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QUALIFIES FOR THE WITHERS Flat Eye Displays His Best Form in Campfire Purse. Takes Measure of Rosemont In Belmont Headliner Sgt. Byrne Outruns Boilermaker in Fourth Race. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 20. Plat Eye, from the Greentree Stable, qualified handsomely for his engagement in the Withers next Saturday when he was winner of the Campfire Purse at Belmont Park today. This was a mile race for three-year-olds and the son of Chicle and Crazy Moon, after forcing the pace, a fast one, readily took the measure of Rosemont, from the Foxcatcher Farm Stable of William Dupont, another that is training for the Withers. At the heels of these, Hal Price Headleys Whopper barely saved third from Whizzaway, which was something of a winter sensation. It was a remarkable program of sport that began the second week of racing at magnificent Belmont Park, and a surprisingly large crowd was on hand. Weather and track conditions were ideal and many a thrill came out of the finishes of the day. Only six started in the Campfire Purse, with four. Plat Eye, Rosemont, Whopper and St Bernard, all eligible for the Withers. On this public trial, it would seem that Plat Eye holds them all safe and if he is to be beaten Saturday it must be done by Omaha. The Greentree Stable colt was making his first appearance since his defeat in the Kentucky Derby and he came back with much the same race as he ran when he was winner of the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace. Always a rail runner, Workman was able to send Plat Eye to that position early in the race and when he had taken his place he rated the son of Chicle along at a pace that kept St Bernard busy racing alongside. They ran the first quarter in :23 and then went to the half in :46. St. Bernard was holding Plat Eye, but he was soon doing his best Rosemont was going along under restraint back of the leading pair and made a serious bid going to the stretch turn. Rosemont moved into second place and for a few strides he had his head before Plat Eye, but the Greentree colt held his position and a furlong out had regained the leadi In the final furlong Workman rapped Plat Eye sharply with the whip once and,, promptly responding, he drew away to be winner by two lengths. Rosemont had tired, but saved second place by a length, and Whopper, which took third place in the stretch, just lasted to beat Whizzaway by a nose. John Simonettis Sgt. Byrne won his first race of the year when he finished first over a smart band of sprinters in the Friar Rock Handicap, a six furlongs dash over the main course. Edward ,R. Bradleys Boilermaker took second place easily, with G. W. Ogles Patchpocket just beating W. R. CoesTom-peys Pillar for third. With little delay at the post the start was a good one, and Black Buddy was first to show the way. He left from the inside stall arid was soon outrun by Boilermaker. Then as the others moved Black Buddy was pinched off and crowded back until he was completely out of the contention. In the meantime, Boilermaker had gone into a lead of a couple of lengths and Meade had a snug hold of Tiis head as he was showing the way. Patchpocket and Sgt. Byrne were following the Bradley sprinter and the, three soon drew out to a lead of four lengths over the others in the field. This was the order as they swung into the stretch and a furlong out Patchpocket tired slightly and Sgt. Byrne moved into second place. Finishing gamely under a long drive, the son of Stimulus steadily wore Boilermaker down to wiri going away by a length. Boilermaker had saved second place from the tiring Patchpocket by four lengths, and Pompeys Pillar would also have beaten the Ogle gelding in a few more strides. A fighting finish and a claim of foul marked the opening dash, for plater juveniles that went to Nightcap, from the Orienta Stable. Hal Price Headleys Higher Cloud took second place, and he was the one against which the foul was claimed. Grog, from the Wheatley Stable, was a dis tant third. Higher Cloud was accused of interferring with Maxine F. in the running when he swerved slightly while showing the way, but the claim was not allowed. As the race was run Nightcap, the winner, appeared best Higher Cloud made all the pace, while Nightcap, after being outrun early, closed with a determination to run down the son of High Cloud and be winner by a nose in the last nod. Grog was in the front division all the way, but tired under the drive, and was beaten three lengths for second place. Maxine F. had been racing in third place until she met with interference, for which the claim against Higher Cloud was made, and she dropped back after being roughed. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Gum, one of the four that were named from his stable for the Kentucky Derby and various other classics of importance, beat a band of platers in the second race, at one mile. He won rather handily over D. A. Woods Jim John, and well back of the Pennant colt George H. Bostwicks Crete had no trouble outlasting Indian News for third. This race was confined to the three-year-olds, and only five went to the post. From a good start Jim John was first out of the stalls, but it was Soldiers Dream that jumped away to cut out the pace. He was soon leading Jim John by a length, and Gum was racing along on the rail back of them. Crete was going well in fourth place, while Indian News had no speed and was soon a distant last. It was rounding from the back stretch that Sammy Renick moved up with Gum, and he was fortunate in finding ample room to go through on the inside. The son of Chicle was in a clear lead when the stretch was reached and, holding the field perfectly safe, was going away at the end, winner by four lengths. Jim John, under a vigorous drive, took second place by two lengths from Crete, and Indian News was another six lengths back,
