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8 ; BELMONT PARK SURPRISE Miss Merriment Easily Takes Measure of R. Pinchot. "Hank" Mills in Good Form and Pilots Two Winners Ideal Conditions Prevail. . NEW YORK, N. Y., June 2 Miss Merriment, a maiden daughter of High Time and "Nobility, which races for Victor Emanuels Dorwood Stable, was a surprise winner of the Bouquet Claiming Stakes at Belmont Park this afternoon. This was the feature of the card and was a juvenile race over four and a half furlongs on the Widener course. The surprise was in the easy score over R. Pinchot, a three-time winner in his last three starts. In this, the son of Chat-terton started for the first time under the silks of the Newtondale Stable. This fellow was second, but soundly beaten, and third went to Aunt Flor, which carried the silks of Mrs. Wm. Ziegler, Jr.s Middleburg Stable. Conditions were delightful for the sport and, while there was no event of big importance down for decision, a good crowd was out. The track was fast and, even .though some winners came from unexpected quarters, it was interesting sport. "Hank" Mills, under contract to James Fitzsimmons, was in good form when he scored easy victories with Cabezo and Miss Merriment. In both of these all Mills had to do was leave the post fast and his mount had speed enough to dominate the race thereafter. But Mills was a help in getting them off in stride. BY WIDE MARGIN. The Bouquet, which had a net value of ,465 to the winner, brought out a field of six and of these the Newtondale Stable had two in R. Pinchot and Border Knight, while Alex Gordon was represented by Volomite and Kyso. Mills sent Miss Merriment away from the barrier in the feature in a way that never left the result in doubt. She was soon clear of the others and, steadily improving her lead, Mills was looking back through the final eighth to be past the line winner by five lengths. Aunt Flor had raced in second place to the last eighth, but there R. Pinchot, under a -drive, caught her to go into that position which he held to the end. He had beaten Mrs. Zieglers filly by a length. Border Knight was a distant fourth, while the Gordon pair were at no time in contention. Marshall Fields Nimbus, an eligible, for the Belmont, raced to his best form when he was winner of the Campfire Purse. To score he defeated H. C. Phipps Balios, and Edward R. Bradleys Bold Lover was an easy third before A. Pons Projectile, which is also a Belmont eligible. The only other starter was M. L. Schwartz Union. FAILS AT THIRD ATTEMPT. Mills, after having won two races by rushing along in the lead, attempted the same tactics with Balios, but the result was disastrous. Bold Lover went at him in the early racing and then raced him into defeat. Then, when Mills moved again with the son of Chicle, Projectile, carried him along just far enough to keep him busy, without having a chance to take a long breath. Projectile did not last long, but the relays continued when Bold Lover came again, and as the stretch was reached he was right with the Phipps colt. All the time Long was waiting back of these with Nimbus and he made no move with the winner until turning into the stretch. The pace had "told its tale on Projectile and he was completely out of contention, and both Bold Lover and Balios were beginning to shorten - stride. Thus it was that it was not much of a trick for Long to run down the pair with the Stimulus colt and at the end he was going away winner by a length. Balios hung on well after all the, use that had been made of his speed and he beat Bold Lover by a length and a half lor second place. Projectile was another eight lengths away to beat Union. It is possible that Nimbus will improve enough over this to have some chance in the Belmont, but theshowing of Projectile, Continued on twenty-third page. BELMONT PARK SURPRISE .Continued from first page. the only other eligible of the small company, was decidedly disappointing. The introductory dash was at three-quarters, over the main course, and for non-winners of two races. It proved easy for Samuel D. Riddles The End, with Robert L. Gerrys Sugar Pea just saving second place from Joseph E. Wideners Hurryoff, and Orphean was fourth. From a good start Johnny Gilbert rushed The End out into an instant lead and he was good enough to hold command throughout. There was no stage of the running that the daughter of Golden Broom was even threatened and she was still going away at the finish to be winner by four lengths. Cabezo, racing in his best form, was an easy winner over the platers that were brought together in the second race, at one mile. Like The End in the opening contest, the son of Carlaris jumped into the lead at the break and "Hank" Mills hustled him right along to make every post a winning one. Second place fell to B. L. Meyers Integrity and W. E. Coburns Daily News closed a considerable gap to be third. The field was badly strung out at the finish and, while Cabezo won by three lengths, Integrity was seven lengths before Daily News. There was an unusual accident in the fifth, at four and a half furlongs for juvenile fillies, when C. V. Whitneys High Glee, when racing in front and inside the final furlong post, quit and attempted to jump the inner rail. She straddled the fence and Robertson was unseated, but he escaped serious injury as did the filly. This accident upset the chance of Cherry Tart, which was racing strongly back of the Whitney filly and it permitted Trillium, from Mrs. Zieglers Middleburg Stable to be winner over Joe Edwards Macadam and Esperanto, a stablemate of the winner, saved third from Cherry Tart. High Glee went away from the post running and Robertson sent her into what appeared a safe lead. Macadam was in second place and doing her best when the . Whitney miss met with her accident, while Cherry Tart was racing through the field. As High Glee hung up in the fence, Cherry Tart, Macadam and Esperanto, which followed her, had to take up and it afforded Trillium, racing on the outside, her winning opportunity. It appeared that the filly had become startled at a crowd of stable boys in the infield for when she made her unusual move, she was racing easily. Kneehigh, racing for Walter E. Coburn and ridden by H. Knessi, came from far back of the pace to account for the sixth and final of the day. This was a dash over a mile and a sixteenth and brought together a field of five. Flying Dragon was the one to race to second place while Worthington was third. The winner was accorded the bulk of support in the race. Royal Ruffin, which was well up in the early running, broke down in the stretch run.
