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PEN ROSE RECORD BREAKER • Shatters Colins Mark for Five-Eighths of a Mile Straight. ♦ Also Figures in Sensational Bnn-Up-— Muddy Going Too Much for Polymelian. ♦ Ncv.- Y rk. June 7.— It was Red Cross day at Belmont Park, the gate receipts being turned over to that worthy cause. A large crowd braved the impending storm to attend the sport and witness the running of an excellent program offered for the occasion. The rain held off long enough to allow the first race to be run off and won by the Triple Springs Farms Pen Hose, which created considerable excitement by running the distance of five-eighths in 9t% by the official watch, which broke Colins previous record by one-fifth of a second. As the medium for sensational bidding, ia which she was rut! up from ,S00 to 1918.sh,505 and bought in. Pen ICose established another mark for a run-up in selling races. Her victory proved quite costly to her stable. The sensation of the afternoon occurred when W. R. Coes good colt Polymelian went down to defeat in the running of the Red Cross Purse. His con-iineror turned up in an ordinary sort of a plater. Gloomy Gus, which ran a startling race in the sort of going he has always fancied and just got up in time to break Polymelians winning streak and the talents faithful heart. The Coe colt dashed into a long early lead and it was a matter of discussion after the running of the race whether lie tired in the going or was eased up by Fairbrother. It was tie opinion of horsemen that the colt naturally tired, for most of the get of his sire, Polymelus, have never been partial to a soft track. The heavy rain, which came immediately after the running of the first race, was responsible for riddling of the second race, only six of the original fourteen accepting the issue. Nutcracker was given ■ the call iu the betting, but after leading to the stretch, was no match for A. K. Macombers Star Master, which, under the skillful guidance of jockey Loftus. daw away in the final strides. Harwood II. found the going to his liking in the one and three-eighths mile race and led throughout to win iu a canter. The English-bred colt Ben Gow proved a suix-rior mud runner in the mile dash, outrunning the favorite, from start to finish to win easily. Ben Gow was quoted at 20 to 1 in the betting. Another one of the English -bred youngsters from the stable of W. R. Coe made good wheu Terentia. a daughter of Cicero. l«*d home a band of maiden fillies in the closing race of the afternoon. PRINCE S. REPORTED DEAD. Trainer William Sheeily reports the death of rrince S., owned by D. E. Dibbb*, an army man. G. It. liryson has turned out four of the Io-toinac Stables two-year-old fillies at Havre de Grace ftir the summer. Dr. Campbell has licen sent to the Bailey farm at Jlenhead, L. I. jaCeia— Livingston is enjoying a wc-k end visit 10 racing. 11" will remain for the Suburban. Exercise boy William French left the empl-iy of H. P. Whitney without written dis*-harge and the secretary has posted a warning against eia-p!. tying him. Greek Legend has joined starter Cassidys school for bad post actors. Despite the downpour, a curious crowd surged about the judges stand when Pen Rose was offered for sal * after winning the first race. They wer* gratified when Bert Williams. Emil Hera and finally A. II. Diaz alternated in bidding the eight-time alaaei to S«,r 00. Trainer Boden protected her at that sum with an extra five dollars bid. Private Ever**tt Haynes of the Headquarters Division. Fourth Division, l. S. Infantry, was a visitor. The former Itclmont jockey has gaiii*d much weight and b hale and hearty iu appearance. Army training has made him tip the scale at over 140 pounds. .1. J. Moran. agent for the Harford Stable, has soil the two year-olds Daisy L. aud Gonzales to J. E. Griffith. POLYMELIAN TIRES NEAR HOME. The impression among horsemen and experts, who watched closely the Polymelian rati*, was unanimous that the horse tired badly in the last eighth, though Fairbrother might have saved the race had he seen the fast coming Gloomy Gus. Fairbrother said: "The horse began to tire under me shortly after he turned for home. I held him together as long as I could and did not use my whip because a whip is useless on a tired horse. It was not the track that bothered him. as the footing was good and solid, though a bit sloppy. The horse just tired." Albert Simons has sold Pigeon and Loyal Peter, two of the H. P. Whitney two-vear-olds. to the Brighton Stable. In speaking of the possible error in the time hung out in the first race, John Madden believed such a glaring mistake should be Directed in some way. "The slowest time taken by tin many dockers am! iiorsem.-n on the grounds was 1:00i-." said Mr. Madden. "By permitting the official time of 57 Vf. to stand to the credit of Pen Rose, it reduced the authentic record of Colin by one-fifth of a second. It cmild be remedied by th" stewards declaring no time taken. if they thought proper to do so. An error of this kind is liable to have a bearing on the sale of horses in the years to come, which tuny not b" lK-n.-ficial to the breeding industry." Indications are for clear weather tomorrow and. if no more rain falls during the .night, the track should be iu fairly good condition "by the time the horses are called to the post in the Suburban Han dicap. With propitious weather conditions, a crowd equalling the big attendance of Memorial Day is expected to lie present at Belmont Park. An excellent program in connection with the Suburban has been arranged, with the Meadow Brook Steeplechase as Ihe supplementary feature of tin* day. A big delegation from the Hunt Club set and devotees of steeplech.ising will be present. Many expressions of regret are heard on all sides over the absence of the great Omar Khayyam from the prospective starters iu the Suburban.
