The Washington herald., 1917-09-14
WARLOCk RUNS FIRST
NFAST STEEPLECHASE
Winner Beats In6del II to the Wire
by a Nose.
ny GEORGE b. NORRIS.

hdNe De Sraces Nd sept. 10
1t will be a long time before cross
country lovers forget the steeple-
chase today. 1t was a bear, with
Capt. Raj PARIS Warlock. ridden by
the well-known Willie Allen, stick
ing his nose in front of Infidel II,
now racing in the colors of ]. E.
Widener. right at the wire. The
pair battled all the way from the
last jump almost on even terms
and the finish was so close that the
winner was In doubt until the num-
a great hurrah for warlock was
one of the warmest backed favor
ties of the afternoon. Bryant,
aboard Infidel II, set the pace all
the way. and put up a desperate
ride in an effort to keep his mount
in front just as the wire was be-
ing reached. but the horse was
staggering all over the track and
couldn't have gone another 100
yards. Fountain Fay was third.
Phil T. went down at the first jump
and Duke of Norfolk became a crop
per at the last fence. Neither
rider was hurt.
As a starter. ]. o. Talbot slipped
over a good thing when Hope, pay
ing $24.20, wore down Starry Ban
ner to win by a nose. Tread Light
ly broke clear of a mass OF thor
oughbreds in the stretch to race
into the third hole. Jockey Willie
put up a clever finish on the victor.
After racing into a long lead on
the backstretch, Prohibition, the
hot favorite, practically collapsed at
the head OF the straightaway for
home and was lucky to stagger
under the wire in third position.
Fairly, paying s21.6O. closed with a
rush to Nip Wodan near the finish.
Nobody could get close enough TO
Tippity Witchet TO make it a horse
race after the star youngster of the
Brighton stable broke clear of inter
ference on the lower turn in the Tren-
ton selling stakes of $1,000 added for =
year-olds at five furlongs. At the
break the smart son of Broomstick-
Lady Frivo!es jumped into the lead,
yielded in in the first 800 yards to
George w. Avery and was pocketed
when julie came up to take issue on
the turn. Rowan, who was guiding
the winner. was quick to get himself
out Of a precarious predicament. and
soon had the odds-on favorite sailing
clear Of the others. Then it was all
over. Tippity Witchet came on to an
easy victory. George w. Avery was a
beaten-off second and Tumble In was
closing Samely to be third. Scratches
marred the secondary feature. as
Frican Arrow. Onico. Miss Sweep and
Bow Bell were the good ones to de-
cline the issue.
The Maryland debut Of Westy
Hogan, the 10000 Dick Finnell-Carrie
Jones colt, owned by Widfrid Viau and
stable-mate 10 the champion three
year-old, Omar khayyam, was, in
deed, auspiCiCus. In the all-age handi-
cap of six furlongs the handsome
black colt picked up "A pounds and
won in the handiest fashion over a
fed which included some of the best
sTrinters in training. Paul Powers
Bringhurst was smartly played TO beat
the marvel that came out of the West,
but he was a beatcn-off second. while
Tea Caddy Closed with nice courage
TO take the third slice of the purse.
As the barrier went up in the fea-
ture event out in front hoped Muir
ply, owned by w. c. Capps, but this
speedy MCGEE colt was soon over
taken by the rest of the bunch.
Haynes, putting up a nicely judged
ride on Westy Hogan. went to the
rail soon after the break and worked
his way through the field. On the
turn he was clear OF everybody but
BIinEhust, and at the head OF the
stretch it was all over. Westy Hogan
just galloped to the wire in 1:l3 is
and the crowd gave both rider and
horse a fine ovation.