The Detroit times., 1912-07-25
HORSEMEN ARE STILL
DEBATING WHETHER 7,
MURPHY WON N. & NJ.
1t Looked From Stands as IL
The Wanderer Finished in
Front in First Heat
FREE-FOR-ALL PACE TODAY
Largest Field Ever for the Fea-
ture Event of the After
Moons Racing
FREE-FOR-ALL PACE TO-DAY
BY RALPH L. YONKER.

Horsemen are still excitedly debat
Ing whether Tommy Murphy won the
NJ. & NJ. with Queen Worthy or the
judges were afflicted with blindness
for fraction Of q second while The
Wanderer flashed across the wire in
front of the Murphy mare in the first
heat OF that great race yesterday.
That big feature, the $4,000 NJ. q
NJ stake. was the most holly contest
ed OF any renewal OF the famous
classic. Never before In the history
OF recent turf eventh has there beer
such a promising field. field with &c
many winning possibilities.
Queen Worthy was made the favor
tie and by winning two heats and I'm
ishing well up In the other three, she
took first money, worth about $4,000
The nip and tuck drive betweer
Queen Worthy and The Wanderer or
the stretch in the first heat seemed
TO put Macey's horse half-lengtt
ahead Of Murphy.
AS the horses trotted under the
wire, Murphy turned 10 see The
Wanderer right beside him. The ex
preston OF his face indicated that he
was satisfied with the result, but
Macy was very evidently jubilant
His gray mustache and hair fairly
bristled with enjoyment
Everybody in the press box hac
noted the result, giving The WandereI
the first heat when 10! the announcer
appears and informs the stand that
Result OF first heat NJ. & NJ! Three
Queen Worthy, won the heat" The
crowd jeered the judges and When
Macy drove his horse back in front
Of the stand he got rousing welcome
while Murphy was forgotten.
There wouldn't have been so much
surprise at the announcement had II
not been that from an angle back Of
the finish 1t looked as IL The Wan
dered had won by such a distance
However, there was no doubling, but
that the judges were In a better posi-
ton to see and that what they saw
they announced.
The final heat won by Queer
! Worthy was very close, also.
Although Queen Worthy was In
stalled the favorite In the early auc
tions and although the biggest pools
OF the meeting were made. most ex
pert opinion seemed to favor Biern'
Holt as winner, on the strength o
what he did opening day at Crane
Rapids.
Bierne Holt was the only horse 4
score that had demonstrated clearl,
his value upon a. heavy track such a.
was presented for the great trotteri
yesterday.
When Queen Worthy had such
narrow escape from defeat In the mrs
race. Il was thought that she coult
not stand the grind and Bierne Hol
! was thought that she could not stant
the grind and Bierne Holt was mad,
| the favorite.
Bierne Holt finished well UP in from
in each of the heats and as the rae
was to go only Ave heats unless tner'
was a tie for first position at the en-
of the nth heat his chances wer'
considered extra good.
Then when Dorsh Medium, tn
Geers' mare. finished neck and necl
with Aroma Mckinney, but went undo
the wire on O run, that mare prompt.
became the favorite, only TO have pop
ularity shift back to Bierne Hol
when he took the fourth heat.
That Murphy made no mistake II
driving Queen Worthy himself to will
the most priced stake on the Crane
Circuit was shown when Dictato
Todd could do no better than inisl
last among the seven horses tina
were not distanced.
Murphy had two entrants In I'M
hg classic He was undecided fo
some time as to which horse n
should drive himself. Dictator Todt
had done a mile faster this year thar
Queen Worthy and It was thought b!
many that he would direct the horse
but the mare showed better talent
"Red" Crozier, one OF Murphy's as
sistants. was finally decided upon a.
the man 10 drive the other memoeI
OF the Murphy team.
There were probably more eye,