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EASY FOR MICROPHONE i ♦ Defeats Panetian by Length in Belmont Park Feature. ♦ Victory Completes Double for Capt. P. M. Walker — Robinson Crusoe Scores in Hard Drive. NEW YORK, N. Y., June 7.— Microphone, the swift-running son of Flying Ebony, Which races for the Sage Stable, was a comparatively easy winner of the Speed Handicap at Belmont Park this afternoon. This was the feature of an interesting program and had a value of ,600 to the winner. It was a dash of five and a half furlongs over the Widener course and it was C. LeRoy Kings Panetian which raced into second place, while C. V. Whitneys Halcyon just saved third from Joseph E. Wideners Stage-Craft. There was a decided drop in the temperature, but it was welcome and a crowd of good proportions enjoyed the sport that was offered. In the Speed Handicap only six started and for some reason The Beasel was the chosen one before the running. Her race was an exceptionally dull one for, after showing only a flash of speed, she dropped completely out of contention to finish last of the lot. PANETIAN TIRES. In the meantime Panetian and Microphone quickly raced away from the others and, closely lapped, drew away. Then, in the final eighth, Panetian tired and Microphone went on to be the winner by slightly more than a length. The son of Galetian had beaten Halcyon by four lengths for second place while, in turn, the Whitney colt was only a head before Stagecraft, the Joseph E. Widener starter. Flying Heels, the only other starter, cut scant figure in the running. The victory of Microphone completed a double for Captain Phil M. Walker, for he had sent out Miss Mary Comings Illusive to win the opening race of the day. The steeplechase of the day was over the short course, for non-winners of two races under light weights, and it brought a good finish when Jack Anthony, from the Green-tree Stable, won by a narrow margin over Mrs. Robert V. McKims Cahirciveen, ridden by G. H. "Pete" Bostwick. Thomas W. Durants Drapeau was a distant third. The real disappointment of the running was Joseph E. Wideners Rosedale II., a maiden from France, that had been widely spoken of as an exceptionally good thing. He went with the pace until the lower end of the field was reached, where he began to drop back and he continued to lose ground until he finished far back in the ruck. MY CAVALIER FALLS. There was one fall in the race when My Cavalier, from the Flying Horse Farm Stable, came down with G. Walker at the first fence. Fortunately the rider was uninjured and was on his feet quickly. The opening race was a five furlongs dash, for juveniles of the plater variety and it resulted in a stirring finish, in which Miss Mary Comings Illusive, in a hard drive, just won over Edward R. Bradleys Bold Lover. P. S. P. Randolphs Jesting was a distant third and well before Joseph E. Wideners Dome. Eva B., one that was highly thought of before the running, ran into trouble early in the action and she had scant racing chance. The third on the card brought a good finish when Joseph E. Wideners Robinson Crusoe, racing in improved form, won by a rush through the final eighth from Panax, from the Mereworth Stud Stable, and .Cocked Hat, racing for the Woodland Farm Stable, saved third from Snobful with little trouble. Cocked Hat was the one to set the pace, with Panax chasing after him and under slight restraint, while Robinson Crusoe was .well back of these. When the stretch was reached Panax went to Cocked Hat, but it was an effort and at the end, when Garner moved up on the outside with Robinson Crusoe, he caught the son of Axenstein a few strides from the finish to win going away by a neck. Cocked Hat had tired right at the end and was a length back and only a half length before snobful. Mrs. J. H. Whitneys Crowning Glory, which met with some misfortunes in his previous start, made good adequately in the fifth, for maiden juveniles. He was an easy winner over Leo J. Marks Marooned, Continued on twenty-fourth page.. [ j l . 1 2 2 I I L more , « EASY FOR MICROPHONE Continued from first page. with J. G. Langs March King saving third from the Calumet Farms Warren Jr. March King and Teralice were the ones to race with the winner in the early stages, but when called on Crowning Glory came away with little effort to be the winner by a length and a half. Marooned caught the tiring March King, while Warren Jr. was going so well at the end that he would also have beaten the Lang youngster in a few strides.
