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GEORGE D WIDENER Who saw his silks carried to their third Metropolitan Handicap victory by Eight Thirty Jack High and Lanius were other winners of the Belmont fixture in the colon of the Philadelphian POTRANCO DRIVES TO FORE I CRETE HANDICAP EIGHT THIRTY AND SUN AGAIN BELMONT WINNERS METROPOLITAN EASY FOR SON OF PILATE PILATEBold Bold and Bad Second in Handicap Calumet Youngsters Put On OneTwo Act in Juvenile Stakes StakesNEW NEW YORK N Y May 24 Eight Thirty gave an enthusiastic crowd of 30000 New York racegoers a rare thrill at Belmont Park as he took up his steadying impost of 132 pounds and galloped to an easy and impressive triumph in the fortyeighth run ¬ ning of the mile Metropolitan Handicap which headlined todays program Respond ¬ ing like the superlative performer he is to Harry Richards every demand Eight Thirty came from far off a good early pace to drive through between horses at the top of the home lane and on to victory by two lengths at the direct expense of Col E R Bradleys featherweighted Bold and Bad who carried his 102 pounds home a length before Greentree Stables stoutly finishing Hash The last named second highweight of the brilliant field under 123 was a head in advance of The Chief as the latter earned fourth money moneyThe The historic Metropolitan had as its sup porting feature the sixtyfifth running of the Juvenile Stakes in which Calumet Farms colts Sun Again and Some Chance were onetwo in that order well in front of The Barrington Stables Scotland Light as he accounted for third place Eight Thirtys tally was the more popular of the two for he was an oddson public choice and re ¬ turned 360 for 2 while the Wright pair paid 1020 in a race in which one of the entry Some Chance contributed to the de ¬ feat of the favored Amphitheatre in going wide at the stretch turn turnWORTH WORTH 10250 TO WINNER WINNEREight Eight Thirty was moving right along the last part of the Metropolitan to finish out in 137 Is though racing in the face of a strong wind that blew up the back stretch all afternoon It was the third Metropolitan score for George D Widener whose Lanius and Jack High had captured earlier re ¬ newals of the stake and Eight Thirty added 10250 to earlier earnings through his sparkling exhibition As in the Toboggan the son of Pilate made his company look ordinary and his imposj appear a feather featherBright Bright but uncomfortably windy weather was on tap for the Westchester Racing Asso ¬ ciations weekend offerings but the turn ¬ stiles clicked off an attendance of 29760 against 19557 for the corresponding day last spring Wagering was brisk throughout the day with Eight Thirtys score a life saver for many in the fashionable crowd After the running of this feature owner George Widener appeared in the winners enclosure to accept the trophy from the hands of Al ¬ fred G Vanderbilt head of the course courseThe The start in the feature was equitable for all nine and Eight Thirty breaking on the inside rail left there on the lead but Rich ¬ ards took hold of him and Roman Flag was sent to the front by Meade to cut out the theContinued Continued on thirtieth page EIGHT THIRTY AND SUN AGAIN WIN AT BELMONT BELMONTCrack Crack Son of Pilate Easily Best in Metropolitan Calumet Entry Runs OneTwo in Juvenile Stakes StakesContinued Continued from first pace pacerunning running in the face of the gale Roman breaking from the outside stall angled over to the rail to be second in the first eighth about a length off Roman Flag and with Bold and Bad keeping him close company Roman Flag continued to scamper along on a daylight lead in the run through the baik stretch with Bold and Bad and Roman going along together just back of him and the favorite having just one horse Hash beaten at the fivefurlong pole Richards had not asked him to run however and leaving the back stretch began to ease ofl his hold and the Erdenheim horse passed three horses in a twinkling while saving considerable ground on the rail railEIGHT EIGHT THIRTY MOVES UP UPOn On the bend Roman and Bold and Bad moved to Roman Flag as the three skimmed around there with Eight Thirty moving off the rail slightly and right on their heels as they swung into the front stretch There Roman was beginning to hang and Eight Thirty went through between him and Ro ¬ man Flag as Bold and Bad raced down on the rail railComing Coming to the eighth post when Bold and Bad Roman Flag and Eight Thirty were head and head Bold and Bad swerved out off the rail and hit Roman Flag who caromed off Eight Thirty as the latter forged to the front In the last furlong it was just a question of by how far the big chestnut horse would win Roman Flag dropped out of it after his mishap but Bold and Bad continued steadily under a drive for second and Hash last on the turn ran over the tired horses to be third just a head before The Chief ChiefSun Sun Again was easily best of the represen ¬ tative field of nine meeting in the sixtyfifth running of the Juvenile Stakes galloping to the final marker in new track record time of 58J 58Ji i over the Juvenile Course to add 8175 to the rapidly swelling Calumet ac ¬ count He was three lengths clear of his stablemate Some Chance as Eads snugged him to the line in time twofifths of a sec ¬ ond swifter than the favored Amphitheatre ran in establishing the o mark The Bar rington Stables Scotland Light was third another length and onehalf away and half a length before the unfortunate Amphi ¬ theatre theatreThis This was the second Belmont fixture to fall to Sun Again who had won the Jockey Club Plate earlier in the meeting and added another to the lengthening list of stakes captured by Ben Jones charges this spring including Whirlaways Derby and Preakness and Proud Ones Acorn AcornEADS EADS ON WEIGHT COLT COLTIn In the Juvenile Eads on Sun Again and Haas one Some Chance worked a double play on the field that while successful left the backers of Amphitheatre in particular something less than satisfied satisfiedSome Some Chance went away fast from the inside and took Albatross by the head in the dash to the turn where Amphitheatre was racing outside the latter At the home cor ¬ ner Some Chance carried those outside him past the middle of the race track and left a gap on the rail large enough to drive two trucks through for Sun Again who had been going along about two lengths back and just waiting for such a spread Eads drove him through there to the lead at the eighth post and then moved off to his clearcut score while Some Chance straightened up after leaving the others out there in the race track to take the place placeAlbatross Albatross and Amphitheatre continued steadily after their ill luck and Scotland Light uncorked a burst of speed in the final furlong that gained him the third money Party Buster had speed as did Highbor ough and Requested was in the thick of it on the oujtside until Some Chance went wide stiff wind blowing down the stretch made for the fast time with the quarter being run in 22 and the half mile in A6Vs The winner paid 1020 1020After After the running of the stake Charles S Howard presented the trophy going to the winning owner to Warren Wright who inci ¬ dentally leaves tonight for his home He will return later in the meeting to see Whirl away run in the Belmont Stakes
