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EASY TRIUMPH FOR POLYDOR . » Ziegler Colt Outruns Crack Band in Swift Stakes. 4 Son of Golden Brown Displays Fine Speed and Courage in Belmont Parks Main Attraction. • XEW YORK, N. Y., June 1.— William J. Zieglers Polydor gave further evidence of his quality as a sprinter at Belmont Park today when he was rather an easy winner of the Swift Stakes, for three-year-olds, over the seven-eighths distance. Racing into an early lead, he was never seriously threatened to score from the Rancocas Stables Mowlee, with Gifford A. Cochrans Propus third. Today was a perfect day for the sport and the attendance was exceedingly large for what is generally considered an off day. The track was fast, though a high wind mitigated against fast time, but the sport was excellent. Earlier in the year, when Polydor was making a reputation as a sprinter, some of his races were taken seriously because of the fact that he was accused of beating the barrier. He is a particularly alert horse at the start and there was reason for that charge, but he is also a horse of extreme speed and when he carried that speed for the seven-eighths he proved himself a horse with some degree of courage as well as speed. Propus beat him away in this race, but Polydor was soon in command and when he was clear of the others Garner took hold of him and let him gallop along in his own fashion. That was good enough to carry him into a lead of four lengths. Propus was chasing after him, while Fator waited back of the Cochran colt with Mowlee. SWERVE PROVES COSTLY. It was not until near the stretch turn that Fator made a serious move with Mowlee. That took him into second place and he was gaining ground on Polydor when Fator went to the whip. As he did so the son of Lucil-lite swerved in sharply and his every chance to catch the leader was gone. He held the place safe three lengths before Propus, but he was two lengths behind the Ziegler colt. It was not the swerve that beat Mowlee. He was well beaten and would have been beaten had he run straight under the punishment. The race run by Sun Edwin exploded his chances for the Belmont. He had no excuses in this running and there was no stage of the journey when he showed enough to warrant the belief that he belongs in the top division. The Swift Stakes had a value of ,450 to the winner. G. D. Wideners Scone took the opening four and a half furlongs dash for maiden two-year-olds when she led home J. E. Mad-dens Mae Quince, with J. S. Harkness* Abington a close third. Shrew and Mae Quince were the ones to cut out most of the running but, in the last eighth, Scone found her way through to be going away at the end when she was winner by a length. It was a close battle between Mae Quince and Abington for the place, the Madden filly just lasting to save that part of the purse. The three placed horses were four lengths before the Canyon Stables Speedy Shaw, which did not have the best of luck through the running and never reached a really contending position. IVI BEAU QUALIFIES. Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sun Beau moved up toward the Belmont Stakes, for which he is being prepared, when he was winner of the second race, a condition affair in which he gave weight to every starter except War Flier. The performance was impressive when he forced the pace under restraint and outfin-islied Sepoy, with Danthonia third. The race also suggested that Sun Beau is just about up to the mile and a half of the Belmont Stakes for which he is being fitted. The third race was a mile under claiming conditions and Royal Stranger, racing for J. P. Smith, was an easy winner over Fair-man, from the Saraspa Stable, with Clarence Buxtons Paragraph finishing third. Like Sun Beau, Royal Stranger took a good early lead and there was no stage of the running that he was seriously threatened. Paragraph, close up in the early racing, moved into second place at the head of the stretch, but was overtaken at the end by Fairman. The second division of the Moonbeam Purse, for two-year-olds, at four and a half furlongs, resulted in victory for P. F. Faul-coners Susan Rinehart. She was followed by Clatter and Recognition. The winner was ridden by E. Walters and just nosed out Clatter in the final strides. She showed good speed from the start and raced true along the outside, while Susan Rinehart was next to the inner rail. Recognition had no excuses and was a forward factor throughout. The final race was a seven-eighths mile claiming race for fillies and mares and wa3 won by Parting Ways, from the Saraspa Stable. She was winner from Ben Blocks Morbelle. while Mrs. W. M. Jeffords Light Air saved third. Air Chief was claimed by M. J. Meyer for ,500 in the fourth race. C. V. R. Cushman took Redcliffe from the same race for the same figure. *
