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MIDDLEBURG FILLY SCORES Esposa Outstays Cheshire in Long, Hard Stretch Drive. Showing of Gum Disappointment in Bel-mont Parks Main Offering Big Crowd and Ideal Weather. : NEW YORK, N. Y.f May 27. Esposa, the daughter of Espino and Quick Batter, which, races under the silks of Mrs. William Zieg-ler, Jr.s Middleburg Stable, was winner of the best offering at Belmont Park today when, in a good, game performance over the mile route, she took the measure of Cheshire, from the Greentree Stable, with Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Cold Shoulder, beating Exhibit for the short end of the purse. It was an overnight event confined to the three-year-olds and brought a great finish. . Exhibit was the one to set the pace, but lie was never able to draw away from Esposa, and Wright had Mrs. Zieglers filly under slight restraint as she held her place. Gallant; Prince was racing third and he was Tvell before Cold Shoulder, while Gum and Cheshire brought up the rear. Exhibit did not tire of the pacemaking until, well into the stretch, but there Wright moved with Esposa. The Display colt tired, and the filly took command. Back of her, Cold Shoulder was showing the way to Cheshire, but the Greentree colt was responding well to a Coucci drive and improving his position at every stride. Right to the end Cheshire continued to gain, but Esposa stuck it out to be winner by a neck. Cold Shoulder was at the heels of the St. Germans colt, and Exhibit had quit so badly as to be another two lengths back. One disappointment of the running was Gum, the stablemate to Cold Shoulder. On his last previous performance he appeared to have a royal winning chance, but he was utterly without speed and was outrun all the way. With delightful weather, another week of the Belmont Park meeting opened auspiciously with a. big crowd present and with first class sport. War Lassie, a daughter of Man o War that had one start in Maryland, carried the siiks of Samuel D. Riddles Glen Riddle Farm Stable to an easy victory in the opening four and one-half furlongs dash. Breaking well and never far from the pace, she drew away into an easy lead in the final! f urlong -to be over the line winner by lour lengths. Victor Emanuels Lady Roma, after leading the winner in the early racing, was much better than the others when she saved second place by half a dozen lengths, while Charles Golds Muriellynn just lasted to save third from H. C. Phipps Misled. Whitney Stones Wrackon, after avoiding all of the early pace, was home winner of the short course steeplechase when he ran down Mrs. Gwladys Whitneys Clotho. Well back of the son of St. Germans Help Me, from the Sanford. Stud Farm Stable,, had no trouble taking third from Stir. There were two mishaps in the running when Anarchy, from the Brookmeade Stable, went down three fences from the finish when close in the contention. Earnings, from the Greentree Stable, fell at the sixth fence. Both riders escaped injury. Earnings was unhurt, put Anarchy was so badly crippled that he was humanely destroyed. . The first of the two seven-furlorig races for maidens brought victory to John San-fords Black Grouse when he scored with something to, spare over Edward R. Bradleys Big. Gawk and Mrs. Charles S. Bromleys Gala Dame in a fighting finish saved third from Armstrong and Douceur. Froma good start Star Shadow, a Samuel X. Riddle starter, was first to show, .but he was soon headed by Gala Dame and Big Gawk and, closely lapped, they setout to show the way. Black Grouse soon moved into third place, while Star Shadow was pulled up sharply by Gilbert before the stretch was reached. Gilbert explained that he had pulled up Star Shadow after he had slipped on the heels of a horse in front of him and stumbled so badly that he went to his knees. The second seven-furlong dash for maidens was the fifth race. This brought out an infinitely better band than the first division of the same race, and it went to William Woodwards Sir Beverley. He won With plenty to spare over Walter M. Jef-fbrds Judy OGrady, one of the short-priced starters of the day, and Willis Sharpe Kilmers North Wales II. saved third from Laughing Sun without much trouble. A claim of foul was lodged against G. H. Bostwick s Crete in the final race of the day when that one, ridden by D. Meade, led home Mrs. W. E. Martins Race Craft, ridden by K. Knott. The early pacemaker, Golden Dream, owned by the Middleburg Stable, was third. Crete and Race Craft, the latter on the outside, bumped each other in the final sixteenth after the Martin starter had worked his way up on the "outside. At the furlong post Race Craft bore in and interfered with Crete after the latter had disposed of Golden Dream. Crete drew away when Knott straightened his mount, and then in the final sixteenth Crete came out and bumped Race Craft, which in turn bumped him back. ,
