New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-22
Leary'S R0ly Captures
Long Beach Handicap
Consensus Gets Severe
Jolt at Jamaica
Races. a.
BY f. d. BURROWS

Tearing through a driving rain and q
field Of nine other stout-hearted thor
oughbred horses at the Jamaica track
yesterday afternoon, Roly. four-year-
old bay colt owned by d. J. Leary, capt
ured the Long Beach Handicap and a
purse Of $1,000 for his master.
With Everett Haynes in the saddle
and the track just sloppy enough 70
suit, this mahogany son Of Golden
Maxim and Lotawanna scurried over
the mile and furlong course in bang
up style, ignoring repeated challenges
and eventually thrustinc his nose
across the wire inches in front Of Short
Grass, the Emil Herr entry.
Short Grass ran a remarkable race,
all things considered. When the bar
rier was sprung the imported whizzer
was caught hatfooted and practically
left at the post. Keogh, however, was
not in the least dismayed by the spec
tacle of nine other riders in front or
him, and sent his mount along the top
of the track at such merry clip that
he soon overlook the bunch, which was
maneuvring for position along the
backstretch.
Chicle, another English bred disciple
of speed, entered by Harry Payne Whit
ney, elected TO make the pace. I'M
mediately the tape went up this son OF
Spearmint leaped out in front, opening
up a gap of five lengths between HIM
self and the nearest contender, which
happened TO be Schuyler l.. Parsons
geiding Sharpshooter. Close on Sharp
shooters heels came Roly, He VIII,
Flying Fairy and Celandrla, with the
rest trailing.
Chicle held his lead 20 the top OF the
stretch, where he ran trihe wide,
carrying He Will, Flying Fairy and Ce-
landria with him. Roly, glimpsing an
opening. scooted through down near the
rail, with Short Grass and Grumpy
hanging on his tanks. In the run home
Chice stopped badly, while Roly and
Short Grass came like twin thunder
bolts. the result being that the Leary
entry won the event by a head, with
Short Grass second and Chicle, by rea-
son of his early speed, fairish third.
Celandria, Flying Fairy and Capra,
finishing sixth, seventh and eighth, re-
spectively, proved the old adage that a
FLY is no match for colt over the
Marathon route. These "three little
maids from school" did their individual
bests-but the long-striding lads were
the ones which copied the ribbons.
J. Pluvus, not content with having
converted the Jamaica saucer into an
inland sea on Monday, again turned
on the faucet yesterday and compelled
the faithful horse lovers 20 seek ref
uge In the more or less waterproof
sanctuary underneath the stands. The
whole six races on the Metropolitan
Jockey Club card were run in the rain,
at least 1900 straw hats being totally
ruined in attempts 10 see what was
happening 10 their owners bankrolls
Somewhere in the muck which was
once called Jamaica racetrack lies a
soiled and bedraggled bit of paper
known as Consensus Of opinion" This
overwcrked pellet received a severe jolt
during the course Of the afternoon.
After putting over the first winner OF
! the afternoon Consensus" sat back and
saw four pretenders win.
Then, rising up In its wrath. the pei
/ let put over the final victor OF the az
| ternoOn.
Yellowstone, purchased by the Brigh-
ton Stable from John +. Madden a few
weeks ago. ran a corklng race in the
opener. beating a high-class quartet OK
two-year- in five furlong dash.
Taplin had to give the Odom entry
hustling ride in order 70 stall Off the
challenge Of Tommy McTaggart on
Amalgamstor, which all but got up In
time to cop the purse. Kildee finished
third, with Chatterbo1 and Kathryn
Gray in the ruck.
The second event went 20 Mate Fos-
ter's chestnut Balgee, which finally ran
representative race. Fred Foster,
who trained Balgee, has not been seen
on the American turf for some years,
having been training and racing horses
in Europe for the better part OF dec
ade lie will be remembered as the
trainer of DR.. Rice, which won the
Brooklyn Handicap in 1894 at odds Of
40 to I. The two brothers are said 20
have cleaned up a neat pile on Balgee
yesterday.
The fourth was the Long Beach, won
by Roly. following which A. Garson's
Half Rock galloped home ahead Of four
other ambitious thoroughbreds, headed
by the Cleveland Stables fiilv Dorcas.
The sixth and last race went 10 Ralph
Earle's colt Mira, which outclassed
the eight other -year-olds which at
tempted 10 try conclusions with him.