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OUTRIDES IE BLANC Veteran Riders Vigorous Finish Feature in Bold Turks Victory Son of Valorous Takes Measure of Favorite FavoriteDown Down East in Bouquet Claiming ClaimingStakes Stakes Cold Weather NEW YORK N Y May 20 Bold Turk racing for Paragon Stables and top weight for the Bouquet Claiming Stakes took down that prize at Belmont Park today from Mrs Parker Comings Down East the favorite of the big field that performed and Alfred Qwynne Vanderbilts Jack Be Nimble saved third from Our Ketcham KetchamAnother Another unseasonably cold day kept the attendance down and there was a high wind blowing over the course which did not add anything to the comfort of the crowd but the sport was excellent and there was no lack of enthusiasm enthusiasmThere There was some delay at the post but the start was a good one and early in the action Bold Turk and Down East drew away from the others and it soon developed into a match race between the pair They were well lapped virtually all the way but Bold Turk was always showing the way to the Mirafel gelding and right at the end Gilbert outrode Le Blanc to make the score sure His margin of victory was three parts of a length lengthJack Jack Be Nimble which left the post from the outside stall was always in the front division but he was six lengths back of Down East as he crossed the line He had run down Our Ketcham for his share in the purse and neither one of these had any excuse excuseHIS HIS BEST PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCEBold Bold Turk is a son of Valorous and Bos ¬ porus by Stefan the Great which had a thorough seasoning in Florida where he was purchased from John Hay Whitney by the Paragon Stables The Bouquet was only his second winning race in thirteen starts and it was by long odds his best performance He IB a rugged sort that may readily go on to tobetter better things as the season advances advancesThe The opening four and a half furlongs dash for juvenile fillies brought a call for a photograph when William F Hitts Happy Vote Mrs E Graham Lewis Infinite Lady and A H Watermans Miyako all crossed the line locked in the order named Far back of them fourth went to Sing Low which raced for Joseph Pepp PeppThe The steeplechase of the day brought out a big field of cheap ones and three of them came to grief with the purse going to Little Hurd from the Sandywoods Stable when he led home J F Byers Dartalong and well back of these Archery from the Groton Stable took third from Jolie Knight Cata lano and Our Chance were the only others to complete the course Hedric was first to come down and he fell two fences from the finish Then at the last fence Honor Bright went down while Carls Choice lost his rider Fortunately each of the riders escaped serious injury RICHARDS PERFECT RIDE RIDEE E K Brysons Carvola under a perfect ride by Harry Richards was winner of the j Firenzi Handicap for fillies and mares and over the mile route Mary Keen from the Bomar Stable took second place and Her ¬ man Phillips Fair Stein easily saved third from Par Scout that raced for W H JLaBoyteaus JLaBoyteausRichards Richards showed his skill in this by re ¬ serving Carvola through the early racing and as the field raced into the high wind that blew up the back stretch she was not asked to exert herself Richards made his first move with Carvola in the stretch and with the wind to help her along she ran down the leaders readily to win going away by half a length lengthGeorge George Odpm saddled the first and sec ¬ ond horses in the Saltaire Handicap for those of class C when he sent out Mar ¬ shall Fields Swahili and Robert L Gerrys Chancer which led home Alfred G Vander ¬ bilts Dusky Prince and Conquer was fourth The race run by Swahili was a particularly good one for after acting badly at the post he went in the air at the start and was compelled to close a considerable gap Chancer left fast and after disposing of Miss Rainbow held to his lead readily as Dusky Prince challenged going to the turn Then Swahili which had been steadily mak ¬ ing up ground closed with his winning rush to beat his stablemate a neck neckThe The biggest thrill of the day came with the running of the six furlongs for three yearolds which was the sixth offering when C V Whitneys Bagpipe John Hay Whit ¬ neys Royal Feast and Robert L Gerrys Winning Chance swept over the line in the order named and so closely lapped that only k photograph could give the decision Half a length back of the battling trio fourth Went to Alvin Untermyers Gurkha
