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Whose Whose Easily Easily Best Best in in Parkwyn Parkwyn Purse; Purse; Spartan Spartan Noble. Noble, Black Black Swan Swan Victorious Victorious Show Way in Split | Belmont Headliner Small Fields Go to post on Sloppy Track as Hard Rain Holds Down Crowd to 14,935 BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y.t May 27. — A continual driving rain and a thoroughly unattractive program, with only eight horses in the two divisions of the featured Shorthose Purse, resulted in the smallest crowd of the season at Belmont Park today, and one of the smallest in the past three years. However, 14,935 addicts turned out in spite of these adverse conditions and the form players among them were well rewarded, with the first four choices scoring and Orange Stables Spartan Noble, winner of the first half of the Shorthose being a well backed second choice. The son of Bull Dog — Nimble Hoof coasted through the slop to score by three lengths over Mrs. Ada L. Rices Dorothy A., who saved the place by a nose from Mrs. R. D. Pattersons Blenel, while Countess Wise and the favored Forum completed the field. Spartan Noble paid .30 and was timed in 1:11% for the six furlongs, with Johnny Adams in the saddle. Only thre horses went postward in the second half of the Shorthose, but the trio provided a surprisingly good race for five of the six furlongs. Ed wniBischoffs Song o War, Lester Manor Stables Stage Fire and Jay D. Acres Black Swan raced heads apart in that order fr omthe start to the eighth pole, where the order was promtly reversed, as Ted Atkinson went to the whip on Black Swan and swept to the front on quickly drew out, beating Stage Fire by three lengths, while Son o War stopped badly and was beaten another five lengths. Smallest Handle in Years Black Swan paid .60 and was timed in 1:12 for the six furlongs. Stage Fire was slightly favored over the winner and the pool totalled only 32,521 with no place or show wagering. Incidentally, there was only 0,331 invested on the steeplechase, the smallest handle in recent years. Earl Sande saddled his first winner of the year in the seventh race when he sent out his own Prop Girl to score by two and a half lengths over Sally Ann Stables Jet Plane, who led Alfred G. Vanderbilts Benign by more than a length. Allen T. Simmons Akron Gal was a length away in fourth place, five lengths before Mrs. W. Plunkett Stewarts Chamade, the favorite. The latter ran a dull race without visible excuse.
