New-York tribune., 1918-07-06
Record-Brcaker Has Easv
lime Winning Feature
Event of Afternoon
By w. J. Macbeth

' Nv" SAOSS b@y aL the AcQe.
duct racetrack yesterday afternoon and
the finest midweek crowd of the c..
son celebrated the event The fre.
list absolutely was suspended, so tha,
the charity of mercy fund was sweled
accordingly. The ten thousand and
more spectators were we'll rewarded
for their generosity
AS fine a lot of racing as had hee,
seen this season helped make the dav
memorable one. Two track record,
were broken. Jack Hare, Jr., Colonel
W. f. Applegate's stylish brown three.
yearold colt. which won one of tn.
divisions of the Preakness Handican
at Pimlico this spring, set new mark
for the mile and sixteenth in landing
the feature race Of the day, the Red
Cross Hare stepped the distance in
1:44 25, which is one-ifth second bet
ter than ever accomplished before a.
the course. R. J. Mackenzie's Helen
Barbee held the honor, previous to
Jack Hare, jr.'s, wonderful perform.
ance, at 1:44 3-5.
Sensational as was the performance
of the good stake colt, Jack Hare, ir,
his grand run was really eclipsed by
Conduit in the preceding race. c.
Mergler took this four-year- old flly
over a mile and fve-sixteenths in the
dizzying time of 2:12 2-5, which is one
full second better than the previous
record. The old record, by the way.
had been hung up by Little Nearer, the
beaten favorite of yesterdays engage
ment, on October 5, 1917. AS a matter
of fact, Little Nearer had won this par.
ticular event so many times that It
gratuity, as you prefer. Which ex-
plains the reason the beaten fayorite
was at odds-on.
Leads All the Way
The Red Cross was Just a gallop for
Jack Hare, jr. Really, it seemed too
bad that there was not something out
able to make this good one step to his
best pace. Lyke crowded out 10 the
front with the good colt shortly after
the start and made every post win
ming one. He never left the result in
doubt. Kashmir and Orestes in turn
attempted TO cut down the great lead
of the pacemaker, but both raced them
selves into the ground in the attempt
At the sixteenth pole Lyke had the
race won so far as he pleased. but he
was taking no chances. He shook up
sponded so quickly and gamely that
Lyke knew he had plenty left in spite
of his record sprint. The boy took
the horse up then. He finished in a
hand gallop. Orestes ran his race and
will bear watching another time. He
had no chance to beat such perform
ance as Jack Hare, Jr., showed. Of
course, but Orestes stood hard ride
gamely when challenged by Nepper.
han in the last hundred yards.
Conduit's victory was more sensa
tional than that of Jack Hare. Jr
While the latter led practically from
start to finish, and won pulled up, Con-
duit came from away back in the
stretch and just managed to get up in
time. Mergler, who had the mount,
waited with Conduit TO the last quar-
ter, when he moved up fast. Fifty
yards from home it looked as if Barry
Shannon could not lose. Jockey G..
Walls cut out terrific pace with this
one, and at the end Of a mile was lead
ing by half dozen lengths or more
Barry Shannon tailed off badly in the
last sixteenth. Knapp's ride of Little
Nearer was anything but impressive
Apparently he made the mistake of ly-
ing too far off the pace. When he
finally did try 1t was too late. The
route was too far for Deckmate.
Outsider Wins Opener
Tippler. a rank outsider, won the
opening brush, at five furlongs Tap
lin seemed to come from nowhere out
of the bunch in the stretch and was
simply running over everything at the
end. Lackawanna, the favorite. had ab-
solutely no excuse. The filly wouldn't
run at all for Lyke when the pinch
came
Those who backed Arnold, another
long shot, were lucky to cash in the
second race, at six and half furlongs
Ihls outsider lasted barely long
enough to beat Everest The latter
was pounds the best horse in the race
but was eliminated by one of Mars
Cassldy's worst starts. Everest was
simply slaughtered in the ring, backed
from to l to IL to 5 Enfilade. that
went to the post an even favorite with
Everest, weakened in the final furlong
byrne brought home winner, Benevo-
lent, the favorite of the fifth race. at a
mile. He waited on Blazeaway to the
eighth pole, where he drew away and
won under a hard drive.
Orysta! ford, the winner OF the last
race, had all he could do to save the
money. Willie Knapp got away wing
ing with the colt, and soon opened up
a lead OF length on Sea Pirate. The
latter, however, hung on gamely all the
way, and would have won had the route
been Just bit further. Minuet, in
terfered with at the start, closed very
last, and might have won with little
better luck. The Boy, equal favorite
with crystal Ford, always was outrun.