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PHOSPHOR PKOVES A CRACK SPRINTER Carries High Weight and Defeats Top Hat and Meeting House with Ease New York May 20 Phosphor showed that it will take a good liorse to beat him at sprinting when lie alioiildered 128 pounds in todays Ilighwelght Iltindi iip at Beliront Park and galloped home an aasy winner over Top Hat and Meeting House The latter leil through the early running but when Lofhi called upon Phosphor In came away like a real crack Top Hat beat the tiring Meeting House for second money moneyWholesale Wholesale scratching reduced tho number of starters materially and robbed several of the races of contention In the tirst after five horses had been withdrawn Jawbone was installed a 3 to 5 shut but he succumbed right at the linish to the rush of AI Rlooli What promised to be a good race the fourth was reduced to only two starters Virile and Republican and after the latter had led nearly throughout Virile came fast and beat him handily The pace in tlie early running was slow Republican had worked well for the race but horsemen were of the opinion that he had hardly been keyed up siitliciently siitlicientlyJames James Rowe and Jack Goldthorough will leave Louisville Saturday night for Belmont Park The firmer will bring nine 1 1 OH PS and the latter live Harniouleou in ar of trainer Rowe is regarded as a probable starter in tile Tolioggan Handicap HandicapTrainer Trainer Dick Benson of the Butter string is con lined to his room with a seven cold coldI I L Howard a wellknown western bookmaker who remained in Baltimore for the Electric Park meeting was an arrival today todayAirs Airs E C Smith wife of Judge Smith who is presiding i c stand at Belmont Park in recover ¬ ing from a successful operation for appendicitis appendicitisV V T Anderson reports that Ten Point which wrenched himself In a race at Havre de Grace is going along well again and that he may go to the post during this meeting The Anderson horses will In transferred to the Jamaica track from Gravesend GravesendMuch Much interest is being manifested in the running of the Amateur Cup on Saturday in which gentle ¬ men riders will participate A L Kramer has pur ¬ chased Doublet from James Butler anil the horse will ho a starter in this event eventThe The report that Jingling of the James Butler table hnd been killed by lightning several days ago was Ilicorrcct it being the threeyearold Fennel FennelThe The weather was again cloudy today and a drlz ziliig rain fell in tin early part of tin afternoon lint before the running of tlie last race the sun came out The track which takes a great deal of moist mv without trouble would be at its best with one Albert Simons will ship Slumber II to Toronto to nart In the Toronto Cup CupAmong Among Belmoiit Park wnrkonts this morning ver a good track were weremans mans Threeeighths in 37 37Admi Admi Express Threequarters in 11S 11Silill ilill M Me in 142 Catalina Mile m 14 Camellia friittergold Mile in 144 f riittergold Seveneighths ill 130 j Icrniwk Threeeighths in 35 Half Rock Mile in 145 f Hillstream Fiveeighths in 103 f fIlurakaii Ilurakaii Fiveeighths In 104 104High High Chair Fiveeighths in 101 101Mny Mny Queen Threequarters In 120 120Mlsn Mlsn Queen Threeeighths in 3 v1 pikA v1pikA Hnlf mile In r2 Plerrote Threeeighths in 3 3Sharpshooter Sharpshooter Mile in 143 143Tudor Tudor King Half mile In 52J
