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AEROPLANES VISIT TRACK Army Airmen Entertain Crowd at Belmont Park Sunny Slope an Added Starter StarterWins Wins Jerome Handicap J JHanover Hanover in Saddle Again New York September 3 A comparatively featureless program weak in numerical strength was witnessed by a good attendance whose enthusiasm was aroused before the running of tlie third race by the visitation of two squadrons of aeroplanes whose pilots and observers alighted and lined the inner rails Their evolutions prepara ¬ tory to landing were loudly applauded and for u time occupied the sole attention attentionJ J Hanover signalized his return to the saddle after an absence of several months by riding Flyaway to victory in the third Rice for his con ¬ tract employer J W May Hanovers leg was broken in an automobile accident last spring just before the opening of the eastern season Flyaway s success was easily achieved the King William filly leading throughout and waning by six lengths Madam Byng was second and Far Beyond a racy looking miss from J E Maddens stable finished third Far Beyond ran greenly and will improve with racing For the second time within as many days an added starter accounted for the feature the Jerome Handicap Sunny Slope runnerup to War Cloud iu the Preakness Stakes and winner of the Belmont Park Autumn Handicap demonstrated his high class by easily defeating Motor Cop which was evidently a victim of riding instructions for Loftus took him back sharply after he had got away well and secured an advantageous lead on the inside rail When called upon to catch the flying leader it was evident that tlie early restraining tactics had robbed him of any chance of victory victoryThe The opening dash saw the G D Widcner colors in front Columbine ridden by Frank Kobinson leading home such fast racers as Kcgal Lodge Top o tli Morning and Poacher Kobinson gave the winner a splendid ride reserving the filly during the fast early pace AVhen lie made his move in the stretch Columbine responded in game fashion passed old Top o th Morning and held Kegal Lodge safe in the final strides stridesThe The steeplechase furnished an upset in the defeat of Syosset the favorite The winner turned up in Crest Hill which ran a sensational race coming from behind to overtake the leader at the last jump and resisting every effort of the favorite to dislodge him after passing into the lead leadWOODTHRUSHS WOODTHRUSHS GOOD PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCEWoodthrtish Woodthrtish the extreme outsider hi the calcula ¬ tions of the oral speculators accounted for ths one mile and a quarter race leading Deckmate and Conduit from start to finish never seriously men ¬ aced acedA A band of maiden twoyearolds furnished an interesting contest in the closing nice Merry Prin ¬ cess from the stable of P A Clark scoring by a small margin over K T Wilsons Minuet It was the fifth straight time that Minuet has finished second and while she has been outside of the money but twice in eight starts she seemingly lacks the necessary finishing power to land her a winner winnerOne One of the pleasing sights of the afternoon was the visit of eight aviators from tlie Mineola camp They came in four machines and after circling around awhile alighted in the infield like a lock of birds Shortly after a fifth appeared but before landing did a few stunts in the air The lirst Hock watched the jumping event while they were in the air Kemarking on the interesting sight of watch ¬ ing a jumping race from above one of tlie aviators said it was u dangerous sort of gAme riding a horse over a fence Besides said he to hU neighbor look at the chances those jockeys take They might break their necks if they fell Just before the fourtli race five more machines descended from the clouds Their occupants watched the last three races from the infield infieldAfter After the aviators had landed the band played Over There and Sam Lewis and a few others in ¬ vited them to the best in the restaurant and to help themselves at the cigar counter All were then invited as guests of the association after beating their way into the grounds by the air route routeXo Xo horse could have won easier than Sunny Slope said David Gideon after William Martins added starter had won the Jerome Handicap He might turn out to be one of the best horses of ths year judging from his race today todayWalter Walter Jennings the trainer of Motor Cop ex ¬ pressed a like opinion I know he beat a good horse when he ran away from Motor Cop
