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, ! i , | j I | I I , I Excrre scores in handicap + . , Stimulus Colt Triumphs in Rough; Belmont Park Headliner. ♦ Foul Claimed After Finish— Pullman Outstays Knowing for Second Money — Weather Favors Sport. ♦ NEW YORK, N. Y., May 15— Excite, a three-year-old son of Stimulus and Arena, which race3 for Charles Bromley, was winner of the Campfire Handicap, a six-furlong dash over the main course at Belmont Park today. It was a race confined to the three-year-olds and the running was marked by considerable interference, with a foul being claimed after the finish. The Sage Stables Pullman, after being badly bottled up next to the inner rail in the stretch, took second place and third went to Mrs. C. Oliver Ise-lins Knowing, which had outfinished Bootmaker for third money. There was some delay before the finish was confirmed by the stewards, but they could find no reason for disturbing the order of the finish. Knowing showed more speed away from the barrier than the others and he was the one to set the early pace. Pullman had left well, but was on the inside and he soon ran into some trouble, and it was Excite that went after the pacemaker, following the Dunboyne gelding closely. Wha Hae had left well, but he wag another sufferer, being knocked back early in the action, while Bootmaker was lacking in speed and soon dropped back badly. When the stretch was reached Excite gradually wore Knowing down, but he was not in command until inside the final furlong. As the leading pair went out slightly in the stretch Westrope made an effort to go through on the inside with Pullman. That resulted in the colt running into a close pocket and it was only in the last few yards that he found room to come through and take second place right at the heels of Excite. Knowing was tiring another three lengths back, only beating Bootmaker a head. The Bradley gelding had swung wide into the stretch and was going well In the final furlong, after having been badly outrun to the turn for home. Clocks had shown a flash of speed, but dropped back badly and Her Reigh had no speed, being a distant trailer all the way. All through the running there was a deal of bumping and crowding, and the one that appeared to suffer more than any other was Pullman. The weather was excellent for the sport and while it was another made up of overnight races there was plenty of entertainment, with some of the finishes excitingly close. There was a call for a photograph at the end of the opening four and a half furlongs dash for juveniles over the Widener course when Victor Emanuels Star Pupil and Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Ethels Choice crossed the line closely lapped, with Planetarium, racing for Mrs. George D. Widener. in third place. The protograph confirmed Ethels Choice as the winner, and Planetarium was nearly half a length back of the pair, and six lengths before Direct. Star Pupil left in full stride, while Ethels j Choice swerved slightly as she left in a start that was rather bad. Ethels Choice was soon close after Star Pupil, and then Planetarium moved into third place. Mrs. Jacobs filly soon found her way to the inner rail, but she was put to her best to keep step with Star Pupil; then, right at the end, she proved the gamer to have her nose in front at the end. Planetarium held his position all the way, and in the final sixteenth was closing on the battling pair. Direct had little excuse and could never improve his position. Miss Judy Johnson saddled the second winner of the day when she sent out Chester J. Bilds Jesting in a six furlongs dash over the main course and for platers. The Snob II. mare ran down Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Sandy Bill, the favorite, to be winner and well back of the son of Wise Counsellor, Mrs. N. Doyles Sang Froid, took third from Portden. Another photograph was demanded by the placing judges in the third race, a four and a half furlongs dash over the Widener course, for juvenile, fillies when Katherine E. Hitts Care For and the Sage Stables Glamorous were lapped at the line and a length and a half back of the pair Hal P. Headleys Misapprehension took third from Veiled Lady. The photo showed the purse belonged to Clamorous. There was some delay at the post, with Clamorous one of the chief offenders, while both Veiled Lady and Care For occasioned some trouble. The start was good, and Clamorous, bearing out from her inside stall, was soon forcing the pace, with Care For in close attendance. Veiled Lady had swerved in as she left and could not run down the leaders, and Misapprehension, after tossing Saunders off, on the way to the post, behaved well after arriving, and she ran an even race. Phlox tired and Naive had no speed to be a distant trailer all the way.
