New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-17
kilmer's 6-Year-Oid Easi-
ly Beats Bellsolar; Aque-
duct Meet Opens To-day
By w. J. Macbeth

The annual fall meeting of the West
chester Racing Association. conducted
at beautiful Belmont Park for the
past thirteen days, came to close yes
terday afternoon. The big feature of
getaway day" was the Autumn Gold
Cup, with $4,000 added, a trial Of speed
and stamina and endurance over the
unusual route of two miles in these
days Of purely sprint racing.
The feature turned out to be quite
bust if not indeed more or less
joke and travesty on the name of
thoroughbred sport. 1t was all the
fault Of the horsemen, too, who abso-
lutely refused to race over long dis
lance of ground. In this rich cup
event, which was calculated to develop
real bottom to the thoroughbred, on
which European breeders pride them
selves, only two went to the post, but
one had pretentions to real stake class
Willis Sharpe Kilmers gallant and
honest six-year-old gelding, old Ex-
terminator, had nothing but a romp
and breeze to cop the honors from Will
lam Martins fve-year-old mare Bell
solar. Bellsolar by the widest stretch
Of the imagination never could be
considered better than a good platter.
EXtermnator, never once let down
by the veteran W. Kelsay, simply gal
Hoped the two miles in 1929 1-5. 1t was
ridiculously slow pace for a track
that was lightning fast. A year ago in
the first Autumn Gold Cup race Elk
Termination galloped almost eight sec
onds faster-in 1921 As, to be exact
Pair Race Nose to Nose
To those who have little Judgment
or sense of pace yesterdays race was
beautiful spectacle. The pair broke
away together and raced practically
nose to nose for more than mile and
half. Bellsolar was on the inside
and both thoroughbreds up to that
time seemed racing we'll within them
selves.
Kelsay, evidently riding to instruc-
tons, rode rage that was bound to
beat Bellsolar, a VIGOROUSLY slow be-
ginner: He lay back on even terms
with the mare to make it sprint at
the end. No thoroughbred in training
can beat honest old Exte rminator in a
sprint after covering a distance of
ground.
Exterminator should have been l to
So The oralists laid as good as to 5
against his chances The sharpshoot-
ers were all taking long gamble on
, Bellsolar because of reputed sensa-
tional works at the distance. These
reckless souls had a thrill or two as
the pair rounded the last turn. For
there Bellsolar crowded up and threat
that Extermnator was switching his
tail, often a sign of surrender
EXtermlnator, it happened, was
switching his tail in anger against
Kelsey, who refused to let him down;
for, once the jockey called on his
mount the Kimer gelding raced away
from the mare as if she had been tied.
EXterminator was pulled almost to a
walk through the final sixteenth, yet
won by five open lengths of daylight
St. Henry Wins Easily
Montford Jones's two-year-old colt
st. Henry proved himself an excep-
tionally high class Juvenile when he
| tow roped classy field Of six in the
closing dash of five and a half fur
/ longs. Joseph E. Widener's Runatell,
supposed TO be the last word in horse
flesh and was backed from IL to
to to /. Runatell finished third after
showing wonderful foot for five fur
longs.
At the break St. Henry raced into
lead of a couple of lengths, but the
Greentree Stables Black Rascal quick
ly hooked up with him and raced him
head to head for nearly half mile. At
the home turn Runatell moved up on
the outside abreast of the other two.
Black Rascal cracked under the pace
and dropped back; st. Henry also
killed off Runatell, and the Quincy
Stables Yankee Star, which lay off the
early pace came with a rush at the
end to take second money. st. Henry
however, eased through the final six
teenth, won in romp by more than
four lengths.
Bayonne, the hot favorite of the
third race, at five and half furlongs.
turned into the stretch five lengths to
the good, then folded like an accordion.
Bountiful, an outsider, closed like
Man O. War, caught the pacemaker at
the eighth pole and breezed home a
half dozen lengths to the good.
The Dunton Handicap, at mile, fell
to Edwna, which came with a rush at
the end after spirited drive, this one,
| Super and Elected II in the order
named being only heads apart at the
end. Elected, the early pacemaker, was
in tight throughout the last sixteenth.