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Buzfuz Buzfuz in in Driving Driving Toboggan Toboggan Triumph; Triumph; Mealso Mealso Lasts Lasts to to Beat Beat Loujac Loujac at at Downs Downs Hard Rainfall Mars Belmonts Opening Degage Second to Sunshine Sprinter as Polynesian Is Third Under Heavy Impost BELMONT PARK, Elmont. L. I., N. Y., May 5. — There are veteran turf goers who profess to remember more disagreeable opening days since Belmont Park was inaugurated in 1905, but none of them could name a specific year on which there was more rain, haze or chill wind. However, the crowd of 24,454 fans who checked through the turnstiles were warmed somewhat by the victories of two odds-on favorites in the five races that preceded the featured Toboggan Handicap, but were cooled again when Sunshine Stables Buzfuz surged through the mud at the end of that 0,000 dash to score by three-quarters of a length over Russell A. Firestones De-gage, while Elmendorf Farms favored Polynesian finished half a length away in third place, barely saving third honors from Glen Riddle Farms The Shaker. Though he had finished second behind Polynesian in his last Jamaica start, Buzfuz was neglected in the wagering and paid 3.10. The time for the six furlongs on the straightaway was a passable 1:11. Basil James, who had won the other chute race on Post Deb, was the saddle star of the afternoon. First Widener Loss for Polynesian The track was the proverbial sea of mud. This was the first time Polynesian had ever been beaten on the Widener chute and the combination of mud and a burden of 134 pounds were just too much for the favorite. Buzfuz had only 121 to carry, while Degages burden was only 114. Deering Howes True North, co-holder of the track record of the distance, was first to show in front in the Toboggan, but was allowed to drift to the outside rail by Job Dean Jessop and rapidly tired in the deep going that prevailed on both sides of the track. Fighting Frank, who was racing down the middle, was second in the early stages before Polynesian, Sea Snack and The Shaker, while Buzfuz was never very far away as the field was closely bunched. Though still leading as the field passed the stands, True North was obviously through and Buzfuz charged up with a powerful rush on the grandstand side of the track that quickly took him to the front. While Fighting Frank dropped back, Polynesian held on gamely but was unable to withstand the bid of Degage for second and found it none too easy to hold off The Shaker in the final strides. Air Patrol was a close fifth before Hornbeam, with the rest of the field strung out for almost a sixteenth of a mile. Once beaten, True North stopped to walk, with only Cassis and Bogle behind him at the wire. Buzfuz, a son of Zacaweista — Polyata, earned 7,900 in scoring his third victory Continued on Page Twenty-Eight Buzfuz in Driving Toboggan Victory as Belmont Opens Continued from Page One in a busy campaign of nine starts this year. His other two victories were gleaned at Hialeah following an unsuccessful journey to Santa Anita, where Fighting Frank beat him badly over a muddy track. The skies opened just before the fourth race, driving the hardiest patrons from the gravel lawn and turning the Widener Chute from a lane of mud to a quagmire. Vera S. Braggs Post Deb, a daughter of the mud - running Challedon, who had trained well on a muddy track, caught Ogden Phipps favored One Bell at the eighth pole and drew away to score by three lengths with Basil James providing a mild hand ride. Mrs. W. Plunket Stew arts Jersey Isle emerged from the pack, there were 16 in the field, to take third money, a length and a half back of the favorite and a length before Walter P. Chryslers Frisk, who is always thereabouts but never quite "there." Mrs. Braggs silks completed a consecutive double when Green Dragon breezed to a three-length victory over C. T. Chenerys Rappahannock in the fifth race. J. M. Roeblings Marble Arch was almost three lengths farther back at the end of the mile, with Harry LaMontagnes Conniver a remote fourth in the field of five that was completed by King Ranchs Handful. Job Dean Jessop rode Green Dragon, rating the son of Hey Diddle Diddle behind the early pace set by Rappahannock, Conniver and Marble Arch, but moving up with a rush on the outside at the head of the stretch.
