The Washington herald., 1922-05-26
DEFEATS CAREFUL
ANDSENNINCSPARK
In METROPOLITAN
Favorites Sweep Opening
Day Card - Sande
Pilots. 3 Winners.

BELMONT PARK, N. Y. May IS.
A dozen dangerous mannequins
from Fifth avenue style shops.
parading the latest summer models
/ from American and continental
gown designers while society lead
ers by hundreds were lunching
within. gave a distinctly foreign at
mosphere to the opening day of the
Belmont racing season today.
For its color ana in the spectacle
OF the crowds that poured out to the
first meeting. Belmont might have
been Longchamps. Auteil or EPSON
Downs. And with the completion
OF the Belmont racing plant itself,
after years of building. the crude
red OF steel gfrders, the raw, .un-
finished architecture OF the stands,
and the rough sodding of the lawns.
have given way to an establishment
which will rival any in this country
or abroad.
Mad Halter Wins Feature.
Mad Halter. running the one mile
Metropolitan Handicap. repeated his
performance of a year ago, when he
outstripped a splendid field In the
feature event and was followed in
by Careful and Sennings Park.
Audactous. Mad Hatter's most seri-
Gus contender, who ran second q
year ago, was scratched shortly be-
fore the horses went to the post
Careful was not a runner in 1921.
and Sennings Park finished fourth
In his previous attempt.
Incidentally Mad Halter lowered
his own record of 1881 2-5 when he
flashed under the wire in 1886 3-5
This, however. is a full second De-
hind the record hung up by Auda-
oious for the same distance. Odds
on the winner were 2 to l, 4 to s.
and 3 20 s.
In spite OF lowering clouds which
closed in on the track after the
first race had been run in brilliant
sunshine, the opening day was by
far the most spectacular in the
history Of the course. Favorites
won every one OF the six races.
Nearly $4,000 people poured through
the gates from noon until 2 o'clock.
packing the stands solidly and
swarming out into the paddock and
across the wide lawns. Society
was never before so completely
represented. hundreds of Park and
Fifth avenues residents motoring
out for luncheon at the club.
ssnde Aboard Three Winners.
Belmont provides this year a long
string of race events which will
eliminate in the fifty-fifth running
of the Belmont Stakes. a $4,000
event. which will attract a field OF
horses similar to the Kentucky
: Derby and Preakness- Then there
are the Suburban. the Ladies
Handicap. and the Cakes to come
. each with a tradition of years be-
hind IT. OF those who enjoyed the
opening probably Jockey Sande.
who rides the Rancocas stable
mounts. was the happiest. 1t was
a good day for Sande. After a fine
beginning when he piloted Dun
boyne to victory in the first race.
5iZ -furlong event. he brought
Mad Halter home In the Metro
politan and ended by finishing in
the money with Pravus. in the final.
a 413-furlong dash. Sande has just
completed a remarkable perform
ance at Jamaica. where he rode
eighteen winners. or an average Of
nearly one a day. Summaries:
First Race-For 3-year-olds; FIVE
and =one-half furlongs: Dunboyne,
100 (SandeI. 3 TO l out. out: Mus
tard Seed. 1913 CTaplin). l to s. out /;
Cahslan, los CParke). out Time,
los rs Blue Rush also ran
Second Race-For 4-year-olds up.
steeplechase; about 2 miles: Peccant
14T (Barrett). to g even. 2 to 5 ::
Mohican. 40 CBetheD. to l. I to 5:
Little. 146 CO'Connor). even. Time.
$3.50. Gold Foil. Robert oliver and
wisest Fool also ran.
Third Race-For 2-year-olds: four
furlongs: Cormac. 1O7 Uang). IL to
10, to 5. l to 5: Hughie, l02 CMeri-
mee). to 10, l to 3; Top Notch. 100
CKummer). 2 to 5. Time. 40 As. Pru-
Dental and Golden Fork also ran.
Fourth Race-The Metropolitan
Handicap; for 3-year-olds up; one
mile: Mad Halter. 129 (Sande). IL
to 5. 4 to 5, 2 to 5: Careful. liz
(ButwelD. 5 to ?. - ); Sennings
Park. 127 Oyke), even Time,
1885 as. Captain AIcock. On Watch.
George. Yellow Hand. Bersagliere
and Polly Ann also ran.
Fifth Race-For 3-year-olds up;
one mile: Billy Watts. 103 (Fator).
. to 5. to 5. out; Translate. liz
(Callahan), to l, to 5: Siren
Maia los (Morris). t. 5. Time,
1888 l-5. Crystal Ford. Cromwell.
Knight of the Heather. Halu, Pride
Of India and Regal Lodge also ran
Sixth Race-For maiden 2-year-
olds; four and one-haIf furIongs:
Cherry PIE, lis Gyke), 8 to- S. to 2,
out; Pennon, lis (Fator), to ..
out: Prayus, lis CSande). 2 to 5.
Time, 81 rs. New Hampshire, Black
Monkey, Doughoregan and Cape
Clear also ran. Pennon and Cane