New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

Three-year-old classics are still to
\. contested. Sun Briar did not estab-
,sh championship sway by today's
race. brilliant as it was. He beat the
.on Of Spearmint in a race that was
admirably contested from start to fin
;sh on the part Of both thoroughbreds
and riders, but he beat him SO scantily
that there is still room for doubt as to
which might prove the better horse
With an even break in racing luck.
Knapp Pilots Winner
Tho veteran Willie Knapp, who had
the leg up on sun Briar. furnished
~. of the masterpieces of his COM
msndabls career in taking Sun Briar
- victory. Yet Knapp did not outrlde
Tnnkie Robinson. The question of
hn,semanship was quite as closely
S,awn as was the stamina and courage
- the wonderful thoroughbreds in
Both Jockeys rode perfect races on
uounts that raced to the acme OF
nsrfection. The finish was such as
hat between Cudgel and Westy hogan
Of the previous day. Sun brlars head
Was down as ne sweep o'SA WIG AA'
AVID he won by the shortest nose you
can possibly imagine.
The finest crowd of the season was
IN hand for to-day's double feature,
Snsst both in the matter of quantity
and quality. More than $4,000 enthusI1-
s.t. hacked the clubhouse, grandstand,
lawns and field stands. During the
rnnning Of events it was next to I'M
nossible for the tardy to gain q van
tage point anyw here.
Bv the time the big stake race ar,
rived the multitude had been worHeo
nm to frenzy Of excitement AS IL
will be shown later, there were thrills
snouoh in the first half of the pro-
srsmma The field for the Travers
yas select. if limited. Sun Briar and
E1teminator were coupled as the hll-
msr entry in field OF four that sent
onlv MIR. Whitneys Johren and A. Nc
Gamblers War Cloud against the Ia
vored pair.
of to Perfect Start
Cassidy sent the small held on 10 a
fine start. Knapp, on the extreme ous~
side, hustled his wonderful sprlntel p
over the rail position, closely tollo"eo
bv EYterinator. the stable compan-
ion. Before the first turn Knapp had
crowded into the lead. with Extermi-
nator right behind, and a little to the
ou,side as sort of shield. Johren,
through this move, lost the advantage
Of his rail position and had to take up
and come around the field. First
blood in this battle of wits had been
drawn by Willie Knapp.
Around the first bend they new
these four high bred ree-.year- -olds'
Sun Briar on the rail, with his stable
mate Exterminator next and lying
just far enough out to prove STUN,
bling block to anything else tnat mao
thought Of challenging. The o.ners
waited for the straight OF the OacA-
stretch to make their bids.
At the quarter Knapp had drawn
away to a half lengths lead over tx
terrlinator. War Cloud was half
length behind and Johren bringing up
the rear one length further back.
The pace for the first furlong was
nothing remarkable, 25 seconds nat,
and evidently Robinson figured his best
plan was to step out and Kill the STAN
ina Of the we'll known sprlnter oun
Briar Down the backstretch Robin
son gave Johren his head.
The Spearmint colt responded gal
iantly. In short order he raced OUT
and up TO his predecessors, one by one,
until ne had finally conquered ana
passed the earlier pacemaker, Sun
Briar. At the half-mile Johren was
Leading by half length. Exterminator
had fallen back completely out OF II.
War Cloud was two lengths behind the
flying Sun Briar
Sun Briar Shows Gameress
From the halfmile it was wonder
ful exhibition OF thoroughbred STAN
Ina and cunning Of horsemanship COM
sined Robinson, with Johren, was
trying to kill off the we'll known dead
~ sprinting powers OF Sun Briar.
He crowded his mount with every art
and vile. But Knapp, having trlcked
bis adversary out to the lead. where
he could keep an eye on him, showed
the rarest wizardy Of pace displayed
II many day. At the three-Quarters
!ohren, driven hard. held an advan-
age Of three lengths. Sun Briar, well
within himself. had conserved that lr-
resistible sprint essential to final VIC
tory.
As they swung round the stretch
,arn Willie Knapp began his success
ial and spectacular drive. He was
,aree lengths to the bad then, and
.sohren seemed full Of running. They
AT the final straightaway with no ap-
grsciabie change OF fortune. Sun
!n,siar, to the outside, thundered after
me game Johren. Inch by inch he
ssosed On the pacemaker. Knapp drew
an whip first and applied 1t religious
y. Sun Briar responded under the lash
70 spiritedly that Robinson soon was
negging with will.
AZ about the final sixteenth Sun
iInar had drawn up TO where he could
,'ox Johren in the eye. From there
Ao'ne II was horse race. Johren hung
W 10 gamely that Sun Briar was only
soie, IN one last desperate effort, to
ueK ,leK his muzzle in front at the end.
as mad run the mile and a quarter in
rn'~ l-5--one second slower than
SseSner's record time Of the opening
"i the present meeting.
raasinx Shower Wins Spinaway
xhe spinaway, Of 1880. for two
ss*f-oid hliies, was won by Passing
SSaoxsr. which got away second In q
Ta Then of seventeen skittish Juveniles
n! frsnd, away on her toes, looked
- Colin for about three furlongs.
1aasd into nothing.
a, ,iacy Rosebud seemed the best one
-. hs lot. barring racing luck. She
T.. sway poorly, being fat-Footed at
"affisr ri2e. yet wss running over