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VICTORY FOR Mill POND ♦ Son of Royal Minstrel Takes Bouquet Stakes at Belmont Park. ♦ Forced to Limit to Outlast Crop, With The Runner Third — Steeplechase to Rioter. ♦ NEW YORK, N. Y, May 12.— Mill Pond, a chestnut juvenile son of Royal Minstrel and Lazy Daisy, from the Greentree Stable, was winner of the Bouquet Stakes at Belmont Park this afternoon. This was a four and a half furlongs dash through the Wide-ner course, under claiming conditions, and it carried a net value of ,250 to the winner. At the end the colt was doing his best to beat the Wheatley Stables Crop, and William Ziegler, Jr.s The Runner took third from Anglo Saxon that races for John C. Clark. For the second day of the meeting the weather conditions were ideal and another big crowd was out. It was a diversified card that was offered and provided first-class sport. Thirteen raced in the Bouquet, and they left the stalls in good alignment with Danger Point first to show out of the company. He had left from the inside stall but was unable to hold his lead when Crop dashed to the front, and Mill Pond chased after him, both heading the son of Stimulus. Anglo Saxon was right with the leading pair and he, too, ran by the Whitney colt. Crop held to his lead until inside the final furlong but he could not shake off Mill Pond and finally, under the Coucci drive, the Greentree colt showed his head in front and battling along gamely right to the end. His winning margin was a neck. In the meantime, The Runner was closing gamoly on the outside after having experienced some interference in the early stages and he took third a length and a half back of Crop. Anglo Saxon was right with the pace from the break but was bothered slightly right at the end but at the time was shortening stride to lose third by a length. Of really more sporting importance than the Bouquet was the Artful Purse, a dash of six furlongs over the main course and confined to the three-year-old fillies. This went to George D. Wideners High Fleet, a daughter of Jack High and Armada, and gave Eddie Litzenberger a double when he had the mount. At the end the filly was being sent right along to beat Hal Price Headleys Sparta, and the Wheatley Stables Mag Mell took third from Little Miracle. There was a long delay at the post, for which Parade Girl was to blame, and in one of her lunges she unseated Bejshak. She was finally taken to a position outside the stalls. When the break came High Fleet stumbled badly and almost went to her knees, while both Springlock and Parade Girl, the Vanderbilt pair, were off slowly. Ampersand left running, and Sparta was also fortunate and Mag Mell left in motion, but Little Miracle was bumped and knocked back badly before they were in full stride. After her misfortune at the break. High Fleet was quickly on her feet and Litzenberger was fortunate in finding room to rush her through on the rail. She soon disposed of Ampersand to go into a lead of three lengths, but at the end had to be hustled along to beat Sparta by three parts of a length. The Headley filly had raced for-wardly and finished with excellent courage. Mag Mell was beaten four lengths for second place, while Little Miracle, after her early interference, was closing ground steadily in fourth place. Ampersand quit badly, and it was the Vanderbilt team that brought up the rear. Sixteen maiden two-year-olds met in the four and one-half furlongs dash of the opening race, and it went to Mrs. William H. Fursts John P. War, a son of John P. Grier and Warrior Lass, that had not been to the post since the Florida season, where he ran two races. He was an easy winner over William Du Ponts Fairy Hill, which was under silks for the firsttime, and third was the portion of A. G. Vanderbilts Camisado, with Mahdi fourth. The steeplechase of the day was a gallop over the short course for maidens, and it resulted in an easy victory for Thomas Hitchcocks four-year old Rioter, ridden by the amateur, Rigan McKinney. Sumatra, racing for the Greentree Stable, took second place, and Appian Way, from the Groton Stable, easily took third from Ambrose Clarks London Town, one that had an exceedingly easy ride by Bellhouse. Trifolium was particularly slow at the start, but the others left in good alignment. Alaric and Sumatra, his stablemate, were showing the way with London Town, but going to the first turn Bellhouse went exceedingly wide with the Clark fencer, and all through the race he continued to hold a position far out from the flags and made no apparent effort to better that position. Swinging into the front field for the run home, Sumatra made a brave effort to run the Hitchcock gelding down, but it was of no avail, and the son of Reflector was past the line winner by half a dozen lengths. -♦
