The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-19
DOUBLE VICTORY
 FOR H. P. WHITNEY
Borrow and Cirrus Garry His Famous Colors Home
 in Front at Aqueduct.

Harry Payne Whitney scored a dou- ble victory yesterday afternoon at the Aqueduct track. His aged bay geld ing Borrow won the Arverne Handl- leap and his brown colt Cirrus defeat ed big field of juvenile maidens in the last race. Each was much the best of his field.
 Borrow's success was a big surprise. The old campaigner has travelled all of this country and England and won race after race and hung up many records, but almost all of his great performances were over a distance of ground. sWhile he is known to pos sess a good turn of speed, he never has been considered a first class sprinter As a result he was made the outsider in the Arverne, which was a six furlong dash. His only op- ponents were Naturalist, which was added at the last minute, and High Cost.
 | The track was ankle deep in mud and because of his fondness for heavy going Naturalist was made an odds on favorite of 1 to 2, with High Cost the second choice. When it came racing the result never was in doubt. High Cost sprang away from the barrier on his toes and led the merry pace up the | backstretch, but while he was step ping along at his best Borrow was un- der a stout pull two legnths back. Rounding the bend Naturalist made bid for the lead, but in taking the turn into the homestretch bolted to the outer fence. This cost him a dozen lengths and killed any chance he might have had of winning. When he ran out Robinson sent Borrow af ter the leader Before the eighth pole was reached the Whitney gelding was swinging along in front and he gal
 loped home the victor two lengths ahead of High Cost.
 Cirrus. which is the handsome son
 of Tracery and Morningside, took the
 lead as soon as the barrier was re- leased and, galboping all the way, won eased up by half dozen lengths. Hurricane finished second and Tab Eleau d'Honneur was third.
 Cat. J. F. Davis, who recently re- turned from the battlefront in France,
 saw his brown gelding Brooks win the
 steeplechase. The Captain was confi-
 dent his horse would win and advised all of his friends to wager on him. Brooks sped over the sloppy field in front of his opponents all the way and
 won by a length. That he was only that distance ahead at the end of the two mile journey was due to the fact that Jockey Bush pulled him up to a
 walk after he cleared the last obsta-
 cle. The jockeys action nearly cost
 Brooks the race. Vincent Powers on Crest ITill never stopped riding and lcame very near sneaking his charge
 home the victor. Fifty yards from
 the judges Crest Hill was at Brooks s
 saddle girths, but urged on by the
 crowd Bush went to work again on
 Brooks and managed to keep him in
 front to the end. For pulling up his ) mount so soon Bush was called before 1 the stewards and warned that similar | tactics would mean his permanent Isuspension.
 Herbert L. Pratt's little chestnut colt Gamerock showed the way home in the fifth race, a handicap at one
 mile and five-sixteenths. He defeated Little Nearer and Conduit by half a | dozen lengths. Georgie Walls sen, { him to the front soon after the start . and rounding the first turn opened UP
 the gap of 10 lengths. In the run
 down the backstretch Walls eased uT : his mount and allowed his two oppo- p nents to reach Gamecock's heels = When the far turn was reached he p gave his charge his head and MT . Pratt's game little colt went away a again and won eased up with plenty e of speed in reserve.
 +11ir1 one mile went t( e Assume, with Kashmir second and n Valor third. Assume was probably
 the best horse in the race, but Rash n mir would have pressed him to the = limit if he had left the post on ever f terms with his field. Jockey Hughe: 6 did not get Kashmir in motion unti ! his opponents were half a dozer , lengths ahead of him. This handicap
 iproved too much for the colt and As o sume led him home by three lengths.