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FINISH IN FEATURE THRILLS » _ Brown Wizard and Comstockery Provide Stirring Stretch Duel. $ Sanford Representative Triumphs by a Xose Under Brilliant Ride by Lareme Fator — Boojnm Wins. NEW YORK. N. Y., June 7.— There was plenty of interest in the racing of the Westchester Racing Association at Belmont Park today, but anticipation of the big Befmont Stakes, to be run today and discussion of its po-sibilities, vied with the sport it»eif in Interest. The race holding the feature position on the seven-race program was the Richmond Handicap and it resulted in a thrilling finish when E. F. Sanfords Brown Wizard, under a good ride by Laverne Fator, just lasted to nose out the Greentree Stables Comstockery, with Altitude, from the Audley Farm Stable, a distant third, and Joseph E. Wideners Indigo, the only other starter, last. There was some delay at the post, for which Comstockery wa3 chiefly to blame. When the barrier was released Comstockery began rather slowly, while Brown Wizard began fast and, after Fator crossed to the rail with him, he took hold of his mount, but sent him along at a fast pace. Altitude was racing in second place, and Indigo was well before Comstockery. Going to the turn out of the back stretch, Ellis roused Comstockery and he quickly raced through to be in second place when the stretch was reached, but Browa. Wizard was still clear as he turned into the stretch. An eighth out Comstockery had drawn up on him and there Fator began to ride in earnest. All the way home Comstockery continued to gain, but Brown Wizard just lasted to save the day. It appeared that had Ellis gone to the inside rather tnan the outside of thi winner for his final challenge the finish might have been reversed. Altitude was three lengths back of the first two, and Indigo was a badly beaten last. Boojum, the son of John P. Grier and Elf, which races for H. P. Whitney, gave further evidence of being the best juvenile shown this year when he galloped off with the purse in the four and a half furlongs race over the Widener course, racing the distance in :52%, to win in a common gallop. There came another claim of foul in the first race today when Renick, who finished second to Nisty with St. Tuscan, claimed that Brice, on the winner, had fouled his mount in the last sixteenth. After considering the claim, the order of the finish was not disturbed, the purse going to Nisty. with St. Tuscan second and St. Prisca, from the George D. Widener stable, third. The placed horses dominated the race and in the final stages Nisty came over slightly and it was on that move that Renick lodged his claim of foul. The claim was ruled as frivolous by the stewards and Renick was fined 5 for lodging his complaint. This should have a salu-tory effect and there should be fewer of such claims in the future. There was a peculiar accident in the running of the mile race, which came second, and it probably cost James Butler the purse. His Stormy Dawn was winning with Star o Morn racing second, when the last named swerved into his stablemate sharply, inside the final eighth, knocking Stormy Dawn off his stride. This afforded Fields a chance to rush Jefferson Livingstons Recreation through to a victory over the Butler pair.
