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STING AGAIN SCORES • Metropolitan Handicap Winner Continues Winning Way. * Ingrid First in Bouquet Stakes — Vox Populi n. Shows Way Home in Steeplechase. — — ♦ NEW YORK. N. Y.. May 27.— James Butlers Metropolitan Handicap winner. S*ing, found the mile and an eighth of the Salvator Handicap easy for him, when he was only opposed by Resolution and his former stable-mate, Sleepy Head. It was nothing more than a useful workout for the son of Spur and Gnat and he finished out the distance in 1 :51 to win as his rider pleased, while Resolution made a show of Sleepy Head for second place. Sting was particularly alert at the barrier and when he beat the other two away, Ilruening sent him into a lead of three lengths and then took hold of his head and permitted him to rate along. The colt has a peculiarly smooth action and under restraint he just cantered along before the other two. After leaving the back stretch Resolution shook off Sleepy Head and Callahan rode him in a vain effort to catch the Butler colt. He continued under a hard drive into the stretch, but it was all to no avail and at the end Sting was still under restraint. The race was another to prove that Mr. Butler has a particularly good colt and one well calculated to race as far as any other horse. Woods Garths Ingrid was winner of the stake offering at Belmont Paik today when in a driving finish she beat home Edward Arlingtons Janetta in the five-eighths of the Bouquet, a stake framed under claiming con- 1 ditions, that was worth ,075 to the winner. i Walter J. Salmons Wormwold was the one to be third. After unseasonable cold weather prevalent for several days past, there was a grateful rise in the temperature that added really to the enjoyment of the day. The sport furnished was excellent, though the Salvator, a | handicap of a mile and an eighth, onl/ brought three starters. There was some delay at the post in the Bouquet for which Shiraz was chiefly to blame. This filly bolted when she reached ; the post and it was some time before she j could be brought to the barrier. The start was a good one with Janetta showing the way to the others. Ingrid was away promptly, but she attempted to swerve and Shanks had some trouble keeping her straight. First Hour, the Gifford Cochran starter, swerved badly crossing back of Janetta and she lost some ground by the move while Wormwold was rather sluggish in being under way. Janetta and Ingrid were leading the others when the stand was reached, but the Garth filly was going so strongly that she seemed an easy winner. Then in the closing strides Janetta came again and it was a hard battle for Ingrid to be the winner by a head. Janetta was a length before Wormwold and the Salmon colt was under a hard drive in his effort to be up. ram LAG HOME FIRST. Finn Lag, racing under the W. J. Both j silks, proved best of the big field of sprinters ; that went to the post in the opening six and a half furlongs dash, when he led home Hidalgo and Caligula. From a good start j Lord Baltimore II. was first to go out in the ! lead, but he did not last long there when he was displaei d by Donnelly and th. others followed in fairly close order. Finn Lag was mvT far away and before the stretch was reached he had ranged alongside of Donnelly. In the stnth it was no trick for him to .Iraw cltar and have something in reserve. W. Harvey worked his way up on the inside wih Hiilalgo, but at the end he was doing his level best to beat the fast-finishing Contintu-d on ninth fatt*i 1 I j j STING AGAIN~SCORES Continued from first nnge Calicula. Donnelly quit liadrj, while Hay-ward, one of the runners, had absolutely no chance under the ridiiiR of Robbins. He was being taken up all the way and the race was no index to his present form. II. V. Maxwells Vox Iopuli IT. always at home through the field was winner of the short course steeplechase by a wide margin from John W. Converses Silver Threads with Conniebert from the Greentree Stable taking third from Henry Dattner. On the way to the post. Silver Threads ran away with Burg* ss and was stopped when "Ked" Murray caught him with the lead pony. When the runaway was brought to the post, no time was lost and the start was a good one with Isis racing to the lead. At the first fence Uosen. who had the mount lost a stirrup and at the second fence he was unseated. With this mare out of the way it was Conniebert that took command, but Amsu-llo, Henry Pattner and Vox Populi II. were all close at hand. Then at the water Broad Run came down with C. Smoot, though at the time he was showing little. By this time Cheyne had moved up with Vox P puli II. until at Ike lower end of the field he was racing a close second to Conniebert and jumping boldly. When the back field was reached Vox Iopuli II. shook off Conniebert and raced into a good lead and the race was as good as over. Conniebert was tiring in second place and Henry Dattner was doing his best when Silver Threads moved up with a determined rush. Cheyne kept Vox Iopuli II. right at his task and he was still enjoying a long lead two jumps from horn Conniebert had been put away from Silver Threads, which was still closing and Cheyne took no chances with his mount. At the last jump Vox Iopuli II. was plainly a tired horse, but he was over safely and came on the winner by five lengths. Silver Threads was six lengths! fore Conniebert and the Greentree Stable mare beat Henry D.attner four lengths for third while the others were strung out. Peccant and Jim Coffroth were a pair in the company th it were badly outrun all the way. There was a poor field Mint to the post for the mile of the Mineola. which was th. fifth race and the I-og Cabin Stables Blind Play proved an easy winner over K. Plaths Panby. while Gifford A. Cochrans Dangerous, was just up in the last stride to taku third from the Greentree Stables Eaglet No time was lost at the barrier and Callahan rushed Batkim into a good early lead The others were well bunched back of him and Clarence Kumnn r had Blind Play on the outside of the company. Going to the turn, out of the back str.tch. Blind Play-had moved into second place. A few mor-strides and he was bImmM* I.itlersea and then on by to go into tin- e inniand. Once in the lead there was no d tubt of the result. John I:. Maddens Man he Militaire, ridib a by jockey EL Begero, proved an easy winie I of the final race of the afternoon, at four and a half furlongs, through the straight. He was in hand at tin- end and leading V J. Salmons Briarbroom, while B A. Prices Bronx was third. The winner "squatted at the start, but quickly recovered and drew away with ease.
