New-York tribune., 1917-07-27
Cotton Horse Conc.l
Weight to Rivals But W..
Ultima Thule Victor
BY W. J. MACBETH

VIC Ssed cnestnut ma.
OF T.. I. Cotton, beat the els,,i.,.
of sprinters that have faced tn. co.
or during the meeting at Emvir. r. =
track yesterday afternoon. hi, Nv
derful old mare, known in T.,.
the Queen of the South, and h.,,a
backed by Texans every time sh. ,,,,,
conceded weight TO all six o,..,.
her field and sprinted HON. ia
tory in the Katons Handicap At -.
SIX furlongs, three-quarte. a. !.
length ahead of the fayorit. .w !,
Orr's Leochsres. " Z
When Pan Zareta came ;br,
stretch like the game chamOin.a a
is, with little urging needed Os ~ ~
part of Mott, she won N, ,. m g
NTH victory of her brilliant a'F ,.F
and proved herself one Of N, 60 49,
thoroughbredS that ever s.Ies
through a bride. Leocbs,., ,v0n.
with a rush and nosed Whim,v ~. 49,
the place position. '" y
An Exciting Race q
The Katonah Handicap NOW. -
most exciting event of a In, ~.
programme, though not booL.S MT
feature. The Wakefield HanSi,:st
two-year-olds, at five and a MI
longs, was worth $4,000. ina
Thule, the bay colt of the wi,.Iis. ws.
stable, the favorite, beat Jana, a. -.
iers Top Coat for first mors, ". ~,
vlndicated his true class ,f,., ~
ing experienced the worst AZ 90. E
luck in his former starts At E..i,!! E.s,!
City. " InF'v
While Leochares was f.vor,. 1.
the katona Handicap. Pan z.,.,.
Top O tn Morning and Hivh "
were all conceded excellent .h. WV.
ana all Of them commanded du, y.
tentlon IN the oral wagering Rs
lers High Noon lost his opportun;,,
to win through being badly bum..,
right at the start. Otbervi.. 4.
'ho NAANlltII.
Top o. tn Morning. which b,,.
pounds advantage in weight ov.r D..
Iareta, went out 10 the from, ,rn.
diately and set the pace for TIRE. n,
longs, Mott, however, with Pan z,,.,.
nung right on to the pacensk.r. mi
when he finally turned the ola m,,.
loose for the run to the vir. m,s,
Top o tn Morning quit.
But, good as she was. Pan z,,.,,
might not have scored her s.y,rtv,
fifth victory if Knapp had been mo,,
alert with the favorite, L.oeh,r,,
Ihls gelding is a slow bresker. Il (,
true. But after the start Rnspp rod.
as If 1t were a mile and a half rsu,,
instead of short six furlong, n,
was nowhere when the horses hv tn.
turn into the stretch and, even so, in.
stead Of trying to get through on III.
rail, where there was plenty Of room,
decided on the overland journey. Leo.
chares came like a whirlwind when h,
finally got clear and Strengthened. but
no horse then could have made up the
advantage enjoyed by the Texas Que.n
Field of Seven
The Wakefield Handicap brought on.
a field of seven, and they were seven
of the most cantankerously eontrsrJ
Juveniles that have been seen in mari
a day. Mars Cassidy after a lot of
patience finally got them away Oh
even terms. Schuttinger was ready
with Ultima Thule, the fsyorite, ana
got him off on his toes, and soon raced
out 10 lead of two lengths.
George W. Lofts eccentric PirE
which won last time out at Is 70 !
showed a whole lot of early speed ,n
hung on to Ultima Thule till the tiil
sixteenth. Top Coat. however, outi,i'
ed Papp in the last hundred yifa'
and landed second money by ia I
length. Robinson put up wonsfu
ride on Matinee Idol, which will xn
watching.
Matinee Idol had the outside w.
tion, and to complicste matters of'n
slowly. He was last at the turn y
the stretch. but Robinson cro'M
through a knothole along the raj ~
made a wonderful run throuea Wy
stretch. -.
The most startling upset o. ".
afternoon came in the fifth, at mh'
and seventy yards. for mares ana I,n.. NY.
three years old and upward. 90
Kruter, the 9 TO 20 favorite, was oeia. !.
by Right. Miss Kruter threatehee Y
make a runaway Of it, and q futls.. y.
from home was leading BY mn'
lengths. Right, rated on the ~ ~,
came like a whirlwind in the sn.s,
and finally caught Miss Kruter IS.' ,
jump from the wire, winning +"
One blanket would have cover, ~,
Sasin, Dovedale and G. NJ. MiIlu, ~,
divided the last purse IN tne ~ III,
named. For the first mile OF inh ,, ~,
and a sixteenth Miller set he ",
At the end Of the mile he was l's' 60,
by a length and a half. Neither .., o,
the favorite. nor Doyedsle, SCI. =.
choice, profted as they should ID :
early going.
Sasin on Poorly -.
Sasin was off poorly, while po,'. n!
was carried wide by Rockpon 49, 4,
knocked back absolutely la'i ."S.Iss
first turn. Rowan finally got ssa
up with G. NJ. Miller a sixteensnlJ 4.
home. but the hard ride had pun, .
gelding's cork and he was un. W
stave off Sasin's challenge IN .as .
few yards. The three Of them ''~
the wire Just noses apart, ,.,,rs
Bella Desmond, the odd'-,n n';r b,
lasted just long enough 70 p,hirs:
opening event at a mile. ,sn y
came through on the rail at the " is
the stretch with Golden R9d s.s "a.
failed 10 get up after very cle,e,