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IMPORTED HORSES ARE GOOD WINNERS Finish Inside the Money Fifty-Seven Times During Present Belmont Park Keating. New York, June 1 !. — In the first fifteen ilavs of racing at Belmont Park, which ended Wednesday, nim ty races have been decided ami iweniy of tlu-ui were won by foreign -bred horses. S--v -iiti-en racers from the same division have finished second and twenty took down third money. This makes a total of fifty seven parse divisions that have gone to European horses, some of them, of course, being re|M-aters. Johren. the property of Harry Payne Whitney, has won two stakes of importance, t.a- Withers and the Suburban: Naturalist won the TolM.ggaii for Joseph E. Widener: Suuflasli II. won a purse and then the Hempstead Handicap for I. OLe.-idv. and Trompe La Mort won the Metropolitan for Joseph E. Widemr. Consequently practically all the rich stakes went to foreign bred stock in the older division. The foreign-bred tv.o-year-olds have not. however, made such an impressive showing. This is probably due to the extra fine stock that was offered at the summer and autumn sales last vear at Saratoga and around New York. Elfin Qu"en. by Disguis. — Sprite, is conceded tie-post of honor among the youngsters at present, but whether she will retain her position at tmm head of the list when she meets Blue Laddie, is a question on which opinions differ. It is possible also then-are other two year-olds that will come to the front later in the year, but up to this time the home product has proved better than the foreign-bred stock in the younger division. BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE. These facts s|M-ak well for the future of the thoroughbred in this country for. with the foreign IiIimmI mixed wilh the iM-st in this country, imurovenient in the American stock of the future is certain. It will take some years to show it. perhaps, but the nucleus is here, for the bluest blood of English and French sires and matrons is l-ow safely located on this side of the Atlantic and. with the intelligence shown by the home breeders in the past, there is no doubting the results of the future. "There is every reason to look forward to our breeding th.- best bois-s in U.e world in this country." said such an authority as David Giibs.n. "There is no reason why we should not. The foundation is here, in ImiCi foreign and d -m--stic stock. We have bred many high class horses in the past and we certainly cannot .go back now that we have so much royal IiIimmI to tap. gathered front England, France and the Inited States. Investigation is gointr on in an effort to locate the guilty ones in the nose stuffing ease of BriM.ks. wliicli ran in the steeplechase last Salurdav ami was beaten by Cherry Malotte. That aaaariMBg was wrong with the horse was evident after pulling up. Dr. McCully was called in to determine the cause and he discovered a sponge had been inserted in the nostrils of the horse. Every effort is being made to find out who profited by the transaction, even to , calling in the slips of record which are handed to the commissioners by those w!io wish to speculate. That someone had knowledge of the sponge transaction was indicated by the lM-tting. Brooks opened , at 4 lo 1 in the market, while Cherry Malotte was second choice, though I.rentwooil was the one most favored by the pricciuakers. Prentwoods price went soaring and he fell in the race. It was on- of those incidents which do much to discourage cross country racing.
