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GOOD SPORT AT BELMONT Succession of Close Contests Delight a Good Sized Crowd Neglected Bellsolar Wins NEW YORK X Y June G Belmont Parks Monday afternoon of racing was sound formfnl and good lo see It was hot in town At Belmont a cool northwest wind blew across the horses as they ran aiding them through the rear stretch and rather impeding them in their run home But it was generally pleasant withal and eight or nine thousand folks were out and enjoyed the good sport sportThere There was no stake on the program but the fields in the six races were well balanced and some excellent finishes came out of it all There was a succession of close contests Perhaps the best bit of interesting contention turned up in the Centreport Handicap at a mile run as the fourth race Five of the eleven entries stayed away Six were left The merchants on the lawn thought and the public agreed Capt Alcock was best in the Centreport He was heavily hacked by the wiseacres at short prices and closed as an oddson favorite Servitor was backed too So was Ro ¬ many Neddam wasnt Neither was Ilobey Baker long laid up or William Martins old reliable and middle aged dark bay mare Bellsolar much longer than her not short owner and with as much of a liking for a route as that astute Southerner SouthernerBellsolar Bellsolar u a pretty handy racing tool The mile vas accounted as too short for her fancy and she drifted from 4 to 1 to 7 to 1 in speculation over the race raceBellsolar Bellsolar had Master Callahan up They are old acquaintances and understand one another quite well Captain Alcock and Servitor went to the front early and stoutly and raced together in the lead to the stretch Bellsolar ran as she usually does A quarter out she was a dozen lengins In the rear and made up but littlo of that distance to the half There she began to close on her horses but was five lengths behind the leaders turning for home pradually she moved up to them and wltn XbaXrfientl6sgr finishing striderof nersgor ttJ tiip tain Alcock thirty yards from the winning post and beat him there by half a length lengthMOONEY MOONEY TOO EASY WITH FAVORITE FAVORITEMaster Master Mooney on the favorite was rather too easy after disposing of Servitor or the finish might have been finer Of course Captain Alcock was giving Bellsolar fifteen pounds of weight and weights old tale was told again The mile was a good one in 137 The extremely fast thrccquar tors in 111 was a factor It just suited the Solar Star mares notions of how a race should be run when she is in it itThe The about two miles steeplechase handicap second on the card fell to the second favorite Royal Arch and brought out another keen close Joyful stoutly backed and the 9 to 5 choice joined Royal Arch on the last turn of the infield After seem ¬ ing to be beaten she came again and it took Craw ¬ fords best efforts to withstand her rush and land Royal Arch a nose winner The Trout a rough juniper was third thirdThe The third race an allowance mile for threeyear olds brought out the best field of the day Que creek which doesnt look as if he is nearly at his best nowadays was a declining favorite and raced as looked poorly poorlyMr Mr Widencrs tanglegaited foreigner Ivernian had Sande up was soundly bet on and made favor ¬ ite Jockeys do not straighten climbers into gliders and though Ivernian tried hard and was soundly driven P A Clarks Flambette foreign herself but from continental cornersirbeat Ivernian in a hard drive by a neck under McAtees vigor Flambette went from G to 1 to 8 to 1 in the betting The race was not as good as the class of the con ¬ testants though the finish was a nice one Sande did as much for Ivernian as riding skill could do Ivernian must be one of those horses which tells lies to his trainer in working moments Tom Welch does not deal witii equine liars long longOLD OLD STROMBOLI COMES BACK BACKOld Old Stromboli came back to the races again in the opening selling race at six and a half furlongs of the main course and won it in a comfortable and selfsatisfied way He wasnt the favorite Major Parke was first in betting esteem at 9 to 5 but before the horses went to the post Strombolis price was driven down from 13 to 5 to 2 to 1 1J J McCormack trainer of the P A Clark horses announced that Nancy Lee from the present outlook will be a certain starter in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont Park on June 1C and if she runs to expectations in that contest of a mile and threeeighths the daughter of Broomstick Naughty Lady will be sent to Kentucky to perform in the Latonia Oaks on July 2 2Will Will McDaniel has not had a saddle on Exter ¬ minator since the Suburban in which he was cut on the right foreleg when kicked by Mad Hatter Exterminator cooled out satisfactorily however and will be shipped to Latonia on June 20 He is engaged in four stakes at the Kentucky track but will be sent to the post only in the Independence Handicap on July 4 and the Daniel Bcone on July 9 9Present Present indications are that there will be no considerable invasion of Kentucky by eastern horses in quest of the Latonia Derby S C Hildreth will keep Grey Lag here to run in the Belmont Stakes a conflicting race Tom Shannon trainer for T W OBrien announced yesterday that although Pluri biis is training satisfactorily he will not be sent to Latonia while Billy Barton the Cuban Derby winner which was considered an almost certain starter in the Latonia Derby is too far from a race to be properly prepared for a contest of a mile and a half by next Saturday SaturdayA A B Hancock is an arrival from his Ellerslie Stud in Virginia and will remain for several days seeking a market for his yearlings yearlingsGwynn Gwynn Tompkins manager of the E M Weld stable is among the recent arrivals arrivalsW W Keating bought the twoyearold colt Rounds ¬ man from John Setzer This youngster is by Cock o the Walk Kcadean II and is therefore a half brother to Krewer KrewerGifford Gifford A Cochran asked C A Applegate to place a price upon the twoyejirold William A He asked the New York breeder 50000 for the son of Jack Atkin Tehera Mr Applegate refused an offer of 25000 for the youngster He bought the colt at the Jefferson Livingston sale for S2100 S2100Dr Dr Scully altered Irish Dream and Trust Offi ¬ cial at Jamaica Irish Dream runs in the Kilrunc stable colors and Trust Official is the property of John Marino MarinoS S Laiido engaged Clarence Buxton to train Coaler which was claimed by the former in his last race
