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MAD HATTIE STAKE. WINNER • Sage Stables Youngster Surprises in Bouquet Claiming Stakes. ♦ G. H. Bostwick Gives Brilliant Exhibition of IIors«in:it:-.liip on Thomas Hitchcocks Darkness in Steeplechase. ♦ — NEW YORK. N. T.. May 23.— For a feature offering at Belmont Park today, there was the Bouquet Claiming Stakes for juveniles, with a net value of ,100 to the winner. Tt resulted in something of a surprise when Mad Hattie. from H. W. Sages Sage Stable, scored over the Jadell Stables Salyers, with T. IE. Casaidya Asthorelian finishing third. With continued good weather, there was a big crowd on hand and the track was fast. The sport offered was excellent. Nine went to the post in the Bouquet Slakes, a four and a half furlong race, over the Widener course, and no time was lost at the barrier. The field left in good alignment, but shortly after the start there came a deal of crowding and bumping with Gone Away, which finished fourth, one of the chief sufferers. Lamp Black, the Gifford Cochran colt, was first to show the way, but Salyers was right after him and in the last eighth the son of Baigneur drew away and looked all over a winner. Mad Hattie. however, was finishing with a great rush next to the inner rail and. charging through, was home the winner by a length and a half. Salyers had beaten Asthorelian a like distance and the abused Cone Away was a close fourth. G. H. "Pete" Bostwick, as clever a gentleman rider as has been seen through the field in many a season, brought Thomas Hitchcocks Darkness home rather an easy winner of the Westbury Steeplechase Handicap. Marshall Fields Nomad raced to second place and E. R. Bradleys Beelzebub, top weight, was third. Back of him finished Harold Fowlers Soulector. ridden by A. C. Bostwick, elder brother of "Pete" and he was the only other to finish. Hillock, the Greentree Stable starter, having been pulled up when hopelessly out of the running. No time was lost at the post and Hillock and Nomad were the ones to go into command, with Beelzebub rating along back of them, while Darkness was galloping along in last place. Hillock did not last long in command and, coming to the water jump, young Mr. Bostwick moved up on the inside, while Beelzebub moved outside of the early leaders. At the Liverpool jump, which followed the water, Soulector hit the fence and at once dropped back badly, while Darkness had slipped through and at the lower end of the field was safely in the lead and galloping strongly. Cheyne had sent Nomad after her and Beelzebub was in third place, the other two having dropped completely out of contention. TOO MUCH WEIGHT. In the back field run Cheyne tried to wrest the lead from Mr. Bostwick, but it was of r:o avail and the black filly gradually drew out from him. Beelzebub was soon doing his best back of the first two, but it was evident he could not give away the weight. The Bradley colt finished gamely in the run home, gained some ground, but Darkness was first past the finish by four lengths, while Nomad had beaten the Bradley colt a like distance. W. C. Clancys old gelding Ceylon Prince took the opening race, over one mile and a sixteenth, for rather cheap platers. G. C. Winfreys Flying Sweep was second, with H. P. Morans Golflcx saving third from C. R. Fleischmanns Euphrates. The start was a good one and Mint Grass was more alert than anything else in the field. Racing into command at the rise of the barrier, he showed a good flight of speed and Golflex went after him, with Ceylon Prince and Blabber not far back. Brice had Ceylon Prince in a good position and was saving ground on the inside and it was evident he could move up at the first asking. Turf King was next to make a move and he raced up to Golflex and Mint Grass, with the latter still showing the way. Then Golflex dropped back slightly and Brice was still content to wait with Ceylon Prince well within striking distance. In this fashion they swung out of the back stretch and there both Euphrates and Flying Sweep began to move up, while Blabber made a rush on the outside that for an instant threatened. Not until well into the stretch did Brice call on Ceylon Prince and the old fellow promptly went to the leaders, then on past to be home the winner by two lengths. Flying Sweep had more left than the others and he was a like distance before the tiring Golflex. which just lasted to nose out Euphrates for third. SPECTACULAR FINISH. It was a good band that went to the post for the Ballot Handicap and it resulted in a great finish, when Mrs. K. E. Hitts Hot Toddy just beat home Joseph E. Wideners Marino after a long drive. Third was the portion of Valorous, from the Greentree Stable, and Sepoy was fourth. The early pace in this was exceedingly fast, and Sublevado forced it in the interest of his stablemate. Hot Toddy. Marine went after him. with Chatford third, while both Valorous and Sepoy dropped out of it whiie the pace was hottest, Hot Toddy leading the pair of them. Sublevado was through at the head of the Btreteh, but he had cost Marine something and as he completed his pacemaking Hot Toddy took up the running. In the mean-lime Ellis had roused Valorous and he was coming along on the inner rail, though there was little running room in that position. In the final sixteenth Marine was coming again in gallant fashion and making up ground on Hot Toddy with every stride, but the son of Ed Crump had stuck it out to be winner by a head. The pair of them were four lengths before Valorous, while Sepoy closed an immense gap to be closely lapped on the big son of Pennant. Laverne Fator brought Harry F. Sinclairs Grattan home winner of the four and a half furlongs race and much of the credit for the score belongs to him. George D. Wideners War Saint looked all over a winner inside the last sixteenth, but Fator fairly carried the son of Lucullite along at the end to have him the winner by a neck. Two lengths further back II. P. Whitneys Swatter beat his etablemate, Dress Ship, for third place. Caruso was a disappointment in this race. He dropped out of contention early and was badly outrun. - Galloway, the Samuel Ross starter, went into the air as the barrier rose and was left at the post. The final offering was a race under claiming conditions, and B. Guths Belmona was winner from M. A. Callahans Margaret Cal, with Mrs. Mary faults Searington saving third. Margaret Cal was the one to set the pace and she was showing the way inside the last eighth, where Belmona gradually wore her down to win going away. Whitehall, after following the early leaders, tired badly in the stretch, while Searington raced forwardly all the way and hung oa well at the end.
