New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-08
Wins Queens County Han
dicap Over a Sloppy
Track at Aqueduct.
BAD RACE BY COLBY
AROUSES STEWARDS
Marco, the Jockey, Questioned
and Inquiry Is Likely To Be
Carried Further.
Rv HERBERT.

Flving Fairy added the Queens
County Handicap to her list OF stakes
and nut Sl.19O more to the credit OF
CAPTAIN +. B. Cassatt at Aqucduct yes,
tcrday. Wet or dry, fast or slow, All
tracks look alike to the young Aero
uaut mare. which would walk of with
p popularitv contest as she has with
so many races.
Scratches on account of the sloppy
mud reduced the field TO only three
starters. Meridian and Leo Skoiny
went out to DO battle with Flying
Fairy. and for time II looked Ike
bloodIcss one. as they outran her
GOOD six lengths or more IN the ilrst
five furlongs. Davies, in fact, telt
called on to rouse her with the whip
before she had raced three furlongS,
hut even this apparently had no effect
The early pace. however. told on the
leaders. and when the boy called on
bor i'm the stretch she responded with
all that speed and courage which has
ondcarcd her TO 50 many, and rushlng
nm ON the outside, came away to win
cascd up.
A. Davies brought her back to the
etond mon and women applaudcd with
enthusiasm. and well they might; y
hotter and trucr mare has not been
seen since the days Of Artiul' bcldainc
and Imp.
Mud strife. as rule. does not pro
vide good sport. and there was niue
to attract yesterday, apart from thc
sterling performance Of Frying faltF.
One race. in fact, was run winch de-
,nandod the attention OF the stewards.
Five days ago A. J.. Astc's Colby
heat Heartbeat seven or eight lcnglhS
over a slow track. but yesterday Heart
heat defeated Goldy ten or twelve
lengths at practically the same
weights.
Tho stewards called on Marco for an
explanation. but III the boy could say
was that the geldlng did not seem 10
have any speed Everybody could see
that for himself. and judging from
the attitude Of the men IN the stand
further inquiry will he made before
tho question is dropped. Colby could
not keen even within striking distance
Of his field i'm the first six furlongS,
and altogether ran Il most disgraceiul
race.
Huston won the first event of the
nav with Phyllis Antonettc and this
is .aid adviscdly. Ratina was the bet
tcr horse not by much. but better.
Tho troublc was little Ryan was not
,trong enough 10 cope with buxton
,rbon IL came down TO a driving ilnlsh.
40 fault could be found with Ryan's
ride except his inability to use tho
whip. I'm fact, il would have been bet
ter if he had not had whip, as IN
drawing 1T he dropped his mares head
lust enough 10 shorten her STRIDE o
give all credit 10 the boy, he broke
Ratina away from the post like Tod
Sloan and sat snug and tight until
t. wills Antoincttc raced up 10 him, half
way down tho stretch. From that point
70 the finish il was BuXton aga nst
RYAN. not horse against horse. and the
stronger. more experienced boy won
Buskin. the metropolitan Handicap
winner. which cooled out slightly lame
after running second TO Buckhorn IN
tho Brooklyn Handicap, has fully re-
covered and is in active training once
moro. The injury turned out to he
only slight strain and nothing deep
seated.
The horses belonging 90 Frederick
johnson and c. X. G.. Billings, fifteen
IN all. were shipped 20 Saratoga Springs
last night. Some Of them have been
suffering with skin disease, and the
change Of air is sure 10 work 10 their
advantage in preparing them for the
meeting in August.
Cock o. the Walk. one Of the best Of
the three year-olds last year. was
shippcd at the same time TO Virginia,
whore he will be retired to The stud.
His racing days are over on account Of
bowed tendon. lie viii be bred 90
Flying Fairy next fall or in 1915.
Andrew Millcr's Roamcr winner of
the Carter Handicap, is said TO have
worked mile and quarter on Mon
day in 2:06. This indicates that tho
good thrcc-ycar-old is something more
than a sprintcr and will hold his own