The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18
LOTUS RIDES SPUR
TO EASY VICTORY
With Old Jockey in Saddle
James Buffers Colt Wins
Southampton Handicap.
YANKEE WITCH A WINNER

S"ifhNo 6uttCA . oPubs INV
defeat In the Belmont Stakes after wiz.
ming the Withers. came back In gallant
fashion yesterday and with hts old
Jockey. Johnny LOTUS. In the saddle.
captured the Southampton Handicap at
Jamaica so easily that II was Impossible
TO tell his real worth. 1t Ia true there
was no F'riar Rock in he field Of half
a dozen that went to the post for the
feature event. but the handicapping OF
Mr.. Vosburgh tells it's own tale. and the
fact that Spur conceded man. pounds
TO every other starter was suf1cient
proof that when he flashed ffrst past the
judges he had performed a feat worthy
to be ranked among the great deeds OF
the turf.
wilfrid viau's Achievement. a new.
conner to the metropolitan circuit for the
present season. was ne only one able
to give any kind Of a battle to Spur
when the field settled down to real
racing but while this pair were racing
on nearly even terms IL was apparent to
all that the Butler colt was under re-
stralnt while the horse owned by the
{ Canadian sportsman was being pushed
to the limit to hold his position. The
E,lkwood Park Stables Celandria ran
a plucky race.
Even Tommy McTaggari. who had the
mount on Chicle, was unable TO restrain
the impetuosIty Of ChiCie. which started
on the mile and a sixteenth journey AS
though in "A six furlong dash. lie mad
one In this. that he escaped
all possible chance of Interference. At
the end Of the first quarter he was five
lengths in the lead. Then McTaggart
took a hard pull on him and brought
him back to the closely locked bunch be-
hind him. out OF this solid mass poked
the head and neck OF Spur. so that the
Butler cOlors could be plainly seen In
second position as the mass closed on
Chicie early in the run along the back
stretch. Mustard was next. with
Achievement. almost locked on him. and
Celandria and Peione bringing UP the
rear.
Taking advantage Of the straight going
LOTUS shot SpIr into the lead. and Tap
lin also made a move on Achievement
that sent him past Chicle. The trio APP
preached the far turn almost punched,
but Spur had half a length on Achieve.
ment, which In turn was q neck IN
front Of Chicle. The others were begin
ming to feel the effect of the pace. and
Chicle had four lengths on the next
horse.
Going around the end LOTUS called
for u on the real speed OF Spur
and by the time he reached the stretch
he had n lead Of two lengths on Achieve
ment. which was three lengths in front
# Chicl.. There was moinentaiy ex.
citment as ACHE vement began to close
on Spur under the whip. but meantime
McTnggart sat cool and confident or
Spur. content 10 send the son Of kne
James on his viz orious way under tbs
guidance of a hand ride. Even under thu
strenuous whipping Of Taplin Achieve
mert was unable to gain more than hal
a length in the run through the stretch
pra SPUR apcsared 10 be- under a pul
when he crossed the line a length and
half to the good.
with the exception Of Solve!g all thu
starters in the Rosedale Stakes were be
lieved to have chances. and as three
OF the six were trained by w. u. kar
rick for different owners there wer
many rumors as TO which OF the three
, koh-l-Noor. Yankee witch and Artemi
/, he considered the best. The question
, can scarcely he considered settled b,
? the result OF the race. even though
D Yankee Witch won for the Glen Riddl
, Farm by four lengths. as Koh-I-Soo
!, was nut entirely out of the running b,
, stepping in q hole when in a contend
n Ing position In the first quarter OF
J mile.
0 James Buffers wistful was an eve
a choice with Yankee witch, but was sloy
a 10 begin. as was Artemis and Cheer. a
o "a result, Solveig. Yarkee Witch an
Koh-I-Noor were racing for the lea
! I'm the back stretch will the others man
lengths ehind koh-1-Noor was /
close quarters On the rail and Davie
eased a little TO get clear sailing. A
h. did so koh-I-Noor was seen to fa'te
4 and los, several lengths from stcppin
I'm n hole, II did not take Yankee Wiic
! long IN race away from Solveig, an
with the fast youngster enjoying a lea
!. Of eight lengths II was a hopeless tas
for those following her. Koh-l-Noo
q apparently made little effort to regal
!. the lost ground. but Wistful and Al
tennis were more ambitious and chase
3 the leader to the end. where ianke
witch had u margin of four lengths
!, The summaries
=. FIRST RACE
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