New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
Vandcrgrift Makes a Show
of His Two Opponents
in Handicap.
LAHORE FORGETS TO
SULK AND WINS PURSE
Strong. a Hot Paddock Up
Suffers a Stormy Journey
at Empire Course.
HN HERBERT.

Small fields battlcd i'm mud strife at
the Empire City racetrack yesterday,
hut in spite Of this and a wet. raw.
gloomy DAY the Cood-slzed crowd
cvinccd keen interest i'm the sport an
interest heightened by two or three
driving finishes.
Two handicsps one under selling
conditions were offered IN lieu OF a
s'akc attraction. and while the cara
was cut to pieces by scratches on ac-
count Of the sloppy going, the hHldS
we're we'll balanced enough 20 prevent
what looked like walkovcrs.
Ncvlon. the Western Jockey. gave
further evidence that he Is deserving
Of ranking with the leaders by riding
two winners King Boz and Lovclard.
lie has been ~ the track only seven
DAYS and has been first TO the wire
seven times fair average
Jimmy Butwcll is sure TO carry oil
the Jockey honors of the meeting
which closes tomorrow. a tc rs TAR IN
tho lead. with twenty-five WlnnI ne
mounts: bu, since Ncylon's arrlN al
they have been riding Al about inc
same mark. Rutwcll having eight TO
the lattcr's seven.
Kedcris Is second on the list 20 date,
snd there he will stay. as McCabe and
Ncvlon arc tied for third place. Joe
NlcCshcv. who headed the list; at Aque-
duct. has not been getting me same
choice o. mounts. and. further. was
illc for several days on the charge oil
rough riding.
Buxton's abuse Of Princess Ormonde
ia Tho first race was deserving OF cen
sure by the stewards. He logged th'
Gilv mcrciIc~-lv m an effort to earn
fhird mono, and varied this by hitting
her over tho head with his whip nc
cause she showed tendency 20 run
ont. lie continued this Sevcra, times
even after the finish. which seemed 10
be absolutely 'neXcusablc. Many
good horse has been ruined as TO
temper by Just this kind OF rough
treatment -,
lanes Buffers Militant. the royalty
nrcd fills BY Ballot Pope Joan. was
graduated from the maiden class IN
this race after twice failing. Again
ebc was barrier shy and slow to begin.
hat fairly ran over the pacemaRcrS
rounding the turn.
John ". Schorr's Nandergrift. winch
has been running. with the best of the
sprinters. had only Othello. the prince
or cutters. and Carl to beat IN the
handicap at six furlongs, and dld u
with consummatc ease. As matter OF
fact. he outclassed his opponents, ana
while his previous race had been OF
binary. l. needed little Improvement
10 carry him 10 the front Yesterday
Otbcilo. which is blessed with rare
need bu, no heart. raced of TO a Lead
Of five or six lengths M the hrst quar-
ter. but Vandcrgrift ran him down
turning for home and just galoped the
rest Of the way. to win as McOape
Iahorc. the six-year-old son OF
Delhi. forgot to sulk in the selling
handicap. The soft going favored ms
tender leg. and with things all ms
own way he rated along in front and
lasted long enough 10 beat the steady
closing and mud-bcspattercd Any Fort
a neck.
Tho time was not so long ago when
Lahore went OFT 20 do battle with
TIC best Of the handicap horses, nut
recently he has been releGated 10 the
selling platter. and doing none too we'll.
An ailing leg and sour temper nave
bccn offered as excuses. and followers
Of the sport gradually accepted these
and looked about yesterday iOr some
thing to heat him.
Il was not long before the tip cir
culatcd that Strong. a Western horse.
lust rcvcllcd IN mud. and had worked
fast enough 10 make his field look
cheap. In less time than 1T takes 10
tell 1t his name was on most every
bodv's tongue and quotations were
sought on all sides.
Then came the race. TroNlcr had
the mount on Lahore. and rushing nm
right 20 tho front he Wa never headed.
Nicklaus had the mount on strong and
WAS i'm hot water from the fash OF the
barrier. The horse was bumped and
crowded AL around the first turn al
though the boy with rare courage
fought to hold his position and would
not pull up. In the run up the back.
stretch however. Strong was pinched
or. and with all this encouragement :
is little wonder he proved such dis
appointment