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1 iBELMONT PARKS INAUGURAL DAY » ■ Three-Year -Old Laurano Scores Notable Triumph in Metropolitan Handicap ■ ♦ Cool Weather Fails to Keep Away, but Dampens Enthusiasm of Big Crowd — El Kantara Wins Steeplechase — Two for Rancbcas Stable NEW YORK, N. Y., May 22. — Laurano, the three-year-old son of Peter Pan — Passan, was winner of the Metropolitan Llandicap under the silks cf Glendenning Ryans Oak Ridge Stable and he brilliantly added his name to the list of horses of that age that have triumphed in that coveted fixture. The race was worth ,150 net to the winner. Bracadale, another three-year-old and bearing the silks of the Rancocas Stable, finished second and third was the portion of Rialto, the Greentree Stable representative. It was the opening cf beautiful Belmont Park and the beginning of the spring meeting of the Westchester Racing Association and, while there was a disagreeable chill in the air, it was both a large and a representative crowd that journeyed to the big Nassau County 1 ®track. The track was still slow from the recent rain, but the going was safe and the i sport worthy of the occasion. In addition to the Metropolitan there was a steeplechase tor the subscription jumpers and other races furnished a fitting setting . for the big attraction of the day. After Dunlin. Sun Pal and Sun Audience had been withdrawn from the Metropolitan field there were eight left to race. As usual old Mad Hatter was taken to the cutside of the field, though he had drawn number four position. Even out there the old rascal was troublesome and he kicked Ordinance I before a start was effected. It is just pos- - sible that the kick had something to di i with the race run by Major Belmonts three -year-old. When the start came the horses were in good alignment, but Klondyke did : not begin and was left at the post. ORDINANCE IN TROUBLE. Mad Hatter was first to show out of the bunch, but the old fellow did not hold the command for more than half a dozen strides when it was Laurano that raced on by him and, showing a great turn of speed, opened up a gocdly lead. Brainstorm was right after him and Bracadale moved up resolutely on the outside. Ordinance was down on the rail, I egere having crossed with him and he was soon in serious difficulty and the course was changed on the turn out of the hnckstreteh and he moved to the outsid . The others were all in close order, with Martingale one of the trailers. J. S. Cosdens Sombre, ridden by C. Lang, was re-turned the winner of the Wild Briar, I which was for two-year-olds, at four and a half furlongs over the straight course. W. J. Salmons Primrose raced to second place, while Edward Arlingtons Barney Google was third. The winner, beginning from an inside position, outran her opponents, but j swerved over towards the middle of the track and held on with good courage in the final drive to outlast Primrose. The latter I finished fast and just outlasted Barney j Google, which was a forward factor from the I start. Mrs. J. A. Coburn furnished the winner of | the fifth race in Ever Bold, which had but I little trouble in beating home a band of platers at one mile. The Crow Point Stables Bluffer was second, while F. M. Kelleys Gay Ben finished third. The winner was ridden by E. Legere and after being outrun in the . early stages worked his way up on the I outside and, finishing with a rush, drew I clear into an easy lead. Bluffer was messed about and finished fast on his own courage, while Gay Ben. after being blocked at the stretch turn, finished strongly to be third. SUPERLETTE HOME FIRST. The Rancocas Stable completed a double* I when Superlette was winner of the closing i race, which was named the Rosebud, at four ! j and a half furlongs, over the straight course. , J. S. Cosdens Imagination and W. J. Sal-| mons Chrysallis finished second and third respectively. The winner was ridden by L. Fator, and at no stage of the journey was the result in doubt. Imagination held on j gamely, but could not overhaul the winner. Leaving the back stretch Thurber permitted laurano to run as he quickly raced into a long lead. Brainstorm was still in the iiarht and Bracadale was racing strongly. ! Rialto had improved his position and. as he headed for home, it was apparent that Laurano would be an easy winner, the other positions were in doubt. Legere had taken j Ordinance wide in the stretch but he was . not striding freely and was making up no ground. Right to the end Laurano held h!s lead and Bracadale stood a drive gamely to ; j be second with Rialto a close third, having I passed up Brainstorm when Marinelll rod m rather listlessly right at the end. The others were more or less strung out, with Martingale bringing up the rear. . I The sport opened with a three-quarters dash, which resulted in an easy victory for Honor, from the Rancocas Stable. At the end he was showing the way to George I . Wideners Salacia, and J. S. Cosdens Yankee Prinoeaa was just up to b at the Crow Point Stables Batsman for third. i j | Continued on sixteenth BSJS.J BELMONTS INAUGURAL Continued from first page. It was Batsman that jumped to the front at the rise of the barrier and cut out the early pace, but was never able to draw out from his opponents. McAtee was right after him with Salaeia and 1,. Fator moved after the filly with Honor, taking the outside. Before the stretch was reached it had narrowed i to a two-horse race and on the turn into the stretch Honor came around Salaeia and the race was over, as far as the first two were concerned. Batsman tired badly after his early flight of speed and in the closing strides he fell a victim to the rush of Yankee Princess. Peter King was the only other starter and he cut no figure in the running. The first cross-country race of the meeting fell to Joseph B. Davis Kl Kantara. and it was rather an easy score over Bayard Tuck-erman, Jr.*s le Vignemale, with Colibri, from the Someret Stable, the one to be third. There were two mishaps in the running, when both Boatman and Shining Bachelor lost their riders at the eleventh jump. This race was for the subscription jumpers and was worth ,250 to the winner. The start was a good one and Oheyne lost no time in going to the lead with El Kantara. and he proved good enough to hold command throughout, and there was no time that he was fully extended. The field was fairly well bunched over the first three fences, but after taking the water it was Boatman that moved up after El Kantara, and his ; move was such a determined one that for a moment it seemed that he would go to the Davis jumper. But Cheyne let out a wrap , and held his front position without an effort. Britannic had been racing prominently, but when the back field was reached he b." gan to tire and Be Vignemale moved up, but he was still lengths back of the lead. Bacing to 1 the last fence in the backfield McNair made a real move with Boatman and he closed some ground on El Kantara, but could not quite reach him. Then when he continued to drive his mount made a bad landing at the eleventh fence and he was unseated. That left 19 Kantara practically without : opposition and he was home an easy winner. IjC Vignemale fell heir to second place when 1 Boatman made his mistake, and Colibri readily disposed of Bouppy for third. Shining Bachelor had jumped badly after several fences and finally at the eleventh he unseated Houghton. Fortunately, both of the fallen 1 riders escaped serious injury.
