The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-05
PURCHASE RUNSLIKE
REALLY GREAT COLT
After Boiling to Outer Rail
He Beats High Glass Ju-
veniles in Fast Time.

Purchase. the two-year-old colt owned
by the Brighton Stable. which caused q
sensation at Saratoga by defeating q big
neld Of high class Juveniles in the mud
after he had been beaten decisively three
times on q fast track, showed that he 10
. really great colt yesterday afternoon
at Belmont Park. After swerving all
over the track and then boiling to the
outer rail he led home such fast horses
as Mrs J. z. Davis's Ophelia, p. A.
Clarks Lion d'Or and George d. Wide
ner's Roi Craig and at the end Of the
five and half furlong journey was not
doing his best
The zigsag course he took was at
least twenty lengths more than his op-
ponents travelled. and when he passed
ahead Of Ophelia, which was three parts
OF length in front Of Lion dor.
Despite the extra distance he travelled
Purchase was timed in ! :o4 As. only
one second behind the record hung up
by Major August Belmonts immortal
Frlar Rock in 1915.
Although three stakes were on the
programme major interest centred in
this race. That was because Of the high
calibre Of the four contestants.
Purchase had showed his worth in his
last race at the Spa. Lion dor had
finished q bang up second to Billy Kelly
and Opheiia had forced Pigeon Wing to
smash d record to beat her at Saratoga
Roi Craig had not been to the races in
many weeks, but he had been going
great guns in his trials. Despite his
fast trials Rot Craig was not taken Sc
riously. but the other trio were consid-
cred SO evenly matched that nrst one
and then the other was made the ia
vorite.
Mars Cassidy sent tho quartet away
on even terms, but before q sixteenth
Of q mile had been covered Lion dor
and Ophelia were racing far ahead of
their opponents. Rol Craig seemed to
have no speed. while Purchase was run
ming as green as a yearling He swerved
FIRST TO one side and then to the other
and finally darted diagonally across the
track. Then when the fence stopped
him running onto the upper lawn
Jockey Lyke Strengthened him and sent
him after the leaders. His mighty
stride fairly devoured the ground and
an eighth OF a mile from home was in
front But majority OF the crowd
didn't know It. He was so far away
from the middle Of the track where
Lion dor and Ophelia were lighting a
duel. that he seemed far In the rear.
rail George Walls had succeeded in
driving Ohpelia ahead Of Mr.. Clark's
colt and thought he had tho race won.
He didn't see Purchase on the rail I'M
til the Brighton Stables colt had passed
under the Judges.
The Locust Valley Handicap went to
Richard T. Wilson's Wyoming. 1t was
| at one mile and n sixteenth. Jockey
Ensor held Wyoming of tho pace until
rounding the turn for home. Then he
! sent him to the front and Mr.. Wilson's
colt remained there long enough to earn
the decision by half q length from s. C.
Hildreth's Smart Money
w. R Goes Uncle's Lassie won the
Mineola Selling Stakes after a sensa-
tional run through the stretch. At the
end of the six furlong route she was a
head in front Of Aunt Dinah. which
stuck her nose homo In front OF Blair
gowrie. II was Uncles Lassie's third
start IN five days.
In the Brentwood Handicap the third
stake OF the day. z. F. Whitney's aged
mare, Rhine Maiden, scored an easy
victory. She caught Capt J. f. Daviss
Brooks. a former ,steeplechaser. fifty
yards from tho finish and went away TO
win by two lengths