Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
CHANGE OF JOCKEYS IN BIG RACE
ENABLES HOURLESS TO WIN FROM
OMAR KHAYYAM ON LAUREL TRACK
Butwell Makes Mess of Things in Earlier Race
and Robinson Gets Mount Winning
Greatest Contest of Year
BY ROBBERY w. MAXWELL

THE big match race between Hourless
i and Omar Khayyam was decided at
Laurel. Md, yesterday afternoon about an
hour before the horses went TO the post.
Hourless won the big event with the S10,-
600 purse, gold cup, bouquet of flowers and
everything, but a hoss named Masda-
pretty good nag at that-got tangled up
In the affair during the second race and
proceeded to gum up things for the Khay-
yam camp This is how 1t happened:
The Fads and Fancies purse was called
and flock OF two-year-olds sauntered past
the grand stand In review before the race.
Masda was the favorite and Butwell had
the mount This same jockey was sched-
uled to ride Houress and Trainer Sam G.
Hildreth was on hand 10 watch his work.
When the barrier dropped, Masda got off TO
a poor start and finished almost last. Hill
drcth decided that Butweil made sad
showing and erased his name as pilot Of
Hourless. Robinson was substituted and IL
proved to be a very wise move. II will he
remembered that Butwell dropped his whip
In the home stretch in the Realization
stakes and this is said TO have lost the race
for the Belmont colt.
The sudden switch mysti1ed the huge
crowd for time, but IL did not affect the
betting. Hourless had just as many fol-
lowers as before and few tons Of legal
tender were placed on his chances, Omar,
too, had his loyal supporters and the ma
Hourless, looking like black marble
statue seemed to be the least concerned OF
any one at the track before the race started.
with his legs baudaged and his body
covered by a white blanket he slowly
walked with stately strides before the
grandstand. He received no more attention
than an opera star Two stable boys led
him by the halter a rubber walked beside
him and Sam Hildreth trotted along in the
rear The Belmont colt did not take
workout like Omar Khayyam. The Cana
dian entry breezed up and down the track,
proving to the spectators that he was In
wonderful shape
The race started down the track and
was like a 10O-yard dash between two
champion athletes omar got off in front
and when they clattered by the stands had
a lead of almost a length. He maintained
this advantage i'm the back stretch and the
wise persons were jubilant.
"IIourless is beaten again :" they shouted.
omar has the lead and he never will be
headed. Pretty soft!
But the race was not over and Hourless
was not beaten. Robinson rode heady
race allowed the Canadian colt to set the
pace, and when the thoroughbreds turned
into the home stretch. the black horse was
given his head Slowly the gap between
the pair narrowed and inch by inch Hour
less Crept up upon the leader. They were
neck and neck at the last sixteenth and
then. with a burst of speed, Hourless
passed Omar as IL he were standing still
and won by a length Robinson had car
ried out his instructions and won.
That was the biggest feature OF the day
The other, while not so important to the
horses, affected the spectators, who devoted
the entire day in seeing the race and travel
ing TO Laurel. 1t was a twelve-hour trip
from Philadelphia and 1t never will be for