The Washington herald., 1918-10-25
LOFTUS' RIDE
REAL FEATURE
Johnny's Clever Horse
-, manship Put War PEN
nant Over in Ardsley
Handicap at Empire.

pc" IOEks ~. IL OSN- - SOiAAAAS
LOTUS, Americas premier jockey,
whose clever horsemanship has
both thrilled and edited many an
Eastern racing multitude this sea-
SON delivered his great master
piece OF a brilliant career in the
feature race at Empire City track
this afternoon. Lotus piloted
home to victory in the Ardsley
Handicap at about six furlongs.
with 81, 500 added, A K. Macomber's $
brown 2-year-old colt War PEN
nant
The scantiest Of scant noses
alone gave War Pennant the YER
dict over Sam Hildreth's Cirrus.
And for the grace Of that scant
nose LOTUS was directly respon-
sibl.. He not only outrode Lyke
and walls and Erickson from start
to finish. but outgeneralled them,
too. He drew the rail position, to
lose which at any time meant de-
feat. He was fanked by Young
AQams Win ClEEuS ntAN anu NllS
fleet Ophelia on the outside.
CassiIy sent the four away in
perfect alignment. All four got in
motion together. all four hung to-
gether for upwards of a quarter
mile, until the first turn was
reached. No prettier spectacle ever
was seen at any race track than
this early sprint of the four. No
NHrif n
certainty at the start. And allow
ing for the angle the first and the
last seemed separated by inches
only at the end of the quarter mile.
Yet the horsemanship OF Lotus
and his cunning. too. stood out in
this wild flight to the bend. BY
maintaining his rail position in this
wonderful alignment Johnny real
ized. evidently. that he would force
the others over the longer route and
as Cirrus. the most dangerous con-
tender. was next to the outside il
was an advantage not to be
despised. The cunning of LOTUS
was soon evidenced when the field
began to sweep round the bend.
War Pennant. hugging the rail.
with the best possible guide to the
shortest way home drew away
quickly to a length lead over Cir
rus at the first bend. 1t was an
advantage that saved the race for
him. Ophelia and Young Adam were
racing head to head a length further
back
Try as he would. around the bend
Lyke could not whittIe down an
inch OF War Pennant's advantage.
At the near turn Lyke. having to
go wide again to get a clear track.
lost further ground. The two jock
eys were working like mad with
the mounts by this time. LOTUS
skinned the rail with the leader.
keeping his charge straight as an
arrow all the way home. War Pen
nant showed great resource and
courage He was doing his best for
Johnny under a skillfuI hand ride.
At the top Of the stretch Cirrus
responded to Lykes lash and inch
by inch began to creep up on the
pacemaker. At the last furIong War
Pennant began to show signs Of
WEAKNESS. The weight had begun
TO tell heavily. But LOTUS, never
losing his head and sizing up the
respective conditions of the con-
tenders. decided upon the gentIer
course with his game and gallant
war Fennant He hand-rOde all
the way in. through the final six
tA"nth. a classic of hOrsemanshiu
that would have fiattared the best
OF AL the Snapper Garrisons and
Tod SIoans.
milliOn-dollar ride it was. and ap-
preciated as such. for upon I,Oftus
deEalved the vind'cation Of form in
this feature event OpheIia and
feIng Adam, raced dizzy before the
stretch. were lost in turn in the run
home
The big surprise Of the afternoon
closed out the day when McAtee
landed the Cassius stables, Tnwise
Child. a victor at the luscious odds
OF 90 to l. Hurricane and Blue. Devil,
the most seriously regarded of the
held Of a dozen. were both bumped
about and crowded back and out of
il at the start. Unwise Child got off
winging and had the speed to make
the most Of this advantage. winning
from Loyal Peter by more than
three lengths. The latter was the
contender all the way. The sum-
mary:
FIRST RACE-About furIongs. Bill Nc
Toy. ll2, 3 20 ?. even, I N .; Bright Angel
loa. even. N >; Irish Lady ID ICo. to l
Oifhsld. Santi 20. KOlinsky JeIlisun. Malice
-sddie, Peasant. Miss FauntIeroy Pollyanna
StarTaft, also ran.
SECOND RACE-One mile and 70 yard.
Barry Shannon. IIs. to l. 4 to ). TO ;
SnapdragOn. 10, 10 TO- to ): WoOdtrap
74. even. Harwnod ii and Whimsy also ran
THIRD RACE-One mile and 70 yards
Naturalist. l8, tn , out. out L'Errant ID
70 5, l to >; African ArrUF. I'D. to l
ncket and Hank O'Day also ran.
FOURTH RACE-AbOut furIongS Wa
Pennant. 10. to ;. out, out; Cirrus. l2i
sut, out; Ophelia, IA. out Young Adam ais
an.
FIFTH RACE-One and oue-sixteenth miles
Orderly. 100. to ). out. ont Highland Lassie
o5. 70 l. even; Irregular. to l Sassi
Dandy Dude. Mumbo Jumbo. Ksbo. WilC
thyme. hatin. also ran-
SIXTH RACE-FIvs and one-haf furlonEs
FnEise Child. 1@. % to l. Il to l. to |
Loysl Peter, lOs. to l. out; GoaIer. 10
70 I. Hurricane. Blue Devil John Powers
rsrascou, Stlleto. Plurenzi, Marion Adler
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