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SWIFT STAKES TO MORSTONE _ • Son of Morvich Just Lasts Seven Furlongs Route. • Ironclad Only Head Back at Finish of Belmont Feature — Risque Wins m Hertz Silks. ♦ NEW YORK, N. Y., May 20.-Eenjamin Blochs Morstone earned another purse at the Belmont Park course today when he scored in the Swift Stakes, which added just ,175 to his earnings. At the end of the race he was put to the last ounce to score over Walter M. Jeffords Ironclad, with Edward R. Bradleys Blind Bowboy finishing a close third. It was a performance to definitely show that the son of Morvich is nothing more than a sprinter and that even the seven furlongs is a bit too far. He still remains a rare sort up to six furlongs, but he was quitting at the end of the seven furlongs, though ridden with excellent judgment by Frank Catrone. It was a delightful day for the sport, and the Swift Stakes was the best offering of an interesting card that attracted a good crowd. Ironclad gave some trouble at the start, but George Cassidy sent the five away in excellent alignment. As was expected, Morstone at once took the lead, and when he was well clear, Catrone took hold of him and rated him along at a fast pace. He was four lengths clear and ran the first quarter in :22%. He went to the half mile mark in AQ1,. and still enjoyed a lead of four lengths, while the five furlong mark was passed in :58%. It was there that the son of Morvich began to show signs of shortening his stride after the sizzling pace, and the six furlongs mark was reached in 1:11. From there to the finish Catrone had to fairly lift his mount along to have him the winner by a head. Blind Bowboy and Ironclad were the ones to chase after this pace, and the Bradley colt was in second place until inside the final furlong, where Ironclad gained fast on the outside, and another stride would have carried him to victory. CANNON SAVES GROUND. Cannon had saved ground in the stretch with Blind Bowboy, and he hung on well under the drive to be beaten only half a length for second place. Rip Van Winkle and Pennate. the only other starters, were outrun all the way. Mrs. John Hertz good filly Risque came back with a good performance in the Milk maid Handicap. After setting all the pace, she scored over Ral Parrs Her Grace, making her first appearance of the year, with the Rancocas Stables Ladana easily taking third from Mrs. V. M. Duncans Little America. Elegant caused so much trouble at the barrier that she was taken outside the stalls, but the start was a good one and Steffen at once took the lead with Risque. In the final sixteenth Workman brought Her Grace along with a great rush on the inside. She was running fast at the end to beat Ladana by a length and a half for second place and was well lapped on Risque as she crossed the line. Seventeen juvenile fillies of the plater variety started in the opening four and a half furlongs race, and it brought a close finish when Brandon Rose, from the Brandon Stable, just lasted to win over the Rancocas Stables Recompense, which in turn beat Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sun Tweed for second place. At the start Recompense was bumped and knocked back slightly, and her race suggested that she was best. Brandon Rose was always in the front division and drew away slightly in the final sixteenth, but at the end she was doing her best to save the purse by a nose. Rigan McKinney piloted his Donnacona gelding, Nat Clyman, to an easy victory in the short course of the Highlander steeplechase, a selling affair. R. B. Strassburgers The Ace II. raced to second place with C. V. Whitneys maiden jumper Gigolo, the only other horse in the race to finish. Warrior Bold fell with E. Christian three jumps from the finish, and Omar Romar unseated Garrett two jumps from the finish. OMAR ROMAR SETS PACE. It was Omar Romar that raced out to show the way in the early stages, and Warrior Bold went after him. Nat Clyman and The Ace II. raced along lapped back of these. This was the order at the water jump and, going into the lower turn. Mr. McKinney made a rush through on the inside of Warrior Bold and The Ace II., when there was scant room. In going through. The Ace II. was knocked off his stride to lose some ground. When Warrior Bold went down. The Ace II. met with interference again, and McGov-ern had to snatch him up to avoid an accident. Nat Clyman was racing along in front. Omar Romar was soundly beaten when he unseated Garrett and. while Gilogo was gaining ground at the end he could not catch The Ace II. Nat Clyman was winner by ten lengths, with the Strass-burger jumper beating the Whitney representative by three lengths. There was another victory for the Wm. Ziegler, Jr.. silks in the four and a half furlongs dash through the Widener course. This was the fifth race and attracted a doaen juvenile maidens, with Americana, a chestnut son of Whisk Broom II. and America, the winner by a narrow margin over Mrs. Lucile B. Harris Cambal and Robert A. Fairbairns Stimulator just saved third from Phantom Legion, another that carried the Ziegler silks. There came an unfortunate accident in the running of the one mile race at the end of the card when both Buddy Basil and Gli-delia fell. The riders were M. Craig and Pat Remillard. It appeared that Remillard was the more seriously injured of the pair, and they were both brought back in the track ambulance.
