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BRADLEY SILKS FIRST Green and White Triumphs in Huntington Purse at Belmont Park. Favored Sceneshifter Third Behind son of Black Toney — Program of Overnight Races. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 15.— Bar Fly carried the silks of Edward R. Bradley to their first victory of the New York season when he was an easy winner of the Huntington Purse at Belmont Park today. It was the first showing of the popular white silks with green trimmings by "Bill" Hurley, so that the score was perfect. The home-bred son of Black Toney and Bottle Green was much the best in this test of a mile and a sixteenth. F. A. Smith had him in hand as he led J. D. Norris Sandy Boot over the line, with Maxwell • Howards Sceneshifter, the favorite, taking third from Royal Eminence. It was an interesting day of racing for a crowd of goodly proportions, though it was a program composed of overnight races. In the Huntington Purse there were only five went to the post and it was generally agreed that Sceneshifter, though he is slightly touched in the wind, was best of the lot. He was played with confidence, going to the post at 9 to 10, -but Bar Fly was the second choice at 3 to 1. With no delay at the post, the five moved away on the same stride and Royal Eminence took command at once, with Landlubber second, Sceneshifter third, Bar Fly fourth and Sandy Boot in the rear. Sceneshifter soon displaced Landlubber in second place and at the end of the first furlong Smith had Bar Fly under restraint as he galloped along in third position and on the outside of the other two. Continued on thirty-ninth page. BRADLEY JILKS FIRST Continued from first page. This was the order in the run around the turn and Smith still had the Bradley colt under restraint going to the stretch turn. When he let him run after reaching the straightaway, Bar Fly went to the front to open up a lead of three lengths and it was all over. In the final strides Smith again took hold of his head and his winning margin was two and a half lengths. Sceneshifter had tired under the stretch drive after having headed Royal Eminence and Sandy Boot, closing with a rush on the outside, ran him down to take second by three parts of a length. Royal Eminence was at the heels of the son of Sickle, just beating Landlubber. W. E. Boeing won his first race of the New York season and Johnny Adams, the riding sensation from California, rode his first winner, when Wise Barrister won the first division of the Shoreham Handicap, a six furlongs dash over the main course for class "C" performers. The son of Wise Counsellor, which was backed from 10 down to 6 to 1, scored over M. Van Beurens Pixey Dell, one of the favored in the company, with A. G. C. Sages Mahdi saving third from Shoulder Arms. From a good start, in which Pixey Dell was first to show from the stalls, it was Mahdi that dashed out to set the pace, heading the filly in the first few strides. Annie Reigh, racing along on the inside, was a close third, and then came Shoulder Arms. Wise Barrister broke rather slowly and early in the running Adams went to the outside to find clear racing room. EARLY PACEMAKER. Wright had a nice hold of Mahdi as he went along in the pace and he was holding Pixey Dell safe to the head of the stretch, though the filly was in close attendance. Shoulder Arms had moved up to join in the battle, while Annie Reigh dropped back slightly as the pace quickened. By this time Wise Barrister was gradually making up ground, but he was still well out from the rail. In the final furlong there began a furious fight among the leaders as they battled along on the inside, and then along came Wise Barrister in the middle of the course. He had speed enough to run them all down, to win going away by half a length. Pixey Dell had outgamed Mahdi to take second place by a short head, and the Sage sprinter was just a length before Shoulder Arms. The second division of the Shoreham Handicap brought a battling finish, in which J. Shirley Rileys Journey On, the favorite and ridden by Johnny Longden, earned a close decision over Joe W. Browns Fairflax, with Johns Heir finishing third and barely beating Deep End for that part of the purse. James N., Bill D. and Journey On were the ones to set the pace, and it was not until they reached the stretch that Bill D. began to tire. There Fairflax moved up to come into contention, and in the final furlong he and the Riley gelding drew away to stage their battle, which resulted in a neck victory for the son of Challenger II. This" battle took them out two lengths before Johns Heir, and he barely led Deep End home when the Paragon Stables sprinter ran into trouble. Trainer Jack Goldsborough returned from Pimlico and reported that Saratoga Stables-Volitant shipped to Aqueduct in good condition. Goldsborough did not make any announcement as to the colts next start.
