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STARTLING FORM REVERSAL Arcturus Shows Great Improve- 1 ment to Defeat Kentucky II. ♦ Meadowbrook Steeplechase Handicap Falls to i Canterbury — Sarazen II. Accounts for Beechwood Parse. » NEW YORK, N. Y., June 6.— The Meadow-brook Steeplechase Handicap and the Salva- i tor Handicap, over one mile and an eighh. s were the feature offerings of the Westchester Racing Association at Belmont Park today, i in a day of excellent entertainment. Bayard t Warrens Canterbury, under a good ride by 1 the talented amateur G. H. "Pete" Bostwick, was winner of the steeplechase feature and • the Salvator Handicap brought out only three i starters. The Salvator Handicap resulted in a close finish and likewise a form reversal when ; George D. Wideners Arcturus beat home A. j C. Schwartz Kentucky II., which was making his first start in a year, while L. H. Howes • Sepoy was a close third. t In the Salvator Handicap, Kentucky II. was the one to set the pace. He drew away • from the other two at the rise of the barrier | and Walls had him under restraint as he sped along in front. Arcturus had left the post slowly, but E. Watters soon rushed him op on the inside and he was in second place, while Sepoy dropped back a bit in the first quarter. Kentucky II. was still showing the way as he turned into the stretch, but Arcturus was right after him and gaining in resolute fashion. An eighth from the finish Walls went to , to a drive, but it was of no use and Arcturus, never faltering, was home winner by a head. Sepoy also came with a belated rush and was just a length further back. This same Arcturus, on May 31, was guilty of a miserable performance under F. Moon, the stable jockey. That was over one mile and a sixteenth in a race that fell to Mi Vida, with Live Oak second. Le Bey third. Sunny Saint fourth and Arcturus last. In that race Arcturus carried 115 pounds against the 105 that he took up in this race, but the difference in form could not be accounted for by the difference in weight. One excuse that was offered is that Arcturus is a rail runner, but in his defeat of Kentucky II. he was nowhere near the rail. CHANCE SHOT LAME. Chance Shot had been named for this race, but Wednesday morning when being sent along for a fast half mile he came back lame. Overnight his leg filled rather badly and he had to be withdrawn. As a matter of fact it may be that he is through with racing. He will, at least, be away from the races for some time. Bayard Warrens Canterbury, under a good I ride by G. H. "Pete" Bostwick, took the . . Meadowbrook Steeplechase Handicap, over the two and a half miles course. The race , had a value of ,275 to the winner, and it I was Warfain, from the Lattingtown Stable, that raced to second place, with the Dor-wood , Stables Rubigny beating Le Digard for third. Thomas Hitchcocks Bangle, the top weight, was withdrawn, and the others that were j Withdrawn were Saorstat, Nomad and Huffy. , This really left it a race among the lightly weighted ones, but it resulted in a good I contest. From the drop of the flag Mr. Bostwick took command with Canterbury and, cleverly . rating his mount for the long gallop, never surrendered the lead. He saved ground all I the way and there never was a time that r he was seriously threatened. Cheyn, on Warfain, made several challenges, but they were all of no avail, though at the end the son of War Cloud outstayed j the others to save second place. Rubigny r . was rated through the early running by George Duller, and he made his first move in the back field, the second turn of the course. * There he moved up smoothly and, at the same time. Pierce challenged with Skedaddle, but Mr. Bostwick had saved plenty for just such a challenge, and he had only to shake " ■p Canterbury to show the way. In the front field Warfain came again and made a gallant bid, but Canterbury stuck to 3 his task to be home the winner by two t lengths. Rubigny was four lengths back of Warfain. and Le Digard beat Skedaddle in the run home. ACCIDENT IX OPENER. There was an accident in the running of the j Opening mile and a quarter for platers when the consistent plater Jack Biener crashed into the fence and fell with Ratti. Fortunately the rider escaped with some minor bruises, While the gelding had rather a badly cut fetlock as a result of the mishap. This went to C. R. Fleischmanns useful imported campaigner Euphrates when he easily led home the Alton Stables Negopol. The Fair Stables Croyden was just a nose further back and a length before Robert A. Fairbairns Longworth. Dangerous, breaking well, was the one to out out the running. Fator had the old fellow nnder a steady restraint as he went along in front and Croyden was under wraps back of him with Euphrates racing along in third position and much closer to the pace than has been his usual habit. Jack Biener had met with his accident soon after the start and had no opportunity to show his speed. The Others trailed along in fairly close order. There was little chance in this running Until well into the stretch. Dangerous had swung for home apparently going so easily that he seemed to have plenty in reserve. Then, a furlong out, as both Croyden and Euphrates closed on him, Fator went to the whip, but it was of no avail, and the old fellow soon dropped back badly. Fleischmann had gone a bit wide with Euphrates, but the French gelding was good ©rough to come on and be home the winner by two lengths. Negopoli, in the meantime, had been steadily making up ground and It was just in the last nod that he dropped his nose down in front of Croyden, and Xjongworth, a length further back, also headed out Dangerous. Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilts Sarazen II. Won another race and showed a great flash of speed when he finished five-eighths over the Widener course in :58%, but he gave up his best to beat Annan, a son of Sweep and Lassair. which races for George Sloane. It Was really a two horse race, for Mrs. David Gideons Daly, which finished third, was a full seven lengths back of the first two. Earl Sande shipped his stable to Chicago yesterday. They will be raced at Arlington Park.
