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Temple Gwathmey to Adaptable Finishes With Rush To Defeat Elkridge ElkridgeFleettown Fleettown Cropper at Last Fence Algasir Sets New World Straightaway Mark MarkBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 16 Miss Ella Wideners Adaptable came from far back to capture the 15000 Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase feature of the second and final United Hunts pro ¬ gram at Belmont Park today The Blen ¬ heim II gelding drove to the wire a length before Kent Millers former champion Elk ridge who led Auburn Farms Floating Isle by four lengths Mrs Esther duPont Weirs Canford the favorite finished a dozen lengths out of the money followed by Robert W Grants Sun Bath and G H Bostwicks Little Sammie SammieBrookmeade Brookmeade Stables FJeettown fell at the last fence when racing close to the leaders Pat Smithwick rode Adaptable with admirable patience and the winner paid a liberal 800 though he had won the valuable Meadow Brook Chase from the same horses and at the same distance last week The time was a sluggish 451 over the soft turf course that was damp ¬ ened by drizzles during the afternoon afternoonAdaptable Adaptable who won last years Grand National which Elkridge had captured the year before added 11050 to his earnings The 3000 accruing to Elkridge as second money brought his total to 142455 which is 785 less than Jolly Rogers record recordA A crowd of 17607 turned out in gray moist weather to attend the second session of the annual United Hunts meeting meetingSun Sun Bath Goes Into Lead LeadYoung Young Joe Smith sent Sun Bath to the front at the start of the Temple Gwathmey quickly opening up a lead of a dozen lengths Elkridge was a distant second in the run down the far side the first time with Floating Isle Canford Fleettown who was rated today Adaptable and Little Sam ¬ mie strung out for almost a sixteenth of a mile mileFloating Floating Isle made repeated bobbles but didnt lose much ground particularly at the sixth and ninth fences while Fleettown be ¬ gan to jump poorly as he tired after moving into contention contentionSun Sun Bath continued to lead for the first tour of the course but Smith began to ease him slightly at the water jump and the field gradually drew closer It was not until he neared the far turn the final time that Sun Bath yielded the lead to Elkridge while Fleettown and Floating Isle also be ¬ gan to drive Once passed Sun Bath stopped badly while Adaptable began to move up very fast on the outside picking up his rivals with ease and taking the final fence on a line with Elkridge while Fleet town fell and Floating Isle landed heavily Adaptable drew away from Elkridge in the first strides of the run for home as though he was going to win off by himself but Elkridge came on again with a game but futile effort Floating Isle was a deter ¬ mined third and the rest nowhere nowhereA A worlds record was established in the first race at Belmont Park when Algasir sped down four and a half furlongs of the Widener straightaway in 50 clipping a fifth of a second from the mark held by Orissa Preceptor hung up 51 on the front stretch in 1908 Algasir carried the colors of trainer Jack Sktrvin in whose name the late A C Ernsts horses now race Algasir reached the wire a neck before El mendorf Farms Whiffenpoof after bat tling that colt all the way while Brook ¬ meade Stables Going Away finished very fast to be a halflength behind and the same margin before Maine Chance Farms Magic Words the favorite Algasir was ridden by Eric Guerin and overlooked In the wagering paid 9220 3750 and 2160 across the board boardAlgasir Algasir is a bay gelding by Sir Gallahad m Alpoise by Equipoise His three yearold halfbrother Alphara is a use ¬ ful sort while his fouryearold halfsister Alchois by Challedon was retired to stud this spring a nonwinner at three
