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SUBURBAN TO ANEROID Son of The Porter Runs Mile and a Quarter in Fast Time of 201 Esposa Finishes Second and Memory MemoryBook Book Third Eosemont Goes GoesLame Lame Tremendous Crowd NEW YORK N Y May 31 Aneroid the fouryearrold son of The Porter and Out ¬ burst which raced brilliantly in Maryland during the spring was the winner of the Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park today for John A Manfuso Setting the pace he ran the mile and a quarter in 201 the fastest time ever hung out for the running except the 200 credited to Whisk Broom II a record that has always been questioned questionedFar Far back of the son of The Porter second place went to Mrs William Zeigler Jrs Esposa and at her heels followed the Greentree Stables Memory Book with Maeriel fourth Back of these came Count Arthur Rosemont Snark Dark Hope and Star Shadow in the order named namedThe The race carried a net value of 10950 to the winner and it was by long odds the greatest race ever run by Aneroid and his biggest purse purseThe The Decoration Day crowd was one of the largest to ever grace Belmont Park and the weather was ideal for the sport The racing furnished was worthy of the great gather ¬ ing and there never was a running of the old Suburban that attracted greater inter st With no delay at the post Memory Book was first from the stalls but he was almost at once headed by Aneroid and Rosengarten permitted his mount to open up a lead of a couple of lengths before he took him in hand handEsposa Esposa was in second place under steady restraint and then came Dark Hope and Count Arthur and Maeriel MaerielBY BY SAFE MARGIN MARGINWhen When Aneroid never shortening stride swung into the stretch still going away from his opponents it was apparent he was not to be caught and in his swiftly run race he was past the line winner by four lengths Esposa hung on with courage as Memory Book finished on the outside and she was just a length before the Greentree colt and he in turn led Maeriel a length lengthRosemont Rosemont had been unable to answer the call of Richards while Snark was at no time in contention Dark Hope quit badly and Star Shadow was over his head and always outrun outrunThe The fractions for the running give an idea of what a fast pace Aneroid set and yet stuck it out so magnificently The first quarter was run in 23 the half in A6 six furlongs in 111 mile in 135 and the Continued on thirtyeighth page SUBURBAN TO ANEROID Continued from first nage mile and a quarter in 201 Such a pace Is calculated to win races racesThe The winner was more or less neglected in the betting though he had some following on his Maryland form formSGT SGT BYRNE SCORES SCORESJohn John Simonettis Sgt Byrne was winner of the six furlongs of the Memorial Day Handicap and he ran one of his best races to score over Alex Gordons Rebellion by a neck Three lengths back of the pair came Cycle from the Howe Stable The race was run over the main course in 111 111The The start was an unfortunate one so far as Supply House was concerned for he was virtually left and the others were away together but when Rebellion raced a first quarter in 22 it carried him into a good lead Cycle was in second place and two lengths before Sgt Byrne Rebellion went along for a second fast quarter and reached the half mile mark in 45 Such speed gave him a lead of four lengths and Wall had a snug hold on him as he sped along alongInto Into the long stretch the son of James ¬ town which was racing for the first time under the Gordon silks showed signs of weakening but Wall kept him at his task until seventy yards from the finish There Sgt Byrne which had shaken off Cycle continued to close until his margin was a neck Cycle was another three lengths away and Supply House was off so slowly he was a distant trailer all the way wayOUR OUR SAILOR SURPRISES SURPRISESOur Our Sailor carrying the silks of C S Cheston and ridden by his trainer the amateur C R White was a surprise winner of the short course steeplechase for those of class C in the classified handicaps At the end he was doing his best to lead home J C Brady Jrs Crooning Water and J Fred Adams Jrs Bell Man took third from Ruth Wrack WrackThere There was one mishap in the running when Budos went down at the seventh fence with B Ansteatt but fortunately the rider was not injured and he walked from the field fieldScrooge Scrooge a discard from the Joseph E EWidener Widener Stable that now races for Herman HermanPhilips Philips was winner of the Blue and Gray GrayHandicap Handicap a gallop of a mile and a sixteenth sixteenthfor for those of class C He scored with con siderable to spare over James Butlers Caught and the Greentree Stables Brush BrushHook Hook had closed a big gap to be third
