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MR. BONES REAL THREAT 1 Runs Smashing Race to Win Swift Stakes at Belmont Park. ♦ Qualifies for Withers by Beating i Postage Due and Aneroid — Disqualification in Chase. ♦ NEW YORK. N. Y., May 19.— Mr. Bones, the three-year-old son. of Royal Minstrel and j Rinkey, that races for John Hay Whitney, j became a distinct threat for the Withers of next Saturday when he ran a smashing race at Belmont Park today to be winner of the Swift Stakes, over the seven furlongs route. , This added just ,275 to his earnings and the masterful manner in which he forced all the pace and met every challenge gives him entirely new importance. Second place went to A. G. Vanderbilts Postage Due and well back of the Vander-bilt colt, Edward Bruners Aneroid beat Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloanes Delphinium for third, and this same Delphinium, in his last previous race, took the measure of C. V. Whitneys Red Rain. It was rather a gray day for the sport, with occasional drizzles of rain but the going remained good, though not at its best. A big crowd was out and the sport furnished, though marred by a disqualification in the steeplechase, was first class. Seven went to the post in the Swift Stakes and after a short delay at the post, for which Postage Due was principally to blame, the start was a good one with Postage Due first to show out of the stalls. Mr. Bones had left from the inside stall and, finding clear racing room, Gilbert quickly sent him through to take the command. In the mean- time, Speed to Spare had taken up the running of his stablemate and went after the Whitney colt closely. The pair, v/ell lapped but with Mr. Bones Showing the way, drew out until four lengths before the others. PLENTY OF SPEED. The first quarter was run in :23, and Gil-hart sent Mr. Bones right along until the Vanderbilt colt cracked, but the half was reached in :4fiand before that happened. Wha Hae was showing the way to the others, and Delphinium raced alongside of him, but was in some early difficulty and did not show the electrical speed that marked his previous pcrrormance. Postage Due was under a slight restraint back of the Brook- meade colt, while Speed to Spare was carrying Mr. Bones along, and Aneroid was last of the seven. Never shortening stride, Mr. Bones held to his command into the stretch, and as Speed to Spare tired, it appeared for an instant that he had accomplished his task successfully, when Postage Due moved up strongly. Gilbert was awake to the danger, and he shook up the son of Royal Minstrel |D have him come away again, and he still had a length to spare as he crossed the line. Aneroid, closing with a great rush in the final quarto;-, landed safely in third place, but three lengths back of Postage Due and a length before the disappointing Delphinium. The son of Blue Larkspur had some misfortune in the running, but there was not sufficient excuse for his showing. Besides being eligible for the Withers Saturday, Mr. Bones also enjoys the engagement in the mile and a half of the Bel-moot Stakes, to be run June 6. Postage Due, Speed to Spare, Bow to Me and Wha Hae, all beaten by Mr. Bones, are in the Withers, and Delphinium enjoys the engagement in both the Withers and Belmont. MORE THAN A SPRINTER. This Mr. Bones may readily take a place among the best after the magnificent showing in the Swift, for besides carrying the fast pace, the time for the seven furlongs was l:24i.:,, he was going away from his company in a fashion to suggest his being much more than a sprinter. Nineteen maiden two year-olds of the plater variety went to the post in the opening four and a half furlongs dash, and it went to Marion McGonigles Wise Bun when he led home Jack W. Schiffers Eight Oclock by a narrow margin, and I. J. Collins Erins Sun was a close third before Donald Duck. The steeplechase of the day was over the short course, and under selling conditions. It went to Thomas Hitchcocks Blackcock, ridden by the amateur Regan McKinney, when he outfinished Appian Way, from Groton Stable, in a drive during which J. McGrath, who rode Appian Way, lost his whip. Third went to John Hay Whitneys Poppyman and Jungle Dawn was fourth. There was a mishap to the running when Mrs. A. B. Durants Meredith made a bad landing two fences from the finish and unseated Bauman. The race was marked by a deal of rough riding, and a claim of foul was lodged after the running, and it resulted in Appian Way being disqualified from second, giving that part of the purse to Poppyman, one that had met with serious interference at the top of the field, and this change moved Jungle Dawn into third place. The third was a five furlongs dash for a good band of juveniles, and it was won easily by the Brookmeade Stables Knight Gallant. The fight was a close one for the place when Maedic, from the Maemere Farm Stable, just beat the Orienta Stables Sophia Tucker and C. V. Whitneys Post Meridian. Early in the running, Knight Gallant found his way to the lead, and while he swerved considerably in the running, he had foot enough to hold his command throughout, and his winning margin was eight lengths. The fight for the other positions was a spirited one, and Maedic, which had been heading the others all the way, was put to his best to take it by a head. Sophia Tucker, in turn, was only a nose before Post Meridian, which closed with excellent courage on the outside of the field. Billionaire raced disappointingly and probably found the straight course strange, while Court Scandal performed below what he has been showing. Knight Gallant, a son of Sir Gallahad III. and Anastasia, was one of the high-priced yearlings of the August auctions last year, when Mrs. Sloane paid i | 1 I I j ! ; ; | j i , : 1 j I ! ! ] , 1 . ! ! | ; j ! I | 1,500 for him. Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords Indomitable i whipped a likely band of three-year-olds in the six-furlongs over the main course, which i was the fourth offering. At the end the un-sexed son of Man o War was doing his best i to lead home J. H. Louchheims Snow Fox, I and A. G. Vanderbilts Balkan Land saved I third from Vez. There was considerable delay at the post, for which Flaming Swords was chiefly to j blame, and she was finally taken to a position outside the stalls before a start was effected. The fourteen left in good alignment and Terpsichore was more alert than the others to go into an immediate lead, with Vcz chasing after him. Early in the action Brush Hook had been shuffled completely out of the contention in some crowding that came rigl.c after the break. Highpool and Indomitable were in the front division and as Terpsichore weakened Indomitable took command, but at the end was forced to do his best when Snow Fox closed with a great rush on the outside 1 : i take the place. Balkan Land was forced to race on the outside and thiouandh the stretch finished with good courage as both Vez and Highpool tired.
