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RIDING SKILL BIG FACTOR ♦ Robertsons Ability Counts Heavily in Sagamore Victory. » • Coin Collector Scores In Harlem Claiming Stakes and Earns ,076 for Ownen —Lace Best in Second Race. ♦ NEW YORK, N. T., May 29.— Coin Collector, from the Sagamore Stable, the best ridden horse in the Harlem Claiming Stakes at Belmont Park today, was rather a handy winner. This was a race over one mile with a value of ,075 to the winner, and in a desire to have weight off some of the trainers foolishly rode inexperienced riders. They obtained the weight off, but seriously handicapped the chances of their horses and the weight allowance was all that was obtained. This was especially true of the pair that bore the silks of the Rosedale Stable, Juggler and Sanford. Under the weights these two seemed to have a great winning chance, but with D. Lyons and Leishman as the riders, the chance was certainly not enhanced. Robertson stole away with Coir Collector and opening up a safe lead rated his mount along cleverly all the way, with the result chat at the end he was still two lengths clear. Sun Forward, after being badly messed about in the going, raced to second place and a half a length back of him Samuel Ross Verdi, with ODonnell up. This fellow had raced close to the leaders all the way, but tired in tne final furlong. Both Sanford and Juggler, under early restraint, were messed about all the way and in the stretch both quit so badly aj* to finish in the rear of the procession. William Zigeler, Jr.s Gone Away furnished a mild surprise in the opening dash, at four and a half furlongs, for plater juveniles, when he led home as good a gelding as Salyers. H. P. Whitneys Gotoit was a fast-finishing third. Until inside the final eighth Salyers was showing the way and going along under a slight restraint but in that last eighth Gone Away challenged on the outside and despite all of the McAtee skill on Salyers he was on to win going away by a length. Gotoit was gaining on the inside with a good degree of courage and she was a close third, beating Sun Palatine for that part of the purse. Sun Palatine had raced for-wardly throughout and only tired in the final sixteenth. Old Bill Kelsay brought Gifford A. Cochrans three-year-old home the winner over the Greentree Stables Valorous in the third race, at one mile. This only attracted three starters, the other being Sankari, from the R. C. Stable. In this race Valorous and Healy raced lapped practically the way and in the early racing both were under stiff restraint, while Sankari was well back of the pair. Neither Ellis, on Valorous, or Kelsay, on Healy, would make a move to draw away, and the waiting tactics enabled Sankari to come with a rush after the turn for home. The other two shook up their mounts, and then Ellis went to a drive when he found that Valorous could not shake off Healy. Kelsay sat still and in a powerful hand ride he had the three-year-old home winner by a head, while Sankari finished three lengths back of Valorous.
