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GOOD GAMBLE BIG SURPRISE . 9 Scores in Acorn Stakes at Long Odds at Belmont Park. Postage Due Completes Double for Vander-bllt by Winning Fifth Race Benick Shares Honors. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 21. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt paid ,500 for Good Gamble, when he bought the daughter of Chance Play and Triangle out of the Morton L. Schwartz auction Saturday, and he sent the filly to the post for the first time in the Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park today to have her earn ,325. The Acorn Stakes was the feature event of an interesting program and it engaged fifteen fillies, most of which are also engaged in the Coaching Club American Oaks. Far back of the Vanderbilt racer at the end of the mile test, came Walter M. Jeffords Guiding Star, which just got up to nose out Mrs. John Hay Whitneys Sorrow, for that part of the purse and William Woodwards Palma was fourth. While Good Gamble simply galloped home winner by five, lengths, the race was not much of a performance and it surely made the other fillies appear cheap when the time for the running was 1:39. Racing conditions could hardly have been improved upon and a crowd of good proportions was on hand. Most of the winners were well backed but Good Gamble, was one not taken seriously when odds of 30 to 1 were freely offered against her chances. After some delay at the start, the fifteen left in good alignment and Sorrow, was soon showing the way with Go Quick and Good Gamble following her two lengths back. Peradventure, the filly from the Greentree Stable, which had a big -following, was off in the first flight but she at once dropped completely out of the running and had no speed. It was in marked contrast to her racing at the Santa Anita course during the winter where she was winner of three races in six starts. Jones permitted Sorrow to step away to a lead of a couple of lengths and he had her well in hand as she raced along in front. When the stretch was reached Sammy Renick called on Good Gamble and she went to the front with ease. Once clear, Renick took hold of the head of the daughter of Chance Play and she simply romped past the line winner by five lengths. Plater juveniles met in the opening four and a half furlong dash over the Widener course and Russell A. Firestones Lookabout was rather a handy winner over Mrs. Silas B. Masons Couleedam and far back of these Victor Emanuels Free Again just saved third from Lady Camelot. Lookabout was particularly alert leaving her stall and Lynch sent her out to a lead that enabled her to cross to an inside position. She led virtually all the way and still had two lengths to spare crossing the line. Couleedam had no good excuse. He was second virtually all the way, but could not run down the winner, though his efforts carried him ten lengths before Free Again in the final furlong. The steeplechase over the short course went to John Sanfords Benedictine, but it was just as well for the old Vespesian gelding that F. Ambrose Clarks Snake Eyes fell at the last fence. He was making it at least interesting for the Sanford colorbearer when he came to grief. National Anthem, from the Brookmeade1 Stable, raced to second place and Mrs. Frank M. Goulds Daniel Soot "almost lost third to Cree, when C. R. White, the amateur rider eased him almost to a Walkbefore the finish was reached. Snake Eyes was so badly injured by his fall that he was later" humanely destroyed, while Bellhouse, who had the mount, escaped with a shaking -up- and walked back to the scales. Snake Eyes was the one to set the pace and as he went along in command he was under steady restraint. National Anthem and Benedictine were not fraway and Daniel Soot raced close up. In fact, with the exception of Rock Bonnet, that left the post sluggishly, the others were in close order for most of the journey. In the back field Daniel Soot made a bid that saw him in front for a few strides. Then National Anthem was showing the way and everyone but Cree and Rock Bonnet had taken a turn at showing the way. It was at the upper end of the field at the last turn of the course that Benedictine made his serious move. At that time Snake Eyes was showing the way, with National Anthem in close attendance. Benedictine caught the pair, but they came to the last fence in close order. It was anybodys race as the horses took the fence and then Snake Eyes swerved and fell. National Anthem tired and Benedictine came on to win ridden out by four lengths. The third was a six furlongs dash over the main course and it went to Mrs. R. H. Heighes Zay when she led home F. A. Car-reauds Brovn Jack and Sir Ten, from the Ascot Stable, beat Grannys Trade for third. Shot" Proof was the one to cut out the early pace, but Zay was always racing closely after him, and Brown Jack was a close third. Grannys Trade was taken back by Rainey right after the break and as a result he was soon caught in close quarters and she had scant racing chance at any stage of the running. When the stretch was reached Shot Proof quit badly and there it was that Zay took command to come on and win by a length and a half. Brown Jack hung on well to be second and Sir Ten finished" strongly. Grannys Trade, on her own courage, was fourth. When Postage Due was winner of the fifth race, a four and a half furlongs dash for juveniles, there came a double for the A. G. Vanderbilt silks and for Sammy Renick, which had ridden both Good Gamble and the High Time two-year-old. This was really a two-horse race for William Ziegler, Jr.s Wha Hae was the only one to give Postage Due an argument. The pair, closely lapped, raced along far in front of the others, and right at the end Jones was not much help to Wha Hae losing by a length. Three lengths back of Wha Hae, E. R. Bradleys Bien Jbli just hosed out Clocks for third.
