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War Piper Charges to Belmont Win Tick Tock Chases Victor Past Wire Third Tally in Five Starts This Season for Brae Burn Horse; Sir Ruler Triumphs By Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. L, N. Y., June 4. Brae Burn Farms War Piper unleashed his characteristic late rush in the featured seven - furlong Muttontown Purse here this sunny afternoon, roaring on the outside "under Paul J. Bailey to out-finish Howell E. Jacksons favored Tick Tock by three-quarters of a length. Ellis Farms Flying Bird was a neck farther behind, and third by a half-length over Clearwater Stables Cavort. A crowd of 21,046 assembled here in pleasant weather installed Tick Tock an even money favorite, and made the winning War Piper their second choice for a .30 return. The track was fast and the winning six-year-old son of War Admiral and Evening Tide carried his 113 pounds to the wire in 1 :24. Both War Piper and the favored Tick Tock, with Eddie Arcaro in the saddle, were reserved behind the field until making the long curve for home. Teddy Atkinson had easily set the early pace with Cavort, who was making his initial venture of the season, but at the head of the stretch Johnny Choquette sent Flying Bird to the front on the inside, but still quite a distance out from the deeper footing near the rail. Cavort Does Not Respond It appeared briefly that Atkinson might be playing cozy with Cavort as that gelding stayed right with Flying Bird, but when "The Slasher" asked him for something in the last furlong, there was no response. Flying Bird held on steadily as Tick Tock first ranged up for the battle j far on the outside. War Piper, representing owners Mr. and Mrs. James O. McCue, was almost skimming the outside rail making his move from behind Tick Tock,vand he wrested command from the favorite with complete authority in the final yards. Greentree Stables Pop Corn, who chased nearly all of the good ones as a juvenile last year, this afternoon won the second start of his current campaign in a romp. The son of Nirgal and Bbomdeay was a 7-to-10 favorite, and he easily drew out by eight lengths at the finish of the Baldwin Purse to complete the mile and one -sixteenth in 1:43 Ms. OgdenPhipps Harmonizing, the eraly pacemaker in last Saturdays Peter Pan, came from behind in todays field of seven, and lie wrested second hon-orsr finishing down on the inside, a neck in front of C. V. Whitneys Cut and Run Claiborne Farms highly regarded Sir Ruler made a victorious racing debut in the five furlongs straight run down the Widener chute today, capturing the third race in a hard drive over Greentree Stables RefugeejTSnother well-bred colt making his initial venture. Wheatley Stables Misty Flight, seasoned by two races at Jamaica, finished lapped on the top pair and was third. The winning colt, with Eddie Arcaro in thesaddle, was timed in :57M and paid off as an even money favorite. Sir Ruler is a son of Nasrullah and My Emma, and was one of the group of high priced yearlings bought .by Arthur B. Hancock Jr.s Claiborne Farm from the Belair estate. Four others making their racing debut also were costly yearlings. Mrs. Anson A. Bigelows Pondicherry, who finished fourth, was purchased at auction for 1,-000. Ralph Lowes Big Prince, who gave a green effort, cost 0,000. The Clearwater Stable of F. L. Leatherbury and E. A. Roberts was represented by an entry of Bern-with and Marlow Road, the first costing 0,000 and the latter, 3,500. I
