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Disqualification Disqualification in in the the Kentucky Kentucky Oaks; Oaks; Suburban Suburban Handicap Handicap . . Goes Goes to to Mad Mad Hatter Hatter a a * * TOO MUCH RANCOCAS * Mad Hatter Assisted By Mad Play and Jockey Sande. ♦ ■ Team Work Aids in Victory for Veteran in Noted Race Before Immense Crowd. NEW YORK, N. V., May 31.— Mad Hatter and Mad Play performed a tremendously successful brother act in the running of the Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park today, when the younger son of Fair Play and Mad Cap raced out to take care of the Greentree Stables Rialto, and then his older brother came along with a mighty rush to take down the ,150 prize. After having accomplished his part of the act Mad Play was beaten for all part of the stake, when in the final charge Sandy McNaughtons Little Celt took second place from the Belair Studs Aga Khan. Rialto was fifth, Chacolet, the mare from Ken-j tacky, sixth, and Prince James last of the company. It was a tremendous crowd that was attracted to the course for the running of the Suburban and the Charles Appleton Memorial Steeplechase, that was decided earlier in the afternoon. The weather was delightful, but a high wind blew down the long stretch which made fast time impossible. The steeplechase brought victory to the Canadian-owned French jumper Not Much, and when old Mad Hatter, now in his eighth year, was home first it marked a double for the Ran-coeas silks, for Nedana had won the opening dash. Sande had th" leg up on Mad Hatter and he rode him with the usual Sande skill, carefully avoiding the early pace and making; his run where it would do the most good. RIALTO PACEMAKER. From a good start Rialto early went into the lead and Laverne Fator sent Mad Play after him. The Rancocas three-year-olds was rating along strongly a couple of lengths back of the Greentree Stable hope, and Aga, Khan was showing in front of Little Celt. Mad Hatter closely followed the McNaughtort starter and Chacolet and Prince James were rather distant followers. There was little change in these positions in the run through the back stretch except that Mad Play drew up slightly on Rialto. Aga Khan held to his position, while Little Celt moved along strongly next to the inside rail. Sande was gradually working his way up on the outside with Mad Hatttr, but ho did not loom up as particularly dangerous until the stretch turn was reached. There he circled around and, running kindly, was showing in front at the final eighth post. Sande kept him going smoothly and ho was a length to the good at the end. Little Celt finished with rare courage under a drive and beat Aga Khan by a neck, and the Woodward three-year-old was just three parts of a length before Mad Play. The victory of Mad Hatter was a tremendously popular one and both horse and rider were riotously cheered when they came bach to the scales. STEEPLECHASE TO NOT MUCH. The Charles L. Appleton Steeplechase over the short course and worth ,200 to the winner, produced probably the best cross country race ever seen through the Belmont Park field when the Queen City Stables imported fencer. Not Much, ably ridden by "Specs" Crawford, was winner from J. B. Smiths Autumn Bells, while the Greentree Stables Damask was just up to nose out J. S. Cos-! dens Dan IV., the top weight, for the short end of the stake. There were an even dozen went to the post and all finished. The race run by Autumn Bells was a slashing good one, for he cut out all of the run-I ning and proved himself to be a good game ■ sort when he stuck it out to save second I place. Mark Twain attempted to go with the j Smith jumper in the early stages, but he , found it too much of a task and four fences just about cooked his chances and he drop-1 ped tack badly. rawford took excellent 1 care of Xot Much in the early racing and al-I ways had him well within striking distance without asking him to race after the leaders. Xophime took a turn at chasing Autumn Bells when Mark Twain was through, but she jumped badly at the fence at the lower end of the field and lost some ground that she -r.s not afterwards able to recover. Then li ll I back field Norman Kennedy made his Continued on sixteenth imge.j j ; i | i ■ ] : | | • 1 i i ! i TOO MUCH RANCOCAS I Continued from first pnge. first call on Dan IV. He had been rating along far back from the pace in the early stakes and when called on he moved up in resolute fashion until it appeared for an instant that he might catch the leaders. But Autumn Bells was not through and Crawford still had plenty left with Not Much. The French horse went to Autumn Bells at the top of the field and after a short battle he came away and the result was not afterwards in doubt Dan IV. had worked his way Into third place, but the effort took so much out of him that Damask, under a vigorous ride by Havnes, was up in the closing strides to take third. Eleven fillies went to the post in the three-quarters dash for three-year-olds, that was the third offering, and W. R. Coes Lady Belle was rather a handy winner over Harry Payne Whitneys Margin, while H. W. Maxwells Blue Moon was the one to save third. Negrina was the one to cut out the early pace and Blue Moon was chasing after her, with Lady Belle and Margin net far away. Before the stretch was reached the leaders had begun to weaken and after making the turn for home Lady Belle had little trouble in stepping to the front, where she held her advantage to win by four lengths, while Margin, finishing well, was a like distance before Blue Moon. Honest old Top Sergeant, racing for the first time under the silks of G. C. Winfrey, was winner of the mile that was the fifth offering, with David Harum racing to second place, while Mrs. A. Swenkes Washington was third. Washington and Belcross cut out all the running and at the head of the stretch Top Sergeant came with a rush on the outside to take the purse, while David Harum also closed a considerable g3p. The Oneck Stable supplied the winner cf the closing race in Zero Hour in a drive from W. Daniels Fearnaught, while G. W. Lofts Haf was third. The winner came from behind the pace cut out by Haf and was tiring at the end. Fearnaught finished the fastest of all. The opening offering was a five-eighths dash on the straight for two-year-olds, and the Rancocas Stables Nedana proved best when she steered a straight course down the center of the track and at the end was three parts of a length to the good over J. S. Cos-dens Cloudland, while Alex Woodliffe, racing along the outside rail, was a close third. Right at the start Goldbeater swerved over on Barney Google and the pair of them were virtually eliminated. Nedana was always in the first flight and she hung on well at the end. *
