders in her trials and is the tip OF
| all the checkers" She will be guided
by old Bill Knapp. w. r. Coe has
| named over There and Richard T. Will
son will be represented by Thunder
storm. Both Thunderstorm ana over
There have plenty of speed and stamina.
| but both have bad knees, and II Is a
question II they can travel the long route.
| Fairbrother will ride Over There and
Sande probably will have the leg up on
Thunderstorm.
In the Champagne W. r. Goes pair,
Cleopatra and David Harum, will be the
| favorites. Cleopatra Is slow beginner,
and the seven furlong route will suit
her to a tee. She finished second behind
Man o. War in the Hopeful, and William
Karrick. who trains her, is confident she
can beat any juvenile in the country with
the exception of Mr. Riddles great colt.
Harry Payne Whitney will be repre-
sented by Upset, the only youngster on
the turf whoch has beaten Man o. War.
He will carry top weight of 125 pounds
and will have many friends. George w.
widener will depend on Royal Duck,
! John f. Madden on Capt. Alcock, Mrs.
r. NJ. Brown on Gloria France. p. A.
Clarks colors will be carried by Dun
sandel, a chestnut colt. which will make
his initial appearance of the season. He
Is by Celt and Etelka. He has been
working fast, and those who have seen
him in his morning trials say he will be
hard to beat.