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NEW RECORDS AT BELMOMT QUEEN MARGUERITE PRECEPTOR AND JACK ATKIN ALL SET NEW MARKS Jack Atkin Wins tho Crotona Handicap and Hearty HeartyApplause Applause Colin Down to Start This ThisAfternoon Afternoon J H Bradford Sick New York May 10 The wind was a big factor in the racing at Belnionl Park today or it least in tho recordsmashing that marked the days sport Three of the races were run down the straight course and in each of these a new record for the course was made These records can be accounted for only because of H1 wind which blew a gale driving the horses along at a furious pace The lirst of the recordbreakers was Queen Marguerite which ran five and a half furlongs in 101 The previous mark was l05i This was followed by Preceptor which clipped a full second off the four and a half furlongs record running the distance in 51 Hat The greatest feat was however ac ¬ complished by that sterling racer lack Atkin which ran six furlongs in 1082 with 137 pounds up The American ivcoid for this distance over a straight course is held by Artful which as a twoyearold ran six furlongs over the Eclipse course at Morris Park In 1OS carrying lJO pounds The Belmont Park straightaway has no such an incline as the Eclipse course at Morris Park and Jack Atkins performance is considered the equal of that of Arffnl Rut not too much stress should lie put on the fast lime made today although it will go down as records for the gale was largely responsible for it itAfter After two days of summer weather there was a relapse and the unfavorable conditions kept the at ¬ tendance down to 10000 or 12OOO 12OOOJack Jack Atkin increased his popularity by his spec ¬ tacular victory in the Crotona Handicap lie was conceding from ten pounds upward to the oilier 1 miners but under Shillings capable guidance was equal to the task Away well Shilling kept him in the front all the way and although the weight was beginning to tell he won handily enough from King James The victory was by all odds the most popular scored by any horse in the east this season The apathy of the racing crowds has been marked all year but those present today warmed np in earnest when the Crotona victor returned to the scales and horse and rider were given a great round of applause Tack Atkin now holds the place in popular esteem which Uoseben so long occupied It looked like a big task for him today and he was not generously backed although he had the position of favorite at 4 to 1 Explosion was well fancied as was Bestigouche the added starter The con ¬ sistent Berry Maid did not seem to have her usual speed and was outrun all the way wayThe The tabulated history of the Crotona Handicap since 1000 is as follows Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Time 100 Mark Cheek 110Clawson 1200 114J 114JTtOl TtOl King Lief 107 T Burns 1310 11 1902 Old England 10 OConnor 1390114 190 Lux Cast a 4 lir Odoui 1800114 3004 Hurst Pavk4 llSOdom 170 114 1905 Wild Mint 3 105 T Burns 1CSO 113 113IWiK IWiK Aeronaut 4 120 Kadtko 20 fO l12j 1907 Suffrage 4 11 W Miller 2200 1124 3908 Jack Atkin 4 i7 C II Shilling 2070 1OSJ 1OSJHun Hun at Morris Park previous to 1905 1905The The steeplechase was an unfortunate affair all aroJind Penarris the favorite fell at the second fencv and his leg was broken He was shot The Knight also fell while Sir Wooster lost his rider at tle last fence leaving but three of the six start ¬ ers to finish None of the riders was hurt Pe ¬ narris was a vejy promising jumper and his loss is tt severe one to his owner ownerBlue Blue Book won tho one mile and a furlong han flllcap but flood Luck would posslblv have beaten film with a better ride than McDaniel put np npJockeys Jockeys that had never ridden a winner bad the mounts in the closing race and n grand scramble 3t was with Troublemaker the winner The leaders Holdfast Senator Barrett and Royal Lady all went lo the outside fence on the far turn and on the liotne turn the horses were spread out like a fan Tinre was no form to the race that can he con ¬ sidered reliable reliableColin Colin is carded for tomorrow and is looked upon as a starter If the track remains fast Tlo race will be in the nature of a trial for the Withers Xast season Itowe sent Peter Pan out for the With ¬ ers without having had a race and the colt was Jieaten by Frank Jill Evidently the trainer does not want lo take the same chance with the 1111 iKaton Colin ColinOn On the way to the post in the closing race Francis who rode Senator Barrett lost both his stirrup leathers and considerable delay was occa ¬ sioned while his equipment was patched up upGeneral General Nelson A Miles U S A was at the track today the guest of John E Madden MaddenFourteen Fourteen subscriptions have been taken for the Saratoga Special up to this morning morningJ J H Bradford treasurer of the Coney Island locker Club is seriously ill and threatened with jmemnonia
