The Washington herald., 1917-10-19

the sweet There must always be a
lose as well as a winner.
Richard Carman. the trainer of Omar
khayyam, was keenly disappointed
over the defeat of the Kentucky Derby
winner. Carman took the matter
more to heart than Wilfrid Viaux.
the owner of the colt. 1t affected
Carman to such an extent that he
hurried away from the track as soon
as the race was over. but he did
stay long enough to say this:
Jockey Haynes did not ride Omar
Khayyam ID instructions. / instruct
eG Haynes not to make the pace too
stiff, although not to lag on the way.
Instead he went to the front at a
heart-breaking clip and ran first half
Of the mile in 47 seconds. This was
enough to strain the courage of any
horse. But I have not lost faith In
Omar Knayyam and I am SO certain
that he can beat Hourless that / am
willing to match Wars colt against
Hourless a week hence under similar
conditions as those that controlled the
race today"
The one man who failed to see the
race but who was most directly inter-
ested Of the thousands who were for
tunate' enough to witness it, was
August Belmont, the owner of Hour
less. He was unable to come over
from New York because OF the pres
sure of business. But it is known that
he had every confidence in Hourless
as Hildreth had told him the great
colt had trained since he arrived in
Maryland.
The big important feature in connec-
ton with the race was the sudden de-
termination of Trainer Hildreth to
substitute frankie Robinson instead
of Butwell as the rider of IIourless.
When the announcement came it
fairly astounded the racegoers. 1t
came at the last minute. The crowd
knowing that Butwell was under con-
tract to Belmont and has been riding
Hourless all season, fairly gasped and
said:
Why What is the reason for this
change? Some of the men said that
Butwell was i'll, while others declared
that he was in perfect health. Hill
dreth was inclined to be reticent re-
garding the matter, but to a few inti-
mates he stated that Butwelrs hand
ling of .Madsa in the second race was
far below his form and that he was
afraid to eLtrust the chance of Hour
less in the hands of Butwell.
Butwell was very angry because he
was forced to remain on the ground
while his greatest rival, Robinson, had
the seat of honor in the saddle. AS
the result of Hildreth's action, it is
quite likely that Butwell will not ride
again for Belmont during the re-
mainder of the season.
Outgenerals Carman.
While Carman was keenly disap-
pointed over the defeat of. Omar
Khayyam it was the consensus of
opinion that Hourless was the better
horse at the distance. That was the
general statement among the train
ers. The horsemen declared that
Hourless was in the pink Of physical
condition-better by fifty per cent.
than he was in the Lawrence Real
izstion stakes in Belmont Park. The
turfman were also of the opinion
that Trainer Hildreth had out-gen-
eralled Trainer Carman in making
the match. Hildreth had insisted
that the race must be at a mile and
a quarter. This was a decided ad-
vantage in favor of Hourless as
Omar Khayyam Is a noted plodder
and that a mile and a half-the dis
tance of the race at Belmont Park
suited him better than it did Mr..
Belmont's colt. Hildreth insisted
on his conditions and Carman gave
way in order to have the race. Hill
dreth insisted on what was best for
his colt.
Early in the day weather condi-
tiOns were so poor that at one time
1t seemed that Manager Winn would
have to call the race of. The con-
ditions called for a fast track. Early
in the morning what is called a
Scotch mist hung over the track and
rain threatened to descend at any
minute. The dull leaden skies help
ed to keep many away as the pros
pective patrons of the course thought
that IL 1t rained when they got to
the track the race would have to be
postponed, but fortunately the threat
ened storm passed over and though
the day was raw and damp Il did
not spoil the track nor the enthusi-
asm displayed by the crowd.
The match race-for such II proved
to be as Sunflash II. the other
horse named on the program was
scratched-was the fifth on the pro-
gram. The horses held court in the
paddock while they received their
nnal preparation for the, struggle.
The bugle called them to the post
at 415. Hourless headed the parade
past the stand. 1t was during this
parade that the SPECTATORS realized
that Hourless Ia q big colt while