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MOKATAMS SPINDRIFT « Carries 124 Pounds and Runs Mile and Eighth in Fast Time of 1 :49. ♦ Curate and Milkman Second and Third, Respectively — Instigator by Small Margin. — « — s NEW YORK, N. Y., May 28.— Mokatam,, the four-year-old son of Bud Lerner and Katrina, ran one of his best race3 at Belmont Park today to capture the Spindrift Stakes, at one mile and a furlong, under the top weight of 124 pounds and in remarkably fast time. The race was officially timed in 1:49, just three-fifths of a second slower than the track record. It was Joseph E. Wideners Curate that raced to second place, and third was the portion of the Rolling Plains Stables Milkman, whea he beat Walter M. Jeffords Ironclad for that part of the stake. The race had a net value of ,180 to the winner. The summerlike weather brought out a big crowd and there were several visitors from the West among early arrivals for the week-end sport, and the running of the historic old Withers of Saturday. The start in the Spindrift was a good one, and it was Milkman and Curate that went out to set the pace. Ironclad was running in third place, while Workman was wisely rating Mokatam well back of the field when the early pace was hot. The first quarter was run in :23%, and the half in :47%. There Garner drew out from Milkman, and McAtee continued to rate the son of Cudgel along back of the Widener hope. Ironclad, outside of Milkman, was racing strongly, and Mokatam was a length and a half back of these. Snowflake was bringing up the rear and both Rhodesia and Flaming were also trailing. REMARKABLE SPEED. It was going to the stretch turn that Curate was permitted to draw away until he was two lengths clear, but he had run five furlongs in :59 and it was bound to take its toll in a gallop of a mile and a furlong. The six furlongs mark was passed in 1:11%, with the son of Fair Play still well clear of his field and Milkman was doing his best to keep Ironclad headed. It was not until inside the final furlong that Mokatam staged his sensational winning rush. Fairly flying, the bay wore down Curate until at the finish he was going away with a length and a half to spare. Curate was three lengths before Milkman, which had just saved third from Ironclad by a neck. Instigator, the three-year-old son of Stimulus and Sheila Ryve, which was one of the leading juveniles in England last year, made his first appearance of the season in a six furlongs dash over the main course to win for the Barry Vail stable. But it was a close call when he barely nosed out Sea Fox. from the Glen Riddle Stable, and Edward R. Bradleys Bathorse. In fact, the three were so closely aligned that the result was in doubt until the official placing. From a good start it was Instigator that cut out the running with Billour and St. Francis racing after him. Then Thurber moved around on the outside with Aknahton to go into second place and when the stretch was reached he was close after the son of Stimulus and Sea Fox was closing strongly outside the pair of them. RESULT IN DOUBT. A furlong out Sea Fox had Aknahton beaten and he continued to close on the leader, but, under a vigorous drive by Walls, Instigator was sticking to his task magnificently. Then Bathorse made his belated rush on the outside. He was fairly running over horses at the end and surely would have been first in another stride. The order of the finish was so close that the result was in doubt until the numbers were displayed awarding the dash to Instigator. Mrs. John Hertz Well Heeled proved best of the maiden juveniles of the plater variety that started in the opening four and a half furlongs dash through the Widener course. Racing back of the leaders to the final sixteenth, the son of Royal Canopy finished fast to score over the Rancocas Stables Deduce, while George D. Wideners Adilenos, after setting most of the pace, tired, to finish rather a distant third. Steffen raced Well Heeled next to the inner rail all the way and he finished in a manner to suggest that he is a useful sort. — — — i Continued on tiver.ti first pige. MOKATAMS SPINDRIFT Continued from first page. Deduce gained some ground, but was out-gamed by the winner right at the end, Rigan McKinney rode his Donnacona gelding, Nat Clyman, to victory in the West-bury Steeplechase over the short course. This was the second race of the day, and it was C. V. Whitneys Beacon Hill that raced to second place, with third going to F. Ambrose Clarks Knockalong Tom, ridden by the amateur, R. B. Young. It was demonstrated that Beacon Hill is the same sort of a rogue through the field as he proved to be while racing on the flat. He had an abundance of speed, but he swerved out at his jumps badly, and it was this bad habit that cost him the purse. Shortly after the start he raced into command. At the second fence this proved a perilous move for Regan McKinney, on the outside, for Beacon Hill swerved out badly and carried Nat Clyman with him, both of them losing several lengths. Beacon Hill had speed enough despite the ground lost, to race into the lead again, and he jumped a bit better at the water, but at the Liverpool that followed he swerved out again to lose much ground. By this time Mr. McKinney was careful not to attempt to race outside, and he was saving ground with Nat Clyman. Still showing the way at the lower end of the field, Beacon Hill again bore out badly and Bourke had considerable trouble bringing him back, but the old fellow was still showing the way. By this time Mr. McKinney was content to bide his time with Nat Clyman, and took no chance of going to the erratic leader. Thus it was that Beacon Hill was first over the next to the last jump. It was in the front field that Nat Clyman took command, but right to the end he was hustled along to make his victory certain. He was winner by three lengths while Beacon Hill, despite his erratic jumping, beat Knockalong Tom by three lengths for second place. There was no end of trouble in the fifth race, a four and a half furlongs dash for two-year-olds. Renewed, from the Audley Farm Stable, while at the post threw J Mann and, trampling him, inflicted a possible fracture of the left ankle. After a considerable delay Pete Walls was substituted and there was more trouble before a start was made. Walter J. Salmons Air Pilot proved the winner when, in a long battle with John J. Robinsons Renaissance, he earned the decision by a nose. Four lengths back of these William Ziegler, Jrs The Crane saved third from the Rancocas Stables Scion.
