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HIGH NOON DISAPPOINTMENT Hot Favorite But Finishes Last In the Days Stake Race. Ima Frank Defeats Hank ODay Gex Beaten By Queen of The Water. Now York, September 5. The Beverwyck Stable captured its second stake race of the present meeting when I inn Frank scored an easy victory in the Autumn High Weight Handicap, the three-quarters dash down the straightaway, which featured the mid-week offering at the Belmont Park course. The winner displayed considerable improvement over her last race at Saratoga and, though she swerved nut badly all through the final eighth, was enough the best to win by two open lengths from A. K. Ulacombers Hank ODay. The latter finished with a ;good display of speed through the final quarter. Unit was not able to overhaul the winner. The disappointment of the race was the poor showing of .lames Sutlers erstwhile good sprinter High Noon. The latter ruled a strongly supported public choice and, after flattering his followers by leading for a half mile, quit badly. The race was far below his best recent form. The Autumn llighweight Handicap is of recent origin, its brief history being as follows: Year. Winner. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1!14 Comely ii 110 .7. 5IcCahey.,27r. 1:12 1U15 Harmonicon ...5 110 J. Nottcr... 1,195 1:10 IDKi Mont dOr 5 133 J. Notter. .. 1,230 1:13 1917 Ima Frank ...4 111 J. McTagt. 1,410 1:14 Dividing Interest with the stake feature was the mile condition race, which fell to GifTord A. Cochrans Queen of the Water. This filly displayed considerable gameness in wearing- John Sanfords Gex down in the final eighth. Jule Garson purchased the three-year-old colt Brooklyn from F. R. Docter, after the running of the first race. M.. Daly saddled two winners, when he sent Cur-raghuleen and Libyan Sands to the post. Bonnier will not race again for a week or two. He lias been sick since arriving from Saratoga with a cold. "It is nothing serious." said trainer Golds-borough, "but lie may not start until the Laurel meeting. The Spinner is lame and will not race again this year." EMIL HERZ TO SELL HIS HORSES. Emit Herz will sell all his horses at auction during the Aqueduct meeting excepting Manister Toi, tnd lie will go if the bid is high enough. David Gideon is thinking seriously of spending a month or two at Tijuana next winter. Most of the Kentucky Horsemen here will remain until after the Futurity next Saturday. Kd Bradley is giving his horse Black Toney a special preparation for the champion Stakes, to be run at Latonia. Owing to the slinmess of the card today, the speculators were betting they called the races first and second in finishing order in several of the dashes. S. C. Hildreths Sercnest. winner of the opening dash, was bid up from ,200 to ,200 by Walter learce, but was bought in by the stable for the customary advance. W. J. Young was an arrival from Saratoga with K. 1. Alexanders two-year-old Escoba, which will sport silk in the Futurity on Saturday. Schuyler L. Parsons good three-year-old River-dale, has gone slightly amiss and will not be seen under colors for some time. William Travers has purchased the three-year-old Starfinch from Kmil Herz at private terms. The Havre de Grace condition books have been i distributed among the horsemen and many are signifying their intention of shipping to the Harford c-utnity track. A big shipment will leave Belmont Park on Saturday, when the Brighton, Marrono and 1 Qulncy Stables will journey southward. Frank Midgcley will take the old campaigners Zcllwood and Abdon to Havre de Grace and also two two-year-olds for It. T. Wilson. HORSES FOR MARYLAND AND KENTUCKY. Four carloads of horses arrived from Saratoga 1 this morning, including the Gifford A. Cochran 1 racers, in charge of Wm. Midgcley. The latter reported fourteen carloads of horses left Saratoga j yesterday morning bound for Maryland and Kentucky. . Algernon Daingerfield, assistant secretary of the , Jockey Club, and P. T. Chinn, were arrivals from Lexington during the day. . Richard Barrett and Lew Frellmer were arrivals from Detroit, having motored from that western , city. Peg o My Heart gave the backers of Curragha-leen . moments of suspense until after the last jump , was cleared. The gray mare is a safe jumper and also speedy. Herbert Temple, who has conducted the horse shipping from Saratoga, says there are still about I three carloads there ready to come to Belmont Park. He expects they will arrive tomorrow. John F. Schorr, with all the horses belonging to , E. R. McLean, shipped direct from Saratoga to Laurel. They will be rested until the meeting opens on the Maryland Fair Grounds track. Horsemen complain that the conditions of some of the races are the cause of the light fields at Belmont Park, owing to their making many horses ineligible. Tom Welsh, who has been suffering for some time with a fractured wrist bone, has completely recovered.
