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Hoodoo in Popular Score at Belrnont BelrnontCrowd Crowd of 34925 Turns Out To See Whitney Homebred Lead Irish Tar to Finish FinishELMONT ELMONT L I N Y May 29 A crowd of 34925 turned out this bright afternoon to witness a moderate program of races topping last Saturdays attendance figures by 450 The feature event was the Matine cock Purse a sixfurlong dash for three yearolds with 3000 in added money Col C V Whitneys Hoodoo proved a popular winner though he was scoring his first triumph of the season and scored by a length and onehalf over Wheatley Stables Irish Tar with Greentree Stables Dustman closing very fast for third honors finish ¬ ing only a neck farther back and four long lengths before R V Boyles LouBre Hoo ¬ doo was clocked in 112 and paid 5 5Irish Irish Tar had the early foot of the dozen who contested the Matinecock stepping into a lead over Hoodoo in the first quar ¬ ter which was covered in 22 Hoodoo cut that margin to o head rounding the far turn and this pair fought for the lead a couple of lengths to the fore of Lawrinson and LouBre with Dustman far back at this stage stageAtkinson Atkinson in Saddle SaddleCurving Curving into the long stretch Irish Tar saved a little ground but not enough and Hoodoo put him away at the eighth pole going on to win by himself though under a steady drive by Ted Atkinson Dustman and LouBre had trouble finding racing room at the head of the home lane and the latter finished fastest of all once he got clear LouBre had been running along on the inside rail to the turn and tired as most rail runners do here hereThe The secondary feature was the Williston Handicap at seven furlongs in which George Woolf completed a riding double with B A Cowards Appleknocker saving much ground at the top of the stretch and stealing away to score by five lengths from Harry LaMontagnes Larky Day who was a similar margin before A C Ernsts Alo raye Greentree Stables Tambo was fourth after having forced the early pace Apple knocker stepped the distance in 124 and paid 4 Woolf had previously won aboard Hedron in the first race raceArnold Arnold Hangers Gig tried to slip away to a safe lead in the Williston after re ¬ peatedly breaking through the gate but he was through at the head of the stretch and finished last Larky Day made an honest but futile effort
