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NATURALISTS GAME FINISH Brings Him Victory in a Fast Run Manhattan Handicap. - -r -i Belmont Parks Auspicious Opening Marked by Excellent Racing Before a Big Crowd. NEW YORK. N. Y., September 2. The opening of the fall racing season on the metropolitan circuit brought with it the first tang of fall weather and a big mid-week crowd. Belmont Park looked spick and span, and while the fields were not large a lively interest was taken in the outcome of the feature races, the Tomboy Handicap, for two-year olds, and the Manhattan Handicap, for three-year-olds and over. The Tomboy Handicap brought a head finish between E. K. Bradleys chestnut filly Believe Idle Hour and E. F. Whitneys bay filly By Jim-iny. It was a duel between the two for the last sixteenth, the Bradley filly getting the decision in the last f,aw strides. Believe Idle Hour and By Jiminy both began slowly, but seemed to outclass the others when the real racing began. By Jiminys defeat probably came about from her strenuous racing with the early leader. Tamarisk, although she kept at her task gamely when challenged by Believe Idle Hour. S. Lewis Honey Girl was an added starter, but she did not cut much figure in the running. Withdrawals of Sir Barton, Boniface and Lord Brighton left only four to contest for the Manhattan Handicap. Naturalist was the public choice of the quartet around 7 to 5. Naturalist proved the jl inutivruuniDSXthe. mile, ja J.:30avithlitrrniestiftlt-of a second of Man o Wars time of 1:35, made in the Withers Stakes last May. Jack Stuart also ran a capital race when he finished second. Naturalist led from the start, while Jack Stuart was last until the field was straightened out in the stretch when the Valens horse made a menacing challenge, but the pace had proved a bit too fast for the lightweighted Martin racer. Audacious aud Mad Hatter took it turnabout in following Naturalist most of the way, but at the end they were both tired horses, with Audacious third. For a mile run in such time it was quite a remarkable finish, no daylight showing between the four. DISQUALIFICATION OF CAKE FREE. The second race brought about the disqualification of Care Free, which had led from the start, but fifty yards out swerved over in front of St. Michael, the odds-on choice. The swerving incident was clear and the stewards promptly took cognizance of it after jockey Kelsay claimed a foul on the part of Ensor, who rode Care Free. The latter finished a half length in front of St. Michael. Care Free had some stanch support and was backed from an opening of 10 to 1 down to S to 1 at the close of operations. George Odom, trainer of Oriole and other-horses of Jefferson Livingston, was highly elated over the showing of Oriole in the Hopeful Stakes. "If it would have rained twenty minutes longer, Oriole surely would have been returned the winner. The showing of Oriole in his last two races make me believe lie is a colt of high class. In any event I am going to give him a chance to prove it. I am going to send him to Havre dc Grace to start in the Eastern Shore Handicap there. Later I will send him to Kentucky next fall to try for the rich stakes in the Blue Grass State. I also will point him for the Kentucky Derby next year if he turns out the way lie now promises. I dont believe there is a two-year-old in training can beat him in heavy going." James McClelland will ship fourteen horses to Havre de Grace today, including Leonardo II., which is entered in the 0,000 Eastern Shore Handicap. "I am not going to sidestep any of the two-year-old stakes to .which Leonardo II. is eligible." said Mr. McClelland. "I will prove to the public that Leonardo II. s winning of the Hopeful was no fluke." Jockey Frank Keogh was riding at Belmont Park today, but he leaves for Saratoga Saturday, to join the stable of his contract employer, S. Ross, whose horses will race at Laurel. Md. At a meeting of the stewards of The Jockey Club today the suspension of jockey T. Rice was continued iudefnitely.
