New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Quincy Stable Springs Sur
prise on Followers OF
James Butler
By w. J. MACBETH

chestnut Seiuih6 Va ' ~,
won the Mahopac Handicap, the
feature Of Yesterdays racing card al
the Empire City track. Barry Shan
non was but one Of four winners that
ran for the books, as, like the others
h. was practically overlooked by the
,noculator,. He went to the post at
odds Of to 1.
But though Barry Shannon won ano
drew from the band in recognition 'na'
popular Irish melody, where 'he
River Shannon Flows" there were a
Ia, ~ other Irishmen hanging round
who had no reason to shout Erin 60
nraobr These were James Butter
and his friends.
Mr.. Butler had let it be whispered
round that he intended to save two Oh
tho six purses. His Capra, odos on
favorite Of the second race, was In
80 light for the mile event that the
6ye.year-oid chestnut mare Simply
made the other owners take TO the
tall timbers.
Many Horses Scratched
Trial by Jury, Syrian, Clematis H.
Gex and Celandria all were scratched
And still Capra was forced to take
beating. Turf, a two-year-old chestnut
colt that had never before started, was
Mr.. Buffers good thing of the last
race. Turf finished just where'Capra
did-in second place to an outsider.
The superstitious - and there are
many Of them to be found following the
horses-were mostly all aboard the
Butler horses. They considered them
selves favored both by class and a
hunch. Yesterday was a Friday, the
thirteenth racing day. The meeting
opened on Friday, the thirteenth of the
month, and that afternoon the Butler
stable won no fewer than four races.
The wise ones all figured Capra a
good bet at to 7. They said the mare
could pick up 1877 pounds and beat any
thing on four legs over the mile route
With lot pounds they didn't expect to
see her run; they thought she would
fly. So when she came cropper they
hustled new bankrolls and laid for
Turf.
Yesterdays racing, in spite of the
many upsets, was unusually exciting
A serious accident was narrowly averted
! in the first race, when the favorlte
Armament. dropped dead under Troxler
! as the field started to swing around the
first turn of the mile and a sixteenth
Armament, which for couple OF sea-
sons had bled at different times, rupt-
ured an artery just after the start.
Troxler had rushed him up to the
! flank of the rail horse from the outside
when the gelding suddenly started to
reel as with the blind staggers. Fort
unately he bore out instead OF in ol
the whole field might have gone down
| in a bad spill. Just as he got clear OF
the bunch Armament crumpled up, fell
10 his knees and rolled over. He was
/ then in his death throes. Troxler fort
unately slipped the stirrups IN time
and was thrown clear of the horse. The
Jockey escaped with few bruises and
contusions about the arms, legs and
head.
Shannon Upsets Killing
The victory of Barry Shannon in the
Mshopac Handicap upset a killing that
had been planned with Gillies, Of the
/ Olympus Stable. Gillies was backed
; down from 10 to to to l. 1t looked
as il Allen would assure the melon cut
ting after he had caught and broken
the spirit of the feet Hwfa at the tal
4 turn, but his early effort told on Gillies
at the end. McGraw laid off the pace
with Barry Shannon, came fast through
/ the stretch and won in the final strldes
Of q whipping finish.
/ The defeat of Capra was one OF the
great surprises Of the meeting. The
/ Butler mare looked to be a l to loo
shot a sixteenth from home, but Con-
nelly brought Dick Williams up with a
/ rush at the last moment and outrode
Lyke. Likewise Dick Williams out
gained Capra as the two tired coursera
staggered home.
Paganini, favorite, was much the best
Of the fold of ten that went to the post
in the third and won for Rowan easily.
The place was quite as easy for Edith
F.. that hung or gamely all the way.
Intone, Of the Brighton Stable, proved
his class for a mile and furlong in
the fifth event by winning easily after
stumbling so badly at the start that
Iuost every oHc gave MIN up lOi IOsI.
In the last race Buffers Turf simply
burned up the track to the head Of the
stretch, and looked like a sure winner.
The inexperienced colt then slowed up.
and American, the outsider. came up
for an easy win. Both Fragonard and
Star Spangled, the other starters, ran
very poor races.
Word was received from Saratoga
that Tom Welsh had fallen down the
stairs at his Saratoga home yesterday
morning and suffered several fractured
ribs.
To beat Turf in the last race Ameri-
can raced the five and half furlongs
in 1:06 As. This was the fastest time,
for the distance shown during the
present meeting.
The feature of to-day's card is the
Yonkers Handicap, at mile and six
teenth, for three-year-olds and upward.
Spur, Clematis ii, Syrian, st. Isidor,
Green Jones and Lady Rotha have been
entered.