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UPSET WINS THE H1LLSDALE Only Horse to Defeat Man o War Shows His High Quality Coaching Club American Oaks OaksEasy Easy for Clark Pair Flam Flambette bette and Nancy Lee NHW YORK X Y June 10 Upset is still a mighty good race horse He alone of all horses beat Man o War In a questionable contest at Saratoga in 1910 He was formidable last year though overshadowed by the champion which he drove home in two fast races This spring Upset Hindu a foray in the West after Kentucky prizes He didnt get thorn chiefly on account of bad luck This afternon at Bolmont Park he was in the Hill ¬ side Handicap at a mile There wore nine more to meet him Seven of the nine including Domi ¬ nique Lord Brighton Thunderstorm and Captain Alcock were scratched and only Sea Mint and Coaler were left to oppose the natty son of Whisk liroorn II Pankhiirst Upset won the Hillside Han ¬ dicap the equine gentleman tiat jle is jauntily and merely held together for safetys sake by Clarence Kummer There was a southwest wind it helped horses about the long turn to the stretch and to overhaul Sea Mint Upset ran the quarter of a mile from the halfmile post nearly two lengths better than 23 seconds In the straight lie came away at his pleasure Upset was of course an out ¬ standing choice Sea Mint was selected to beat Goaler and did it by two lengths The time wrecker of a few days ago struggled honorably and horsely to set up but couldnt Class was illus ¬ trated shaj ply The fractions were fust 24474 and ll2 anil the mile in 130 Upset could have come home faster fasterThe The stake of the day was the much exploited Coaching Club American Oaks the name is pre ¬ tentious enough for a classic It wasnt much of a race P A Clarks two good fillies Nancy Lee Pruderys conqueror in this years Kentucky Oaks ani Flambette were the matterofcourse favorites There was action over second honors Ten Buttons was thought to be able to beat Flambetle No declaration was made to win with either of the Clark fillies They had the race to themselves and Flambette was allowed to beat Nancy Lee a neck It was a question of penalty in the future Ten Buttons was ten lengths away Her stable overestimated her company the long eared buoyant going Frenchbred mare which won is a nice piece of goods in these days SURPRISE IN STEEPLECHASE STEEPLECHASEThe The usual steeplechase over the usual grassy nlHiut two miles furnished a surprise Ernest Holders Zeus Adelaides Roycr mare Saywhich beat the oddson choice Fair Mac in a truly run and fair looking contest Saywhich educated In the hunting fields is a generous running clean jumper She went to the front in her rapid way took a long lead was allowed to go about her busi ¬ ness too long in front and was nver canght Mergloi rode her well and she won by four lengths from Fair Mac with old New Haven thirty lengths bark Long Trail and Harris bid adieu to each othor at the fifth obstacle War Victor when Hafely in third place refused the final jump jumpThe The mas ivo John Paul Jones was naturally chosen to win the first race at a mile He did it it with as much neatness and dispatch as his namesake did things and determinedly taking the lead at mc and showing all the way though Robinson had to keep him busy at the end to resist Scotland Yets intrusion The Rossotor filly ran a stout race and is aliove the ordinary The dreary Dart ¬ moor was third thirdThe The reformed Polar finding himself in the right place with the right caretaker won the fifth race fur secondclass sellers at threequarters of the straight course lie was well backed and forget ¬ ting to be Ingeniiious under Sandes vigor won al ¬ most all the way and authoritatively by three lengths from the honest Hold Up she a neck be ¬ fore the speedy Turnabout TurnaboutColonel Colonel John K Madden of modern Kentucky won his first race of the year witli his nice look ¬ ing beautifully bred chestnut colt Bioomflox a son of Uncle Hrooinleaf by Proomstick which can do better things He raced impressively and came away on Martins call to beat Kinil Heres Knot Crass by a length he a mere head before another goixl looker Olympus from the Whitney stable which was the favorite Broomflax was well bucked Thus the new Belmont Park meeting of eighteen days came to an end It was a bolter meeting tliaii past ones but could have been bet ¬ ter Form at it ran rather a wabbly time The straight course was well patronized but isnt pop ¬ ular with the public It never will be beFURTHER FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY NECESSARYThe The pioscnt establishment is much better than the old on but it could ho improved The stand iloesnt fit the public fancy or needs and racing folks shy at tin end before the club inelostires and main track finishes The inclosuros are much big and much in the way The aisles of that iart of the structure need untangling also These iir the faults shown after eighteen days acquaint ¬ ance with Belmont Park ParkThe The meetings weather has been wonderful and bold to the end endTonight Tonight president August Belmont expressed him nelf on the meeting as a whole this way wayThe The meeting has IKPII most satisfactory taking Into consideration the fact that other sports have of la to suffered a falling off in attendance It bus boon a period of experiment and we have tried out several things with a view to getting the pub ¬ lics opinion One of these was the straight races With the exception of the big twoyearold events and perhaps a few others the contests will be run In the autumn around the turn It was far better to try these things out and get the viewpoint of those who help to keep the sport alive by their pat ¬ ronage ronageNow Now for a more comfortable Aqueduct course and improved racing Continued on second page UPSET WINS THE HILLSDALE Continued from first page W T Anderson arrived from Tijuana where hi1 turned out his stable of hordes hordesTwentythree Twentythree times during the Bclniont Park meet ¬ ing horses changed owners through claim or selling race runup Regal Lodge and Diomcdcs twice were transferred in this manner G A Marshall set the pace for halturmcn taking three horses in the course of the meeting They were Rep Diomedcs and Houyhnhnm HouyhnhnmOlympus Olympus the twoyearold son of Royal Eagle Paradise II which carried the II P AVhitney colors to a third placement in the first race and was starting for the first time is considered by his connections to bu one of the best youngsters in the string stringWord Word was received from Canada that the Dorval meeting showed a loss of 15000 and tho Blue Bonnets meeting although the best attended in the history of the association also failed to make money The provincial tax Is held responsible for the deficits Mars Cassidy whose work at the barrier has been attracting especially favorable comment in the last few weeks probably established a record at Bclniont Park on Wednesday He dispatched six fields in a total of eight minutes at the post All of the starts were good goodJ J S Cosden sold the twoyearold Wrcckless to James H Johnson JohnsonJ J Richardson an exercise boy in the J S C M den stable was thrown from a horse which lie galloped this morning He struck on his head and was taken to a hospital He complained of pains in the back of his head but diagnosis lias not established the extent of his injury injuryPolar Polar although sold by G W Loft to Enri iie Bird before winning the fiftii race carried the Loft colors The new owner of the colt Is a recruit to racing from South America and has not arranged for his own silks silksT T J Ilcaloy one of the collectors of the Queens County Hospital Benevolent Association gathered 3iS among the horsemen Of this amount COO will be spent to complete payment for a memorial to the QIICLMIS County Iwys who died in France dur ¬ ing the war The balance will be turned over to St Marys Hospital at Jamaica
