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Nothirdchcmce Upsets at Belmont Bieber Mare Saves GroundThroughout GroundThroughoutSlips Slips Through Along Rail at Head of Stretch to Defeat GainsboroGirlSunshine Nell NellBELMONT BELMONT PARKElmont L I N Y May 6 Saving every possible inch of ground Isidor Biebers Nothirdchance slipped through on the inside rail at the head of the stretch and went on to win todays featured Bed o Roses Handicap by almost a length over Shawmut Stables Gainsboro Girl another outsider Meyer J Kaplans Sunshine Nell the favorite who was trying to concede from eight to 21 pounds to her eight rivals finished a neck away in third place at the end of the mile and a sixteenth Robert S Howards Mabs Choice was almost another half length out of the money after being in fourth place most of the way wayNothirdchance Nothirdchance who had showed nothing on the new grass course here last week but had raced well at Jamaica and won the Acorn Stakes here three years ago was neglected by a crowd of 20988 and paid 2260 Ted Atkinson urged her over the distance in 145 145Sunshine Sunshine Nell was first away from the gate in the Bed o Roses a race named for Alfred G Vanderbilts champion filly of a few years ago but was quickly passed by Hadassah while Gainsboro Girl moved up to join the favorite in the opening quarter HomeMade who carried the Van derbilt silks broke sixth then dropped out of contention while Lavender Hill gal ¬ loped along behind the field Nothird ¬ chance was in sixth place in the run down the backstretch and only moved up one notch in the run past the threefurlong pole as Slippy faltered badly badlyRace Race as Team Around Turn TurnGainsboro Gainsboro Girl Hadassah and Sunshine Nell raced as a team around the sweeping curve to the stretch with the favorite on the outside and forced to go a little wide curving for home Mabs Choice was a couple of lengths back of the leaders and the same margin before Nothirdchance Atkinson had been scrubbing mildly on the Blue Swords mare to keep position and kept her on the inner rail all the way wayAs As the leaders all went a little wide curving for home Atkinson brought No ¬ thirdchance up with a rush and was lapped on Gainsboro Girl and Sunshine Nell at the eighth pole The big bay mare re ¬ sponded willingly to punishment in the final furlong and steadily edged away while Gainsboro Girl maintained the head margin she had held over Sunshine Nell from above the threefurlong pole all the way to the finish finishSunshine Sunshine Nell who is pointing for the 100000 New Castle Handicap at a mile and a quarter had won Iv last three starts and was by no means disgraced but is evidently unable to carry 126 pounds more than a mile if quite that far The winner was in with 112 while Gainsboro Girl who won this years Black Helen at Hialeah under 109 had 114 pounds today todayT T P Morgans Plus Fours who turned in a dull effort behind Ruthred here a week ago but had won his two previous starts under Hedley Woodhouse captured the Glen Cove Purse with the Canadian rider urging him along Woodhouse kept the Alsab fiveyearold close to the early pace in ths dash drew clear at the head of the stretch and kept him under mild urging to the end of the six furlongs which he reached two lengths before Belair Studs Game Chance who finished with a be ¬ lated rush Mrs C O Iselins Bradley was a half length farther back and the same margin before Maine Chance Farms Smart Apple who lacked his expected early speed
