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ADDS TO HIS TRIUMPHS Sweepment Easily Takes the Queensboro Steeplechase. Chateau Thierry Too Speedy, for Opponents in Cleopatra Han- -dicap Mercury Wins. t : n NEW YORK, N. Y., September 29. Mrs. George W. Lofts champion jumper Sweepment, conceding considerable weight to his three opponents, walked away with the Queensboro Steeplechase at Aqueduct today. Bullseye was second and Vnlspar a badly benten third. Mergler attempted to hold Sweepment. under restraint the first round of the course, but the so of Sweep passed Decisive at the fifth jump and held the lead easily from there on. At the seventh fence Decisive unseated his . rider, L. Cheyne, but to show that he was enjoying his work he continued on the course and jumped two more obstacles before calling it a day. Bullseye then took up the work of pursuing the Loft jumper, but although Crawford made several strong efforts to draw up on even terms with Sweepment, thc .Cosdcn steeplechaser was not equal to the task. He made his strongest effort going to the last Jump and drew up within two lengths and a half of the winner in ths final drive on the flat. Chateau Thierry easily defeated Edwina and Elected II. in the Cleopatra Handicap, at one mile. -The. Snnford filly was In no hurry to begin racing and was far out of contention in the first three-eighths. Elected II. sturted off in front, with the Grcentree Stables Good Bye in close pursuit, lhe pair raced like a team to the stretch, but had nothing left for the finish. Fator brought Chateau Thierry up to the lenders-. rounding into the stretch, quickly raced Elected II. into defeat and drew clear. He took his mount "under restraint in the last eighth and she was merely cantering at the end to win by three lengths from Edwina, which, finishing fast in. the stretch, easily passed the tiring Elected II., the latter just managing to save the short end of the purse from Escarpolette by a head. LADY EMMELINES GRAND RACE. Penman piloted Lady Emmeline to a good victory over Huonec and Dark Hill in the fifth race, at a mile and five-sixteenths. Dark Hill was the odds-on choice. He gave his supporters a chance to cheer in the early part of the race by drawing away from the others and maintaining his advantage in the racing down the bnckstretch. Penman, meantime, made several Ineffectual attempts to slip through on the inside of Huonec, but, he was effectively blocked each time and finally when he took his mount to the outside on the turn she began to gain on the leader rapidly. She drew clear in the stretch and won going away by two lengths. Huonec easily passed the tiring Dark Hill in the last quarter mile and led him by a length and a half for second place at the finish. George N. Carpenters Mercury, son of Vulcnln, finally managed to keep up his flashy speed to the finish in the third race at three-quarters of a mile. He won by two lengths and a half from Sea Coye, with Teddy R. third. Mercurys early speed has been a much noted feature of his recent races, bnt ho heretofore has stopped trying by the time he reached the stretch. Today Fator sent him into the lead at once and opened up, a long lead on the first turn. He kept the Vulcain gelding in front all the way. Sea Cove took second place by a head from Teddy R. The race marked the return of J. Mooney to the snddle nfter an absence caused by recent injuries. He had the mount on Teddy R. The first race gave the speculators a bad start for the day. There was a lawn stampede, to Charles A. Stonehams Rebuke, which sent the Dick Finnell colt to even money nt post time. Seldom during the meeting has there been such a strong drift toward the favorite on the lawn. Rebuke wns favored by an Inside post position, but he got away slowly and failed to get Into the money. The race went to the Foreign Stables Nightboat by u length, with At too second and Miracle Man third. Rebuke wns fourth. The day began with fine weather, but a damp fog came drifting over the course following the fourth race and curtained the fur end of the track with. a veil of mist. A good weekday crowd turned out. Again the public judgment was Inaccurate and several of the well-backed favorites "went down .to defeat before more lightly considered rivals. - ii
