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LULL AFTER BIG DAY Belmont Park Quiet Tuesday After Labor Day Excitement. El Kantara Wins Steeplechase Swingalong Beats Fluvanna Rough Riding Mars Sport. BELMONT PARK, NEW YORK, N. T., Sept. 2. There was a perceptible lull at Belmont Park today after the exciting events of Labor Day and naturally it looked like a mere handful of, patrons when compared with the monster gathering of the day before. There was not much in the racing to enthuse over, and it was unfortunate that the sport was marked by a deal of rough riding. Claims of foul were made in both the first and third races, but they were not allowed on cither occasion. Then there was another excellent claim possible in the running of the best race of the day when Harry Payne "Whitneys Swingalong bumped the Salubria Stables Fluvanna in the run through the stretch. But no claim was made here and the Whitney gelding was confirmed as the winner. The steeplechase of the day marked the first appearance of El Kantara under the silks of the Greentree Stable and he was a handy winner. This was in the Broadhollow. The best field went to the post in the three-quarters condition race that saw Swing-along the winner. In this Tester, after beginning in front quickly dropped out of all contention and it was Fluvanna that went into command with Swingalong chasing after her. The pair of them quickly drew out almost half a dozen lengths before the company and it was really a two horse race all the way. FLUVAXXA ELIMINATED. It was not until rounding into the stretch that Parke drove Swingalong up to the Salubria Stable filly, and as he came alongside he bore over sharply and after heading the pacemaker continued to bear over. From that incident to the finish it was no contest for Swingalong to come away and- be winner by eight lenghts from Fluvanna. Indian Trail, after being fairly well up all the way was a distant third and the others were four lengths back of him in a fairly close bunch. Another claim of foul came in the running of the third race but as was the case in the two-year-old dash no action was taken by the stewards, the result being that Alchemy was placed first, Dare Say second and Venus third. It was a mile, for fillies and mares, and it was Parke that made the claim of foul against Breuning, who rode Alchemy. As a matter of fact, it was Venus that was the sufferer from the rough riding when both Parke and Breuning came over and shut off Venus on the rail when Maiben attempted to come through. As a matter of fact, Mai- ben was talcing a chance when he chose that course and he made no claim of foul. Alchemy was the one to cut out the running and in the early stages Anticipation and Venus raced along with her while Dare Say was rated along back of the pace. When the stretch was reached Anticipation dropped back beaten and it was there that Maiben made his bid on the rail just as Parke came up on the outside, with Dare Say. An eighth out the three were closely lapped when Dare Say and Alchemy came over and Maiben had to take Venus up sharply to avoid being put on the fence. This cost him a deal of ground and by the time he had swung outside of the other two it was im-possile to catch them again. Just how Parke had grounds for a foul could not readily be understood, for he came ip on the outside of Alchemy and it was his mount that crowded Alchemy over on Venus. AJXOTIIEIt CLAIM OF FOUL. There was a claim of foul that came out of the first race when C. Lang, who rode Maddenstown, which finished second to Gad, charged that Matthews, rider of the winner, Jiad cut him off sharply before the stretch was reached. The stewards did not allow the claim and the order of the finish was not disturbed, the race going to Gad, with Mad-denstown second and George de Mar third. As a matter of fact there was every reason for the claim that was made, though it may have been that Mrytle Belle and not Gad was to blame for the interference. The fact remained that Maddenstown was much the best and it was only the fact of his being crowded and knocked back that prevented his victory. Maddenstown was racing well, next to the inside rail, with Gad and Myrtle Belle showing the way when he met the interference and Lang took back until he had lost . several lengths. After all this he came around on the outside in the stretch and running over the others was wearing the winner down at the end to be beaten three parts of a length. He could not have lost with clear sailing. , El Kantara, the subscription jumper that Joseph E. Davis recently sold to the Green-tree stable, made good in his firts race under Continued on twelfth page. LULL AFTER BIG DAY Continued from first page. the silks of that popular racing establishment when he was winner of the two miles of the Broadhollow Steeplechase, worth ,105 to the winner. There was not much to the race for El Kantara was so much the Lest that going into command at the drop of the flag he was never headed. Vox Populi If., was under restraint back of El Kantara and AY. G. Wilsons Lieutenant Seas was right with him, while Damask, the stablemate to El Kantara, had no speed and quickly dropped out of all contention. Barrett Haynes kept a good hold of El Kantara as he showed the way and was jumping cleanly, while Vox Populi II. was not showing his usual skill at the fences. Lieutenant Seas was under double wraps and holding his place without any trouble. Then at the water Simons permitted him to run and he opened up a lead on Vox Populi II., and was closing on El Kantara when the lower end of the field was reached. There Cheyne stole up on the inside with Vox Populi II. and he was again with the Wilson jumper. In the backfield Simons made a second bid with Lieutenant Seas and he was going well until he stumbled badly at two of the fences. This put him out of the running and made the place secure for Vox Populi II., though he .could not wear down El Kantara. At the end the imported gelding was tired, but he had ample left to be winner by a good margin and Vox Populi II. was an easier second over Lieutenant Seas. As for Damask he Avas far out of it all the way and when he was thoroughly beaten he was eased up by Bethel. The mile and a sixteenth of the fifth race for cheap ones brought about a good contest in which Irene Sweeney was winner from Sword and Gay Ben, after following all the pace, saved third. The race was between the placed horses all the way and it was not until the stretch was reached that Irene Sweeney drew out slightly to win going away. G. D. Wideners Killashandra was winner of the final race of the afternoon, defeating Mrs. V. Vivaudous Pleasant Memories while J. E. Maddens Martha Martin was third. The winner was ridden by jockey J. Maiben and came from behind the pace to snatch an unexpected victory when McCleary, astride Pleasant Memories, went to the whip and almost fell off his mount in the attempt. Everett Haynes, who watched his big brother, Barrett Haynes, ride El Kantara to victory in the Broadhollow Steeplechase, said after the running that he had won a flat race with El Kantara in France. Jockey B. Marinelli resumed riding this afternoon, the suspension he incurred at Saratoga was terminated yesterday. It is alleged that Marinelli was responsible for tho crowding which caused the serious injury to jockey Earl Sande.
