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EASILY WON RACES AT BELMONT PARK Wooden Shoes Holds Bac Safe Horsemens Com mittee Asks Changes in Belmont Racing Program New York June S Small but evenly balanced fields participated in the racing at ISelmont Park today and some excellent si ort resulted Ideal weather and track conditions prevailed and helped to bring out a large attendance About the best nice of the day was the second which was a high class selling dash for fillies mares and geldings It resulted in another victory for tlie Quincy Stables Wooden Shoes which defeated Bac and Fenmoiise in easy style The winner raced into the lead early and held sway to the finish finishTlie Tlie Qiiogue Selling Handicap at one mile and a sixteenth attracted only three starters with Bine Thistle held at oddson Substantial support forced the price on Virile down anil the Hallen heck horse went to the post an ascending favorite Virile was returned a handy winner coming from behind Blue Thistle iu the stretch and holding him safe in a hard drive driveLittle Little Dipper was the medium of quite a killing when she took the third after being backed from 20 to 1 to to 1 She was lucky to win as Fem ¬ inist was closing fast and wearing her down when she suddenly bolted to the outside near the finish finishForecast Forecast led home the band of platers that ran in the first the threeyearold receiving a good ride from jockey Lowder LowderW W Sheedy lias arrived at Jamaica with Perth Hock after having been ill with typhoid fever at Havre tie Grace Gracelocker locker T Butwcll today departed for Kentucky where lie will endeavor to obtain a hearing before the Kentucky racing officials relative to liis sus ¬ pension at their hands handsThe The horsemens committee composed of Thomas J Healey E H Garrison and J Simon Healy made a communication to the chairman of the Jockey Club after having interviewed the horsemen in which it is suggested that rule 1 part 3 of the rules of racing be changed so as to provide two over ¬ night races at distances less than one mile for horses three years old and over on any race day It is further stated that a majority of the horse ¬ men seem to favor the raising of weights in handi ¬ caps and that the committee thinks a maiden race every day would lie appropriate appropriateStromboli Stromboli and Sam McMeekin are being pointed for the Excelsior Handicap which is to be run Thursday at Jamaica JamaicaIt It was announced today that the Empire City meeting would be conducted from July 20 to July 31 31Matt Matt J WJnn and Harry F ErievoKol were visitors today at Belmont Park ParkIt It is the intention of the Saratoga Association to have ladies days every Fritlay Ladles will be admitted free to the course and grandstand grandstandGeorgt Georgt M Otloin has purchased the filly Stellar ina from John K Madden MaddenThe The weights are out for the Pauinonok Handicap to be run Saturday at Jamaica They show forty three nominations with Borrow assigned top weight at 132 pounds This race is at threequarters with a guaranteed value of 2000 2000Belmont Belmont Park workouts of note this morning were wereAll All Smiles Half mile Iu 4S 4SBcsxlicii Bcsxlicii Half mile in 50 50Capra Capra Threequarters in 119 119Coquette Coquette Half mile in IS ISDartworth Dartworth Seveneighths iu 132 132Duke Duke of Diiubar Threequarters In 110 110I I 71 Mahdi Seveneighths iu 131 131Fair Fair Count Threequarters In 110 110Garbage Garbage Throequarters in 110 110Hands Hands Off Halt mile in 10 10Harrv Harrv Jr Threequarters in 119 119Hedge Hedge Mile in I IHermis Hermis Jr Mile in 144 144High High Chair Half mile in 11 11Holiday Holiday Threeeighths in 37 37Ilonev Ilonev Hill Half mile in 10 10Iron Iron Duke Half mile in S4 S4Jingling Jingling Threoouarters in 118 118Kilkenny Kilkenny Boy Threequarters in 117 117Lady Lady Teresa Mile in 145 145Libyan Libyan Sands Half mila in 19 19Marshoii Marshoii Half mile in 10 10Mask Mask Threequarters in 118 118Meeting Meeting House Half mile in 17 17Palanquin Palanquin Fiveeighths in 1OC 1OCPintoMiimc PintoMiimc Half mile in 073 073Pebble Pebble Seveneighths in 132 Plaintiff Half mile in 11 11Itegret Itegret Half mile in 11 11Sam Sam McMeekin Mile in 141 141Sand Sand Pocket Fiveeighths in 101 101Sooony Sooony Fiveeighths iu 102 102Slromboli Slromboli Mile iu 145 145The The Finn Mile iu 111 111Thornhill Thornhill Half mile in 49 49TingaLing TingaLing Half mile in 49 49Tinkle Tinkle Bell Threequarters in 117 117Trial Trial by Jury Half mile in 51 51Veuonah Veuonah Half mile in 51
