Show WINNER i-Ei i IN BIG HANDICAP W YORK May 21 August Belmont Bel- Bel Strom- Strom mont year old gelding boll bolt h by St. carrying carry carry- ln In ing poun pounds s. s with Jockey Y Turner up lip won the Metropolitan handicap nt at one cue mile the feature of oC the care carent carel nt at th the opening opening- of oC the Eastern racing Reason at it the thc Belmont park race track yesterday A hu huge e crowd crown watched the twenty second running of oC this thin classic event for Cor which ten teon horses started Schuyler Schuler L. L Parsons Parson's Sharpshooter finished second three quarters of ot a n length behind the winner with Capt E. E B Flying Fairy Fair third five thc len lengths away The time tim was wa 13 4 5 Just two seconds Blo slower er than the he track for tor this race made h by Fashion Plate Plato five I years year cane ago no and equaled h by Buskin last year farB winner The Belmont entry was wai the theta ta favorite avon to The Tho field got rot ore oft fairly rl well wel aligned was os th the first firs t tto to show In front Before BeCore th the head o othe of oC the stretch h was wag reached ho however fr e had had enough an and dropped back bacle RIck View bore ou out bad badly carrying Tartar with him coming Into the stretch and this gave o a the opportunity t to toru ru rush h through h on the rail Into th the the- lead with Flying Fairy second In tho the final furlong furlon Sharpshooter came very fast gaining on the tho leader fader at every stride but he could no not overtake Sharpshooter was five Che lengths In front of Flying Fairy at the finish In the the's dAys s 's of oC for Cor racing the prizes for this even event had a aggregated but yesterday it had a R guaranteed 1 value of oC which was more mor than last year ear Thed Istance was on one mile and th thrace the therace therace race for or three y three olds olds r-olds and upwards Betting between individuals Indi memoranda memoranda memo memo- randa ronda of or wa wagers and settlements after each race were permitted but no de deposits do- do e- e po posits before beton a race would be al alto al- al to lowed wed The meeting is Ig to continue until June 9 Part of or the proceeds are to tobe he be devoted to the Red Cross and Blue Cross societies s. s |