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AMATEUR BAY AT BELMONT TWO PRINCIPAL RACES OF THE AFTERNOON DEVOTED TO THE NONPROFESSIONALS Rio Grande Takes the Amateur Cup and Pcto Dailey Daileythn thn Meadow Brook Hunters Steeplechase Big Society Attendance Now York May 2 Summer weather brought a crowd iiivnnl of 12000 to Bclmont Park totlny It might have been called amateur ilny as the at ¬ tractions were the Amateur Cup i Hat race for amateur riders and the Mexdow Brook Hunters Steeplechase all of the starters lint one were ridden lv amateurs The racing naturally appealed to the foclcty and hunting sets both of whicli were well represented on the olnhliousc lawn August Bel inont had an entry in the Amateur Cup and his colors were second and third at the finish though it was the consensus of opinion that they should have heen first and second Hut Dion Kerr who rode Kin Grande oiitlinished the Belmont riders The entry was favorite and made the running to ¬ gether after the first furlong Mr Kerr brought Kin Grande up on the inside In the stretch and railed to Mr Dayman who rode Antaeus to pull out This Mr Daynion considerately did but by so doing Antaeus interfered with his stable com mion Black Oak and both horses swerved to the outside while Mr Kerr traveling a straight course with Kio Crande got up to win by a head from Black Oak with Antaeus third The entry was a wellsupported public choice choiceThe The condensed history of the Amateur Cup is as follows enr Winner A Wt Tockcy Val Time 11100 Tulane 4 14 Mr Wadswh1180 140 140IlOl IlOl Ten Caudles 4 Jr Mr Paget 1220110 1002 Crand Opera 3 123 Mr Micley 1210 1 KiJ ItO Arragowan 1 14 Mr Taylor 1320145 1MU V 15 Fasig 12s Mr Nicholas 1 l 5 l44j l44j11UI5 11UI5 Orly 5 14 Mr Seheftel 1445 114 The Cricket 5 Mi Mr Tucker 15S5 1 43i IlOT Mast of Craftr MO Mr Smith l0 141 J 1OS Kio Grande 1 143 Mr 1 Kerr 115 143J 143J1ete 1ete Dailey ridden by his owner Mr Cortland Smith won the Meadow Brook with something to spare Hut for an unfortunate landing for Kll five furlongs from Jiome and again at the last fence the winner would not have had it so easy Flying Machine with the veteran rider William C Hayes who has been riding for thirty years made Hie pacf for one turn of the field when he tired ami left the issue to Iete Dailey and EH At the middle fence on the hackstrelch Kll came near going down Closing several lengths but lie came gamely again mly to peek badly at the last fence when he was lvlng the winner a stin argument Flying Ma chlne and My Grace the latter coupled with Iete IDailey as the Hampton Stable entry had a battle Voyal through the last furlong for third place placeAside Aside from the fixtures there was not much of interest to the racing De Mnnil was scratched from the handicap whicli went to the muchImproved Jony Bonero BoneroIn In addition to winning the amateur cup W T Mathews took the closing race with Iarkview which is a speed v filly She was favorite and led through ¬ out beating Jersey Lightning It was another case of a castoff beating one more favored by the owner of both Jersey Lightning ran in the interest of 11 P Whitney who bred andSfyvned Parkview as si twoyearold The latter filly was weeded out Hast fall while Jersey Lightning was retained It was however the first start foe Jersey Lightning mid fhe may improve improveMeetings Meetings were held in eighteen Brooklyn churches yesterday in support of Governor Hughes in his tight against the race tracks Iy actual count there were only 11711 persons present at all of the meetings In one church with a seating capacity of 2500 there were seventynine persons including four Ministers MinistersMr Mr Daymen Is the assumed name of Raymond Belmont son of August Helmont who has ridden jn amateur races before in his own name nameMuch Much interest is attached to the running of the Cosmopolitan Handicap tomorrow as Jack Atkin in cardctl to start This splendid horse is asked to iimcede weight to some good horses But lie will he well supported and it would not he surprising to see him favorite for the race raceNo No fast work has been reported for Montgomery but it can be taken for granted that he is ready if he goes to the post If the track remains fast Uhe race should be the best of the season so far faridvard idvard Corrigan was at the track today and con finus Hie reitorts from Lexington that ho will dis ¬ poser of all his horses including his breeding stock and racing stable
