The Washington herald., 1918-10-18
WALLS RIDING
BIG FEATURE
Pilots Barry Shannon to
Victory and Ophelia Sec
ond Place in Handicap.


A sort Of a tough day any time this
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons doesn't
come home with at least one rasher
Of bacon The horses ran so well
10 form today that sunny Jim"
ccpped couple in as many starts.
lie won one and he finished second
in-another. and both times was shoot
ing with supposedly rank outsiders.
Perhaps Fftz' greatest achievement
was in the Hsrtsdale Handicap. at
nv~ and a half furlongs, with 81. 200
added, which was the feature race
OF the card He saddled Mrs. J. +.
Davis 2-year-oli flly. Ophelia, a sup
posedly rank outsider of a field OF
seven But before they paid OF
opheIia gave everybody n thrill or
two, not to mention a shiver or
tremor
Little Red" Walls had the mount
OF this and he rode as IL his life
depended upon the issue From the
extreme outside position he got away
dying with Ophelia and in the first
furlOag opened up a lead Of almost
a length. crowding over toward the
rail meanwhile.
Around the bend. Ophelia. the r.
lo-i shot. began to open up on her
closest to the pace, began to drop
back and Harry Payne Whitney's
Cirrus, the odds-on favorite. took up
the challenge. TIL the two straight
ened out in the stretch It seemed
snybody's race. Ophelia. skimming
the rail. held her own until almost
the last furlong. then Cirrus began
to assert his class. He crept up
steadily in spite Of the most spirited
efforts OF Walls on Ophelia, and won
going away
A. K. MacOmber's War Marvel,
cleyerly ridden by LOTUS. might
have had something definite to say
about the issue had he been favored
with a better start He was OF
badly and suffered a great deal by
sarly interference, but he closed
With a great rush through the
stretch and was running over the
others at the end
The accomplishment Of Ophelia
was great feather in the cap Of
sunny jim" but the win of Barry
shannon in the third race was a
whole handful of feathers Fitz
tOuted all his friends on the old
reliable Barry. which went to the
post in a field of four as good as
eight to one.
, Little Walls had the leg up on this
good one too. Perhaps his presence
had something to do with the hong
odds that prevailed Heretofore
Schuttinger had ridden this consist
ent good thing and a lot Of the
sharpers- believed Walls just a bit
light to guide the heavy-headed
sulking Barry to victory over the
mile and 10 yard route
No one could have ridden a better
race than Walls did, indeed Barry
shannon never was ridden better
Among his victims was Hank O'Day
to favOrite that finished out
side the money because Walls broke
his~heart from the drop of the hat
walls. from the rail position. got
away hying and made the most use
possible OF his mount from the
start. He forced Barry Shannon
along at his best pace all the way
The summa ries:
FIRST RACE-T~Oysar-OIds claiming: five
and a haH tITiougs: Won by Madame BYng.
TO l. J TO l. even; second. Goldrsle. to 5.
) n S: third. Layal Peter. to 5. Mine
PiuTiadh. Blue Devil Hand Grenade I'd and
TIER Rose also
SECOND RACE-Tnree~year-Ol and up
uardE one mile: Won BY Gloomy Gus. to
J., s 70 5. and out secDnd. MSister Toi,
70 70. and out third, HaShmir out Assume
also Tan
THIRD RACEThre-yea and upward
Ginning handicap; one mile and seventy
yards: Won By Barry shannon, to l. s to
5. and ont; secnnd. SnapdragUn. to l. and
mt; third, Hank O'Day. out Woodtrap also
ran 40.
FOURTH RACEIThe Hartsdale handicap
for Eyear-Olds: Eve and a half furlOngs: Won
b. Crrus even, 70 S ! to s; second Ophe-
ha. , TO I, 70 5; third. War Marvel. ? to
Star Realm. Young Adam. Scots and
Thbieau D DHOnnrur also ran.
FIFTH -Three-year-ohs and upward.
claiming; 7Oout NJ fCrlonzs: Won By Lang
doa, y to s. even, to 5: second Bsthilde
TO s. ] to 2; third. Adele. to 5 Golden
King. Resisti6le. Poor Butterfly and Thistle
sisD ran
SIXTH RACE-Thrsc-year-Old and upward.
selling; one mile and seventy yards: Won By
Id'eS. to 5. out. and out; seuond. Pe-p
slshf. To $. l % 2: third Mes Bryn. to
kebO and Favour also ran,