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PORTERS MITC AND WAR ADMIRAL WIN STAKES - - XX Boeing Colt Inches Before Eight Thirty in Belmont Futurity Third Degree Third, Johnstown and Benefactor Unplaced War Admiral Defeats Two Rivals in Jockey Club Gold Cup Hitchcock Chase Winner NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 1. The luck of George Widener, which has been so fair in the Futurity, failed him at Belmont Park today when a throng of 25,000 saw his Eight Thirty lose an eye lash decision to an invader from the Pacific Coast, Porters Mite, a member of the establishment of W. E. Boeing, a Seattle sportsman who is best known as a manufacturer of airplanes. With the greater portion of the crowds plaudits being for the Widener representative, as he jogged back to weigh in, a distinct surprise was provided when the eye-in-the-sky gave the decision to the son of The Porter and Minima, which had finished close to the out-side rail, with the Easterner right on top of the inside rail. A length and a nali back or the pair Greentrees Third Degree outgamed the disappointing public choice, Johnstown, to take third money by a head, with the other seven contestants being beaten off. It was a well-fought race for the first five-eighths of a mile, and then the leading quartet drew away from the pack to battle for the money awards. SLOWER TIME. Porters Mite, which had broken the six and a half furlongs track record when he traveled the distance in 1:14 to win the Champagne Stakes a short while back, did not have to race as swiftly to take down the 7,045, which was the winners portion in the Futurity. He was a full two and two-fifths seconds off that mark when he completed the route in 1:16. The colt from Seattle was the only fair-priced winner of the afternoon, there being as much as 6 to 1 available against his chances at post time, while War Admiral, which did the expected in The Jockey Club Gold Cup, was held at the practically un-bettable odds of 1 to 12, and the Hitchcock entry of Annibal and Rioter were 1 to 6 chances in the Grand National Chase. Porters Mite turned in a courageous effort to register, as he was out in all the pace and under extreme pressure in the last eighth to turn back the determined bid of Eight Thirty. Basil James, who piloted him to victory, said after the running: GIVEN "BREATHER." "We were right there all the way and I gave him a breather about a quarter of a mile from the finish. In the last eighth I was bearing down hard and he was bearing out. I let him continue to do so, figuring it was better to do this than to attempt to straighten him out so late in the race. It was a mighty tight fight and he is a mighty nice colt. We did not have a -bit of interference at any stage of the journey." Eight Thirty was the one to be pressing Porters Mite closest for the entire trip and . Wayne Wright had him under the whip through the last three-sixteenths, the Pilate colt responding in a fashion which narrowed steadily the margin that separated him from Continued on thirty-third page. PORTERS WTE AM WAR MEM. WIN STAKES Continued from first .page. the son of The Porter, but just failed to have him up in time to gain the major award. Third Degree, a lightly regarded outsider, was the major surprise of the race, for Arcaro had him close to the pace for the full journey and the .son of Questionnaire hung on with dogged determination in the last eighth of n mile to outgame the highly ;rcgarded Johnstown And miss the main money by only a length and a half. Johnstown was the major disappointment of the event. Post f avorite at 2 to l, he performed far below general expectations. Stout had him in a good position early, but under hard urging through the final quarter he was unable to pick- up the leading pair and right At the end the Johnstown colt was gaining. E. R. Bradley, who had high hopes with Benefactor, saw his colt finish back in the bunch, after failing to be a factor at Any stage of the journey. It was the third time the Kentucldan had view the failure of one of his well-regarded home-breds, for Blue Larkspur failed him in 1928 and ill luck beat Balladier a few seasons back. Porters Mite, the winner, was a bargain for W. E. Boeing, who purchased him last winter At Santa Anita from Jock Whitney for a price reported at ,500. For the Seattle sportsman he has won five out -of nine starts and 6,940 in purse money. War Admiral had just a romp for the 5,500 prize in The Jockey Club Gold Cup. Wright put him on top -at the start and he only aired along in front all the way. At the -end he was throe lengths in front and well in hand, as he finished out the two miles an 3:24. This is three seconds off the track record of JUxterminator. The running of the Grand National -Steeplechase Handicap was something of a farce when only one of the three starters completed the course without Accident. That one -was Thomas Hitchcocks French gelding Annibal, ridden by the amateur Jiegan McKinney. Later Rioter, the other Hitchcock starter, which had unseated Mason two fences from the finish, was caught And he finished the course for second money. The only other starter -was F. Ambrose Clarks Birmingham and he -was a contender to the fourteenth fence, where he fell with IJcGovern. Fortunately both riders escaped injury. RIOTER SETS TACE. Rioter was sent out to make the pace and he went along -under -wraps as he galloped along with Birmingham following him. as McKinney rated the French .gelding well :back of the other two. It was in the final turn of the course that "Birmingham drew up on Rioter. At the .same time McKinney permitted Annibal to run. With Birmingham out of it, Annibal rated alongside his stahlemate And they went to the top of the field with McKinneys mount showing the way. Two fences from the finish Mason roused Rioter in an effort to hold the grey and when he made a bad landing, was unseated. Then Annibal galloped home the rest of the way. In the meantime Rioter followed his stahlemate, riderless, and he finally was caught and led hack, where Mason re-mounted him to finish second. This running carried a net value of ,100 to the winner and it was the first Hitchcock victory since the score of Good and Plenty, "back in 1906.
