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EXTRAORDINARY RACE Two Noses and a Head Separate Four Horses in Suburban. ♦ Bateau Wins by a Nose, Petee- Wrack Second by a Nose, Toro Third by a Head. + — NEW YORK, N. Y., June 1.— With four I thoroughbreds fighting it out furiously in one ! of the greatest finishes ever seen on any ] race course, Walter M. Jeffords* Bateau dropped her nose down in front of J. R. Macombers Petee-Wrack, Edward B. Mc- ! Leans Toro, and Richard T. Wilsons Sun- I fire to win the old Suburban Handicap, over i one mile and a quarter. Then after the finish there came a claim of foul, lodged against Ambrose, who rode Bateau, and there was some delay before the stewards confirmed the order of the finish. The running had a net value of 4,100 to the winner and Bateau finished the distance in 2:03%, making it an excellent performance. The Suburban renewal was the big event of a holiday card offered by the Westchester Racing Association at Belmont Park today and it attracted a crowd that approached that of Decoration Day. The claim of foul that was lodged by ODonnell, who rode Petee-Wrack, was that Ambrose had pushed him out of the way to come through on the inside with Bateau. The Ambrose defense was that he had pushed Petee-Wrack away to avoid being put over the inner rail. In any event, the claim was not allowed. The third race on the card saw Sam Riddles Battleship Gray the winner over Joseph E. Wideners Curate, with Samuel Ross Too High finishing a distant third. LONG POST DELAY. There was a long delay at the post, for which Battleship Gray was chiefly to blame. When the start came the son of Man o War left on his toes and he dominated the running throughout. Little time was lost at the post in the Suburban Handicap and with the exception of Chicatie, which left slowly, the others left in excellent alignment and Petee-Wrack was the one to show the way. with Soul of Honor and Sunfire following him closely, while Bateau was also in the front division. Chance Continued on twenty-first page. EXTRAORDINARY RACE! Continued from first page. Shot began well and was not far back, while , Toro was slower to find his racing legs ar l ■ he was well back. j It was going to the turn out of the back I stretch that it became apparent that Chance Shot, the topweight, would not do. There Willie Garner shook him up in an effort o improve his position, but the big son of Fair Play did not respond and from that stage of the running he began to drop back well beaten. Petee-Wrack was still forcing the pace under a slight restraint and Sunfire was close after him on the outside. Soul of Honor ran closely lapped on the Wilson colt, but it WM evident he was doing his best. Ambrose still had Bateau close after the leaders and the daughter of Man o War was racing kindly Old Display was holding his position, whiie Toro was beginning to make up ground on the outside in threatening fashion. There was a general closing up as thf field turned for home and Petee-Wrack was holding resolutely to his lead, but it was a scant one. Sunfire was right with him, wh Ic Ambrose had Bateau on the inner rail a- the filly had her nose at the saddle skin? of the Macomber colt. Soul of Honor was re- ginning to tire, while Toro was swooping along outside of him in gallant fashion. TORO MOVES UP. Well inside the final sixteenth Soul of Honor was through, but Toro had moved up until he was in the fight to the finish. Bateau was holding her place on the inside, but in remarkably close quarters, with Petee-WrneU almost on top of her. Then it was that tr, alleged foul was committed when Ambrose, to protect himself and his mount, push* 3 the colt over to find room. Right to the en 1 the four battled along and in the last stride Bateau had squeezed through to earn the verdict by a nose, while Petee-Wrack was no further before the fast finishing Toro, and Sunfire a head further back. Then right on the heels of Sunfire came Sortie, which had been forced to race wide all the way. It was a magnificent renewal of a great race and the first victory for a filly since the victory of Beldame in 1905. Boojum, a bay son of John P. Grier and Elf, which galloped off with the opening five-eighths dash over the Widener Course, may finish out the racing season a crack juvenile. His initial appearance was surely impressive when he simply romped before his company, with his ears pricking, to be winner in :59 1-2 and against the wind. James Butlers Questionnaire, a home-bred son of Naff and Miss Puzzle, raced to second place, beating Joseph B. Wideners Raeburn for that end of the purse. Thomas Hitchcocks Bangle gave further evidence of his high quality when A. C. Bostwick brought him home rather an easv winner of the Corinthian Steeplechase Handicap. Edward R Bradleys Beelzebub raced to second place, with Bayard Warrens Canterbury a distant third. The prize had a net value of ,450 to the winner. There was an unfortunate occurrence in this race when the whole field left to a false start and it was not until going to the thitd jump that the first of them were pulled up. These were Malvoisine and Canterbury. Bangle, Brice and Sarostat each took the third jump, while Eider and Beelzebub, racing in front and close together, were not pulled up until after taking the water jump. When the start came it was Malvoisine that went out to set the pace and Beelzebub went along with her, while Canterbury was not far back. Beelzebub hung to Malvoisine until he had her beaten, but by that time Bostwick had begun his run with Bangle and the Hitchcock ace was soon alongside and on past to open up a safe lead. Beelzebub hung on gamely to save second place with no trouble from Canterbury, who, after recovering from his mistake at the water, closed a big gap and finished gamely. Saorstat was fourth. The second juvenile race of the day completed a double victory for the H. P. Whitney silks when Robertson brought Chimney Sweep home the winner. In this Golden Plume, racing for William Ziegler, Jr., took second place and Moonstruck, another Whitney starter, was third. An idea of the excellence of the Boojum performance in the opening race was had when Chimney Sweep was driven out to win in 1 :01, for his five-eighth, while Boojum simply cantered home in £and%. The only cheap field of a great day of racing came in the race at the end of the program when fourteen cheap ones started. This saw Klingstone, from the Oak Ridge Stable, winner over W. C. Clancys Ceylon Prince with W. M. Moores Washakie saving third. h | I I | ; -" i I | I I ! ■ J j I ; i ! ■ ; ; I ■ 1 1 f j
