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UPSET IN THE BELMONT ROCK VIEW BEATEN BY PRINCE EUGENE IN HISTORIC EASTERN FIXTURE Bclmont Colt tho Victim of a Badly Judged Ride Lieutenant Rockwells Skill as a Rider Shown in Military Steeplechase New York June 13 Another large crowd jour ¬ neyed to Belmont Park this afternoon and while they witnessed excellent racing results were not up to expectations as several supi osedly sure winners failed to catch the judges eye first The greatest upset of the afternoon came with the run ¬ ning of the Belmont Handicap in which the Belmont colt llock View an overwhelming favorite was beaten by Prince Kugcne from the stable of Harry Payne Whitney llock View had beaten him MJ easily when they met last time that he was ex ¬ pected to duplicate the feat this afternoon and lie would have done It but for a careless ride on tho part of Tommy McTaggart He kept llock View hi second place while Flying Fairy cut out the pace and this order remained unchanged until just after entering the stretch Here MeTaggart mnilo his greatest mistake for instead of going on with llock View he was content to take things easy He realized his error shortly afterwards when Trox ler brought Prince Eugeiie up with a rush which forced llock View into a pocket and caused him lo be shut olT Prince Eugene then went on took tho lead and held It to the finish winning In a hard drive by half a length with llock View reducing his lead at every stride strideThe The Belmont Stakes dates back to 18G7 when it was won by lluthless It was run at Jerome Park prior to 1S90 and at Morris Park from 1S90 to 1905 then transferred to Belmout Park Its tabled his ¬ tory since 1000 follows Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1000 Ildrim 120 N Turner 14700 2 2lij 1101 Commando 120 Spencer 11595 221 1902 Masterman 120 Bullnmu 13220 2 W 1903 Africander 125 Bullnian 12285 223y3 1901 Delhi 125 Oilom 11575 200 1905 Tanya 121 Hildhrand 17240 2OS 1905 Burgomaster 125 Lyne 22700 220 1907 Peter Pan 125 Mountain 22765 190S Colin 1215 Notter 22765 1900 Joe Madden 120 K Dugaii 24550221 1010 Sweep 125 Butwell 9700222 1913 Prince Eugene 100 Troxlor 2573218 2573218Run Run at 1 14 miles in 1904 and 1905 No time taken in 1907 and 190S No racing in 1911 and 1912 1912McTaggart McTaggart also lost a race on Gallop which was an oddsou choice in the opening dash But this was no fault of McTaggarts as Gallon swerved badly during the running of the race when struck with the whip going from the outside to the inner rail which caused him to lose much ground Wood ¬ en Shoes which had made all the pace beat him home by four lengths lengthsLieutenant Lieutenant Kockwell was again to the front in the military steeplechase when he landed his horse Kinnelon the winner in a furious drive by a head from Zagg The lastnamed was much the better of the two but Lieutenant Bradford could not begin to finish with Kockwell while he also permitted Zagg to run out on the turns The other steeple ¬ chase was won easily by L Navarre Timl er and Winkle went the wrong course Timber was pulled up by his rider but Smith sent Winkle on after making his mistake
