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W F MULHOLLAND Saddled Your YourChance Chance for his winning performance in inthe the Suburban renewal at Belmont Park Parkyesterday yesterday VISCOUNTY MAKES GOOD IN PEABODY MEMORIAL RECORD CROWD SEES YOUR CHANCE WIN SUBURBAN Widener Colt Beats Hash Length and Quarter as Mioland Goes Unplaced Belmont Attendance Set at 53904 New Mark for State Shot Put Is Third crowd of all New Yorks turf history saw Your Chance win the richest richestof of all the fiftyfive Suburban runnings at Belmont Park this afternoon WhOe a Memorial Day gathering of 53904 let out ra tre ¬ mendous roar the big red fpiiryeaiold who races for Mrs George D Widener and Andrew Jackson Joyner responded coura ¬ geously to Don Meades drive of hand and heel coming from behind a stiff pace at the head of the home lane and reached the finish a length and a quarter in front of the Greentree Stables Hash while that stretchrunner was beating Mrs Marie Evans lightly regarded Shot Put just a neck for the secondary award awardSome Some two lengths farther away Haltal was a tired fourth in a classy field of nine of the nations outstanding handicap perform ¬ ers brought together for this historic mile and a quarter Mioland the invader from the West Coast and an even money favorite was in fifth place at the finish a limber horse under his top weight of 127 pounds This Suburban was a thriller from end to end and Your Chance won because he was the best horse under his 114 pounds Racing right back to his recent sensational workout the Chance Shot fouryearold carried Mrs Wideners red and dark blue hoops over the mile and a quarter in 202 on a racing strip that was at its speedconducive best Those who fancied his chances were reward ¬ ed at the rate of 1720 for 2 while he added 25200 to earlier earnings Privately timed Your Chance went the distance in 202 202The The Westchester Racing Association could not have wished for a more perfect May afternoon on which to present New York racegoers most popular turf fixture and the local iacing enthusiasts swarmed to the huge plant on Hempstead Turnpike in record numbers wagering 355806 a race record in this state on the Suburban alone The previous high was the 277646 bet on the Suburban last year yearFollowing Following the decision of the Suburban Mrs George D Widener appeared in the winners enclosure to accept the huge gold trophy going to the winning owner from Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt head of the mod ¬ ern and vast Nassau County track a plant in which there was ample room in which to move around despite the tremendous turn ¬ out of fans fansIn In the colorful and cosmopolitan crowd that saw this Suburban were many turf no ¬ tables among them William Woodward George Bull Walter Travers Henry Bull Mr and Mrs P A P Widener Theodore Knapp A G C Sage R B Strassburger W R Coe Arnold Hanger Howard W Max ¬ well S D Riddle Maj L A Beard Mrs R T Wilson C S Howard A L Sylvester Bernard Gimble Mr and Mrs H C Phipps Ogden Phipps John Hertz J A Morris Maj Albert Warner Laddie Sanford Adolphe Pons Mrs Ann Clare Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloane and Jouett Shouse ShouseGeorge George Cassidy took considerable time at the gate with the Suburban field before catching thehi all ready and when he sent sentContinued Continued on fortythird page RECORD CROWD SEES YOUR CHANCE ANNEX SUBURBAN SUBURBANWidener Widener Colt Beats Hash Length and Quarter Mioland Runs Fifth FifthContinued Continued from first page pagethem them away the speedy Dit flashed to the front with Mioland right behind him himThe The Finest also was quick to catch his stride breaking from the rail station and as the others were taken in hand Wall sent him to the front along the inner boundary of the strip stripYour Your Chance was on the outside and Meade had an armload of wraps on him while The Finest went to the pace with Haltal and Olympus moving up to force his pace The Finest never got more than a length away and in the run down the far side of the track Olympus began to hang while nearing the end of that lane Haltal went to The Finest and soon carried him into the ground groundEntering Entering the stretch turn Haltal opened up a length and a half and ranged across the track just behind him and heads apart were Dit Mioland and Your Chance Meade having the latter still on the outside where he lost some ground but was assured run ¬ ning room roomNearing Nearing the quarter pole Meade let out a link and Your Chance moved off from Mioland and Dit and set sail for the leading HaltalMIOLAND Haltal MIOLAND WEAKENS WEAKENSAs As they moved down to the furlong pole Your Chance reached Haltal and disposed of him while at this juncture Mioland was making his bid and had run up to be lapped on Your Chance However he began to weaken and Your Chance drew out outHash Hash was taken back to last place at the start and came through between horses from the halfmile pole responding well to Arcaros whip the final furlong to make his move with Shot Put another early laggard The two darted by the tired horses in a fight for the place with Shot Put hanging right on the money moneyFollowing Following the running Meade on the win ¬ ner said It was the first time I had rid ¬ den Your Chance since he was a twoyear old I did not ask him to run in the early stages of the race He moved of his own accord coming off the back stretch and responded gamely when we headed for home homeThe The fractions of the race as given by the electric teletimer were 24 48 112 137 and the distance in 202
