At Belmont Park

Under a spreading maple tree a chestnut stallion stood. A British prince came and looked upon him. Grand moguls of horse-racing and their wives and friends came and looked upon him. Hoipoloi, riffraff, the rabble of racing looked upon him, gauged their bets. Through it all the soft-eyed chestnut stallion stood placidly, inquisitive but unmoved. He was Epinard, four-year-old French steed, brought to the U. S. by his owner Pierre Wertheimer.

Nearby, under another maple, stood another chestnut stallion, Wise Counsellor, property of John S. Ward of Louisville, Ky., and Frederick Burton of Chicago.

At a bugle call, Epinard stepped daintily forth upon the cinder track, followed by his eight opponents in International Special No. 1, a race of six furlongs. Came Zev, conqueror of the English Papyrus in 1923, tossing his head, spirited. Came Ladkin, fleet racer of Maj. August Belmont. Came Wise Counsellor, Snob II, Baffling, Wilderness, Goshawk, Miss Star.

The nine formed company front at the barrier, then off they dashed. Ahead of the race shot Miss Star, soon passed by Baffling. Speeding down the backstretch, Epinard was plainly "pocketed" just back of Baffling and Zev. Miss Star, Snob II and Wise Counsellor were hunched next.

Around the turn, into the stretch they swept, Zev gaining, when Epinard got free, strode out past Zev. The field looked his to run away with. Then, lo around the pack and out of it galloped Wise Counsellor. Faster and faster he sped, past Baffling, past Zev, past Epinard, past the finish, a winner by three-quarters of the length of his body. Ladkin, spurting brilliantly, was home behind the game French horse.