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CHOICES FINISH UNPLACED ] LIGHTLY WEIGHTED FASHION PLATE WINS THE METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. Maskette and King James Among Also Bans — Jack , Atkin Only High-Weight to Place — Aus- J pii ions Opening at Belmont Park. New York. Mav 13.— Fashion Plate, sold as a year- j ling for |M% was winner of the Metropolitan, tin- , first of the big handicaps of the year, which Bam todays opening of the meeting of the Westchester j Racing Associat ■ •■ al Belmont Park. Fashion Plate 1:11 ||..WII well al Aqueduct, lint was not given ■ ■erteai chance to t:ik - the measure of sueli horses :i Kin;; James and Maskette. The race was a mag- | nitiectil Hie :ill the way and at the weights, the liost , ham won. Jockey McGee kept Fashion Ilate in a , good |M.sition all the way and when he tailed on him in the last furlong, the horse closed with great courage and won going away at the end a length lie Tore Prin. ••• Imperial, the three-year-old starter lioin fl.e W.Kdhaven Stable, .luck Atkin. winner ol the raee two veals ago. was third and his showing wiiv lemarkahie. for lie went very wide at the hea.l ..f the stretch and lost several lengths. S. C. Hil dr.-tli sent Rest igouchc out to make pace for King James and he ac.-oniplisbcd his insk satisfactorily l. leading to the stretch. Maskette was close up most "f the way. Iml at the end she •weakened hadlv. Kinr James was close enough at the head «.f the stretch, hut failed when called on by jockey Shilling and did not show the sameness that has marked his good MM, August Belmonts Pris.il-lian. unheal. -n in this country before shipment to England in the fall of 100S. gave an excrlleiit a. .-onnt of himself in the early running, lint at the .•ml he could not keep step with the light weights. flic opening of the season at Belmont was auspicious, fully IO.imhi enthusiasts being on hand. The weather wr I. right and char and the track in excellent condition. The steeplechase race was somewhat of a farce, though it sliow.tl two atuart green jumpers iii Thomas Hitchcock. Jr.s Mellowniint. the winner. ;ind the Beverwy.k Stahle*s ltaiiyah. They, with Magic Light, were the only ones to finish the course. The Oneck Stable is owned by H. K. Knapp. a stcw:ird-of tlie Jockey Club. He was on hajid to see fashion Plate win. Augum. Belmont, just back from Europe with his Iwidc. who was Miss Eleanor Kobson. was at the course. James It. Keene was not present, being coiiline.1 to his quarters by an attack of rheumatism. James McLaughlin. Jr.. has arrived from Baltimore to take charge of his fa tilers horses. The ehbr McLaughlin is ill. While lie is Mat New York, the younger McLaughlin will try to pick up a couple of horses for H. Reis. a Baltimore sportsman, who recently purchased Sir Chilton from Robert Wulden. Mr. Beis wants a stable to race on the Canadian circuit. Fauntlcroy. the best horse in the elder McLaughlins stable, is out of sorts and will not start in either the Metropolitan or the Withers. Frank tiardncr has arrived from Baltimore with Statesman and several other horses. Statesman is ; galloping again and there is good prospect of his training satisfactorily. Statesman sustained a broken ankle in tl:e running ot the Preakness Stakes ; • if 1000 and it required all of Gardners skill to save Ills life. He was turned out last season at the ItifTenderter farm near Baltimore. Trainer Jerry Carroll, who handled Samuel II. Harris and other winners for the Sullivan clan, has i returned from Baltimore with a small stable. William McKinnev. the steeplechase jockey, may do the riding for Thomas Hit.li.ock. Jr. "Bull I Boy." as McKinnev is known to horsemen, led the .ross-ciiiitry riders in winning mounts two seasons i
