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TRAINER BURCHS DAY » Saddles Two Winners in General Lejeune and Tambour. « Each Sired by General Thatcher and Ridden by Coltiletti — St. Brideaux Proves Disappointment. * NEW YORK, N. Y., June 1.— Changed track conditions brought about by the heavy rains of Sunday night resulted in Mondays card at Belmont Park being riddled by scratches, and only those with real mud running ability had a chance. There was an unusual drop in the temperature, and the fact that no feature was down for decision resulted in a light attendance. It was a good day for Preston M. Burch, also for the sire General Thatcher, and for jockey Frank Coltiletti. Burch saddled two winners, and they were both the get of General Thatcher, and each was ridden by Coltiletti. They were the two-year-old General Lejeune, and the three-year-old filly Tambour. The filly was making her first appearance since last year, and her race was one of the most impressive of the day. What was intended as the best race of the afternoon was at a mile, which only brought out Beau Jolie, from the Newton-dale Stable, Daniel C. Sands My Broom and the Greentree Stables St. Brideaux. It was the first start of the year for St. Brideaux, but the son of St. Germans had been training brilliantly, with Twenty Grand, Anchors Aweigh and Surf Board, and it was expected he would give a good account of himself. DISLIKES MUDDY GOING. The running suggested that he does not like the muddy going, for Beau Jolie was an easy winner, with My Broom second and St. Brideaux last all the way under a drive. Beau Jolie had speed enough to lead throughout, and, in fact, the positions remained the same all the way, for My Broom could nev-er reach the winner, to be beaten by two lengths, while St. Brideaux was last throughout, and was under a drive early in the action as Kurtsinger endeavored to keep him within striking distance. The colt had shown enough in private to make the conditions of the track the only excuse for his bad showing. Preston Burchs General Lejeune, a son of General Thatcher and a natural mud runner, was winner over the plater juveniles that met in the opening four and a half furlongs dash. He was just up to score over the Rancocas Stables Deduce, with George D. Wideners Impeach saving third easily from Altmark the Audley Farm color-bearer. The start was a good one, and Deduce was the one to cut out the running, with Impeach and General Lejeune following in close order. These three dominated all the running, and in the final sixteenth Impeach tired badly, while the General Thatcher colt gradually wore down Deduce to drop his nose in front in the last stride. Deduce was two lengths before Impeach, which had beaten Altmark five lengths for third. STEEPLECHASE RACE. The Shady Lan« Steeplechase was under selling conditions, and it saw R. B. Young, an amateur lider. bring F. Ambrose Clarks Knocklong Tom home rather a handy winner over Thomas Hitchcocks St. Vernon, ridden by G. H. "Pete" Bostwick. These were the only amateur riders in the race. Third was the portion of R. B. Strassburg-ers The Ace II., and T. Lee Evans Tequila was a distant fourth. There were two mishaps in the race when Joseph E. Wideners Prowler ducked around the inside wing of a back field fence, while Omar Romar unseated D. Fuller three jumps from the finish. Prowler was taken back to complete the course, and Fuller was found to have suffered a broken collarbone. The field was exceedingly soft from the rain of Sunday night, and that probably had an effect on the result. Knocklong Tom showed a decided improvement in the soft going and, after being close up from the start, he came away readily at the end to win with plenty in reserve. Pete Bostwick rated St. Vernon along for a turn of the field and made a determined challenge in the last half, but he could not catch the Clark gelding. The Ace II. raced steadily but could never improve his position to any extent, and he was beaten by eight lengths for second place. Until Omar Romar made his mistake and unseated Fuller he had dominated most of the race, but he was tiring when he made Continued on tiventy-fourth page. J a v i c e a c t * s c a a , E t t [ A « A " "J t £ a j £ j j . TRAINER WOTS DAY Continued from first page. the bad landing. Tequila, after showing speed in the early stages, tired rather badly, while Golden Vedette was devoid of speed and was outrun all the way. Preston M. Burch completed a double when he sent out his good filly Tambour in the Flying Fairy Purse, for three-year-old fillies. Like General Lejeune, this filly has General Thatcher for a sire, and her race was an impressive one. It was her first effort of the year, and she was carrying 124 pounds, three over the scale, and giving away much weight to Buckup, Thais and Toney Princess, the other starters. Incidentally, Coltiletti had a share in the double, riding both of the winners. From good start Tambour, despite her top weight, took command, and Buckup raced with her, while Thais was farther back and Toney Princess dropped back almost from the start, never to enter into contention. Before the stretch was reached Tambour had shaken off Buckup, and Thais for a time headed the Widener filly. Turning into the stretch Garner lost much ground with Buckup, and while she fought along gamely she had no chance to beat Tambour, which was past the line winner by two and a half lengths. Buckup had beaten Thais by three lengths for second place, and Toney Princess was last. The fifth saw J. E. Wideners High Time colt Dr. Syntax, winner over Red Sky, from the Audley Farm Stable, with W. Ziegler. Jr.s Phantom Legion saving third from J. E. Davis Arrow. This was a four and half furlongs race through the Widener course. Dr. Syntax, showing a real liking for the muddy going, was the one to set the pace, and when he was clear Garner rated him along, though right at the end he was riding him hard to withstand the final rush of Red Sky. Right at the end Garner came over slightly with the winner, but there was no interference and he was a winner by a length and a half. Red Sky had finished with determination next to the inner rail and beat Phantom Legion by five lengths for second place, while Arrow, after closely following the pace, tired badly at the end.
