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Tiger Tiger Rebel Rebel Again Again Proves Proves Victorious; Victorious; Mush Mush Mush Mush Scores Scores Over Over Mist Mist o o Gold Gold Whitney Filly Gets | To Finish in Clear Coincidence Registers at Belmont Parkas Nodarse Is Knocked Off Breezing Home BELMONT, PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 23. — C. V. Whitneys Mush Mush scored a driving victory in the seven-fur-land Polydor Purse, one of two modest features at Belmont Park today, leading Vera Braggs Mist o Gold, the 3 to 5 favorite under the wire by a length and a half. J. W. Bowleys Larkmead Andy finished a similar margin away in third place, with Col. E. R. Bradleys Be Courageous proving anything but that, as he trailed the small field. A crowd of 23,370 came out to the Hempstead Avenue course, undeterred by picketing van men at the gates and threats of a railroad strike which would leave nearly half of them without convenient means of return transportation. It was announced at 3:15 that the last train to New York would leave at 4:00 p. m., with the final Brooklyn train leaving 15 minutes later and the last train to Jamaica departing at 4:40 p. m. Approximately 1,100 of the 10,108 fans who came by train crowded on the 4:00 oclock train. Fans Engage in Fisticuffs The proceedings were enlivened by a fight between two fans that broke out just before the Polydor, in which a blonde feminine spectator became embroiled, giving vent to the most blood curdling shrieks ever heard at Belmont Park. The contestants were led away by Pinkerton men and the only damage resulting was inflicted on the eardrums of the innocent bystanders. There was a nasty-looking accident in the Discount Purse that followed the Polydor, when Venancio Nodarse was knocked off of William Zieglers Bounding Home just above the sixteenth pole in the stretch run. The boy was taken away in the ambulance. Fortunately the boy was only shaken up by his heavy fall and Bounding Home was unhurt. Greentree Stables Coincidence, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, appeared to be responsible for the accident, bearing in during the run for home and forcing Harry Lamontagnes Sicily over on Bounding Home. Coincidence went on to win the mile and a sixteenth by a little less than a length from Mrs. Ada L. Rices Richmond Jac, who led Sicily by the same margin. Christiana Stables Alexis finished a neck farther Continued on Page Six Mush Mush, Coincidence Triumph at Belmont Park Mist o Gold Finishes Second to Whitney Filly in Polydor Purse Continued from Page One back, while Havahome Stables Cencerro completed the field. Coincidence, who was Greentree Stables third winner of the season, paid .20 and ran the distance in the good time of 1:43%. Immediately after the Discount Purse, fans were again reminded that they had just 20 minutes in which to make the last train out of the track. Nearly half of the crowd left before the seventh race, but not all of them found space in the last trains. The others had recourse to buses and cars of friends, many of whom were new-made for the occasion. Larkmead Andy went to the front at the start of the Polydor, followed by Be Courageous and Mush Mush with Mist o Gold walking out of the gate and trailing down the far side, with Johnny Adams sitting still. Meanwhile Mush Mush was a close third. Curving into the stretch, Be Courageous began to shorten stride and Mush Mush moved up strongly to take the lead from Larkmead Andy. At the same moment Adams began to move with Mist o Gold. He finished very fast on the outside but never seriously menaced the winner. The Bragg colt, a candidate for the Belmont, worked out a mile in 1:38% and was eased up a mile and one-eighth in 1:53. The race itself was run in a mediocre 1:25 and Mush Mush, who was ridden by Paul Miller, paid 5.80. Alexis set the pace in the Discount, followed by Bounding Home, Sicily and Coincidence, who were closely grouped, while Cencerro and Richmond Jac were several lengths back going down the far side. Alexis continued to lead turning for home, but Bounding Home took a head advantage as they straightened away and Coincidence loomed up on the outside. At the same moment, Sicily began a bid in the middle of the track while Richmond Jac was also closing fast. Passing the eighth pole, Sicily had drawn level with the leaders while Coincidence was bearing in steadily and appeared to force her to move over abruptly, hitting Bounding Home, who was holding on gamely. The Greentree gelding then went on to score in a drive over the fast-finishing westerner, Richmond Jac. Sicily, who was probably best in the race, recovered well to be a close third.
