New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-24
Smile
Bright Spot
At the Races
Sam Bernard Wears Crouch
as His Choices Lose
One by One
BY HARRIETTE UNDERHILL

The only bright spot at the Jamaica
race track yesterday was within the
radius of Tom Welsh's smile. Every
one else was gloomy. and the presence
of certain party" wearing a black
mustache did not add to the Joyous
ness of the occasion. 1t seemed to be
case of "the sheriff will get you If
you don't watch out"
But he is a bugaboo only when you
don't want to see him. At other times
he is a will-o'-the -wisp, for we tried
all the afternoon to trail him to his
lair, and never once could we catch
up with him. We wanted to get his
views on the situation. although they
do say that he is about as laxative as
the Sphinx.
We even tried making notes on
pad in the hope that he would turn
the tables on us, but he was probably
busy about that time experimenting Leo
Meyer and Louis Bensinger, who were
accused of being caught doing some
thine indiscreet.
IL is stated on good authority that
the Sheriff will make radical change
in mis- makeup to-day, so it bshooves
every one TO look out for man with
green raincoat and blond beare.
Even Sam Bernard was not happy,
and he said that every time he picked
a horse to win. If a pigeon didn't ny
up in its face and scare II to death
a lamb ran out OF the bushes and bit
j; on the ankle.
Something of the sort happened TO
August Bclmont's Trap Rock colt Peck
sniff in the first race. He came IN
with very ugly cut on his flank, which
in some mysterious way got there be-
tween the getaway and the finish.
High Pass, the favorlte. won in
canter. The real race was between
Seamstress and Prunes. As one mad
wag said. the Seamstress passed the
, Prunes under the wire.
The favorites won all along the line,
with the exception of the fifth race,
where Troise brought Owago in IN front
of the field.
The people who sit in the press box
are going 10 form a delegation to tell
Charlie Thomas that he is getting fat
and 10 ask him to view the start from
the tower and not TO hang over the bal
cony. When he does that, as he did
Yesterday, he efectually cuts Off the
view and makes himself quite unpopu-
lar. -,
A. X. Macomber's big string will get
here on Saturday. Star Hawk and
North Star III have bowed tendons. and
| thew will remain behind. Among those
which will arrive are Ed Cdump, Hank
/ O'Day, Dick Williams. Dodge, flesperus,
I The Cock, HOLSTER, lie Chevesne. Star
/ Master, Star Gazer, Sunbonnet and War
| Star.
The house Of Cassidy was well repre-
sented. Besides Mars Cassidy and his
son Wendell, who. by the way, has
| Joined the Engineers Corps, there was
/ the popular L. A. Cassidy, secretary OF
/ the Delaware Horse Show and Racing
Association. MIR. Cassidy has just con,
! Quoted .neeting at Wilmington, and
he is very keen for this sport of kings
Besides everything else that he told u.s.
| he explained the difference between
betting and gambling. One is game OF
I chance, the other game et SCIENCE
/ but we forget which is which.
Tommy McTaggart is so much better
that he says he will be able to ride on
Saturday. and Frank Robinson, Harry
/ PAYNE Whitney's best boy, will have a
mount to-day. He arrived from Canada
Yesterday, which is good news