New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-26
Ticket and Wistful NJ.
Defeat in the Knick.,,
booker Handicap
by w. J. MACRpru

Westy Hogan, the brow, ~
old colt OF John o. White. "
Yesterday at the Empire City r,...-
that he Is real raeehorse ,v,,.
as hne as he looks when A. w,,,'s :
gan won the Knickerboek., m
Of $4,000, beating Andrew ~
Ticket and James Butler. VS..
among others.
Inc Western colt proved IA,
that he can travel the rou,. b.,
tha' he can carry weight, 10, 70
alone conceded him weight, ana -
but two pounds. while we,,v r..
gave lot Of weight 10 the o,h.,,
Westy Hogan had run ,wi.. =,
at the meeting, and both tim.,k,,.1
appointed his friends who h,a
hlm run at New Orleans and /, !.
West. He had shown wonds,,.l =.
speed both times, but trail.d Of ,,,,..
the end. He showed much b.,,,, ~.
the six furlongs on his mrs, .,rn.,
he did later over the longer dir,,,.
and but for a poor ride BY co,,.s.
would have been successful on n, =.
ropolitan debut. Mis- second 49,.
which he threatened 10 max,
away and in which he .tonr.s -.
toward the end, gave the imr,.,..
that Westy Hogan could not Do .i-.,
full justice at a mile and a sixt..rA
Distance Suits Ticket
The distance Of the Knickerb,,,,,
Handicap was a mile aud a si,t,,,r
Therefore Andrew Millers Ticket. TI,.
was known to be good for the iou,,,,
was made a slight fsvorite over 4,
Western colt. But Westy Hogan rr !,
far different race TO that Of nj, A..
vious start.
Connolly got him Of to a An,
start again, and soon opened a "a, !,
five lengths on R. T. Wilson's str,l,
Forward. Ticket was slow 10 b.r;,
and found himself in a pocket short,
after the start. Schuttinger had to ri
up the Miller colt and take the over.
land route, which cost him what,yg
chance he might otherwise have had
Connolly hit the head Of the STREET.
about eight lengths ahead Of Wi.t.uL
which had in the mean time colart
and taken all the running out .,
Straight Forward. In the s,r,.e.
Westy Hogan began 10 stop, but Con.
molly aroused him sufficiently to ein,a
the fine lead. Ticket made a wonder.
full race through the stretch, working
up from the ruck to within tire.
lengths Of the pacemsker, but Schs,.
finger at no time had a chance to vi..
Wistful withstood a hard drive game.
ly, but did not possess the speed 10
stand off Tickets great chsllenY
through the last sixteenth. westy Hs.
gan won, ridden out, in l:45 is, whici
was but four-ffths OF second slower
than the track record, established By
II. p. Whitney's Borrow in 1914
Fifteen Face Starter
A field Of fifteen faced the starter !,
the opening race. which was won "
Basil. Schuttinger had the vinrlv
mount. Port Light. an added starts
and favorite, never had a chance sfir
getting away poorly. Schuttinger ils
scored cleverly in the last race VT
The Spinner, an odds-on fsyorite Gu
rency, away well. set the pace e ti'|
last sixteenth. Then The Spli'r
which lay second all the way, ar'
on at Schuttinger's command and ''i
going away.
James Buffers Poacher took the %.
.ond event, for maiden twc-yesr''la
from Partizan. the favorite. The l'''i
was slow to begin, and did not nin "
any ground until after he read" "
stretch. He was then too far s"i "
overhaul Poacher.
Intone and Lady Roths. in the '''''
and fifty races, respectively, were ~
turned easy winners. Thornhlll' ~
favorite Of the fourth. Quit dsmil
q ftar MAILING all the early pace Lay