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BUNTINGS FINE SPEED Impresses New Yorkers Who See Him Defeat Mad Hatter, Now Conceded Kai-Sang Has at Least One Formidable Rival for Lawrence Realization. NEW YORK. N. T., September 6. Trainer James Howe showed the spectators at Belmont Park today a remarkable fit and a remarkably good three-year-old in H. l Whitneys Bunting. The Futurity winner of 1921 set the pace from the start in the mile and a sixteenth of the Brentwood Handicap, the feature race of the afternoon, and led Mad Hatter by two lengths at the finish without being extended. The Idle Hour Stock Farms Best Pal, the only other starter, was a half length behind Mad Hatter. Bunting covered the distance in 1:44- and continued out to a mile and three-eighths for a Lewrence Realization work-out in 2:17. McAtee sent the Whitney colt away quickly and allowed him to race, along under slight restraint. He had opened a lengths lead on Mad Hatter wrhile going down the back stretch. Fator made his move with Mad Hatter on the stretch turn and the Rancocas veteran closed up some ground, but McAtee was not worried and allowed the three-year-old to go along to the finish without urging for an easy victory. Buntings showing would have been a topie of discussion at any time, but with the Realization running so near it continued tae chief topic of conversation at the course during the remainder of the afternoon. A race which had been generally conceded .o Kai-Sang became a decidedly open affaii and the wise ones, who said that Mr. Whitney did "not sell the best three-year-old in his stable when he disposed of Whiskaway have won one step of their way to vindication. Mad Hatter carried 135 pounds, conceding fifteen pounds in actual weigth to Bunting, although the scale figures make the weight concession only eight pounds. The Rancocas -veteran has shown by recent races that he is in top form and his performance in the "Brentwood did nothing to belie it. Best Pal, a five-year-old, was in receipt of a concession of nine pounds in actual weight from the Whitney three-year-old. RACING PROVES INTERESTING. The track had dried out to the point where sprinkling was necessary and fine weather attracted a good week day crowd to the course. Although the fields were small, because of the delayed shipments from Saratoga, the racing in general was sharp and interesting. The steeplechase, at about two miles, brought out a field of seven promising maiden jumpers. The Greentree Stables Our Boots beat Quecreek by two lengths, with Irish Sea, the other Greentree Stable starter, ten lengths farther back in third place. A. J. Davis, the gentleman rider, who had the mount on Robert Coverdales Meadow-grass II., was so anxious to have his horse away in front that he broke away twice before the real start came. Haynes kept Our Boots under a pull throughout the early running. Going to the sixth fence he allowed the Greentree jumper to race out into a two lengths lead. Taking the sixth jump alone Our Boots made a bad landing and almost unseated his rider, but Haynes held his place and kept his mount back with the remainder of the field for a time. Quecreek had enough left when Cheyne called on him on the last turn to pull up on even terms with Our Boots. He held on gamely and took the final jump a head in the lead, but Haynes rode Our Boots out sharply and pulled away on the flat to win by two lengths. Irish Sea, Regalie and Natalie engaged in a pretty battle for third place, heads, separating them as they crossed the finish in that order. The race showed that there are some promising jumpers among the maidens in training at present and the steeplechase outlook may not be quite as bad as it seemed at Saratoga. All of the field fenced cleanly and the bad landing by Our Boots was the only mistake made by any of them. FIRST FOR E. R. RRADLEY. E. R. Bradley won his first purse of the meeting with Blossom Time in the third race, for two-year-old fillies, at five-eighths i out of the chute. Runelise, sister of Mor-vich, was second and Equinoctial third. The three placed horses dominated the running from the start. Blossom Time rushed away in front and swerved over towards the outside in the first eighth. Ponce soon had her straight, however, and she fought it out 1 gamely through the stretch, to be the winner by a head from Runelise, which in turn held Continued on twelfth page. BUNTINGS FINE RACE Continued from first pace. second place from Equinoctial by three parts of a length. The other starters were distanced before the stretch rush started, but Chiffon, from the W. R. Coe stable, led them easily, although she was seven lengths behind Equinoctial. The time for the race was good, though not approaching the track record. The Bradley, filly covered the five-eighths in 58. There was a false start in the first race, a French claiming race, for two-year-olds, at five and a half furlongs. The field .all; started, with Liwaito, from the stable of; James B. Smith, in front, but starter Cas-sidy called them back after they had covered an eighth and made? them do it over again. .Fator had Liwaito away in front again at the real start and raced into a long lead with her by the time the stretch turn was reached. H. P. Whitneys Dream Days, after making a slow start, worked her way up into second place, but could not match Liwaitos speed. She slipped through next to the rail while rounding the last turn and saved considerable ground, but tired and gave way to Irish Pat in the stretch. The latter finished gamely on the inside and took second places by a half length, but he was five lengths behind Liwaito. Liwaitos victory was decidedly easy and Fator never was forced to call on her at all. Dream Days, although tiring badly, easily held third place from Leboia, which quit badly after, being amon? the leaders in the early running. The fifth race was a selling dash of a mile and P. J. Lavins Valor beat Duncecap by a length, with Brink in third place. Valor went away from the barrier running fast and outpaced his opponents on the backstretch. Little Bell kept Duncecap fairly well up, however, and began to move up on the heels of the leader on the turn. The remainder of the field by this time had dropped far behind and the race for all practical purposes had become a two-horse, affair. Valors long early lead stood him in good stead through the long stretch drive, as Bell drove Duncecap hard in his efforts to get up. The fiily raced up to Valor and for an instant appeared the winner, but Valor managed to cross the finish a length to the good when Duncecap tired slightly in the last few yards. Brink was twelve lengths behind the Wilson filly at the finish, but held Timbrel, the only other starter, by a length for the short end of the purse. DOMINIQUES DAZZLING SPEED. The Allies Stables Dominique came witnin a fifth of a second of equaling the track record for six and a half furlongs in heating Lanius . and Thunderclap in . the Peconic; Handicap at the. end of the card. He covered the distance in 1:17. Dominique started away from the barrier in front and set a sizzling pace. Gantner saved ground with him on all the turns, and when Lanius, which was in closest pursuit all the way, moved up with his challenge, the old gelding had enough speed in reserve to hold him to the finish, winning by a neck. Thunderclap closed up some ground under energetic riding early in the stretch rush, but was unable to threaten the leaders; at any time and finished three lengths behind the placed horses. Enchantment showed a fine trial on the main course this morning when he ran three-quarters in 1 :12 and was eased up at a mile in 1 :42. E. J. Crawford has decided to turn out the promising two-year-old filly Dont Bother Me, which is suffering from osselets. She will be fired and rested until .late in the fall, when she will be taken up . and trained for winter racing at New Orleans.- Dr. John Seddon of San Diego, CaL, owner of the Julian Ranch, was a Belmont Park visitor Wednesday. He will remain here about a veek in an effort to purchase some fillies and mares for his breeding establishment. Tie has the English stallion Ravine at the farm. Joseph Healy, who was badly injured in an automobile accident on his way to Saratoga, recovered more rapidly than . was expected and was a Belmont Park visitor Wednesday. He was discharged from the Hudson City hospital Tuesday. DELAYED SHIPMENTS ARRIVING. The delayed horse shipments from Saratoga continue to drift in one by one. So many of the horses which are heeded to fill the various races at Belmont Park are still among the non-arrivals and the fields are too small in most of the dashes. E. R. Bradleys horses now at Belmont Park will be campaigned here until the running of the Futurity. The Kentucky turfman has three candidates for the big race in Boys Believe Me, Blossom Time and Betty Beall. Bit of white, the Bradley longdistance filly, is being pointed for the Autumn Gold Cup. Bright Tomorrow has been sent- to Churchill Downs to represent the stable in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes next Saturday. Trainer James Rowe changed his mind at the last minute and decided to ship only Enchantment and Picketer to Louisville for the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes. The pair left in care of James Rowe, Jr., Wednesday morning. Walter S. Goodwin, who was recently injured while playing polo, is recovering slowly from his fractured shoulder. He has notified trainer J. Simon Healy to sell his Goode-stone Stable at auction. The sale will be held as soon as the Fasig-Tipton Company can arrange it. Jockey C. H. Miller, was suspended for week for "herding" Our Boots with Que-creek in the steeplechase after the eleventh jump. Jockey. C. H. Miller was supended for five days by the starter for misbehavior at the post in the first race on Irish Pat. The horses of E. B. McLean and William Shaw were among the arrivals from Saratoga today.
