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WAR ADMIRAL BELMONT HERO Earns Bight to Wear Cockade of the Triple Crown. Belmont "Meetings Leading Money-Winner and Track Record Breaker Belmont Stakes Big Feature. War Admiral, a spawn of the great Man o War, emerged from the Belmont Park meeting with his cockade perched jauntily on his beautiful head. The points of the cockade, now equally balanced, representing the American "triple crown," namely, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, the last of which he won in such spectacular fashion on the final day of the meeting at the great Nassau County course that even though he lacks the commanding presence and physical development of his sire, numerous shrewd judges, who saw both of them race, are on the verge of pronouncing him as great as his sire. The Belmont Stakes was the culmination of a brilliant Belmont meeting. War Admiral equaled the American time record for one mile and a half, incidentally lowering Belmonts track record for the distance by a fifth of a second. Man o War had held that track record. The Metropolitan Handicap was the first of the most famous stakes run and it fell to Snark. Flying Scot took the Withers, Dawn Play the Acorn and Coaching Club American Oaks, Aneroid the Suburban Handicap, and The Chief the National Stallion Stakes. Belmont opened on May 10 and closed June 5. 19,080 was distributed during the twenty-four days, a daily average of 3,295. Winning favorites averaged thirty-seven per cent. War Admiral was the leading money-winning horse; his stable, the Glen Riddle Farm, owned by Samuel D. Riddle, of Philadelphia, the leading winning establishment, while J. Stout headed the jockeys with fifteen winners, and Hirsch Jacobs the trainers, with eight winning horses. Following are the owners whose horses won ,175 or more: Owner. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt. Glen Riddle Farm 10 1 8,110 King Ranch 3 0 0- 21,405 Whitney, C. V 1 2 2 19,385 Whitney, J. H 3 3 4 19,125 Manfuso, J. A 1 0 0 10,950 Wheatley Stable 1 2 . 3 9,755 Starmount Stable....... 12 1 7,725 Gerry, R. L. . 1 4 1 7,555 Greentree Stable 4 3 3 6,635 Jacobs, Mrs. E. D 7 5 5 6,455 Howard, M 1 1 1 6,050 Clark, F. A 3 2 1 5,705 Vanderbilt, A. G 2 1 6 5,650 Talbott, H. E., Jr 4 1 0 5,175 Headley, H. P Ill 4,305 "Howe Stable.... 4 3 6 4,190 Widener, J. E 2 5 4 4,175 Following are the horses which won ,200 or more each: Horse. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Amt War Admiral 10 0 f 38.020 Dawn Play 2 0 0 20,675 Flying Scot 1 0 0 15,050 The Chief 2 1 0 13,510 Aneroid 1 0 0 10,950 Catalysis- 1 2 0 7,575 Snark 1 1 0 7,275 Perpetuate 1 1 0 6,845 Sceneshifter 1 1 0 5,850 Black Look 1 0 0 4,075 Dusky Prince 1 0 1 3,865 Preeminent 1 0 0 3,625 Bold Turk 1 0 0 3,450 London Town 2 0 0 3,350 Par . 1 0 0 3,275 Vamoose 1 0 1 3,200 Following are the flat riders who rode three or more winners each: Jockey. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C Stout, J 81 15 15 6 45 .19 Arcaro, E 73 13 6 16 38 .18 Sarno, M 55 11 8 10 26 .20 Gilbert, J 48 10 9 6 23 .20 Workman, R 47 9 5 5 28 .19 Wright, W. D....58 9 9 6 34 .16 Peters, M 60 8 11 5 36 .13 Longden, J 57 7 7 8 35 .12 Wall, N .....36 7 5 9 15 .19 Balaski, L 41 6 3 1 31 .15 Le Blanc, H. W..47 5 5 0 37 .11 Renick, S 38 5 6 10 17 .13 Neal, V 23 4 5 3 11 .17 Richards, H 44 4 5 10 25 .09 McDermott, P 18 3 4 2 9 .17 Merritt, R 25 3 1 1 20 .12 Following are the steeplechase jockeys who rode one or more winners each: Rider. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. P.C. Bellhouse, F 9 4 1 1 3 .44 Collins, W 7 3 1 0 3 .43 Clements, H. W. . . 8 2 1 1 4 .25 Jones, Mr. W.... 3 2 0 1 0 .66 Morris, A .... 5 2 0 0 3 .40 Barry, J 1 1 0 0 0 100 Coe, N 2 10 0 1 .50 Racine, G 4 1 1 0 2 .25 Scott, A 5 1 1 0 3 .20 Theodore, Mr. J. 5 1 2 2 0 .20 White, Mr. C. R. . 4 1 1 1 1 .25 Following are the trainers who saddled three or more winners each: Trainer. Wins Trainer. Wins. Jacobs, H 8 Byer, J 3 Hirsch, M 6 Healy, J. W 3 Mulholland, W. F. 6 Jones, J. P 3 Odom, G. M 6 Kerr, D. K 3 Burch, S. L 4 Martin, W. E 3 Gaither, H 4 Powers, V 3 Harrison, D. E... 4 Ritchie, J 3 Healey, J. A 4 Rodrock, T 3 Miller, W. R 4 Waldron, R 3 The percentage of winning favorites was below normal, as shown in the subjoined tabulation: Number of days 24 Number of races 154 Winning favorites 57 Winning second choices 33 Winning outsiders : 66 Winners at odds-on 7 Defeated at odds-on 6 Percentage of winning favorites 37 Two dead heats were run. I Following is the list of stakes that were decided: , Stake. Date. Winner. Value. Toboggan Handicap, May 10; Preemi- ! nent $ 3,625 Subscription Steeplechase, May 14; Barricade H 2,500 International Steeplechase Handicap, May 15; Rioter 1,650 Fashion Stakes, May 15; Catalysis.... 5,075 Metropolitan Handicap, May 15; Snark 6,675 Swift Stakes, May 18; Black Look... 3,575 Bouquet Claiming Stakes, May 20; Bold Turk 3,450 Charles L. Appleton Memorial Cup Steeplechase, May 22; London Town 2,600 Withers Stakes, May 22; Flying Scot. 15,050 Harlem Claiming Stakes, May 25; Dusky Prince 3,775 Acorn Stakes, May 26; Dawn Play. . . . 10,100 Corinthian Steeplechase Handicap, May 29; Jungle King 1,710 Juvenile Stakes, May 29; Perpetuate. . 6,665 Suburban Handicap, May 31; Aneroid 10,950 Coaching Club American Oaks, June 2; Dawn Play 10,575 Meadow Brook Steeplechase Handicap, June 5; Birmingham 1,755 National Stallion Stakes, June 5; The Chief , 12,630 Belmont Stakes, June 5; War Admiral 38,020
