New-York tribune., 1920-06-09
Goes Shoot On
Canters Home
In the Harlem
American Soldier the Only
Other Starter; Ross Money
Brings Out Big Fields
By w. 7. Macbeth

mat there are plenty of good horses
IN training in the East to assure ouan-
tlty, at least, to the fields if the in
ducements are right was proved con-
clusively at Belmont Park race track
yesterday afternoon. The purse money
for the overnight events had been en-
riched some $4,000 by Commander ].
X. L. Ross. The Canadian sportsman
went that high over the entered price
to take Princeps from S. C. Hildreth.
This added money assured purses of
more than 1881 yesterday Where
fore the mad scramble to get it.
Throughout the meeting at Belmont
Park the fields at times have been SO
sadly depleted through scratching one
has often been forced to wonder If the
entries arc not padded now and then.
With the exception of yesterdays
feature race, which was considcra Bile
of bust, the fields for the exception
ally rich purses averaged nine thor
oughbreds
glance at to-day's entries. when
the purse money is back to customary
level, tells the story. Only thirty two
horses are entered for the six races,
and it is not likely that all will start,
as several have named two or more as
stable entries.
Only Two in Feature
The Harlem, gallop of mile for
three-year-olds and upward and worth
$4,000, did not prove a very attractive
feature. Certainly it did not attract
many contestants. From the six orig
inally named this field was scratched
down to two----W. r. Goes Shoot On,
which was making his first start, and
F. Housman's American Soldier. 1t
was just an exercise gallop for Shoot
On, the odds-on choice. McAtee never
once let his mount down, though he
showed the way from start to finish.
The Richmond Handicap, at six fur
longs straight, was won in most i'm
pressive fashion by George w. Lofts
On Watch. Barrett waited with this
one to see eighth pole, then came away
and won just about as he pleased.
There was merry fight for the place
and show positions among Padraic. His
Choice and Jadda, which finished be-
hind On Watch in the order named.
Mrs. R. L.. Bressler's Tufter beat
Youneed head on the post in the mile
fifth as result of s1,000,o00 ride by
T. Rowan. A stronger finish than
Ponce was able to deliver would have
saved Youneed, which threatened to
spread eagle the field, but which quit, as
usual, when collared. These two fought
it out through the last furlong and
furnished the most exciting finish of
the day.
Favorite Tires in Opener
Nelson Hooper's Normal, recently
sold by John E. Madden, won the open
ing dash of five furlongs like real
good colt, waiting to the furlong pole
to make his bid. Rankin, of the r. T.
Wilson entry, which was favorite,
showed plenty of early speed, but tired.
Madden furnished the winner of the
four and a half furlongs dash that
ended the entertainment. Hummer
landed the brackets with Muttigins,
which stood hard drive gamely. The
Greentree Stables Goodbye was pounds
the best, but early interference cost
half dozen lengths Ambrose came like
a thunderbolt at the end, and would
have won despite his earlier i'll luck
had he not pulled in to go through q
bunch at the eighth pole. He just
tailed to get up.
w. H. Congdon's Carnarvon held the
second race, at mile, safe all the way,
though Thomas Monahan's Royallieu,
out for the first time, came like a
streak through the stretch, and finished
out strong for the place.
Madden yesterday sold for $4,000 to
Morris f. Bronner, Of New York, the
two -year-old colt Buffer, by Ballot
Hanover Queen