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FUTURITY TO P0MP00N IN RECORD BREAKING RACE Virtually Clinches Juvenile Championship in Great Performance Establishes New Mark of 1:16 for Six and One-Half Furlongs in Winning by Four Lengths Count Arthur Takes Gold Cup and Bushranger Grand National Steeplechase NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 3. Impressive victories by Jerome H. Louchheims Pompoon in the forty-seventh running of the Futurity, Mrs. John Hertz Count Arthur, in the seventeenth Jockey Club Gold Cup, and Joseph E. Wideners Bushranger in the thirty-sixth Grand National Steeplechase Handicap thrilled a crowd of more than 20,000 persons as Belmont Parks autumn meeting was brought to a brilliant close Saturday afternoon. Pompoon established a new record of 1:16 for the six and one-half furlongs over the straight course in winning the Futurity by four lengths, and enriching his Philadelphia owner by 6,790. Count Arthur easily mastered his three rivals in the Gold Cup over the testing route of two miles, and Bushranger, in shouldering 172 pounds, carried the largest impost ever successfully borne in the nations steeplechase classic. Pompoon, a bay son of the 1925 Futurity winner, Pompey and Oonagh, by Friar Rock, was the first favorite since Top Flight scored in 1931, to capture the worlds richest and most Important two-year-old race, and he accomplished hi3 task in a manner suggesting that he is the best of his division for this year. Overcoming early trouble under the fearless handling of Harry Richards, Pompoon went to the front entering the final quarter and he drew away under pressure, to defeat Calumet Farms Privileged by four lengths. ARCAROS FINE RIDING. Privileged, which also met with trouble when John P. War, piled into him soon after the start, also finished very courageously under Eddie Arcaros powerful riding to take secondary honors by a neck over C. V. Whitneys Flying Cross, which closed fast on the inside, to beat Sir Damion by a head. In gaining secondary honors for the West, Privileged earned ,800 for the Calumet Farm Stable, of Warren Wright, Chicago sportsman, as the Whitney coffers were enriched to the extent of ,400. Sir Damion, property of Marshall Field, and coupled with Charing Cross, saved his starting fee of ,000. After Sir Damion. the order of finish was Dogaway, Flying Scot, Dawn Play, Tattered, Charing Cross, Billionaire, Melodist, John P. War, Optic, Eli Yale, Sun Capture, Riparian and Cosmic Ray. SIX OUT OF SEVEN. The Louchheim colt carried top weight of 127 pounds by virtue of his triumphs in the Junior Champion and National Stallion Stakes and lowered the former record by one-fifth of a second. Balladier set the mark at 1:165s in winning the Champagne Stakes several years ago. The victory was Pom-poons sixth in seven starts as he had lost only in an overnight handicap at Saratoga when making his first start in two Continued on thirty-fourth page. ! s l ! 1 1 ! ; : ; : FUTURITY TO POMPOON IN RECORD BREAKING RACE Continued from first page. months and carrying the impost of 130 pounds. George Cassidy required nine minutes before he got the large field under way. Giving him the most trouble were John P. War, which was placed on the outside; Billionaire and Ddgaway. Pompoon stepped through but once and was away In stride when the break came. A mad scramble ensued for the lead with John P. War coming over sharply to impede Cosmic Ray and Privileged. Pompoon soon was enveloped by horses, because of this jam, but Richards kept him out of serious trouble. Charing Cross and Sun Capture appeared to have the best of the early running but the latter colt was shuffled back after he lost his forward position and was a trailer thereafter. With the long race over, the straightaway about half over, an opening presented itself for Pompoon and Richards quickly drove him through it to battle Charing Cross and Sir Damion for leadership. In a sixteenth of of a mile, the Pompey colt had the Field pair put away and he drew into a clear lead when Privileged worked his way through to come up on the outside but try as he might, the westerner could not challenge Pompoon and the latter drew away steadily in the final sixteenth. Privileged was given a terrific argument by Flying Cross, as the latter came very fast along the rail but Arcaro kept the Sir Gal-lahad III. colt in the place position until the judges were met. Sir Damion, which proved stouter than his stablemate, also held on desperately, but tie could not cope with Privileged and Flying Cross, while holding Dogaway at his heels. Some of the others, particularly Sun Capture, met with interference as all the contestants performed truly over the straight course but it is very doubtful if an absence of trouble would have made any difference in the result. William R. Coe received ,000 for nominating Pompoon to the Futurity and Arthur B. Hancock ,000 for naming Privileged. Whitneys additional award for third honors to Flying Cross amounts to ,100. Count Arthur duplicated the 1928 success of his sire, Reigh Count, in capturing the Gold Cup with its first money of ,750, and a gold cup, valued at ,500. His task was made easier by the withdrawal of Firethorn, which had beaten him in last years renewal of the race, but nevertheless he relinquished the post of favoritism to the Greentree bles Memory Book, which was four lengths back of him at the finish and three lengths before Giant Killer, with Jean Bart a poor last. The latter two, comprising the Walter M. Jeffords entry, were stablemates of Fire-thorn and the failures to turn the tables on the other two prevented Philadelphia owners from making a clean sweep of the three Belmont stakes. Mrs. Hertz is a Chicago patron. When Joseph E. Wideners magnificent Stefan the Great gelding Bushranger was winner of the Grand National Steeplechase under the crushing burden of 172 pounds, he carried the highest weight of any winner in the history of the prize and completed a clean sweep of the three cross-country fixtures of the meeting. His other triumphs were in the Broadhollow Steeplechase and the Brook Steeplechase. It was also the fifth score for the Widener silks in the National, the others being Relluf, Expectation, Stone-i wood and Arc Light. This running carried a net value of ,750 to the winner, together with a handsome gold cup, presented by Mrs. Payne Whitney, fair owner of the Greentree Stable.
