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SON OF COLIN IN FRONT Pastoral Swain Easily Captures Highland Selling Stakes Naturalist Bevels in Sloppy Going Goingto to Win Highweight Handicap in a Canter NEW YORK N Y May 21 A light rain which fell throughout the afternoon had little effect on the attendance or the quality of the racing offered Three thousand devotees of the sport spent the afternoon on the lawn oblivious to the mild downpour and saw Pastoral Swain carrying the 3each Stable colors score an impressive victory in the Highland Selling Stakes over good opponents Scoots en the strength of fast trials was installed favorite and for the greater part of the race gamely contested every inch of the ground with Roi Craig In the final sixteenth both were forced to succumb to Pastoral Swains fast closing rush Roi Craig though tired and sprawling lasted long enough to gain place honors from the neglected outsider Ceramic Pastoral Swain is a son of the unbeaten Colin ColinThe The California Highweight Handicap which shared honors as a feature went to J E Wideners Naturalist a pronounced mud runner Because of rumors that the Babelais gelding was backward in condition heavy support was given Abadane from the G D Widonor barn J E Widener the uncle and G D AAidener the nephew had the race be ¬ tween them at all stages Naturalist ontraced Abadane fnr the first quarter and drew away to an easy victory Abadane under Loftus vigorous riding attempted to overtake the flying pace ¬ maker but the gelding sprawled and indicated his dislike for Jljie going Af terthefinishitrajnor Welsh was so pleased with Naturalists performance that lie decided to add him in the Metropolitan It ap ¬ pears certain that the going will be slow or sloppy and that the son of Rabelais Nature will have to be reckoned with withThe The other winners of the day also scored in easy fashion Mile Dazie accounting for the opener Toadstool cantering home four lengths to the good in the second while Poor Butterfly and Betty J had easy sailing in the fifth and sixth respectively respectivelyW W R COE NAKROAVLY ESCAPES INJURY INJURYAVhile AVhile AA R Coe was looking over his mare Cin ¬ derella in the paddock before the running of the Colorado Stakes yesterday something annoyed her and she lashed out with her hind heels Mr Coe was almost directly in the path and escaped serious injury by only a few inches inchesR R T Wilsons Olambala colt Old Gold which won his initial start yesterday appears to be a youngster of promise He has the earmarks of a rare good horse horseAVar AVar Cloud and Hollister worked a mile over the iiewly improved course at Belmont Park yesterday in 139 for the Metropolitan Handicap to bo run tomorrow Papp went the route in 138 with his weight up upHerman Herman Flippen once well known as a trainer and owner but who is now superintendent of J Lanes farm in Airginia is the owner of the brood marc Toots dam of Cinderella She is the only piece of thoroughbred property he owns but she produces a foal every year and is now the dam of eight win ¬ ners all of which have been sold by Mr Flippen for goodly sums sumsTo To the strains of My Doughnut Girl khakiclad soldiers and Salvation lassies sold doughnuts for dough and another large sum was realized for the army armyJoseph Joseph McLennan was at the track today engaging riders for the Seagram and Bcardmore horses in the Kings Plate to be run Saturday in Toronto Riehcreek will be on one of the Seagram entry of three but up to a late hour no rider had been picked up for Mr Beardmores Ladder of Light LightMike Mike Daly arrived safely from Pimlico with eighteen of the AV M Jeffords horses including the good twoyearold Kinnoul
