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BELMONTS CHARITY DAY » Unemployed of Nassau County Benefit by Program of Racing. $ Nassau County Handicap and Green-tree Steeplechase the Features — Commuter and Inception Win. » NEW YORK, N. Y., June 6.— The Charity Day racing staged at Belmont Park today for the relief of the unemployed of Nassau County, was a tremendous success. It was a great day of sport and it was generously attended, though it was impossible to give an accurate account of just what amount was realized for the fund. Seven races were on the card. The extra feature was a dash for stable ponies ridden by former jockeys, now trainers, and it proved one of the high spots of the afternoon. In a racing way the Nassau County Handicap, over the mile route, was the big event. Then there was the Greentree Steeplechase Handicap, which was a particularly attractive race and produced a fighting finish with Inception scoring over Spar. Seven started in the Nassau County Handicap and Commuter, purchased by Mrs. James Simpson, Jr., before the running, was the winner over On Post, from the Loma Stable, and Frank Grossmans Waterway was a distant third before Ormesby. The race was marred when Leo J. Marks Morsel was left at the post, while Robertson beat the others away with Commuter. He made good use of that advantage when he sent the son of Transmute into a long early lead and never had to surrender his command. Ormesby was rating along in second place and it appeared he could catch the leader at the first asking but, when Malley shook him up, he was not there and he dropped out of contention before the stretch was reached. ON POST CHALLENGES. In the meantime On Post was gradually making up ground as he raced on the outside and in the final eighth he was rapidly drawing up on Commuter, but Robertson kept his mount going to be safely past the line winner by a head. This charge of On Post took him out five lengths before Waterway, which had no trouble passing Ormesby to be third. An interesting added feature came after the running of the Greentree Steeplechase when E. R. Bradleys Burgoo King, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, and C. V. Whitneys filly champion of last year, Top Flight, were paraded through the stretch. Each had the colors up, and each was accompanied by a lead pony. Then there followed the Stage Stars Purse, a six-furlong dash over the main course. From a programmed field of twenty-one it was reduced to fourteen starters at post time, and each one of the field had been leased for the occasion by a stage celebrity. The winner turned up in Contribute, which raced for Eva Puck, with Anubis taking second place for William Gaxton, while Single Star, which was third, raced for Solly Ward. Then came Squeaky, racing for Helen Morgan, and Merry Fox. CONTRIBUTE DOMINATES. There really was little to the running, for Hanford at once sent Contribute into the lead and he was good enough to dominate the race. The old mare Single Star chased after the winner until well into the stretch, where she tired, and Anubis came with a great rush to take second place. But Contribute was safely past the line the winner by three-quarters of a length. Anubis beat the tiring Single Star two lengths for second place, and she in turn was a length and a half before Squeaky. Rigan McKinneys Inception, in a driving finish, scored a close victory over Mrs. John Hay Whitneys Spar in the Greentree Steeplechase Handicap. Well back of the battling pair came Joseph E. Wideners Indigo and Cherry Brandy, from the Greentree Stable was fourth. Seven raced and they all completed the course with A. C. Bostwicks Oesel making his first appearance under silks in two years, being last. Oesel, famed on the flat for his speed, was first to go to the front and Spar went right along with him, and it was not long before he had put the son of Stefan the Great away. It cost a bit of an effort and, but for that early racing, the victory might have gone to Spar. When he had disposed of Oesel, Rooney chased after him and then St. Francis, while Inception and Indigo were both being reserved well back of the pace. Byers permitted Indfgo to drop far out of Continued on second page. BELMONTS CHARITY DAY jf 7 Continued from first page. the running for a turn of the field and d Collins moved up with Inception earlier in n the running. At that time Spar was showing the way and jumping boldly. Rooney and St. Francis is were following him in close order and Cherry Brandy was the one to drop back badly. It was not until the back field was reached £ that Byers moved up with Indigo and at the time it was a hopeless chase. The gelding g circled around and made up a world of ground when called upon, but Spar was still lj, racing strongly in front. Then, in the front field, Collins made his ,1S_ winning move with Inception. At the last s fence the McKinney jumper was lapped on Spar and in the short run home Spar ar bumped him badly, but the fight to the line ie. that followed, saw Inception the gamer of °* the pair and he was over the line winner er by a head. Indigo, after closing many 1V lengths, saved third, but he was ten lengths back of the first two, and a half dozen en lengths before Cherry Brandy, which finished going well. Rodney had quit badly ly and Oesel was being eased up last of them m all. The unemployment relief race for the old time jockey to ride, proved a tremendous us success and it went to William Duponts t ■ Silvery Grey ridden by Norman Kennedj dy and after a fighting finish with Bingo, which ch came from the stable of Mrs. C. O. Iselir in and ridden by Waldron. Bill, with D. R R. McDaniel riding, took third. Johnny Loftu; us rode High Pockets into fourth place and ii it was Billy, ridden by Ben Creech, which was fifth. Back of these, in the order of th he finish, were Jimmy K., ridden by J. Wessler ;r; Augustus, with G. W. Carroll in the saddle Ie; Pedro, ridden by A. Ferguson; Best Choice ce, with "Bill" Knapp in the saddle and Jody ly. ridden by Joe Bauer, last of the company ly. Then, after Kennedy had cooled out fronr im his winning ride, he was escorted to th he press stand where he was presented with i a handsome silver cup presented by th he writers.
