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ALFRED G VANDERBILT His home ¬ bred Newsweekly won the Turf and Field Handicap in the feature fiat race on yesterdays United Hunts card Pebalong Annexes Turf Writers Cup Rapier RunnerUp In Hurdle Fixture FixtureUnited United Hunts Program Draws Crowd of 15916 to Belmont Newsweekly in Head Victory VictoryBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 15 Auburn Farms Pebalong fin ¬ ished fast to win the ninth running of the 10000 New York Turf Writers Gup at Bel ¬ mont Park today reaching the end of the about two miles by two and a half lengths before Louis E Stoddard Jrs Rapier Mrs Walter M Jeffords H Hour who delayed the start was a length farther back and a neck before Sanford Stud Farms Britanni cus III who set an early pace then tired under his top weight Pebalong paid 1260 and was timed a fairly dismal 350 Mrs Ogden Phipps Look Around set the track record of 344 in this same race last fall fallFrank Frank Dooley Adams who has suffered the stings and arrows of misfortune this spring turned in one of his better rides on Pebalong Young Adams won the Writers Cup on Montpeliers Reykjavik in 1945 1945Joe Joe H Palmer vicepresident of the New York Turf Writers Association presented the cup to Thomas T Mott owner of Au ¬ burn Farm in the winners circle Miss Judy Johnson trainer of the Big Pebble colt shared in the ceremony and ac ¬ knowledged a round of applause from the press box boxOne One of the smallest crowds of the season 15916 patrons turned out in pleasantly warm though humid weather weatherVanderbilt Vanderbilt Success Continues ContinuesAlfred Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who is enjoy ¬ ing his most successful season in several years gleaned another important purse when his Newsweekly staggered home in the Turf and Field Handicap a head before C V Whitneys Quarter Pole who bore in the stretch when haying dead aim on the winner Russell A Firestones Barrage fin ¬ ished well after walking out of the gate to take third honors three lengths farther back while G B Bostwicks Stunts was unable to handle his moderate topweight of 122 pounds and finished fourth fourthBrookmeade Brookmeade Stables pair of Dart By and Lucky Devil was favored in the wagering and finished fifth and seventh Lucky Devil had speed for a half mile while Dart By ran a dull race Ruperto Donoso rode Newsweekly who paid 1120 and was timed in 136 the fastest mile race of the meeting meetingThe The Turf Writers Cup was an exciting spectacle from the start with Britanhicus III leading at a moderate clip but ap ¬ parently running easily while the rest of the field was closely grouped behind the Frenchman H Hour Pebalong and Mr Man were closest to the early pace with Adams saving ground on the winner and taking command at the final turn to draw away at the end As Britannicus HE tired Rapier moved up strongly passing H Hour at the end of the odds board as Britannicus HI stopped out of the money Diable de Gosse was another head away after being kept under stout restraint most of the way and going very wide at the final curve while Mr Man was only another head be ¬ hind at the end of the journey
