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COL E R BRADLEY Whose colors were seen in their first triumph of the New York season yesterday when But ¬ ton Hole accounted for the fifth race at the Nassau County course OSSABAW IS EASY WINNER IN INITIAL OUTING OF SEASON SEASONSix Six Lengths Ahead of Running Mate in International Chase ChaseNEW NEW YORK N Y May 14 Ossabaw re ¬ turned to competition in the fortyfourth running of the International Steeplechase Handicap at Belmont Park this afternoon to avenge the defeat he sustained at the heels of Satilla in last Mays renewal of that 3000 added chase special Louis B Mayers dusky fencer jogged to the end of this two miles over a dozen hedges with six lengths showing before E B Schleys Dollys Love his running mate Another three lengths away came Mrs F Ambrose Clarks Bache ¬ lor Philip who had carried most of the pace burden while Satilla was a thoroughly beaten fourth in the classy field of seven sevenLouis Louis B Mayer the movie mogul was present to see Ossabaws conquest Coupled with Dollys Love who runs for E B Schley the Grandace gelding went away a strong favorite and paid 470 for the custom ¬ ary 2 Adding to the significance of Ossabaws easy triumph was the fact that he carried top weight of 161 pounds Frankie Slate was the winning rider and Ossabaw added 3150 to the Mayer coffers through his sparkling first out performance performanceGOOD GOOD CHANCE LOSES RIDER RIDERThe The field was dry for the stakes decision and it was run in 343 time that enabled him to set a new course record The race left nothing for excuses The lone untoward incident was that Good Chance lost his rider Roberts at the eighth hazard but had been jumping poorly all the way wayThe The large steeplechase and hunts set was out in force to see the International helping to swell the midweek attendance Once more the Westchester Racing Association and its patrons were favored by an excellent break in the weather with a warm sun beaming on the big course all afternoon Louis B Mayer appeared in the winners enclosure with Ossabaw and received the trophy going to the winning owner from the hands of Alfred G Vanderbilt head of the Nassau County plant The International was the first of the local seasons chase stakes and as such attracted far beyond what its mere monetary worth would indi ¬ cate cateOssabaw Ossabaw was clearly best of the field at all stages of the running though he was not allowed to go to the front until midway of the back field Slate took him in hand and allowed him to gallop along a couple of lengths back as the speedy Bachelor Philip went to the front at the drop of the flag with Dollys Love ranged alongside and keeping him stepping steppingR R C Thatchers Spanish Duke well han ¬ dled by Basil James accounted for the main award in the Tyrant Handicap a class C event over a mile and a sixteenth which was the days best flat offering offeringThe The Spanish Play colt drover down the out ¬ side of the pacemaking Straight Lead who represented John Clein near the furlong pole and moved away to a twolefngth ad adContinued Continued on thirtyfourth page
