New-York tribune., 1918-07-10
Patriotic Fire
Sweeps Crowd
AT Aqueduct
National Colors, Winning
Race, Stirs Thousands to
Prolonged Cheering

The Kaiser. speaking Of the Ameri-
can army. said it was made up Of mer-
cenary men, and therefore was worth
Tess as lighting unit If tho man
"ho-ls-afrald-of-h nilsson had been at
the Aqueduct racetrack yesterday he
would have witnessed scene after the
lhlsh oil The fifth race which would
i nave taught him lesson and caused
ms mustache TO wither and droop.
Garbage, carrying the red, white and
blue racing colors of Major e. B. Cas-
Sat'' mad scarcely flashed past the Win
hlng post in front when a demonstra
/ ton began which rolled on and on and
increased in volume Of sound until the
~ ar was torn asunder with yells and
cheers which lasted fully ten minutes
.,, No similar demonstration has taken
p'ace on racctrack in this country
IN me last two years that has cqualied
IN intensity and patriotism that at
Aqueduct yesterday. 1t was a tribute
o. o. anectlon tor the colors OF Old Glory
II was also mark of respect for
Major Cassett, loyal American and
a a graduate of West Point. Garbage,
'hc winner, was merely an incident.
it was no big event this race that
ealieo 1orth the Jubilant cheers Of the
crowd. 1t was merely selling race
over the mile and & sixteenth course.
AS contest 1T could be dismissed with
a lew lines. because there was really
no contest. The calibre of the horses
"hlch took part in the race was so
poor that only g starving Hun would
nave given them more than second
glance.
Air Man Favored
ihree horses made up the field of
ntestants-Air Man, Garbage and Bar
OF PnoaniX. Air Man, not more than
q 1onrth rate selling platter, was con-
sldcred so much better than his op
ponents that he was made an odds-on
favorlte at to 3. Garbage was quoted
at to and Bar OF Phoenix at to /.
lhese odds tell how much the men of
me ODDS considered the chances of
Garbagc and Bar of Phoenix To Air
Man was practically conceded the
purse.
Garbage was making his first appear
not raced much last year, and Major
Cassatt kept him only because he has
always been favorite with Mrs. Cas-
sate. Garbage, an erratic gelding of
uncertain temperament, has at times
III the dim and forgotten past shown
sON" Aoiii' ne mao q concession OF
ten pounds Of actual weight from Air
Man.
This was big concession to Gar
bage: because when he is good and at
top form he can beat Air Man at even
weights. But the question in the
minds OF the racegoers was: "How
good is Garbagc?" Nobody seemed to
know; therefore, the layers, with a
reckless. courage which is foreign to
them when they know horse has
chance, offered to l against him.
Many Bet on Garbage
Many in that crowd Of 5000 per-
sons sons bet on Garbage. Some We're in
f'uenced to do so because of his old
prestige, but most Of them because he
carried the red, white and blue. This
particularly was the case with the
women. Sentiment swayed them They
were patriotic and would have no other
talked about Garbage and praised him
one would think he had suddenly been
transformed into Cudgel, one of the
best racehorses on the American turf.
The crowd was fairly sizzling with
excitement when the three horses pa
raded to the post. All the applause
was for Garbage. When he dashed to
machine tattoo of verbal bullets, ac-
companied him on his trip. "Go on,
Red, White and Blue!" such were the
yells of the women. They did not call
him by name. The colors were domi-
nant. AS though spurred to his best
efforts by the cheers OF the crowd, Gar
bage held his lead down the back
stretch, around the turn and into the
homestrctch.
Air Man, the favorite, was pinched
off by Bar of Phoenix as the horses
made the turn out of the backstrctcln.
That settled Air Mans chances, for
he dropped back last, sulked and would
not try his best for the remainder OF
the trip. Garbage kept in front, and
though hard pressed at the finish by
Bar of Phoenix managed to hold an ad-
vantage of length to the end.
Band Leads in Demonstration
The horses had scarcely dashed home
when the band struck up one Of the
/ Cheers for the Red, White and Bue!"
i 1t was the signal for the crowd to give
vent to their feelings. And, oh, boys.
how they yelled And the women, too,
were not at all backward. Hats were
thrown in the air, the women waved
their handkerchicfs, while the men
roared their approval. 1t was the first
time this year that the red, white and
! blue racing colors of Major Cassatt had
won, ana inc racegoerS tOoh advantage
of it to show their affection for the
colors.
To say that Major Cassatt was de-
lighted is to make Il mild statement.
His horses have won many turf classics,
but not one Of them has afforded him
the keen pleasure that Garbage did yes
terday. 1t was the demonstration that
made the triumph a notable one. He
had just arrived at the track few
minutes before the race was called.
of had missed that race and that
demonstration" he told some friends,
81 would have been the most disap-
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