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PENOBSOOT A GOOD JUMPER Carries R T Wilsons Colors to Victory in Belmont Park Stake Besom Also Wins Stake New York July 2 Although light fields went to the post In the six races decided at Belmont Park this afternoon the sport was Interesting as each race was hotly contested with several close finishes There were two feature races down for decision and K T Wilson captured the chief one which was the Independence Steeplechase Handicap with his crack jumper Penobscot while the Norwood Selling Stakes went to 1 S P Randolphs good sprinter liesom liesomOnly Only five faced the starter in the steeplechase and at no time was there any doubt as to who would be the winner Wolke who had the mount on Penobscot was forced to keep his mount under a choking pull from the start and could have gone to the front at any time he wished But Wolke was content to let Jim Hanson set the pace until just before the lasl jump had been cleared when ho moved into the lead with Penobscot which won hard hold by three lengths from L Navarre The ra w had a net value of 1700 For some unex ¬ plained reason Kelluf ruled a slight favorite over Pcnobscol but although hi showed a Hash of speed on the backstretch he was never really dangerous and was last to finish finishThe The tabled history of the Independence Stecple hase which was a Bay fixture is as follows Year Winner AWt Joekoi Joekoi1S Jockey Val Time 1S 7 Lion Heart HKI G Ham HamINKS Hamtonl125 20 INKS Trillion 5 15t Callahan lXOO 32 Fiimigau1H0 18 Dr Catlett 5 151 Fiimigau It23 13 1H0 Dr Catlett C Fiimigan 1040 2l 1 01 Magic Light 4 145 Mara lMO 1S 1MK G W Jenkins 4 1 15 Kay 2115 Land of Clover 5 155 Veitch 2CO rlli ltl Ioxhnnter 4 I 148 Kay 740 l03 Castalian 5 1 It 43 G Brool BroolIMli Brooks 5420 510 IMli Kernel 4 1 13 Stone 34SO 528 JM7 Agent 5 147 Owens 200 51 1IOS Simon Pure 4 145 Al Hen Henson 0300 511 1K California Kingli 15i McKinney 7 5i IdO The Welkin 1 5 50 Davidson ISO 511 511li li Pcnobscot 4 155 Wolke 172052 172052No No racing in Illl and 1012 1012Besom Besom was installed favorite for the Norwood as he seemed to IK best after Azyiade had been with ¬ drawn and while he led from start to finish and won it was a tlnky kind of a victorv He was all out fo iKat Kiln Urysiin Afler llighlmire the rider of Klli Bryson had made his weight he lodged a claim of foul but it was not allowed by the stewards Besom led In the clear to within u quarter of a mile fronv home when he Itegau to grow leg weary and when lie did he started to bear over from the middle of the track to the outer edge While it did not look as if he had interfered with any of the others except Genesta Ella Bry son and Palanquin loth wero bothered The latter was coming through on the outside rail like a streak and although he never did get clear sailing he was a good third Genesta was also closing fast at the time that she was sharply cut off and there were many who were inclined to believe that she would have won but for being forced to pull up The upThe handicap at one mile saw the Hallenbeck colors in front for the first time during the meet ¬ ing when Hedge won She ran a race of the sensa ¬ tional kind In entering the stretch she was abso ¬ lutely last and few dared to believe that she had a possible chance chanceBut But once she began to move up she showed dazzling speed and notwithstanding the fact that she was bumped several times by Ueybourn while working her way to the front in the final furlong she won by three parts of a length Guy Fisher also showed keen speed in the stretch racing Nearly last to enter the stretch he finished a good second In addition to humping Hedge Ueybourii was guilty of putting Yankee Notions on the fence threesix ¬ teenths from tho finish and the colt was knocked out of the running At the time he was well up witli the others and had a winning chance Ills rider Karrick lodged a claim of foul which was allowed by the stewards who disqualified Keybourn from third place aiid gavo that position to Jaw ¬ bone In addition Ford who rode Iteybourn was suspended for the rest of the meeting for rough rid ¬ ing ingJohn John B Madden won the opening dash with The Spirit which showed quite an improvement over her previous effort but Albert Simons made him pay more than the amount of the purse to retain her The Spirit which was onterec to be sold for iOO was bid up to twice that amount by Simons but Madden bid the customary 5 and retained her at 1205 1205Tranid Tranid the twoyearold filly which brought top price at the Kohler sale last Saturday and was then resold to Schuyler L Parsons for a price said to be 0000 worked live furlongs in 101 easily this afternoon afternoonJames James Uowe trainer for the Whitney stable does not take kindly to the fact that few believe Whisk Broom II ran one mile and a quarter in 200 when he won the Suburban Handicap on Sat ¬ urday last Howe is strongly of the opinion that Timer W II Barretto was correct in timing the race Howe who as a rule has little to say in u conversation witli Starter Jim Milton today declared that Whisk Broom II is entitled to the record without any question as he himself timed him iu 200i
