The Washington herald., 1917-10-19
twenty-five Thousand Turf
Followers Witness the
Brown Colt Capture Big
Match at Laurel Course.
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will go down in turf history along
with the memorable match race be-
tween Harry Bassett and Longfel-
low.
The meeting Of Hourless and Omar
Khayyam attracted between 5000
to 5000 persons. Not the least of
this number was Governor Harring-
ton, the chief executive Of the State.
He was accompanied by Lieutenant
Governor Kuhn and his stan in full
Uniform.
The Best Horse Won.
The best horse won. There were
no ifs and ands about this result.
Hourless won like a champion and
Omar Khayyam, though beaten, was
not disgraced as Hourless was forced
to break a worlds record and hang
up a new track mark a second and
three-fifths in order to earn the
judges decision by a length.
One Of the best features of 1t was
that the race was truly won-a hot
sizzling pace from the start to the
winning post without any rough
work or the slightest interference to
mar or to cause an unpleasant feel
ing to arise in the minds of the spec
tators that the best horse was cheat
ed out of his due credit by trickery
and Jockeyship.
In the words of Governor Harring-
ton he tells the story of the race in
a nutshell:
"It was the greatest race ever
saw IN my life time, and 1 never ex-
pect to see another one like it. The
best horse won, and although Omar
Khayyam was beaten he was not
dlsgraced and 1t took the making of
a new worlds record in order to de-
feat this little bulldog-Omar Khay-
yam"
1t was the greatest day that Mary
land patrons of the turf has ever
had. Great was their Joy and en-
thusiasm, from the time the bar
rier rose to a perfect start, there was
a buzz and hum Of audible remarks
that fairly kept stride with the
horses every inch Of the journey
This hub-bub of comment increased
with the speed Of the horses, and
when Hourless closed up on Omar
Khayyam and the two horses swung
into the stretch together the spec
tators gave tongue to their feelings
by yelling:
Here they come" One Of the other
will have to crack-the pace Is break
ing their hearts. Interpersed with
this comment were the alternate
yells of omar Khayyam wins; Hour
less wins. The admirers Of each
horse was sanguine Of victory until
the last furlong.
HourIess to the Front.
Tbep and not until then did the
hackers of Omar Khayyam give up
hope. 1t was at this stage OF the
struggle that Hourless doomed up as
the winner barring an accident
Many men gave vent to their feel
ings of great Joy after Hourless had
passed the judges stand. Many hats
were thrown in the air and not
few overcoats. The usual scenes Of
wild joy were in evidence.
But no man felt as happy as Sam
c. Hildreth, the trainer Of Hourless
Outwardly he was as calm as the
proverbial icicle. His face was pale
and the muscles OF his jaw twitched
but otherwise he looked as IL moth
ing unusual had happened in his life
to mar or to ruffle his feelings out
of their ordinary calm. But inward
ly he was a seething volcano. He
admitted it. He declared he was fair
ly burning up. To him the race was
the most important Of his long ca
reer on the turf.
Meeting his friends after the race.
he said:
"I have won the most notable vic
tory in my career. I am now ready
to retire. 1t has always been my
object to have trained the greatest
horse in the country-and this 1 have
done in the great Hourless-"
OF course the bitter was mixed with