The evening world., 1917-08-23
MacOmber May Haze
1917 Futurity Winner
In Speedy War Cloud

didn't have anything on his back uO9
pounds) Buxton also had 10 hurry
him In the early part to get him into
n contendinE position.
Those who think tho colt an excep-
tionally good ono come back with the
argument that the fact that he stood
the early hurrying and then came
away from his company In the
stretch is a big point In his favor.
They also add the remark that hil
tho fastest OF the meeting so far
This is very true. answer the doubt
ing Thomases here, but all tho races
run yesterday were fast because the.
going was In the best OF condition.
War Cloud is presumed to be the
best two-year-old In tho Macomber
barn. tho one Trainer Jennings has
been keeping under cover, escaping
penalties for the Futurity. Whether
these painstakinR methods will meet
with the reward resulting from a
Futurity victory, only the rich stake
Itself will prove, but Mr.. War Cloud
will have TO show something else
again besides his yesterday race to
switch the writer from the ring bonei
Sunbrinr, This colt, II sound. would
stand out in our estimation. He is of
the kind which takes the track nat
urally when the barrier rises and
needs little hunching getting TO the
top end of his field.
Sunbriar, by the way, IL In good
shape right now. Only yesterday he
"breezed" to Escoba, one which came
East regarded as the best two-year-
old OF the West
George Lofts Papp wasn't dis
graced yesterday even II he did run
second to Jack Hare Jr. in the Grab
Bag Handicap. lie had nothing In
the way OF good luck in his favor,
but yet at the end he was Carrying
his 1870 pounds in championship
fashion and running over the top OF
everything but the winner. Had he
been outwinging In front from the
barriers rise instead OF being pock-
eted on the rail he might have won
by himself. For consistency and any
number OF good races the palm so
far has TO be given to this extraor-
dinarlly big SON OF Peter Ounce and
Phoebe q.
A glance back at the last race of
Jack Hare jr. would make ono be-
lieve his victory In the Grab Bag the
most startling kind OF a form re-
versal. In his previous start on a
slow track he was beaten by the long
shot Plevna, closing up like n Jack
knife after three-eighths On that
occasion, however. Jack Hare ir. Wag
ridden IA choking, restraining race by
| Molesworth, and besides was giving
away weight In chunks To ali hIs
opponents. Yesterday he was racing
under more equitable weight arrange
ments and had the previous race tln-
der his belt as n conditioner. In n
way JACK Hare Is remarkable colt.
He came East az a selling platter and
now ranks among the stars OF tho
juvenile division Tom Healoy de-
serves "A lot OF credit In picking hin,
out as the most likely youngster FOR
his employer, X. T. Wilson, TO lease
for the important stake, Jockey
Peak. who had just been granted n
license, rode Jack Hare ir.. ana the
programme recorded the fact that he
was trained by Frank Weir.
Tracksend, the Macomber "speed
| marvel faNorlte FOR the Grab Rag.
ran most disgracefully for a fayorIte
He broke well enough, but began
dropping back before quarter Of a
mile had been covered lie had
worked six furlongs for the race in
1913.
George Hand bid Othello up from
81, 800 TO $1,000 after the Livingston
sprinter had won the opening event,
coming like fash in the last twenty
yards. The stable, however, retained
the horse with tho usual extra Ave
dollars.
Harry Brelvogel is here seeking en-
tries for the stakes OF the Laurel
meeting. which close Saturday. There
are twenty-five OF them for which
there will be added money amounting
TO t36,boo. The Laurel meeting begins
October L