New-York tribune., 1919-09-13
Belmont Judges Once More
Put Victor in Second Place
Pilgrim Unjustly Gets Yer
dictOver Evergay inLast
Race; Officials Derided
By w. !. Macbeth

One more chapter Of official In
efficiency, which has disgraced the
Eastern turf times without number
this season, was written into the an
nuals Of the fall meeting of the West
chester Racing Association at Bel
mont Park yesterday afternoon. The
octogenarian judges-who exist on the
suffrance of an indifferent jockey club;
indifferent to the protection that
should be afforded patronizing
public which makes racing possible
called one more finish wrong in the
position to see.
J. f. Widener's Pilgrim was placed
first over 7. P. Thorne's Evergay in
the last race, though it appeared to
everybody except the judges that
Fvergay Won by good head, if not
neck The chart callers, without ex-
cepticn, placed Evergay first
Never before on an Eastern track
was witnessed such demonstration
the posting Of Pilgrims number in the
winning slot Of the finish board. Pill
grim was an odds-on favorte and
we'll played one, but without excep-
ton the players who had backed him
openly confessed it was "simply steal
;ng money" - cash their bets. Those
who had played Evcrygay, and, indeed
many who woge aboard Pilgrim, gath
cred round the Judges stand and booed
and c,t-calicd and "razzcd" the Of
fclGls numerically.
Deliberate Over Result
The judges themselves were respon-
sble for the ccnsure poured forth
against them. They showed undue de
liberation before hanging up the posi-
tion numbers. They held q conference
it seemed, and the hesitation
evidenced doubt. The public would
perhaps have accepted snap Judgment;
il resented the hesitation on the part
Of men whose verdict is final.
For the regulars the afternoon was
one succession Of hard knocks. Only
one favori.c, besides Pilgrim, landed
the brackets, and he at a prohibitiVe
price This was John l. Day. which
beat Cadillac in the mile and a quarter
callop fourth on the card. Only the
two Of them started.
j. +. " deners Weary, a 10 to | shot,
furnished the first upset in the opening
OaSN. lie closed with great NuSN ana
won going away. Pictor, another long
shot, used his early speed to such good
advantage in the mile second that he
opened up winning lead by the time
ne hit the stretch. fe was firing fast,
but stil beat Koh-I-Noor by three
lengths. Frederick The Great, the
odds-on favorite, couldn't work up 4
decent Gallop.
Outsider Wins Handicap.
In the Ccdarhurst Handicap at mile
and sixteenth. the feature Of the day,
Jack Stuart, the rank outsider Of the
teld Of four. ran away wide a the
home turn but still had enough left to
run over Royce Roofs and Spur before
the Wire Jack Stuart, which is owned
by Theodore Cook. proved ire medium
Of one OF the richest "kilings' Of the
season. He wa backed down by the
insiders from 10 to to ) to /.
Mrs. r. l.. Bressler's Jock Scot. which
was also heavily played by the stable
connections. won the tifth race at six
furlongs straight He won as he
pleased from the eighth pole home
after racing Elm Queen. the early pace
maker. into submission. Sam Iildreth q
Mad Halter. on which killing was
contemplated, had to be content with
second money. He came with a great
rush at the end, but started too late